IDW Winter Catalog 2014 - Library of American Comics

Word from Founder

DEAN MULLANEY The Library of American Comics from IDW is the world's #1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strip collections and coffee table art books about the leading and most influential cartoonists of all time, with 21 Eisner and Harvey Award nominations and five wins for Best Book of the Year.

Choose from our more than 100 books that will make you an instant expert in the history of comic strips. Top titles include Bloom County, Dick Tracy, Little Orphan Annie, Tarzan, Flash Gordon, Superman, Terry and the Pirates, Secret Agent Corrigan, Polly and Her Pals, and more.

The New York Journal of Books says, “The Library of American Comics [is] a reprint series that is becoming a national treasure,” and the New York Times reports that LOAC’s “distinguished roster of comic strips [recreates] the old-fashioned notion that Sunday is fun day.”

Scoop sums up what readers and reviewers alike already know: “LOAC is the gold standard for archival comic strip reprints. The glorious reproduction of the material has preserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a new gateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time."

EuroComics, our newest imprint, brings the best European graphic novels to America, leading off with Corto Maltese, arguably the greatest graphic novel series of all time.

CORTO MALTESE: UNDER THE SIGN OF CAPRICORN This book, the first of 12 volumes, launches the definitive English-language edition of Hugo Pratt’s masterpiece, presented in the original oversized B&W format with new translations made from Pratt’s original Italian scripts.

Long before the term “graphic novel” entered the popular lexicon—ten years before Will Eisner’s A Contract with God—Hugo Pratt pioneered the long-form “drawn literature” story. Corto Maltese set the standard for all adult adventure comics in Europe. By the mid-1970s, Corto was the continent’s most popular series and Hugo Pratt the world’s leading graphic novelist.

Hugo Pratt’s peripatetic sailor was featured in a series of 29 stories. The adventures of this modern Ulysses are set during the first 30 years of the 20th Century in such exotic locales as Pratt’s native Venice, the steppes of Manchuria, the Caribbean islands, the Danakil deserts, the Amazon forests, and the waves of the Pacific.

Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn collects the first six interconnected short stories Pratt created in France in the early 1970s: “The Secret of Tristan Bantam,” “Rendez-vous in Bahia,” “Sureshot Samba,” “The Brazilian Eagle,” “So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune,” and “The Seagull’s Fault.”

“In his verbal-visual genius, it’s impossible to distinguish between the art and the writing; in Pratt’s stories there’s only one line.”

–Umberto Eco “I read my first Corto Maltese story when I was ten years old and ever since, this was the version of Corto I’ve wanted on my shelves.”

–Matt Fraction STORY, ART, & COVER BY

Hugo Pratt ISBN: 978-1-63140-065-0 • $29.99

“Hugo Pratt is one of the true masters of comic art.”

–Frank Miller “Hugo Pratt is among the greatest storytellers in all of literature, but what’s more, he also draws like a god.”

–Milo Manara FIRST VOLUME (OF 12) IN STORES

DECEMBER 2014

© Cong S.A., Switzerland - Art © Casterrman BruxellesCorto Maltese ® & Hugo Pratt ™ © Cong S.A., Lausanne. All rights reserved. English translation © 2014 Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi.

Political Cartoon History Comes Alive With

WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE:

THE STORY OF PUCK!

With nearly 300 full-color plates in an oversized 12” x 11” format, this is the first opportunity for most readers to see so many cartoons from Puck reproduced in color and at a large size. Published from 1877 to 1918, Puck was America’s first successful humor magazine. It was also the most influential American humor magazine ever. Foreword by Bill Watterson! (Calvin & Hobbes)

WRITTEN BY: MICHAEL ALEXANDER KAHN, RICHARD SAMUEL WEST ISBN: 978-1-63140-046-9 • $59.99

IN STORES NOW

Text © 2014 Michael Alexander Kahn and Richard Samuel West. Introduction © 2014 Bill Watterson. All rights reserved. Artwork restoration © 2014 Library of American Comics LLC. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of The Library of American Comics LLC.

The Classic DC Trinity, just like you remember them!

The Library of American Comics presents a triumphant collection of the classic Newspaper strips starring the World’s Finest Heroes. These definitive books feature the classic runs that helped cement these characters into their iconic roles!

ON SALE NOW! Superman: The Golden Age Sundays 1943-1946 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-797-8 • $49.99 Superman: The Silver Age Newspaper Dailies, Volume 1: 1959-1961 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-666-7 • $49.99 Superman: The Silver Age Newspaper Dailies, Volume 2: 1961-1963 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-923-1 • $49.99 Batman: The Silver Age Newspaper Comics, Volume 1: 1966-1967 • ISBN: 978-1-61377-845-6 • $49.99 Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Comics • ISBN: 978-1-63140-028-5 • $49.99

© 2014 DC Comics. All rights reserved. Batman and all related characters and elements are trademarks of DC Comics. WONDER WOMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of DC Comics. SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of DC Comics. © 2014 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. All rights reserved.

THE COMPLETE

DICK TRACY ON SALE NOW! Vol. 1: 978-1-60010-036-9 • Vol. 2: 978-1-60010-037-6 • Vol. 3: 978-1-60010-038-3 • Vol. 4: 978-1-60010-039-0 • Vol. 5: 978-1-60010-201-1 • Vol. 6: 978-1-60010-283-7 • Vol. 7: 978-1-60010-395-7 • Vol. 8: 978-1-60010-463-3 • Vol. 9: 978-1-60010-532-6 • Vol. 10: 978-1-60010-578-4 • Vol. 11: 978-1-60010-579-1 • Vol. 12: 978-1-61377-057-3 • Vol. 13: 978-1-61377-198-3 • Vol. 14: 978-1-61377-507-3 • Vol. 15: 978-1-61377-668-1 • Vol. 16: 978-1-61377-864-7 • Vol. 17: 978-1-63140-077-3 • : 978-1-63140-077-3 •

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Nearly 80 years after the first Dick Tracy strips, Chester Gould's massive body of work is being collected in its entirety!

THE COMPLETE TERRY AND THE PIRATES Dick Tracy ® and © 2014 TMS News and Features, LLC. All rights reserved.

No cartoonist has so heavily influenced his medium as has Milton Caniff, and no comic strip has had more imitators than Terry and the Pirates.

Vol. 1: 978-1-60010-100-7 $49.99 Vol. 2: 978-1-60010-142-7 $49.99 Vol. 3: 978-1-60010-144-1 $49.99 Vol. 4: 978-1-60010-195-3 $49.99 Vol. 5: 978-1-60010-247-9 $49.99 Vol. 6: 978-1-60010-348-3 $49.99

ON SALE NOW! Terry and the Pirates ® and © 2009 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All rights reserved.

STRIPS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO COMICS HISTORY!

THE SERIES THAT DETAILS THE RARE EARLY DAILY NEWSPAPER

Volume 3: Polly and Her Pals ISBN: 978-1-61377-698-8 • $24.99

Volume 4: Alley Oop 1939

Volume 5: The Bungle Family 1930 ISBN: 978-1-61377-958-3 • $24.99

Compilation and restoration © 2014 The Library of American Comics, LLC. All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-61377-573-8 • $19.99

Gumps © Tribune Content Agency, LLC

Volume 2: The Gumps - The Saga of Mary Gold

Compilation © 2014 The Library of American Comics LLC. All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-61377-829-6 • $24.99

Compilation © 2014 The Library of American Comics LLC. All rights reserved.

Volume 1: Baron Bean

Alley Oop © United Features.

ISBN: 978-1-61377-442-7 • $19.99

Nominated for multiple Eisner Awards, these oversized 12” x 16” champagne editions showcase the unequivocal work of master storyteller Alex Raymond.

978-1-60010-828-0 • $49.99

978-1-61377-950-7 • $49.99

978-1-61377-024-5 • $49.99

WRITTEN, ART, & COVER BY

Hugo Pratt ALL THREE VOLUMES 1: 978-1-61377-015-3 • $75.00 ON SALE NOW! Vol. Vol. 2: 978-1-61377-220-1 • $75.00

© King Featues Syndicate; TM Hearst Holdings, LLC

Vol. 3: 978-1-61377-580-6 • $75.00 Vol. 4: 978-1-61377-917-0 • $75.00

ON SALE NOW! Text and compilation copyright © 2014 Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell. All rights reserved. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of Library of American Comics LLC. All rights reserved. Animation artwork TM and © Hanna-Barbera. Comics art © Alex Toth Estate.

ood © 2014 Jim Mahf

ISBN: 978-1-61377-844-9

DAVE STEVENS’ THE ROCKETEER ISBN: 978-1-61377-572-1

WHAT IS AN ARTIST’S EDITION? While appearing to be in black & white, each page has been scanned in COLOR to mimic as closely as possible the experience of viewing the actual original art—for example, you are able to clearly see paste-overs, blue pencils in the art, editorial notes, art corrections. Each page is printed the same size as drawn, and the paper selected is as close as possible to the original art board.

© 2014 Editions Déesse. TM & © Russ Heath.

© 2014 The Rocketeer Trust.

Images from E.C. Comics © 2013 by William M. Gaines, Agent, Inc. Text © 2013 by Grant Geissman

Woodwrok TM and © 2012 Editions Déesse.

Flesh & Steel: The Art of Russ Heath

978-1-61377-292-8 • $59.99

978-1-61377-676-6 • $49.99

978-1-61377-269-0 • $49.99

978-1-61377-971-2 • $49.99 marvel.com. TM & © 2014 Marvel & Subs.

Dave Stevens Stories & Covers

Big John Buscema, Comics & Drawings TM & © Editions Déesse.

ISBN: 978-1-61377-811-1

BEST OF EC ISBN: 978-1-61377-650-6

Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein!

© 2014 Berkeley Breathed

JOE KUBERT ENEMY ACE

Woodwork: Wallace Wood 1927-1981

All Artwork copyright Aron Wiesenfeld 2014.

TM & © 2014 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved

WALTER SIMONSON’S THE MIGHTY THOR

ISBN: 978-1-63140-146-6

Entire contents © Sam Kieth.

ISBN: 978-1-63140-003-2

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The Rocketeer © 2014 The Rocketeer Trust.

ISBN: 978-1-61377-945-3

WILL EISNER’S THE SPIRT, VOL. 2 Images © 2014 William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., reprinted with permission. Entertaining Comics bullet logo is a trademark of William M. Gaines Agent, Inc

ISBN: 978-1-63140-145-9

MIKE MIGNOLA’S HELLBOY IN HELL AND OTHER STORIES

7 978-1-61377-723-

© 2014 Will Eisner Studios, Inc. The Spirit and Will Eisner are Trademarks owned by Will Eisner Studios, Inc. and both are Registered ® in The I.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All Rights Reserved

HELLBOY is © and ™ 2014 Mike Mignola. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

New Gods TM and © 2014 DC Comics. All rights reserve

marvel.com TM & © 2014 Marvel & Subs.

JACK KIRBY’S NEW GODS

marvel.com TM & © 2014 Marvel & Subs.

JOHN BUSCEMA’S SILVER SURFER

Visual Funk: t Jim Mahfood Ar 9.99

The Worlds of Sam Kieth

The Well Art of Aron Wiesenfeld

The Art of Berkeley Breathed:

Berkeleyworks:

978-1-61377-492-2 • $49.99

978-1-63140-074-2 • $39.99

978-1-61377-651-3 • $59.99

From Bloom County and Beyond

Big John Buscema: Comics & Drawings 978-1-61377-195-2 • $59.99

Give the gift of books—heck, GET the gift of books!

There’s no better holiday present than a book you or yours can hold, feel, sniff, fondle… uh, sorry, I was getting a little carried away there! But, seriously folks, there’s nothing better than a honest-to-goodness book as a gift!

There is even a term “gift books.” Gift books are beautifully designed, printed and bound hardcovers, abounding with wonderful, full-color art and fascinating text. You know—just like we proudly produce at Yoe Books for your giving and getting pleasure!

Listen to what folks say about IDW’s Yoe Books:

“I keep buying books from Yoe Books as gifts, then keeping them for myself!”

—Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker actor and filmaker “All the books Yoe has produced: a trove of rarities, a veritable feast of visual treasures!”

—Comics Journal

“If you’re a comic book lover and are looking for the perfect coffee–table tome for your rad crash pad, seek no further than Yoe Books and their swank collection of retro favorites—from the wacky to the bizarre! Yoe is an exceptional comics historian unearthing fascinating comics!”

—MTV Friends, we have horror, humor, and romance, all drawn from classic Golden Age comic books and strips! There’s something for everybody on your gift list—and something everybody can give YOU, whether you’ve been naughty or nice! This season give and get Yoe books, joining Santa Claus as he proclaims with a hearty, happy laugh: “YOE-HO-HO-HO!”

—Craig Yoe and Clizia Gussoni, New York

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YOE BOOKS!

The Great Treasury of Christmas Comic Book Stories 978-1-60010-773-3 • $34.99

Archie: A Celebration of America’s Favorite Teenagers 978-1-60010-754-2 • $49.99

The Best of Archie’s MadHouse 978-1-60010-790-0 • $34.99

Dan DeCarlo’s Jetta 978-1-60010-646-0 • $21.99

Frazetta—Funny Stuff 978-1-61377-167-9 • $49.99

Amazing 3-D Comics 978-1-60010-853-2 • $39.99

Barney Google: Gambling, Horse Races & High-Toned Women 978-1-60010-670-5 • $39.99

The Carl Barks Big Book of Barney Bear 978-1-60010-929-4 • $34.99

Comics About Cartoonists: Stories About The World’s Oddest Profession 978-1-61377-346-8 • $39.99

John K Presents: Spumco Comic Book 978-1-61377-490-8 • $34.99

Worst of Eerie Publications 978-1-63140-114-5 • $27.99

The Untold History of Black Comic Books 978-1-63140-290-6 • $39.99

Milt Gross’ New York 978-163140-173-2 • $24.99

Felix The Cat: The Great Comic Book Tails 978-1-61377-085-6 • $27.99

The Golden Collection of Klassic Krazy Kool Kids Komics 978-1-60010-520-3 • $34.99

The Complete Milt Gross Comic Books and Life Story 978-1-60010-546-3 • $39.99

George Herriman’s Krazy & Ignatz in “Tiger Tea” 978-1-60010-645-3 • $12.99

The Strange World of Your Dreams 978-1-61377-614-8 • $29.99

© 2014 Gussoni-Yoe Studio, Inc. All Rights Reserved, including the digital remastering of the material not held by copyright owners Felix the Cat TM and © 2014 Felix The Cat Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Archie Tm & © 2014 Archie Comic publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Re-presenting the classic Popeye comic book series that debuted in 1948 by Bud Sagendorf, the long-time assistant to creator E.C. Segar!

Carefully reproduced from the original comic books and lovingly restored!

COMIC BOOKS & HARD COVER COLLECTIONS

ON SALE NOW!

Popeye ClassicsVol. 1: 978-1-61377-557-8 • $29.99 Vol. 2: 978-1-61377-652-0 • $29.99 Vol. 3: 978-1-61377-779-4 • $29.99 Vol. 4: 978-1-61377-936-1 • $29.99 Vol. 5: 978-1-63140-175-6 • $29.99 SINGLE ISSUE COMICS $3.99 The Great Comic Book Tales of Bud Sagendorf: 978-1-60010-747-4 • $29.99 Popeye © 2014 King Features Syndicate. TM Hearst Holdings, Inc.

IDW Publishing and Yoe Books

have hooked up once again fo r Weird Love, a collection of the most sexy , bizarre, sick, twisted, politically inco rr “romance” comics of the 1950 ect, kinky s and beyond!

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SINGLE ISSUE COMICS $3.99 HARD COVER COLLECTION COMING IN JANUARY 2015 © 2014 Gussoni-Yoe Studio, Inc. All Rights Reserved, including the digital remastering of the material.

Back from the opened grave are more masterpieces of the macabre from the horror comics of the 1950s.

Genius horror artists of the known and unknown variety poured their tortured souls into these comics. The best and rarest stories have been chosen with the help of top horror comic collectors and all lovingly restored and presented in full creepy color. You will be thrilled, chilled, and maybe even a little sickened by the over-thetop ghouls and gore in this latest addition to the Chilling Archives of Horror!

COMIC BOOKS & HARD COVER COLLECTIONS

ON SALE NOW!

Vol. 1: 978-1-61377-788-6 • $24.99 Vol. 2: 978-1-63140-126-8 • $24.99 SINGLE ISSUE COMICS $3.99 © 2014 Gussoni-Yoe Studio, Inc. All Rights Reserved, including the digital remastering of the material not held by copyright owners.

Steve Ditk o’s reproduce most creative com d ic book. Feat in a beautiful large fo s are lovingly uring a Fore rmat hard b revealing w essays by ord by Paul Levit ack z M w Mykal B ike Gold, ith an J Creativity ta, and Amber S ack Harris, of t of unpubli Steve Ditko showca anton, The shed art, s ses a pleth ketches, a o previously nd many n ra p ever co-creato rinted photos of t he artist r of Spide and r-Man.

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THE ART OF DITKO: 978-1-61377-631-5 • $39.99 THE CREATIVITY OF DITKO: 978-1-61377-276-8 • $39.99 © 2014 Gussoni-Yoe Studio, Inc. All Rights Reserved, including the digital remastering of the material not held by copyright owners.

Marvel at the mad-genius of the comics legend Steve Ditko!

These meticulously restored large-format books offer stunning experiences that traverse the monstrous body of work that is uniquely DITKO. DITKO MONSTERS, VOL. 1: 978-1-61377-552-3 • $34.99

DITKO MONSTERS, VOL. 2: 978-1-61377-598-1 • $34.99

DITKO’S SHORTS: 978-1-63140-153-4 • $24.99

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978-1-63140-151-0 • $24.99

978-1-63140-183-1 • $24.99

978-1-61377-213-3 • $24.99

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