(A) Ogden Whitney & Various With the artistic talents of legends such as Ogden Whitney, Harry Lazarus, and the great Kurt Schaffenberger they gave us heroes, spacemen, aliens, monsters, ghosts, wizards and witches enough to satisfy all growing ghouls and boys! Collects Adventures into the Unknown #124-128 (April/May 1961-October/November 1961).

(W) Harry Lazarus, Richard E. Hughes (A) Ogden Whitney & Various Tales exploring the supernatural collected together from the ACG classic Forbidden Worlds issues #59-64. Volumes will be meticulously compiled from the original source material and painstakingly digitally restored.

(A) Ogden Whitney & Various They may have been Forbidden to some, particularly when the Wertham Seduction of the Innocent book hit the newsstands, but to kids the length and breadth of the United States (and a select few in the UK), Richard Hughes and his tremblin' team of terrific tormenters were where it was at. Big time. Tempus certainly does fugit. Tales exploring the supernatural collected together from the ACG classic Forbidden Worlds issues #65-70.

(A) L. B. Cole & Various A new PS ARTBOOKS SOFTEE format book. Never before published with stunning L.B. Cole & Wally Wood artwork plus a host of well known illustrators. Collects Blue Bolt #108 (February 1951) and #110 (August 1951), Blue Bolt Weird Tales of Terror #112 (February 1952), #116 (December 1952), #118 (April 1953), and #119 (June 1953). (STL214238) (C: 0-1-2)

(A) Joe Kubert & Various (CA) Joe Kubert Classic Adventure Comics is just like those old Saturday morning cinema clubs -there's the Son of Sinbad securing the release of the slave girl and recovering a fortune in gems and jewels in the process. Daring exploits of US foreign agents during the Cold War in Secret Missions, and The Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu, and High Adventure and Great Exploits! All reproduced completely from cover to cover, featuring some of the best comic book talent including Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Wally Wood, Alvin Hollingsworth, Bernie Krigstein, Frank Borth, Art Peddy, Morris Waldinger and Enrico Bagnoli. Collects Son of Sinbad #1 (1950), Secret Missions #1 (1950), The Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu #1 (1951), High Adventure #1 (1957), and Great Exploits #1 (1957).

(A) Wallace Wood & Various Just take a look - theres's horror and supsense with The Black Tarantula, classic sea-faring action with Moby Dick, jungle quests with the great Allan Quatermain, The New Adventures of Jack the Giant Killer, and an invisible man terrorizes the English countryside! All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comic, featuring some of the best comic book talent! Collects A Feature Presentation: The Black Tarantula #5 (1950), Moby Dick #6 (1950), King Solomon's Mines #1 (1951), Jack The Giant Killer #1 (1953), and The Invisible Man #1 (1955).

(A) Sam Glanzman & Various Just take a look here at Volume 3! It's 1903, ex-soldiers from the Spanish-American war prey on new settlers in the US Northwest! Fast forward to the 1950's and 'The Unknown Man' the Underworld Gang Lord who controls the Crime Syndicate. Now all the way back to the middle ages for the adventures of the Venetian merchant and explorer Marco Polo in the court of Kubla Khan! And the legends of Robin Hood and his meeting with Little John and the archery contest that was held to trap him! And finally to the 1600's and the epic adventures of Robinson Crusoe! Collects The Hooded Menace #1 (1951), The Unknown Man #1 (1951), Marco Polo #1 (1962), Robin Hood #1 (1963), and Robinson Crusoe #1 (1963).

(A) Norman Nodel & Various Even more Saturday morning picture show classic adventures for you to enjoy with Volume 4, featuring the stunning artwork of the great Sam Glanzman! The Voyage to the Deep series featured the adventures of the submarine Proteus and their adventures and battles pitted against an unknown and powerful alien enemy. Plus you get the bonus addition of Avon's Escape From Devil's Island; set up and framed for murder and robbery, Pierre Gavril is sentenced to twenty years of torture, hard labor, and isolation on Devils Island - and escape is said to be suicide. Collects Voyage to the Deep #1-4 (1962-1964) and Escape from Devil's Island #1 (1952).

(A) Everett Raymond Kinstler, Sam Glanzman DELL - Voyage to the Deep #1 - #4 (1962 - 1964) AVON - Escape from Devil's Island #1 (1952) Even more Saturday morning picture show CLASSIC ADVENTURES for you to enjoy with Volume 4.Featuring the stunning artwork of the great Sam Glanzman (although no household name among the general public, the modest Sam Glanzman had many fans within the industry, including Stephen R. Bissette, Kurt Busiek, Garth Ennis, Stan Lee, Paul Levitz, Jim Steranko, Tim Truman and Mark Waid). The VOYAGE TO THE DEEP series featured the adventures of the submarine Proteus, led by Capt. Duke Peters and Admiral Jonathan Leigh and their adventures and battles pitted against an unknown and powerful alien enemy. All reproduced here completely from cover to cover - just like the original comic! PLUS you get the bonus addition of Avon's ESCAPE FROM DEVIL's ISLAND with art by Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel and Vince Alascia. Set up and framed for murder and robbery, Pierre Gavril is sentenced to twenty years of torture, hard labour and isolation on Devils Island

(A) Joe Kubert & Various (CA) Joe Kubert Classic Adventure Comics is just like those old Saturday morning cinema clubs - there's the Son of Sinbad securing the release of the slave girl and recovering a fortune in gems and jewels in the process. All reproduced completely from cover to cover, featuring some of the best comic book talent including Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino, Wally Wood, Alvin Hollingsworth, Bernie Krigstein, Frank Borth, Art Peddy, Morris Waldinger and Enrico Bagnoli. Collects Son of Sinbad #1 (1950), Secret Missions #1 (1950), The Mask of Dr. Fu Manchu #1 (1951), High Adventure #1 (1957), and Great Exploits #1 (1957).

(A) Will Eisner & Various Join us, as we delve into the pages of this classic comic from Fiction House featuring the talents of Will Eisner, Lou Fine, George Tuska, Alex Blum, Fred Schwab, Steve Broder, Fletcher Hanks, Maurice Gutwirth, Klaus Nordling, Leonard Frank, William Wills, John Celardo and Charles Sultan. And remember, the 1st Rule of Fight Comics: You must talk about Fight Comics. The 2nd Rule of Fight Comics: You must talk some more about Fight Comics. The 3rd Rule of Fight Comics: Go buy Fight Comics before your shop sells out! And the 4th Rule of Fight Comics: Everybody needs to buy Fight Comics! Collects Fight Comics #1-3 (January-March 1940).

(A) Lou Fine & Various Featuring Power Man (aka Rip Regan) who is given a 'power suit' by his friend and mentor Dr. Austin which gives him super-strength, imperviousness, and enables him to perform superhuman leaps alongside other classic comic heroes from Fiction House such as Shark Brodie, Kinks Mason, Spy Fighter, Chip Collins, Big Red McLane, Kayo Kirby, Oran of the Jungle, and Strut Warren. All masterfully brought to life by Lou Fine, George Tuska, Steve Broder, Leonard Frank, Fred Schwab, Charles Sultan, John Celardo, Fletcher Hanks, Dan Zolnerowich, Bob Powell, and Klaus Nordling. Collects Fight Comics #4-6 (April-June 1940).

(A) Lou Fine & Various Featuring Power Man (aka Rip Regan) who is given a 'power suit' by his friend and mentor Dr. Austin which gives him super-strength, imperviousness, and enables him to perform superhuman leaps alongside other classic comic heroes from Fiction House such as Shark Brodie, Kinks Mason, Spy Fighter, Chip Collins, Big Red McLane, Kayo Kirby, Oran of the Jungle, and Strut Warren. All masterfully brought to life by Lou Fine, George Tuska, Steve Broder, Leonard Frank, Fred Schwab, Charles Sultan, John Celardo, Fletcher Hanks, Dan Zolnerowich, Bob Powell, and Klaus Nordling. Collects Fight Comics #4-6 (April-June 1940).

(A) Joseph Doolin & Various The Rangers of Freedom were 'Biff' Barkley, 'Tex' Russell and Peter Cabot, three young men who were recruited by the FBI because their physical and mental fortitude made them 'the best specimens of American youth.' They donned patriotically themed bulletproof costumes, but they had no secret identities. Together with Ranger Girl they fought villainous Nazis and Japanese forces led by the Super-Brain and the Black Dragon Society. Though they had no powers, the Rangers were good fighters. And they needed to be - as Superbrain's hooded axeman raises his bloody blade over Ranger Girl - the Freedom Trio slammed into action in the classic 'The Headsman of Hate'! Collects Rangers of Freedom #1-3 (October 1941-February 1942).

(A) Joseph Doolin & Various The Rangers of Freedom were 'Biff' Barkley, 'Tex' Russell, and Peter Cabot, three young men who were recruited by the FBI because their physical and mental fortitude made them 'the best specimens of American youth.' They donned patriotically themed bulletproof costumes, but they had no secret identities. Together with Ranger Girl they fought villainous Nazis and Japanese forces led by the Super-Brain and the Black Dragon Society. Though they had no powers, the Rangers were good fighters. And they needed to be-as Superbrain's hooded axeman raises his bloody blade over Ranger Girl-the Freedom Trio slammed into action in the classic 'The Headsman of Hate'! Collects Rangers of Freedom #1-3 (October 1941-February 1942).

(A) Ogden Whitney & Various Maybe the brightest light in the ACG firmament and long overlooked is Operation Peril This second volume of Operation Peril from PS Artbooks is another winner for me, boasting stories by Richard E. Hughes (of course) and artwork by Ogden Whitney (double of course) plus Leonard Starr, Ken Bald, Morris Waldinger, Paul Gattuso, Edvard Moritz, Al Camy and George Wilhelms. Packed full of yarns of adventure and science fiction and whole host of other stuff like to make your eyes water! Collects Operation Peril #5-9 (June/July 1951 to February/March 1952).

(W) Paul S. Newman (A) Sam Glanzman, Various Classic Adventures returns to WWII with a series of remarkable accounts of some of the fiercest battles including, 'Raid on Regensburg.' 'Action in the Sunda Strait' where as part of an incredible series of victories in 1941 and 1942, the Japanese smash a combined American-British-Dutch-Australian fleet at the Battle of the Java Sea. The only allied surviving ships, U.S.S. Houston and H.M.A.S. Perth, attempt to fight their way southward toward Australia. A remarkable summary of the ferocious jungle combat between soldiers sworn to victory in 'Fighting Back in New Guinea'! The raging battle for Monte Cassino against unseen enemy troops retells the history of the bombing of the oldest monastery in Europe, the Abbey of Monte Cassino. And finally the thunder of a thousand bullets and bombs in the blazing 'Battle of Midway.' All featuring the stunning artwork of the great Sam Glanzman. Collects issues #6-10 (Oct/Dec 1952-Oct/Dec 1953).

Hey, it's all here, culture-lovers: walking dead folks (loads of 'em), some of them even still sporting their heads, plus witches, ghosts, werewolves, and enough vampires to go into the second-hand dentures business. Collects issues #8-14, July 1952 to July 1953.

(A) Doug Wildey & Various Youthful operated from 1949 to 1954 and only publishing about ten distinct titles. Doug Wildey was the company's lead artist, with work published in virtually all their titles. He later went on to create the 1964 animated television series Jonny Quest for Hanna-Barbera. To add the excitement you even get a little something extra with the inclusion of Avon Comic's Phantom Witch Doctor (1952); George Harcourt (British East Africa commissioner) murders M'Basi (witch doctor) and Naba (M'Basi's daughter) to acquire their ivory cache, and rwenty-five years later, they return as phantoms to crush his son under tons of ivory. Plus, Night of Mystery (1953); John Mason leaves behind a diary detailing how he tried to help his friend Bob Trant who was a roaming monster, but there is no sign of Mason to be found? Collects Beware #10-12 (June 1952 to October 1952, plus Phantom Witch Doctor (1952) and Night of Mystery (1953).

(A) Harry Harrison & Various And here, fresh from the fear-fraught fifties, comes the first seven issues of Trojan's Beware, dragging along a whole bunch of festering corpses by way of an atists repertoire that includes The Stainless Steel Rat himself, the great Harry Harrison, plus Gerald Altman, Vince Napoli, Henry Kiefer, Roy Krenkel, Al Gordon, Leo Hagler, John Forte, William Zeller, Albert Tyler, A.C. Hollingsworth, and Myron Fass. And you thought it couldn't get any better. Pah! Shame on you, Bertram! Collects issues #1-7 (January 1953 to January 1954).

(A) Harry Harrison & Various Just when you thought we couldn't do better, here comes another volume of Trojan's Beware, with the very best scribblers and artists in the business... not to mention heaps and heaps of corpses, vampires, and werewolves. So put another yuletime log on the fire and check the door. You thought you'd locked it but now you see it's ajar. Tut tut! Seems you may have a late night guest! Collects issues #8-14 (March 1954 to March 1955).

(A) Bernard Baily & Various Fawcett's Beware! Terror Tales was one of the best and most unsettling comics from what is considered by many to be the true Golden Age (Pre-Code) of horror comics! An anthology comic featuring horror stories, hosted by The Mummy. With contributors including Bernard Baily, Bob Powell, Mike Sekowsky, Ross Andru, Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarty, Maurice Gutwirth and George Evans and you even get a little (heck, a big!) something extra with the inclusion of Fawcett's bonus motion picture comic, When Worlds Collide. Collects Beware! Terror Tales #1-4 (May-November 1952) and When Worlds Collide (May 1952).

(A) Ken Rice & Various More pulp style pre-Code yarns from 1952/3 freshly available again having been re-released from Ace's HAND OF FATE numbers 13-17 inclusive by those sick puppies at PS. Lurid artwork and stories featuring stolen pagan religious relics, mysterious cults and all manner of threat and comeuppance taking place in all the odd corners of the world you could imagine! Artists include Lin Streeter, Ken Rice, Louis Zansky Jim McLaughlin, Ace Baker, Bill Molno, Frank Giusto and Dick Beck.

(A) Ken Rice & Various :Maybe a little wild and certainly a whole heap wacky, here comes PS's third volume of Pulp style stories from this Ace title choc-full of stolen pagan religious relics and mysterious cults in odd corners of the world . . . plus, of course, the inevitable (and thank goodness for that!) shuffling cadavers, vampires, ghouls and all manner of similar undead, half-dead or just down with a bad headache monster-types. Five gorey, grungey issues (18 thru 22) with enough four-colour wizardry delivered from the likes of Chic Stone, Sy Grudko, Bill Molno, Ken Rice, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin, Louis Zansky and Ace Baker.

(A) Moe Marcus & Various I don't think Stanley Morse was trying to imitate the masters of the shock and horror comics-EC. No, he was trying to outdo them in gore, violence and shock value! See for yourself; volume 2 serves up even more offerings from the likes of Tony Mortellaro, Ed Robbins, Jon Smalle, Basil Wolverton, John Bulthuis, Ed Smalle, Frank Frollo, Hy Fleishman, Werner Roth, Charles Stern, Eugene E. Hughes, Bernard Baily, Ross Andru, and Moe Marcus. Available for the very first time in our handy SOFTEE format! Collects Mister Mysteries #6-10 (July 1952-April 1953).

(A) Ken Rice & Various The third volume reprinting Ace Magazines' The Beyond is here! Collecting issues #11-15 from May to September of 1952, these stories feature classic terror tales from Jim McLaughlin, Mike Sekowsky, Lou Cameron, Rocco Mastroserio, Richard Case, Ken Rice, Gene Colan, Bill Molno and Chic Stone! It's frightful fun 'n' games in the form of ghouls and cadavers, vampires and ghosts... plus an occasional slice of far-out Sci Fi! Available in Standard and Slipcased hardcover editions!

(A) Ken Rice & Various The final volume of Ace Magazines' The Beyond continues apace with pretty much the same stellar creative line-up of sketchers and scribblers from the golden years of the early 50's, I mean, hey, we're talking Ken Rice, Sy Grudko, Louis Zansky, Lou Cameron, Jim McLaughlin, Mike Sekowsky, Frank Giusto, Martin Rose and Warren Kremer. Yeah, kicking off on the first page and all reproduced completely from cover to cover; just like the original comic, it starts good and just keeps right on getting even gooder. Collects The Beyond #26-30 (April 1954-January 1955).

(W) Norman Maurer, Joe Kubert (A) Joe Kubert, Mort Meskin (CA) Joe Kubert Tor the prehistoric warrior is a loner whose only true friend is his pet monkey, Chee-Chee. Joe Kubert described Tor as superior to the others in his clan, with an extra spark of humanity, who was instinctively striving for a better, more civilized way of life and with thanks to the work and obvious love that went into the series, what might have become a standard adventure strip, with man battling monster within the unusual prehistoric-world settings and situations was actually elevated to art! We're positive you'll love the thrills, adventure and danger that lurked everywhere one million years ago! Collects Tor #1, 3,4, 5 (September 1953-October 1954) and NAZA Stone Age Warrior (November 1963).

(W) Norman Maurer, Joe Kubert (A) Joe Kubert, Mort Meskin (CA) Joe Kubert Tor the prehistoric warrior is a loner whose only true friend is his pet monkey, Chee-Chee. Joe Kubert described Tor as superior to the others in his clan, with an extra spark of humanity, who was instinctively striving for a better, more civilized way of life and with thanks to the work and obvious love that went into the series, what might have become a standard adventure strip, with man battling monster within the unusual prehistoric-world settings and situations was actually elevated to art! We're positive you'll love the thrills, adventure and danger that lurked everywhere one million years ago! Collects Tor #1, 3,4, 5 (September 1953-October 1954) and NAZA Stone Age Warrior (November 1963).

(A) John Celardo & Various It was the 1950's - the Atomic Age, the Cold War, and just the before the Space Race. Comics books were the education, the entertainment, and, according to some, the downfall of America. What a great time! We loved to be scared - still do, it seems - from the comfort of our own home, secure in the knowledge that there's no real danger (or so we think). Nothing could match the imagination, the surprise, and the chilling-of-your-spine like the great horror comics of yesteryear. Collects The Unseen #5-10 (June 1952 to May 1953).

(A) Chuck Cuidera & Various As we already mentioned elsewhere, this title has the lot... including persuasive evidence that animated corpses (that's zombies to you, fella) used to be gray and had see-through rib-cages. Just shows you how far medical science has come in the almost sixty intervening years. Collects issues #15-21 (June 1954 to December 1954) of Web of Evil.

(A) Sheldon Moldoff & Various Just when you thought it was safe to go back into your comic shop, here come those PS guys again with another crazy collection of bygone stories and panels set to blow your mind. This time out they're hitting you with the full run of Worlds of Fear from the magical days of 1952 and featuring artists and writers such as Sheldon Moldoff, Bob McCarthy, Ed Waldman, Harry Harrison, Maurice Gutwirth, Leonard Frank and Norman Saunders. Mixing horror and SF has never been more enjoyable. Lock the door, flip the tab on a can of soda and delve into those potato chips. It's a marriage made in Heaven. Collects Worlds of Fear #6-10 (September 1952-June 1953).

(A) Reed Crandall, Paul Gustavson The sixth volume in this popular ongoing series. Collects issues #31-35 of Quality Comics' Blackhawk.

(A) Shelly Moldoff & Various Featuring the first five issues of the short lived series by the classic ACG team, in response to the worlds obsession with the predicted atomic war! Collects Commander Battle & the Atomic Sub #1-5.

(A) Bob Powell & Various The earliest appearances of Blackhawk, from Quality Comics' Military Comics #1-4 (1941) with stories by Will Eisner. Including the origin of 'Bart Hawk', Blackhawk's real name, and the death of Jack & Connie, Bart's brother and sister.

(A) Matt Baker PS Artbooks bring you another unmissable Softee Edition in the form of Seven Seas Comics. Seven Seas supported many talented artists like Robert Hayward Webb and in particular Matt Baker, leaders in the field of 'Good Girl' art. Collects Seven Seas Comics featuring South Sea Girl #1-5.

(A) John Giunta, Howie Post Two crooks rob a store, shoot a policeman and hide out in a cemetery to hide their stolen funds, when suddenly Mr. Lucifer appears, being freed by the crook's actions. Lucifer then frees his evil minions and together all go forth to commit dastardly deeds. By a quirk of fate, Lucifer and his followers trap themselves in a grave of cement. And taking inspiration from the 1920 silent horror film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, meet Paul Barer. Who visits a mental hospital and interviews a patient, who says he was turned into a 'living corpse' and used as a stage performer abducting celebrities who were then put into a trance and displayed in a wax museum! Reprints 1946's Spook Comics #1.

(W) Joe Simon (A) Mort Meskin & Various The third in an ongoing series of amazing accounts of the strangest stories ever told by masters of the genre Jack Kirby & Joe Simon, ably assisted by Mort Meskin. All in our popular Softee format, four comics in each volume! Collects Black Magic issue #9-12.

(A) Gene Fawcette & Various I ask you, where in the solar system would you find a collection of absolute vintage comic gems like these, including Destination Moon (1951), Vic Torry and his Flying Saucer (1950), When Worlds Collide (1952), The Man from Planet X (1952), and The Green Planet (1962), all reproduced completely from cover to cover - just like the original comics and absolutely crammed with the cream of 1950's comic book talent including Dick Rockwell, Bob Powell, George Evans, Kurt Schaffenberger, Dick Giordano and Rocco Mastroserio. Don't hang around for too long thee beauties they won't be in orbit forever!

(A) Wallace Wood & Various PS Artbooks Presents Classic Sci-Fi Comics Volume 6 with yet another absolute vintage collection of Sci-Fi comic gems! Featuring incredible science fiction in Strange Planets #1 (1964) with artwork by Wally Wood, Bernie Krigstein, Joe Orlando and Jack Davis. And continue your journey into unknown and strange worlds in Strange Planets #15 and #16 (both 1964) absolutely crammed with the cream of 1950's comic book talent including Mike Esposito, Hy Rosen, Russ Heath, Gene Colan, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Norman Nodel and Sid Check. And from Fago Magazines Atom-Age Combat (#2-3, 1959), starring the artistic talents of Dick Ayers!