BOOK PALACE
FLEETWAY PICTURE LIBRARY CLASSIC PRESENTS FLEETWAY FIRSTS TP
(W) Garbutt (A) Nevio Zeccara
In 1958 a new comic pocket library hit the news stands published by Fleetway. Following the success of Cowboy, Thriller and Detective comics Fleetway launched the first in a hugely successful series of war comics. The first was War Picture Library (September 1958), followed by Air Ace Picture Library (January 1960), Battle Picture Library (January 1961), and War At Sea Picture Library (February 1962). This collection reprints for the first time ever the very rare first issues of all 4 libraries.
FLEETWAY PICTURE LIBRARY CLASSICS PRESENTS RICK RANDOM TP
(W) Conrad Frost (A) Ron Turner
Originally published in Super Detective Library issues 79, 101, 111 and 115 in the late 1950's, these four tales feature Rick Random, "the first detective of the space age." Set in the 21st century, Random, as the Head of the Interplanetary Bureau of Investigation, is called upon to solve mysteries that can take him all over the universe. Along the way he encounters amazing alien races and their fantastic technologies as he seeks truth and justice. These four stories also chart Ron Turner's development into one of Britain's greatest science fiction comic artists.
ILLUSTRATORS MAGAZINE #33
(A) J.C. Leyendecker
In this issue we embrace The Golden Age of Illustration featuring J C Leyendecker! We join Frank Earle Schoonover on his trips across uncharted territory, visit the whimsical fairy tale world of Edmund Dulac, go back to the Age of Chivalry with Edmund Blair Leighton and re-visit the historical paintings of Frank Moss Bennett. plus our regular features including The Bookshelf. More like a book than a magazine, illustrators is the art quarterly devoted to the finest illustration art ever published. It guides you through the stories behind the artists and their art.
ILLUSTRATORS SPECIAL #10
ART OF SYDNEY JORDAN & JIM HOLDAWAY
(W) Peter Richardson (A) Various
At long last a fitting tribute to two of the greatest British newspaper comic strip artists, Sydney Jordan renowned for the finest SF strip Jeff Hawke, and Jim Holdaway the definitive artist on Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise strip. Both artists life and work is covered in depth with copious examples of their finest artwork reproduced directly from the original works.