History & Price Guides Books


The Great Anti-War CartoonsThe Great Anti-War Cartoons
Best Price: $21.52
A collection of stunning artwork spanning the centuries and the globe, from titans of the art...
The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion 9th EditionThe Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion 9th Edition
Best Price: $2.21
KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR COMICS ARE WORTH ULTRA-ACCURATE LISTINGS FOR SUPERHEROES! BATMAN?,...
100 Years of American Newspaper Comics100 Years of American Newspaper Comics
Best Price: $4.99
"Bad history. Bad scholarship. And, even, bad criticism. ... But Horn's book is...
The American Comic Book Catalogue: The Evolutionary Era, 1884-1939The American Comic Book Catalogue: The Evolutionary Era, 1884-1939
Best Price: $16.99
Last Exit: Privatization and Deregulation of the U.S. Transportation SystemLast Exit: Privatization and Deregulation of the U.S. Transportation System
Best Price: $8.96
In Last Exit Clifford Winston reminds us that transportation services and infrastructure in...


The Encyclopedia of American Comics: From 1897 to the PresentThe Encyclopedia of American Comics: From 1897 to the Present
Best Price: $39.95
This is very comprehensive. It details characters, and creators of both the strip and book...
Start Collecting Comic BooksStart Collecting Comic Books
Best Price: $6.95
Comics Values Annual: The Comic Book Price GuideComics Values Annual: The Comic Book Price Guide
Best Price: $5.49
Comics Values Annual 2006 is Krause Publications, publishers of the long-running Comic...
Standard Catalog of Comic Books DVDStandard Catalog of Comic Books DVD
Best Price: $3.99
Nate PoecrastoNate Poecrasto
Best Price: $20.32
Angelo Moore, the lead singer the band FISHBONE brings you this story of a man named "Nate...


Brush Strokes With Greatness: The Life & Art Of Joe SinnottBrush Strokes With Greatness: The Life & Art Of Joe Sinnott
Best Price: $13.93
Joe Sinnott is a true living legend. During his 56-plus-year career in comic books, he has...
Working Methods: Comic Creators Detail Their Storytelling And Artistic ProcessesWorking Methods: Comic Creators Detail Their Storytelling And Artistic Processes
Best Price: $821.95
I enjoyed this book very much. What is interesting is that although the artist's styles...
Comics above Ground: How Sequential Art Affects Mainstream MediaComics above Ground: How Sequential Art Affects Mainstream Media
Best Price: $10.97
Durwin Talon does a thorough job of identifying the convergence of comics and their affect on...
The Legion CompanionThe Legion Companion
Best Price: $59.99
Despite the deceptive title, this was an interesting and informative book, stirring up many...
The Flash CompanionThe Flash Companion
Best Price: $17.32
It bears repeating that no one puts out better books about the comic industry than TwoMorrows...

La leyenda del Pirata Barbanegra/ The Legend of Blackbeard Pirate (Spanish Edition)La leyenda del Pirata Barbanegra/ The Legend of Blackbeard Pirate (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $5.95
Reading ComicsReading Comics
Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant,...
The Unauthorized X-Men: SF and Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, and Adamantium (Smart Pop series)The Unauthorized X-Men: SF and Comic Writers on Mutants, Prejudice, and Adamantium (Smart Pop series)
** COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED **   Comic writers trace the X-Men series' evolution,...
500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide500 Essential Graphic Novels: The Ultimate Guide
Best Price: $8.48
. . . a magnifying glass would come in handy. And they're presenting mostly comic strips and...
John Romita, And All That Jazz (softcover)John Romita, And All That Jazz (softcover)
Best Price: $15.85
His was the art that transformed many comics from pedestrian to great performances. Under his...

Comic Book Artist Collection, Volume TwoComic Book Artist Collection, Volume Two
Compiling the sold-out Comic Book Artist magazine #5-6, this volume features celebrations of the...
The Best of the Legion OutpostThe Best of the Legion Outpost
Best Price: $12.91
"The Best of the Legion Outpost" brought a smile to my face while I was reading it. ...
Modern Masters Vol. 4: Kevin NowlanModern Masters Vol. 4: Kevin Nowlan
Best Price: $8.97
The fourth volume in the series on comix and graphical novel artists, Modern Masters: Kevin...
Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day At A TimeDick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day At A Time
Best Price: $29.95
This volume celebrates the achievements of one of comics' most prominent and affable...
Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire (Great Comics Artists Series)Garry Trudeau: Doonesbury and the Aesthetics of Satire (Great Comics Artists Series)
Best Price: $21.99
Since 1968, Garry Trudeau (b. 1948) has brought his brand of political satire to bear on public...

Golden Age of DC Comics: 365 DGolden Age of DC Comics: 365 DThe System of ComicsThe System of Comics
This edition of Thierry Groensteen?s The System of Comics makes available in English a...
Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to KnowGraphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know
Best Price: $11.98
Graphic novels, long stories told in comics format, have enjoyed the fastest-growing sales of...
The Great Anti-War CartoonsThe Great Anti-War Cartoons
Best Price: $21.52
A collection of stunning artwork spanning the centuries and the globe, from titans of the art...
The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion 9th EditionThe Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion 9th Edition
Best Price: $2.21
KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR COMICS ARE WORTH ULTRA-ACCURATE LISTINGS FOR SUPERHEROES! BATMAN?,...

100 Years of American Newspaper Comics100 Years of American Newspaper Comics
Best Price: $4.99
"Bad history. Bad scholarship. And, even, bad criticism. ... But Horn's book is...
The American Comic Book Catalogue: The Evolutionary Era, 1884-1939The American Comic Book Catalogue: The Evolutionary Era, 1884-1939
Best Price: $16.99
Last Exit: Privatization and Deregulation of the U.S. Transportation SystemLast Exit: Privatization and Deregulation of the U.S. Transportation System
Best Price: $8.96
In Last Exit Clifford Winston reminds us that transportation services and infrastructure in...
The Encyclopedia of American Comics: From 1897 to the PresentThe Encyclopedia of American Comics: From 1897 to the Present
Best Price: $39.95
This is very comprehensive. It details characters, and creators of both the strip and book...
Start Collecting Comic BooksStart Collecting Comic Books
Best Price: $6.95

Comics Values Annual: The Comic Book Price GuideComics Values Annual: The Comic Book Price Guide
Best Price: $5.49
Comics Values Annual 2006 is Krause Publications, publishers of the long-running Comic...
Standard Catalog of Comic Books DVDStandard Catalog of Comic Books DVD
Best Price: $3.99
Nate PoecrastoNate Poecrasto
Best Price: $20.32
Angelo Moore, the lead singer the band FISHBONE brings you this story of a man named "Nate...
Invincible Warrior Book 2 - EditedInvincible Warrior Book 2 - Edited
This second book in the series chronicles the tale of how Han Han ended up joining the famous...
Children of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic StripChildren of the Yellow Kid: The Evolution of the American Comic Strip
Best Price: $15.94
Hard-core comics nerds might be familiar with the writing of Robert C. Harvey through his...

Mythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex RossMythology: The DC Comics Art of Alex Ross
Best Price: $18.32
To call this book a chronology would be a mistake because the art work of the Genius Alex Ross...
The Overstreet Comics & Cards Price Guide (Confident Collector)The Overstreet Comics & Cards Price Guide (Confident Collector)
Best Price: $5.00
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide)The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide)
Best Price: $56.58
The uncontested champion of comic book collectors compiled the 26th edition of his comic...
COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE #14 P (Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide)COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE #14 P (Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide)
Best Price: $17.50
Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - Update 89, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 1)Essential Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe - Update 89, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) (v. 1)
Best Price: $2.76
Origins and updates of the eighties' elite in one easy installment! Trace major revisions to...

Graphic Novels Now: Building, Managing, and Marketing a Dynamic CollectionGraphic Novels Now: Building, Managing, and Marketing a Dynamic Collection
Best Price: $34.00
One of the truly flourishing facets of the publishing industry, graphic novels have truly come...
Warman's Comic Book Field Guide: Values and Identification (Warman's Field Guides)Warman's Comic Book Field Guide: Values and Identification (Warman's Field Guides)
Best Price: $0.41
Collectors can check the values of over 20,000 of the most interesting comic books from 1935 to...
Superman at Fifty!: The Persistence of a LegendSuperman at Fifty!: The Persistence of a Legend
Best Price: $13.58
This book is extremely informative for anyone interested in the history of Superman. Dennis...
Goth's Dark EmpireGoth's Dark Empire
Best Price: $13.26
Gloom shrouded me by sentence three of this academic treatise. "And just as [Linda]...
The Graphic Novel: How Comics Grew UpThe Graphic Novel: How Comics Grew Up

Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (28th ed)Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (28th ed)
Best Price: $13.67
For over thirty years I have been collecting, buying and selling Comic Books. Overstreets Price...
Marvel (First Impressions)Marvel (First Impressions)
Marvel Comics - full of cosmic battles and complex psychology - are the best-selling comics in...
The Marvel Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of MarvelThe Marvel Vault: A Museum-in-a-Book with Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel
Best Price: $28.50
Over the past couple of years there have been some fantastic books that have been published...
500 Manga Heroes and Villains500 Manga Heroes and Villains
Best Price: $3.45
I alway enjoy checking out new points of view on Japanese manga criticism, so I ordered this...
Classics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with IllustrationsClassics Illustrated: A Cultural History, with Illustrations
Best Price: $94.25
My father grew up in an abusive household, the youngest child of a passive mother and a violent...

Modern Masters Volume 1: Alan DavisModern Masters Volume 1: Alan Davis
Best Price: $10.00
very interesting book on a fantastic artist with lots of drawings by him and by those who...
The Extraordinary Works Of Alan MooreThe Extraordinary Works Of Alan Moore
Best Price: $31.00
This is the autobiography of Alan Moore, in a way. George Khoury has taken the 50th birthday...
Against the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace WoodAgainst the Grain: Mad Artist Wallace Wood
I recently purchased this volume, along with Starger & Spurlock's "Wally's...
Hero Gets Girl!: The Life & Art Of Kurt SchaffenbergerHero Gets Girl!: The Life & Art Of Kurt Schaffenberger
Best Price: $212.53
Modest, mild mannered, and nice. Yep, nice. I met him a couple times, once at a local show, once...
Scribbling for Victory: Japan's Cartoonists Go to WarScribbling for Victory: Japan's Cartoonists Go to War
In English for the first time, Japanese propaganda cartoons collected together to form a...

Manga: La era del Nuevo Comic/ The New Era of comics (Spanish Edition)Manga: La era del Nuevo Comic/ The New Era of comics (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $63.88
Anticapitalismo para principiantes / Anti-Capitalism for Beginners (Spanish Edition)Anticapitalismo para principiantes / Anti-Capitalism for Beginners (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $8.55
Film and Comic BooksFilm and Comic Books
In Film and Comic Books contributors analyze the problems of adapting one medium to another;...
Invincible Warrior Book 4 - OriginalInvincible Warrior Book 4 - Original
The man famous around the land as the Bald Devil Gak Liat had completely obliterated the...
Invincible Warrior Book 2 - OriginalInvincible Warrior Book 2 - Original
This second book in the series chronicles the tale of how Han Han ended up joining the famous...

Cincuenta Anos de Infierno (Spanish Edition)Cincuenta Anos de Infierno (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $26.95
Inside the World of Comic BooksInside the World of Comic Books
Best Price: $48.43
Inside the World of Comic Books includes essays on historical and contemporary trends...
Holy Superheroes!: Exploring Faith and Spirituality in Comic BooksHoly Superheroes!: Exploring Faith and Spirituality in Comic Books
Best Price: $1.86
There was so much promise in Holy Superheroes as an exploration of the faith often reflected in...
Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers (Studies in Popular Culture)Comic Book Culture: Fanboys and True Believers (Studies in Popular Culture)
Best Price: $22.25
I'm using this book in my college writing course ("text+vision") this semester,...
Tales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book RevolutionTales to Astonish: Jack Kirby, Stan Lee, and the American Comic Book Revolution
Best Price: $2.71
If you don't know the Jack Kirby story, this is a good place to start. Ro covers all the...

The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Volume 41 SC (Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide)The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Volume 41 SC (Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide)
Best Price: $18.79
Since 1970, The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been the definitive guide for comic...
Viva la historieta: Mexican Comics, NAFTA, and the Politics of GlobalizationViva la historieta: Mexican Comics, NAFTA, and the Politics of Globalization
Best Price: $17.51
¡Viva la historieta! critically examines the participation of Mexican comic books in the...
Rock CandyRock Candy
Best Price: $21.89
The illustrations in this book are bizaar, I see a direct connection to other illustrators...
Titans Companion 2Titans Companion 2
Best Price: $20.77
Mr. Cadigan again proves he's the master researcher of the comic book world. I've tried...
Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Studies in Popular Culture)Super Heroes: A Modern Mythology (Studies in Popular Culture)
Best Price: $24.95
I had high hopes for this book, but when I reached its analysis of major superheroes such as...

Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic NovelsMaking Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels
Best Price: $31.95
Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics,...
Exactly 12 cents and Other Convictions: Four Imaginary LettersExactly 12 cents and Other Convictions: Four Imaginary Letters
Best Price: $8.95
This is a book of observation and comment about comic books, in particular the Marvel hero...
Krazy!: The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + ArtKrazy!: The Delirious World of Anime + Comics + Video Games + Art
Best Price: $3.88
Comics! Cartoons! Anime! Manga! Graphic novels! Video games! This vibrant and engaging book,...
Film and Comic BooksFilm and Comic Books
Best Price: $22.00
In Film and Comic Books contributors analyze the problems of adapting one medium to another;...
Eleven: Top Cow's Tales of Revolution and ArtEleven: Top Cow's Tales of Revolution and Art

The Art Of Usagi Yojimbo: 20th Anniversary EditionStan Sakai - The Art Of Usagi Yojimbo: 20th Anniversary Edition
Best Price: $124.00
I was recently introduced to the Usagi Yojimbo thanks my schools library, a very interesting...
Marvel Comics In The 1970s: An Issue-By-Issue Field Guide To A Pop Culture PheMarvel Comics In The 1970s: An Issue-By-Issue Field Guide To A Pop Culture Phe
Best Price: $13.87
By popular demand, TwoMorrows Publishing presents Marvel Comics in the 1970s, the sequel to...
The Quality Companion: Celebrating the Forgotten Publisher of Plastic ManThe Quality Companion: Celebrating the Forgotten Publisher of Plastic Man
Best Price: $18.62
The Quality Companion provides the first dedicated look at the prolific Golden Age publisher...
The Standard Catalog of Comic Books (Standard Catalog of Comic Books)The Standard Catalog of Comic Books (Standard Catalog of Comic Books)
Best Price: $6.50
This comprehensive reference covers more than 150,000 comic books published in North America...
Standard Catalog of Comic BooksStandard Catalog of Comic Books
Best Price: $7.50
The Overstreet Comic Price Guide has been around so long that it's become ubiquitous in the...

Comic Book Survival and Price GuideComic Book Survival and Price Guide
Best Price: $1.95
I have been saving and collecting comics since my youth and this book is very refreshing in that...
Collectibly Mad: The Mad and Ec Collectibles GuideCollectibly Mad: The Mad and Ec Collectibles Guide
Best Price: $500.00
COLLECTIBLY MAD. Special Limited Edition of 500 signed by MAD publisher William C. Gaines and...
Standard Guide to Golden Age ComicsStandard Guide to Golden Age Comics
Best Price: $2.99
The first question that one may ask about The Standard Guide to Golden Age Comics is why would...
ChillChill
Best Price: $12.82
Modern Masters Volume 27: Ron GarneyModern Masters Volume 27: Ron Garney
Best Price: $6.50
Ron Garney knows how to tell a story on the comics page. He can draw cinematic blockbuster...

Carmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur SCCarmine Infantino: Penciler, Publisher, Provocateur SC
Best Price: $16.65
Only the very best magnum opus interview of the reticent genius Carmine Infantino by the best...
Jeff Smith: Bone and BeyondJeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
Best Price: $11.40
So Jeff Smith created the "Bone" and "Rasl" comic book series' and also...
Collector's Value Guide: Pokemon Second editionCollector's Value Guide: Pokemon Second edition
Best Price: $6.95
I liked this book because it was easy to find the cards I wanted to look at in a short amount of...
  
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