Editore: Rainbow Books, Carlstadt, NJ, 1977
ISBN 10: 089508001X ISBN 13: 9780895080011
Da: LONG BEACH BOOKS, INC., Long Beach, NY, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Soft Cover. Condizione: Very Good Minus. First Trade Paperback. B&W photos throughout. Recalls the great comic book features of the past. Wear at edges, reading creases, some creases on book, some soiling, rubbed. Size: 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". TRADE PAPERBACK.
Editore: Rainbow Books,, Carlstadt:, 1977
ISBN 10: 089508001X ISBN 13: 9780895080011
Da: Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB, Springfield, MA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione
Paperback. Condizione: Near Fine. First printing thus (paperback). Near fine in illustrated wraps.
Editore: New Rochelle, N.Y., Arlington House, 1973, 1973
Da: Grant's Bookshop, Cheltenham, VIC, Australia
Octavo, 360 pages, original boards in dustwrapper, a very good copy.
Editore: Rainbow Books, Carlstadt, NJ, 1977
Da: Alta-Glamour Inc., Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Copia autografata
360 pp. Illustrated throughout with b/w illustrations. History and appreciations of the great comic features of the past. Includes: The strange, psychosexual origins of Wonder Woman; the birth of MAD; pre-Disney Mickey and Minnie Mouse; Comics Code Authority softens its stance against vampires and werewolves; the war-time chant of Superman; Carl Barks' life at Disney Studios; the schizophrenia of the EC symbol, and more. Contributors include Bill Blackbeard, Don Glut, Maggie Thompson, Mike Barrier, Ron Goulart, Dick Lupoff, Don Thompson, Juanita Coulson, et al. SIGNED by Dick Lupoff. Trade paperback. Light shelfwear. Very good.
Editore: Arlington House, New Rochelle NY, 1970
ISBN 10: 0870000624 ISBN 13: 9780870000621
Da: Raven & Gryphon Fine Books, Hackett's Cove, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. All in Color for a Dime; edited by Dick Lupoff & Don Thompson; Arlington House, New Rochelle, NY, 1970. From the blurb The comic book must have been the greatest bargain in the world. For 10c, you got 64 pages of colorful adventure and an array of tales more outlandish and more exciting than those in the Thousand and One Nights. You met a swell bunch of fellows upright guardians of liberty and justice and freedom for all. And for a little while, you also were a masked, caped, fearless Hero. The dime comic book is no longer with us. But now you have a chance once more to fight crime along side your favorite Caped Crusader, shiver at the thought of those demonic bad guys, whisper those terrific magic formulas, and relive the long afternoons of your childhood. Just leaf through the pages of this book the gloriously illustrated, funny, fascinating, time-stopping saga of the Super Heroes on the comic book. Eleven collectors, captained by Dick Lupoff and Don Thompson, have banded together to tell you how it was in the Golden Days of the Comic Hero. Result: the most delicious treat since the banana was split. These misty-eyed excursions into nostalgia of rare comic books, collectors' items costing, in some cases, up to $250 an issue. You'll drool over these glorious pictures: 15 of them in full, rich color. Others are in black & white, sprinkled through the book like prizes in a whole truckload of Crackerjacks. As you turn the pages of this book, you'll meet 100 comic book heroes. But you'll also meet yourself, as a kid growing up in a time when you could get all the excitement you could handle, in color, for only a dime. This book, 263 pages, is in fine condition. The dust jacket is in near-fine condition and is now in a protective mylar wrap. An early book on the collectability of comic books.