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    May 2013

    Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim Vol. 3: 1939-1941

    by Alex Raymond
    Writing assist by Don Moore. Edited by Dean Mullaney, Designed by Lorraine Turner. Introduction by Bruce Canwell.

    This gigantic volume collects every Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim from March 12, 1939 through December 28, 1941. The introductory material includes a discussion of Raymond's art by Joe Kubert and Howard Chaykin and a look at the influence on Raymond of the Clark brothers—Benton and Matt. This volume is the third in a series of four.

    Champagne edition 12" x 16" hardcover, 156 pp., $75.00

    May 2013

    Little Orphan Annie Vol. 9: 1940-1941

    Saints and Cynics
    by Harold Gray
    Edited & Designed by Dean Mullaney, Essay by Jeet Heer

    Axel's back and this time he's not taking any chances! Meanwhile, the lives of gangster Nick Gatt and crusading District Attorney John Tecum become inextricably linked. Plus, Annie crosses paths with the selfish movie star Pete LaPlata, his selfless elderly parents, his discarded wife Peggy, and his neglected son Billy. It's high emotional drama leading into the return of the very much alive "Daddy" Warbucks, now converting his factories for the coming war...all in Volume Nine of The Complete Little Orphan Annie. Including dailies and Sundays from February 29, 1940 through November 23, 1941.

    Oversized 11" x 8.5" full color hardcover-with-dustjacket, 296 pp., $49.99.

    June 2013

    Tarzan Vol. 1: 1967-1969

    by Russ Manning
    Edited & Designed by Dean Mullaney.
    Foreword by William Stout, Introduction by Henry Franke

    In the first panel of Manning's premiere daily, Tarzan says, "Too long have I adventured in strange lands! It is time I returned to the best land of all—home!"

    And so, Russ Manning brings the Lord of the Jungle back to his roots. This volume includes more than 650 daily and Sunday strips from December 1967 through October 1969, reproduced from the Edgar Rice Burroughs file copies. In the front of the book are the two Daily adventures: "Tarzan, Jad-Ben-Otho" plus "Tarzan and the Renegade," followed by the initial three Sunday tales: "Tarzan Returns to the Land of the Ant Men," "Tarzan and the Return of Dagga Ramba," and "Korak and the Elephant Girls."

    Oversized 11" x 8.5" hardcover-with-dustjacket, 288 pp, $49.99.
    ISBN: 978-1-61377-694-0

    June 2013

    Archie Swingin' Sixties Dailies Vol. 1: 1960-1963

    by Bob Montana
    Edited and designed by Dean Mullaney, Introduction by Bart Beaty

    Continuing our Eisner Award-winning series, we jump ahead to the 1960 dailies, when Bob Montana hits his stride. As the country entered what would become the Swingin' Sixties, Montana entered his 14th year writing and drawing the series. The amazing cast is well established: Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, Fred and Mary Andrews (Archie's mom and pop), Reggie, the Lodges…and at school, Principal Weatherbee, Miss Grundy, Mr. Flutesnoot, Miss Shapely, Miss Beazly the cafeteria cook, Svensen "de Yanitor," and Coach Kleats. Includes 800 comics from September 1960—when the school year begins—to spring vacation in April 1963.

    11" x 8.5" hardcover, 276 pp., $39.99. ISBN: 978-1-61377-669-8.