American Update: A Cornucopia of Cult Classics! Super-Heroes, Horror, Good Girl Art, Jungle Adventure and More
*Modern Reprints: A cavalcade of compilations in this popular section. One of the more pleasant aspect of the last few decades’ worth of comics trading is the advent of archival reprints of long-unavailable vintage comics, whether they’re hardcovers collecting entire series in sequence, such as the Marvel Masterworks or DC Archives, one-offs themed around creators or reproducing facsimile issues, or paperbacks exploring a character’s adventures in depth. We have a plethora of such tresures this time: DC’s All-Star Archives brings us the exploits of the first super-team, the Justice Society of America, and the landscape format hardcover collecting the Superman newspaper strip; while Marvel’s Atlas-Era Masterworks supplies the complete adventures of Lorna, Jann, Leopard Girl and pals in the three-volume Jungle Adventure set. DC is also topped up with Silver Age Classics (including the debuts of the JLA, the Martian Manhunter, the Silver Age Green Lantern and more) and others, while Marvel offers us Neal Adams’ collection of the Kree-Skrull War starring the Avengers. The ever-popular EC has many new issues of Haunt of Fear, Tales From The Crypt, Vault of Horror and Weird Science, and a new publisher to our listings, Dragon Lady Press, offers a bewildering variety of cult newspaper strips, including Secret Agent X-9, Mandrake, On Stage, and a multitude more. There are retrospective compilations of Bill Ward’s blonde bombshell Torchy (pictured), the best of the Simon & Kirby Golden Age romance books, and the lurid cautionary tales of ‘Reform School Girls’ and their ilk; and a handful of one-off issues spotlighting classic Good Girl artists, including Matt Baker and Frank Frazetta. Details? Go to the website and find out!