(W) David Currie The First In-Depth Biography of Comic Legend Steve Ditko Endorsed by the Ditko Family The first in depth biography of comics-legend Steve Ditko, in his own works - taken from years of correspondence with author David Currie and endorsed by the Ditko family with a Foreword by Mark S. Ditko. In his Foreward Mark S. Ditko writes: I'm very happy to say that this is a really great book. David, and his correspondence with my uncle and others, uncovered and documented things that would otherwise have been left unknown or subject to complete speculation ?if ever even considered. Note that my role in the review of this book was mainly about my uncle's personal life as we know it and not necessarily his professional career. But David clearly has a good grasp on that aspect of him. Steve Ditko was the last of a generation of American comic book artists who created powerful modern-day mythology and became among the most influential and original creators of the 20th century. He co-created Spider-Man along with Stan Lee, but walked away from the character in the 1960s just as it

(W/A/CA) Frank Thorne Frank Thorne's masterwork, Ghita of Alizarr, is finally being collected in its entirety in a hardcover archival edition sourced using the final versions of Thorne's original artwork. Now, experience the complete Ghita mythos in one book. There have been various versions of these stories but this volume brings together Thorne's definitive take on Ghita of Alizarr. If you're a fan of the adventures of the mighty warrior Ghita, there is finally a definitive version available, endorsed by the master himself, Frank Thorne. 256 pages; color and black and white; reproduced from the original artwork; essay; documentary materials; collects the complete Ghita stories in an archival format; hardcover with endleaves

(W/A/CA) Frank Thorne This huge art book presents the complete original artwork, in an archival format, of all of Frank Thorne's signature creations: Ghita, in her first full length adventure. This definitive first volume is 15 x 22 inches and is being printing on special archival paper that simulates the original Bristol board used by Thorne in the creation of this popular culture masterpiece. In 1978, fresh off his run on Red Sonja, Frank Thorne went on to create the lusty warrior-goddess, Ghita. Imbued with the spirit of a mighty general, she would lead a rag-tag band against bloodthirsty armies, and along the way get in some tumbumping. This initial volume showcases some of Frank's earliest art of Ghita including her first appearance in the erotic epic 'Ghita of Alizarr,' early character designs, unproduced movie storyboards, the Wizard and Warrior Women portfolio, pin-ups and covers. This oversized edition, measuring 15' x 22', presents Frank's artwork full size, as originally drawn. The artwork has been scanned from the original pages in color to ensure the closest r

(W/A/CA) Frank Thorne In 1978, fresh off his run on Red Sonja, Frank Thorne went on to create the lusty warrior-goddess, Ghita. In 2017, Hermes Press published Frank Thorne's Ghita: An Erotic Treasury, scanned in color from Thorne's original artwork, showcasing some of Frank's earliest Ghita artwork. Now Ghita's adventures continue as Hermes offers up the final volume of Frank Thorne's Ghita: An Erotic Treasury! This massive tome features the final two Ghita stories along with a bevy of extras, all reproduced from Frank's original pen and ink originals!

Hermes Press is reprinting the entirety of legendary artist Gray Morrow's Orion from the pages of Heavy Metal magazine. Orion is Morrow's sword and sorcery masterpiece about an Errol Flynn-like swashbuckling hero who battles evil on a strange and mystical world. Most of Orion will be shot directly from Morrow's original hand-colored artwork, and reproduced in full-color along with Morrow's Edge of Chaos series, originally published by Pacific Comics. Proceeds from Orion are going to Morrow's wife Pocho Morrow. Accompanying Orion will be a biographical essay by Irving as well as more samples of Morrow's inimitable artwork and storytelling.

(W/A) Molly Mercier 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. How To Alienate Friends & Avoid People is a graphic novel that not only depicts the struggles of being a square peg in a round hole, but celebrates it. Be it at home, work, on the internet, in relationships, or in her own feelings of self-worth and identity, The Lazy Goth discovers that no matter what, she is 'enough.'

(W/A/CA) Kaz Windness Stabby is a unicorn who has had a very bad day. Who's positively magical and ready for sunshine, giggles, and sliding down rainbows? Not Stabby! Meet the world's surliest unicorn. This stab-happy unicorn is a fan-favorite character from 'Mother Goth Rhymes' and now he's getting his own book! If UR Stabby follows Stabby as he deals with life's challenges the only way he knows how-horn first.

Frank Robbins' masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, returns with volume three of the series! Continuing the adventures of Johnny Hazard and Brandy picking up the storyline where volume one left off. See more trend-setting artwork by comics legend Frank Robbins in one of the most important adventure strips to ever grace newspapers. Reproduced entirely from the original King Features press proofs.

(W/A/CA) Frank Robbins Frank Robbins' masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, returns, picking up the storyline where Volume Five 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: 'The Most Beautiful Woman Alive,' 'London Bridge is Falling Down,' 'Watch the Birdie,' 'On the Half Shell,' 'It's an Art,' and 'Roman Circus.' Reproduced entirely from original King Features press proofs.

(W/A/CA) Frank Robbins Frank Robbins' masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, returns with Volume Seven of the series! 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: 'What's my name?,' 'A little birdie told me,' 'It's a snap,' 'Death at the Opera,' 'There's no hiding place,' 'The Car Thief,' 'Project Heat-Barrier,' and 'Hazard vs Hawkes.' Reproduced entirely from original King Features press proofs.

(W/A/CA) Frank Robbins Frank Robbins' masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, returns! Volume Eight continues the adventures of Johnny Hazard. 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.

(W/A/CA) Frank Robbins For a decade has been reprinting the daily version of Frank Robbins' masterpiece, Johnny Hazard. Now, after scouring collections all over the world for a set of the color tabloid Sundays, Hermes Press will produce an archival, full size reprint of these exciting Sunday stories. Believed by many to be in the same league as the best Sundays of the period, these stories read like a motion picture from the era and feature characters that are truly classics. This special limited edition has the look, feel and size of the original Sundays and is accompanied by historical material, essays, and original artwork.

(A) Fred Fredericks & Various Hermes Press' second and final volume of this series, a reprint of comic book version of the 20th Century's most famous fictional magician in this deluxe version of King Features comics' Mandrake the Magician! Lee Falk's newspaper strip, Mandrake the Magician, offered readers, magic, occult and the fantastic and King Feature's comic book version, which saw print during the height of the Silver Age, was a worthy entry into the world of comic books. This volume of the complete comic book run of Mandrake the Magician presents the six complete comics in restored to their original four color glory. Reprints issues #6-10 as well as the Mandrake the Magician one shot published in Dell Four Color #752.

America's best-known hard boiled detective, Mike Hammer, returns with Hermes Press' complete archival reprint of the entire continuity, From the Files of? Mike Hammer! Reprinting all of the dailies and Sunday strips, this book will be the final word on this pop culture icon. The strip ran for only one year, 1953-1954, but what a year it was! The strip is pure Mickey Spillane and was crafted under his watchful eye with art by Ed Robbins. The feature has everything fans of Mike Hammer would expect: Mike, Velda, good girls, bad girls, gun-play and lots of action. Accompanying the strips are two in-depth essays by noted mystery writer and Mickey Spillane friend and expert Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition).

(W/A/CA) Kaz Windness Hermes Press presents the chilling rhymes and illustrations of Mother Goth in her debut book, Mother Goth Rhymes! Mother Goth invites you into her world of grim and gruesome tales that celebrate the macabre with a selection of poems created especially for you! Feel your spine tingle with a new look at some old classics, from 'Rock-A-Bye Zombie' to 'Roses are Dead,' these poems explore the dark underbelly of our childhood favorites. Don't be afraid of the dark, it's more fun there!

Everyone's Favorite Martian, from the classic television series My Favorite Martian, returns with this full-color, digitally remastered reprint volume of the classic Gold Key comic book tie-in. Collecting the first seven issues, this stories are accompanied by supplementary essays, photographs, show promotional material, and inside and outside cover art from the comic books. The stories in Volume One feature artwork by Silver Age greats Russ Manning, Dan Spiegle and Mike Arens, with scripts by Western Publishing mainstay Paul S. Newman.

Back in the 1950s, during the Cold War, every day beckoned with 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 volume reprints the complete runs of Atomic War! (#1-4, November, 1952-April, 1953) and World War III (#1-2, March, 1952 and May, 1953) and can be read merely as great action/adventure stories, classic 'war' comics or as an eerie, unanticipated commentary on today's tribulations.

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson Accused of robbery and murder, The Phantom fights to find the real killers and solve the astounding secret of The Golden Circle! He also learns the truth in the old adage 'The female is deadlier than the male.'

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print! This exciting installment, Volume 6, offers the tale: 'The Mysterious Ambassador!' Why does a powerful General tremble at the sight of a simple mark? Can 50,000 soldiers protect him from that mark of The Phantom - the Sign of the Skull? One man, fighting to save a new nation, and his beautiful sweetheart, Diana Palmer. One man matched against the armed might of the Dictator. Not an uneven match when that one man is The Phantom, the Ghost Who Walks.

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print! Hermes Press is proudly republishing all fifteen pocket Avon books, and this exciting installment, Volume 7 offers the tale: 'The Mystery of The Sea Horse!' A palatial 200 foot yacht, 'The Sea Horse,' a luxurious private island guarded by fierce dogs, all the property of the suave and charming Chris Danton. What is the source of his seemingly inexhaustible wealth? What is the grim secret behind the 'ageless' smile of the master of The Sea Horse? The Phantom's sweetheart, beautiful Diana Palmer, innocently stumbles into Danton's web and finds herself caught up in an evil conspiracy from which she can be saved only by the power and ingenuity of the Phantom, The Ghost Who Walks.

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print! This exciting installment, Volume 8 offers the tale: 'The Hydra Monster!' What is the meaning of HYDRA, a mysterious evil that spans oceans and continents? Who are the black clad men with the letter V tattooed on shaven skulls, who appear in the wake of wars, earthquakes, fires, and other catastrophes? The final mumbled words of a dying man draw the Phantom into an amazing web of violence, crime, and murder, the web of the Hydra Monster.

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson For the first time ever, the Avon edition of The Phantom is back in print! This exciting installment, Volume 9 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: Killer's Town! In the far reaches of the peaceful jungle, a notorious international criminal establishes Killer's Town, a haven for thieves and murderers from many nations. There, with their stolen diamonds, gold, and other precious loot, they find refuge from the forces of law and order. When a beautiful and innocent young girl is trapped in this evil place, the terrorists are confronts by a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful force represented by The Sign of the Skull, as the Phantom, single-handed, pits himself against the vicious world of Killer's Town!

***Cover and Spine Misprinted as 'Google-Eyed' instead of 'Goggle-Eyed*** On a luxury liner in mid-ocean, a gang of weird pirates suddenly appears - as if out of nowhere. They rob the ship's vaults and passengers - then disappear just as mysteriously as they had come. How? Piracy - to the Phantom - is like a red cape to a bull. For centuries - since the first Phantom's father was killed by pirates - the Phantom has been the nemesis of pirates everywhere. Now, once more, the Phantom must meet that threat as he rallies to seek out and destroy the mysterious Goggle-Eyed Pirates.

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues! Who would dare to venture into the deadly reaches of the Great Swamp? Few who had entered into its mists had emerged to tell of their experiences. Yet, if no one knew the Great Swamp, what better hiding place could he find? So it is that a pack of ruthless escaped convicts set up their headquarters in the Great Swamp, leaving them free to plunder the surrounding areas. They call themselves the Swamp Rats - and only one man can meet the dual challenge of this evil gang and the treacherous swamp. He is the Phantom.

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues! A plague of human vampires - a 300-year-old witch who, legends says, can only be freed from her chains and returned to youth and beauty by a Phantom kiss. Incredible in the twentieth century? Yet a tiny nation is terrorized by these ghastly beings who inhabit a medieval torture change beneath an ancient castle ruin. Follow the Phantom through a chilling web of superstition, fear, and deadly danger.

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson The Avon editions of The Phantom are back in print! Hermes Press proudly presents their complete republishing of all fifteen Avon paperback novels featuring The Phantom! Volume 13 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: 'The Island of Dogs!' 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. Who controls this island and what is their purpose? Only The Phantom can successfully penetrate its deadly mystery!

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson The Avon editions of The Phantom are back in print! Hermes Press proudly presents their complete republishing of all fifteen Avon paperback novels featuring The Phantom! Volume 14 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: 'The Assassins!' An airplane is skyjacked, a millionairess kidnapped, and an assassination attempt made on a king and princess during a diplomatic visit to the United States. 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!

(W) Lee Falk (CA) George Wilson The Avon editions of The Phantom are back in print! Hermes Press proudly presents their complete republishing of all fifteen Avon paperback novels featuring The Phantom! Volume 15 offers the classic Lee Falk tale: 'The Curse of the Two-Headed Bull!' To touch this ancient treasure can mean death, yet the safety and well-being of an entire people depends on 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!

(W) Lee Falk (A/CA) Wilson McCoy 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 with artwork by Ray Moore. The Phantom set the standard for action, adventure, intrigue, and romance in adventure comic strips and comic books, frequently copied but never equaled. Included in this volume are six complete continuities, reprinted for the first time in their entirety, 'The Calyle's Good Mark,' 'The Crybaby,' 'The Underwater Diamond Thieves,' 'The Betrothal,' 'The Swamp Rats,' and 'Oogooru and the Witchmen.'

(W) Lee Falk (A) Seymour Sy Barry This exciting 22nd volume continues the Sy Barry Years! Reprinted in all its black and white glory, journey with Hermes Press as we bring you five complete continuities drawn by Sy himself: 'Rex, the Missing Heir,' and 'The Gladiator,' 'The Missing Daddy,' 'Luaga's Undercover Tour,' and 'The Mission.' Strips from this issue are taken directly from King Feature's proofs. Included in the volume is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials.

(W) Lee Falk (A) Seymour Sy Barry This exciting volume continues the Sy Barry years! Reprinted in all its black and white glory, journey with Hermes Press as we bring you eight complete continuities drawn by Sy himself: 'The Fence,' 'The Mysterious Ambassador,' 'The Vultures,' 'The Lost City of Pheenix,' 'The Witchman,' 'The Tanker-Jackers,' 'The Keeper of the Peace,' and 'The Giant of Kaluga.' taken directly from King Feature's proofs. Included in the volume is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials.

(W) Lee Falk (A) Seymour Sy Barry The critically acclaimed, best selling complete reprint of The Phantom continues! This exciting 25th volume continues the Sy Barry Years! Reprinted in all its black and white glory, journey with Hermes Press as we bring you three complete continuities drawn by Sy himself: 'The Curse of the Sacred Image,' and 'The Normal Life,' and 'The Cavelands.' Strips from this issue are taken directly from King Feature's proofs. Included in the volume is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials.

(W) Lee Falk (A/CA) Seymour Sy Barry The long anticipated ninth volume of the reprint of the entire run of Lee Falk's full color Phantom Sundays continues! This volume continues 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 ninth 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 Nine of the Complete Sundays are thirteen storylines which encompass, 'The Golden Sands of Keela-Wee' (December 18 1966 - April 2, 1967) to 'TheBeach' (June 21, 1970 - September 13, 1970). In addition to the strips this volume contains documentary materials and a detailed essay. Don't miss it!

(W) Rob M. Worley (A/CA) Joshua Buchanan Caught in a mad scientist's experiment gone wrong, an ordinary house cat named Scratch gains the extraordinary ability to summon any of his nine lives to get out of a fix. Now, the world's greatest super-cat appears in his own super-sized graphic novel with a story that continues his Eisner Award-nominated adventures! In the great traditions of Mighty Mouse, Underdog, and the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Scratch9 makes a triumphant return in this all-new, full-length feature.

(W) Dave Wood, Dick Wood (A) Jack Kirby & Various (CA) Jack Kirby Jack Kirby's comic strip masterpiece is presented in an archival version featuring the complete dailies from Sky Masters of the Space Force. Veteran scripters Dick and Dave Wood provided these late-1950s space/action adventure stories starring Sky Masters of the Space Force and his gang of intrepid followers which closely resemble Kirby's work on Challengers of the Unknown (which was being published at the same time). Kirby's artwork is embellished by Wallace Wood and later by Marvel inker extraordinaire Dick Ayers.

(W) Jason Godi & Various (A) Aaron Minier (CA) Charles Allard Hermes Press announces the first volume of These Machines Are Winning Presents: Slaves for Gods. This Original Graphic Novel contains the first four chapters of the story. Slaves For Gods is a post 9/11 conspiracy thriller that plays out like an 80's sci-fi adventure film. Taking place in modern day, it follows two computer programmers and an anarchist group, trying to bring down the evil corporation, Sen-Tec, and it's maniacal CEO. Additional interior art contributions by James O'barr (The Crow), Clayton Stillwell (The Book of Life), Antoine Dode (Percy Jackson, The Crow), and Sebastian Fiumara (Abe Sapien). The art collective, These Machines Are Winning, expands upon the world created in Slaves For Gods through multiple forms of media including film and music. Cover A contains a full-length digital download to the new album 'Teenage LSD' (Dreamy Analog 60's Wall of Sound Psyc Pop) while Cover B contains a completely different also previously unreleased full-length digital download to the album 'Slaves for Gods' (Elec

(W) Jason Godi & Various (A) Aaron Minier (CA) Jock Hermes Press announces the first volume of These Machines Are Winning Presents: Slaves for Gods. This original graphic novel contains the first four chapters of the story. Slaves For Gods is a post-9/11 conspiracy thriller that plays out like an 80's sci-fi adventure film. Taking place in modern day, it follows two computer programmers and an anarchist group, trying to bring down the evil corporation, Sen-Tec, and it's maniacal CEO. Additional interior art contributions by James O'Barr, Clayton Stillwell, Antoine Dode, and Sebastian Fiumara. Cover A contains a full-length digital download to the new album 'Teenage LSD' (Dreamy Analog 60's Wall of Sound Psyc Pop) while Cover B contains a completely different also previously unreleased full-length digital download to the album 'Slaves for Gods' (Electro-Cyber Punk, Shoe Gaze), both by These Machines Are Winning.

Now for the first time in almost fifty years, fans of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon will have an opportunity to read the comic book incarnation of one of the most important comic strips ever. Hermes Press has painstakingly restored the artwork of Milton Caniff, William Overgard, and Ray Bailey so that it looks better than the originals. Reprints all 7 complete issues of the Dell Four Color Comics Steve Canyon comic books (numbers #519, 578, 641, 737, 804, 939, and 1033).

(A/CA) George Wunder Milton Caniff's masterpiece, Terry and the Pirates, perhaps the most influential action/adventure comic strip every created returns! After Caniff left the strip in 1946 to create Steve Canyon he was succeeded by George Wunder. Under Wunder's stewardship the strip continued for almost another 27 years. Volume Two picks up with the story 'Ancient Greed' and presents three complete continuties. The dailies and Sundays run in continuity and, as with Volume One, all of the Sundays are printed in spectacular color.