The Phantom the Complete Dailies Volume 17: 1961-1962
The Phantom the Complete Dailies Volume 17: 1961-1962

Author: Lee Falk

Publisher:

Published: 2019-12-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781613451755

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Referred to by comic strip historian Maurice Horn as the "granddaddy of all costumed superheroes," The Phantom was created in 1936 by Lee Falk with artwork by Ray Moore. The strip hit the funny pages of newspapers well before the Dark Knight or Superman made their first appearances and has been acknowledged as an influence on every "masked man of mystery" since. The Phantom set the standard for action, adventure, intrigue, and romance in adventure comic strips and comic books - it has frequently been copied but never equaled. This exciting 17th volume begins the SY BARRY YEARS! We finish up Wilson McCoys long run of the series with "The Iron Dragon," and "The Werewolf," and then jump right into Sy Barry's years of the strip. Reprinted in all its black and white glory, journey with Hermes Press as we bring you three complete continuities drawn by Sy himself: "The Slave Market of Mucar," "The Epidemic," and "The Wharf Rats." Strips from this issue are taken directly from King Feature's proofs. Included in the volume is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials.

Man, Play, and Games
Man, Play, and Games

Author: Roger Caillois

Publisher: University of Illinois Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780252070334

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According to Roger Caillois, play is an occasion of pure waste. In spite of this - or because of it - play constitutes an essential element of human social and spiritual development. In this study, the author defines play as a free and voluntary activity that occurs in a pure space, isolated and protected from the rest of life.

The Complete Dick Tracy
The Complete Dick Tracy

Author: Chester Gould

Publisher:

Published: 2023-09-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781951038762

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Clover Press and The Library of American Comics prove that size does matter as we fulfill fans' long-standing requests to produce new editions of the first six volumes of Chester Gould's The Complete Dick Tracy. This is no simple reprinting - these volumes have been reformatted to be the same larger size as Volumes 7 through 29. In this premiere offering, we return again to those hardscrabble days of 1931, when tragedy in the Trueheart family puts young Dick Tracy on the police force and pits him against mobster "Big Boy," Larceny Lu, the counterfeiter Alec Penn, the nefarious "Stooge" Viller, and Steve the Tramp! As an added bonus, the first thirty-four Tracy Sunday pages, with stories separate from the daily continuity, have been rescanned to make them sharper and cleaner than their original reprinting. There's never been a better time than now to get reacquainted with Chester Gould's crime-busting plainclothesman, with the publication of the new bigger edition of The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 1!

Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga Vol. 1
Batman: The Jiro Kuwata Batmanga Vol. 1

Author: Jiro Kuwata

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2014-12-09

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1401255809

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At the height the 1960's Batman television shows popularity, a shonen manga magazine in Japan serialized fifty-three chapters, starring The Dark Knight, which were all written by Jiro Kuwata. These rare Batman tales were known by relatively few outside of Japan until award-winning designer Chipp Kidd's 2008 book, Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan (Pantheon Books), introduced them to a whole new generation of Batman fans. In BATMAN: THE JIRO KUWATA BATMANGA VOL. 1, see The Dark Knight and his sidekick Robin fight against some of his strangest villains, including Dr. Faceless and the Human Ball! DC Comics is proud to publish the complete Jiro Kuwata penned Batman Manga adventures in three painstakingly restored and translated volumes. This collection is not to be missed by both Batman and Manga fans alike! BATMAN: THE JIRO KUWATA BATMANGA VOL. 1 collects the first nineteen chapters.

The Open Work
The Open Work

Author: Umberto Eco

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780674639768

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This book is significant for its concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--and for its anticipation of two themes of literary theory: the element of multiplicity and plurality in art, and the insistence on literary response as an interaction between reader and text.

Killing Hope
Killing Hope

Author: William Blum

Publisher:

Published: 2022-07-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1350348198

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In Killing Hope, William Blum, author of the bestselling Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower, provides a devastating and comprehensive account of America's covert and overt military actions in the world, all the way from China in the 1940s to the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and - in this updated edition - beyond. Is the United States, as it likes to claim, a global force for democracy? Killing Hope shows the answer to this question to be a resounding 'no'.

The Phantom Comics and the New Left
The Phantom Comics and the New Left

Author: Robert Aman

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-02-14

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 3030398005

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This book is about the Phantom in Sweden, or, more correctly, about Sweden in the Phantom. Robert Aman uncovers how a peripheral American superhero – created in 1936 by Lee Falk – that has been accused of both racism and sexism has become a national concern in a country that several researchers have labelled the most antiracist and gender equal in the world. When a group of Swedish creators began their official production of licensed scripts based on The Phantomcomic in 1972, the character was redefined through the prism of New Left ideology. The plots of these comics, besides aiming to entertain, also sought to affirm for readers the righteousness and validity of an ideological doctrine that, at the time, was dominant among the Swedish public and influential in the country’s foreign policy. Ultimately, Aman demonstrates how the Swedish Phantom embodies values and a political point of view that reflect how Sweden sees itself and its role in the world.

The Phantom
The Phantom

Author: Ben Raab

Publisher: Moonstone Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933076096

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Join us in celebrating MOONSTONE's 10thAnniversary! NEW PRINTING This will be theONLY time this sold out TPB will be reprinted! Thelegendary newspaper strip hero makes his triumphant return to comics right here! Thrill to three rollicking 48 page adventures of the "Man Who Cannot Die","the Ghost Who Walks": THE PHANTOM! This action-packed volume contains thefirst three graphic novels: "The Ghost Killers", "The Singh Web", and theSOLD OUT "treasures of Bangalla"! PLUS, extra features: pin-ups,sketches, and author/artist commentary tracks! ALL of this brought to youby the KILLER line up of: Ben Raab (Green Lantern, Human Race),Fernando Blanco (Fallen Angel), Paul Mounts (Wanted), Mike Collins(Transformers), and Ken Wolak (Kolchak)! PLUS A COVER GALLERYOF THE MOONSTONE PHANTOM COVERS! PLUS A BRAND NEW COVER PAINTING BYDOUG KLAUBA!

A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance

Author: Rohinton Mistry

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart

Published: 2010-10-29

Total Pages: 834

ISBN-13: 1551991381

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A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry’s stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a “State of Internal Emergency.” Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances – and their fates – become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Mistry’s prose is alive with enduring images and a cast of unforgettable characters. Written with compassion, humour, and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured, and powerful novel written by one of the most gifted writers of our time.