Basil Wolverton Illustrated (3 results)
Language: English
Published by Keats Publishing Inc; Pivot Books, Connecticut, 1975
- Softcover
- First Edition
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Pivot Family Health Edition / First Print. Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. 280pp. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light rubbing to cover edges. (40/4).
Language: English
Published by Fantagraphics, 2024
Series: Book 1 of 8 - The Fantagraphics Atlas Comics Library
- Hardcover
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Hardback. Condition: New. Hard Cover. Fantagraphics 2024. Book condition: New. Full Colour illustrations. Atlas holds a special place among aficionados of the genre, producing more horror titles and issues by far, than anyone in the industry. While the quality of EC's six horror/sci-fi titles was unsurpassed with their elite cad…re of talent, Atlas was the equivalent of the B-movies studio, churning out anywhere from 8 to 12 different horror titles a month, giving a wider array of artists, including some of the best craftsmen of the era, a chance to show off their talents: in addition to those already mentioned, future volumes will include Bill Everett, John Romita, Bernie Krigstein, Jerry Robinson, Harry Anderson, and Matt Fox. Stories from Marvel's Atlas line have barely been reprinted. The Fantagraphics Atlas Comics Library is the first attempt to publish a carefully curated line of Atlas titles. Our first volume, Adventures Into Terror, includes a treasure trove of stories drawn by many of the most stylistically accomplished artists of the Golden Age including George Tuska, Carl Burgos, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Maneely, and Joe Sinnott. Highlights include Russ Heath's two-part story "The Brain" from issue #4 and "Return of the Brain" from issue #6; Basil Wolverton's classic "Where Monsters Dwell" from issue #7; Gene Colan's moody "House of Horror" in issue #3; and Don Rico's wild layouts are on display from #4's "The Torture Room." The stories are written firmly in the tradition of the pulpy, perverse, borderline deranged style that brought Fredric Wertham, the United States Senate Sub-Committee, and public opinion down like a sledgehammer on comics in the early 1950s. Edited by Atlas scholar Dr. Michael J. Vassallo, scanned directly from the published comics, and meticulously restored by Allan Harvey, the first volume of the new Fantagraphics Atlas Library series is an event among comics lovers, collectors, and historians. 180 pages. Size: 9" x 11" (222mm x 285mm). (2.5). George Tuska, Carl Burgos, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Maneely, Joe Sinnott, Russ Heath, Basil Wolverton, Gene Colan, Don Rico (illustrator).
- Softcover
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. Soft Cover. Fantagraphics 2012. 1st Edition. Book condition: F - Fine. Full Colour illustrations. Basil Wolverton is one of the greatest, most idiosyncratic talents in comic book history. Though he is best known for his humorous grotesqueries in MAD magazine, it is his science-fiction character Spaceh…awk that Wolverton fans have most often demanded be collected. The wait is over, as Spacehawk features every story from Spacehawk's intergalactic debut in 1940 to his final, Nazi-crushing adventure in 1942. Spacehawk is the closest thing to a colorfully-costumed, conventional action hero Wolverton ever created, yet the strip is infused with Wolverton's quintessential weirdness: controlled, organic artwork of strangely repulsive aliens and monsters and bizarre planets, and stories of gruesome retribution that bring to mind Wolverton's peer, Fletcher Hanks. Spacehawk had no secret identity, no fixed base of operations beyond his spaceship, and no sidekicks or love interests. He had but one mission in life: to protect the innocent throughout the Solar System, and to punish the guilty. He was a dark -- yet much more visually playful -- counterpart to Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. Spacehawk also includes the character's final and rarely-seen Earthbound adventures. And as the U.S. became involved in World War II, Spacehawk returned to 20th Century America to join the United States' efforts in defeating fascism, which he does by patrolling the Earth's stratosphere, looking for wrongdoing. 274 pages. Size: 9" x 13" (240mm x 340mm). (2.5). Basil Wolverton (illustrator).
