Frank Frazetta

For over two decades Creepy magazine presented some of the most gripping tales of terror, mayhem, and the supernatural ever told in graphic fiction, and was a showcase of the stellar work of comics legends Archie Goodwin, Frank Frazetta, Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, and many more. Long available only as expensive collectibles, Creepy Archives Volume 4 collects Creepy issues #16-#20 in a value-priced paperback edition and includes original letters pages, text features, and ads.

Informed by WW2 propaganda, Frank Frazetta's earliest work is still as artistically nuanced and socially complex as it is innocent. Now, for the first time ever, witness the first complete story from a modern master with Frank Frazetta's "The Adventures of the Snow Man" "The Adventures of the Snowman" first appeared in Tally Ho comics in December of 1944 when Frazetta was only 15 years old. This is the first time it has been repinted.

The longest comic-book run of Frank Frazetta's career! First appearing as a backup feature in Durango Kid in 1949, Dan Brand - known as the "White Indian" - is a colonial-era city boy whose life is marred by tragedy. When the death of his fiancee sends Brand through the wilderness on a trek to avenge her murderer, he begins a journey that will transform him into a hardened pioneer survivalist. The powerful sequential work of Frank Frazetta is in the spotlight in this collection, with all interior pages scanned from original comic-book issues and digitally cleaned. As the first White Indian story declares, "When our country was young... and the truly great Americans were the intrepid pioneers of the backwoods, where the woods were thick and sown with sudden death... the greatest of the backwoodsmen was Dan Brand!" Join us as a wily pioneer and his sidekick Tipi brave the wilds of the American "New World" and a young cartoonist takes an industry by storm with his powerful talents in the 1940s and 1950s.

Frank Frazetta is considered THE greatest heroic-fantasy artist of all time. His work has influenced generations of artists, fans, designers, and movie directors. The Complete Johnny Comet is Vol 1 of the Vanguard Frazetta Classics series. Frazetta's famous newspaper-strip masterpiece is back in a hardcover for the first time in 20 years! But, for the first time in any collection, it is being shot from Frank's personal artist's proofs making this the best reproduction ever. This is the definitive, official edition authorized by Frank Frazetta. "...makes his living the way he lives his life: in the fast lane...breathtaking... time capsule of classic illustrated fiction." -- LIBRARY JOURNAL, Aug 5, 2011