Here's the official Fanta hype: THE LEGENDARY ANTI-WAR COMIC COLLECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS ENTIRETY. Written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by such luminaries as Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, John Severin, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Russ Heath, Reed Crandall, and Gene Colan, Blazing Combat was originally published by independent comics publisher James Warren in 1965 and ’66. Following in the tradition of Harvey Kurtzman’s Two-Fisted Tales and Frontline Combat, Goodwin’s stories reflected the human realities and personal costs of war rather than exploiting the clichés of the traditional men’s adventure genre. They were among the best comics stories about war ever published. Blazing Combat ended after its fourth issue when military post exchanges refused to sell the title due to their perception that it was an anti-war comic. Their hostility was fueled by the depiction of the then-current Vietnam War, especially a story entitled “Landscape,” which follows the thoughts of a simple Vietnamese peasant rice-farmer who pays the ultimate price simply for living where he does — and which was considered anti-war agitprop by the more hawkish members of the business community. Get a better idea of what's going on here with this generous 19-page PDF preview that contains three complete stories!  Writer Archie Goodwin and the original publisher James Warren discuss the death of Blazing Combat and market censorship as well as the creative gestation of the series in exclusive interviews.   208 page hardcover  ONE COPY IN STOCK (remainder mark across top page edge) 

More EC classics are on hand here, with 34 classic tales by Al WIlliamson, with a little help from his friends, Frank Frazetta, Roy G Krenkel, and Angelo Torres.  A strong majority of these are science fiction stories from the classic series Weird Fantasy, Weird Science and their offspring, Weird Science-Fantasy (as well as one from the post-code Incredible Science Fiction) - among them three adaptations of Ray Bradbury stories, including the classic "I, Rocket" – but also included in their number are a handful of equally classic crime and horror masterpieces from Shock SuspenStories, Crime SuspenStories, Tales form the Crypt and Vault of Horror as well.  Copious bonus material is on.  Jump on board and take off now with this 22-page PDF preview.

Discovered during move! 

ONE slightly dinged (on bottom corners) copy of the oversize  – 11" x 15" – full color hardcover collectoin of Frank Frazetta's mosts famous works.  Includes roughs, sketches, alternate versions and depictions of the end product (book, magazine, etc.).  112 pages total.

ONE COPY

 

This is the most – and best – Frazetta bang for your buck out there.  This is the exact same book as the $200 edition, only smaller and without the dust jacket.  It has the same super high quality reproductions of Frazetta's masterworks, along with tons of high quality scans of original comic book art, plenty of lesser known pieces, rarities, sketches and more.  Plus, it is filled with engaging and informative essays, none more so than the lead essay by Dan Nadel.

There's a nice preview of the book up at the Taschen site, HERE.

And, we also posted a gallery of pages from the book on our Tumblr, HERE.

Hardcover, 6.1 x 8.5 in., 2.39 lb, 480 pages

DEAL!