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Dark Shadows: The Complete Paperback Library Reprint #1 PRE-ORDER
$ 13.99 $ 14.99
COMING FEBRUARY 2020
Hermes Press to Reprint Full 32 Volumes of Vintage “Dark Shadows” Novels Dark Shadows: The Complete Paperback Library Reprint #1, “Dark Shadows,”; ISBN 978-1- 61345-190-8; $14.99; written by Marilyn Ross; paperback; 6 x 8 inches; printed text; archival edition; first in a series of 32 novels; available in Feb, 2020.
The classic Dark Shadows novels, originally published by Paperback Library in the 1960s and 1970s, return with Hermes Press' archival reprint of all 32 titles in the series. The reprint seriesʼ namesake debut book, “Dark Shadows,” which first saw print in December, 1966, will feature the original painted artwork on the cover.
Each of the 32 novels will present the complete text re-proofed and error free along with the faithfully reprinted cover art. The Hermes Press reprints will present the titles in an enlarged 6 inch by 8 inch format, printed on archival paper and permanently bound for reading enjoyment without cracking or loose pages. Each book in the series is based on the Dark Shadows television serial created by Dan Curtis and was written by prolific fiction author William Edward Daniel Ross under the pen name of Marilyn Ross. The forerunner to today's immensely popular vampire and supernatural themed television programs and theatrical films, Dark Shadows still garners serious attention as an iconic TV show with a devoted cult following and a new primetime series planned for 2020.
Initially focusing on young governess Victoria Winters and the mysterious happenings at the isolated New England estate Collinwood, the stories gradually shift to emphasize tormented vampire Barnabas Collins. Hermes Press' complete reprint of the 1966-72 series of Dark Shadows novels makes the entire collection of these classic books available once again to fans of gothic romance, suspense and alluring tales and compelling characters of Dark Shadows.
Subsequent reprints of books #2-32 will follow in pairs on a bi- monthly basis throughout 2020-21.
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Frank Thorne's Ribit!
$ 30.00 $ 34.99
AVAILABLE NOW
Frank Thorne's Ribit!; ISBN 978-1-61345-184-7; limited edition (to 1000 copies); hardcover with special endleaves; full color; essay and interview with Frank Thorne; original art and documentary materials; 7.75 x 10.25; $34.99; The complete story arc; 144 pages; available in October/2019.
Franks Thorne's masterful blend of medieval sorcery and modern science comes together in another universe where only Ribit, the warrior woman created by magic, fights the final battle to save her world from the forces of chaos and darkness. Created as an extended narrative in four comic books released by Comico in 1989, the entire narrative has never been printed as Throne intended, as one complete story, until now! Limited to a print run of 1000 hardcovers, this graphic novel boasts the complete story, in glorious color, as well as an interview with Frank Thorne, original art and documentary materials.
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Gladys Parker: A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion PRE-ORDER
$ 50.00 $ 59.99
COMING WINTER 2019
Ordering this book guarantee's you a copy once the title has come in. They will be shipped once the entire order comes in; if you order books or comics that are NOT pre-order, include a note if you want them shipped separately.
Hermes Press is coming to slay the fashion industry- with some HERstory! Gladys Parker: A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion explores the history behind Mopsy and her creator Gladys Parker! This beautiful book will also provide a rarely seen collection of Mopsy stories and many of Parker’s earlier strips.
Cartoonist Gladys Parker was unique in comics. As with Frida Kahlo, it was impossible to tell where her art left off and its creator began. Parker mixed fashion and comics and created classic characters that mimicked her sense of fashion. In fact, Parker was an exact double for her ink-and-paper creation, Mopsy.
Tarpe Mills and Dale Messick both dressed to kill and included paper dolls featuring their heroines’ chic 1940s wardrobes. Tarpe Mills and Lily Renee were fashion models before they drew comics. But only Gladys Parker (and one other)* was a fashion designer with a successful line of clothing while at the same time drawing an equally successful comic strip. Parker’s dresses bearing the Gladys Parker label were sold at her own New York shop and at high-end department stores across the country – and she also found the time to costume Hollywood movies and the beauties that starred in them!
Who better to chronicle the story of Gladys Parker than comics herstorian Trina Robbins, who in the 1960s designed clothes for hippies and rock stars out of her East Village boutique, while drawing underground comix?
How to Alienate Friends and Avoid People: The Lazy Goth Method PRE-ORDER
$ 30.00
COMING SUMMER 2020
Long ago in March of 2019, a gothic young woman had an idea. It was, perhaps, a lazy idea, but aren't all the best ones? After all, lazy is just another word for efficient.
And thus, a comic idea was born...The Lazy Goth! The Lazy Goth explores the particular struggles of being an unmotivated goth in a world of motivated people.
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Johnny Hazard The Newspaper Dailies Volume 8 PRE-ORDER
$ 42.00 $ 50.00
COMING SPRING 2020
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Frank Robbins’ masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, returns with Volume Eight of the series! Continues the adventures of Johnny Hazard picking up the storyline where Volume Seven left off. See more trend-setting artwork by comics legend Frank Robbins in one of the most important adventure strips ever to grace newspapers. Includes the following stories: “Project Heat-Barrier,” “Hazard vs Hawkes,” “The Most Dangerous Man in the World,” “Project Globe,” “The Grand Gizmo,” and “It’s Kismet.” Reproduced entirely from original King Features press proofs.
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Nuke 'Em! Classic Cold War Comics Celebrating the End of the World PRE-ORDER
$ 49.99 $ 54.99
COMING WINTER 2019
Nuke 'Em! Classic Cold War Comics Celebrating the End of the World; ISBN 978-1-61345-163-2; $49.99; Deluxe hardcover with printed laminated cover; historical essay and documentary materials; reprints the complete run of Atomic War! #1-4 (November, 1952-April, 1953) and the complete run of World War III #1-2 (March, 1952 and May, 1953).
With special introduction by Arne Flaten of Purdue University.
Back in the 1950s during the “Cold War” every new day beckoned the possibility of the end of the world. Kids grew up in the shadow of bomb shelters and were treated to daily lessons at school on what to do in the event of a nuclear attack. Americans were besieged by constant reminders to police our borders, to carefully watch out for “foreigners” who might be spies, and to be ever vigilant in preparing to combat the “red” menace of communism.
Comic books of this era played on these fears with stories of atomic war and world war III. This new historic reprint looks back at those good ole days, which can be viewed in the perspective of today’s political climate.
This volume reprints the complete runs of Atomic War! and World War III and can be read merely as great action/adventure stories, classic “war” comics or as an eerie, unanticipated commentary on today’s tribulations. SPECIAL NOTE: if these extremely rare books were purchased at your local comic shop they would cost well over $1000 in low grade condition!
The Best of Alex Toth and John Buscema's Roy Rogers Comics PRE-ORDER
$ 52.00 $ 60.00
Ordering this book guarantee's you a copy once the title has come in. They will be shipped once the entire order comes in; if you order books or comics that are NOT pre-order, include a note if you want them shipped separately.
The Best of Alex Toth and John Buscema’s Roy Rogers Comics: ISBN 978-1-61345-172-4; 7.75 x 10.25 inches; full color; hardcover; printed laminated cover; special endpapers; 228 pages of action packed Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys comics specially selected by Roy's son, Dusty, exclusively featuring the art of comic greats Alex Toth and John Buscema; $60; available December, 2019.
Hermes Press presents the comic book adventures of Roy Rogers, King of the Comics, originally published by Dell. This “best of” collection exclusively features the work of comic book masters Alex Toth and John Buscema. Each story was hand picked by Roy's son, Dusty and include his favorite tales. This volume features over 256 pages of comics created by two of the Silver Age's most important artists, Alex Toth and John Buscema. This book brings together not only the best western tales of America's favorite cowboy but also presents these stories by two of the most noteworthy artists of the period. This volume also includes, original artwork, documentary material, an introduction by Roy “Dusty” Rogers, Jr. and and an extensive essay. This book provides a welcome companion to Hermes Press' definitive reprint of the Roy Rogers newspaper strip: Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys: The Collected Dailies and Sundays, ISBN 978-1-93256-351-1.
The Phantom Avon Volume 11
$ 13.99 $ 14.99
AVAILABLE NOW
For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print! Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books! This exciting installment, Volume 11 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: “The Swamp Rats!”
Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume #11 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!
The Phantom Avon Volume 13 PRE-ORDER
$ 13.99 $ 14.99
COMING WINTER 2020
The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues!
For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print! Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books! This exciting installment, Volume 13 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: “The Island of Dogs!”
Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume #13 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!
Why is the supposedly uninhabited Island of Dogs surrounded by an electrified fence which protects miles of rail tracks and concrete barracks? Those who venture to this island are confronted with warnings to leave and a shower of gun fire. Wh controls this island and what is their purpose? Only the Phantom can successfully penetrate its deadly mystery.
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The Phantom Avon Volume 14 PRE-ORDER
$ 13.99 $ 14.99
COMING WINTER 2020
The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues!
For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print! Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books! This exciting installment, Volume 14 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: “The Assassins!”
Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume #14 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!
An airplane is skyjacked, a millionairess kidnapped, and an assassination attempt made on a king and princess during a diplomatic visit to the U.S. The Phantom rushes to the rescue and in his efforts to solve these crimes comes face to face with an ancient religious cult, The Assassins, whose goal is the destruction of Western civilization. Once again, the Phantom finds himself in deadly peril as he rallies to outwit and destroy evil!
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The Phantom Avon Volume 15 PRE-ORDER
$ 13.99 $ 14.99
COMING WINTER 2020
The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues!
For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print! Hermes Press is proud to announce that they will be publishing all fifteen pocket Avon books! This exciting installment, Volume 15 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: “The Curse of the Two-Headed Bull!”
Famed artist George Wilson (Dr. Solar, Magnus Robot Fighter, The Phantom) painted the cover for Volume #15 as he did with all of the covers used for the Avon series, and they are reproduced beautifully to keep all of the details from the original books intact for a new generation of Phans to enjoy!
To touch this ancient treasure can mean death, yet the safety and well-being of an entire people depending their remaining possession of it. What is the mystery of the priceless two-headed bull for which men fight and die?
When the priceless object suddenly disappears, the Phantom and his beautiful sweetheart, Diana, are drawn into a fantastic adventure that leads from the jungle to the harem of a potentate.
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The Phantom the Complete Dailies Volume 18: 1962-1964 PRE-ORDER
$ 55.00 $ 60.00
COMING JANUARY 2020
The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues!
Referred to by comic strip historian Maurice Horn as the “granddaddy of all costumed superheroes,” The Phantom was created in 1936 by Lee Falk. The strip hit the funny pages of newspapers well before the Dark Knight or Superman made their first appearances and has been acknowledged as an influence on every “masked man of mystery” since. The Phantom set the standard for action, adventure, intrigue, and romance in adventure comic strips and comic books - it has frequently been copied but never equaled.
This exciting 18th volume continues the SY BARRY YEARS! Reprinted in all its black and white glory, journey with Hermes Press as we bring you four complete continuities drawn by Sy himself: “The Mysterious Ambassador,” “The Mystery of the Island of Dogs,” “The Drummer of Timpenni,” “The Reef,” and “The Adventures of Lucy Cary.” Strips from this issue are taken directly from King Feature’s proofs. Included in the volume is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials.
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The Phantom: President Kennedy's Mission Graphic Novel COMING SOON
$ 20.00 $ 24.99
Coming December 2019
The year is 1962, and the Phantom returns once again in a new adventure! There’s a possible world war with Russia looming on the horizon, and newly minted President John F. Kennedy calls upon his old friend Kit Walker for help – let the action and intrigue begin!
In this all-new Phantastic adventure, veteran Phantom script writer Ron Goulart returns with artist Sean Joyce and Raquel Lopez to put a new spin on an old favorite: mystery, intrigue, and more. Inks by Malena Molina and colors by Jorge Cortes.
The Phantom: The Complete Sundays Volume 7: 1961-1963 PRE-ORDER
$ 62.00 $ 70.00
COMING MARCH 2020
The Phantom: The Complete Sundays Volume 7: 1960 - 1963
The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues!
The long anticipated seventh volume of the reprint of the entire run of Lee Falk's full color Phantom Sundays continues! This volume finishes up with the Wilson McCoy years and begins the long awaited SY BARRY years of the Sunday stripes! Fans of The Ghost Who Walks have waited for years to have a complete series of full size hardcover volumes featuring the complete Phantom Sundays and this is the seventh book in the series. As with Hermes Press’ complete reprint of The Phantom dailies, this book contains every strip digitally reconstructed to perfection.
Presented in Volume Six of the Complete Sundays are thirteen storylines which encompass, “The River Gang” (January 10 1960 - May 22 1960) to “The Astronauts and the Pirates” (November 4 1962 - May 12 1963). In addition to the strips this volume contains documentary materials and a detailed essay. Don’t miss it!
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