Let’s take a quick look to see what’s arrived in the mail here at the Geek Compound.
Grandville by Bryan Talbot
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Two hundred years ago, Britain lost the Napoleonic War and fell under the thumb of French domination. Gaining independence after decades of civil disobedience and anarchist bombings, the Socialist Republic of Britain is now a small, unimportant backwater connected by a railway bridge, steam-powered dirigible, and mutual suspicion to France. When a British diplomat is murdered to look like suicide, ferocious Detective-Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard stalks a ruthless murder squad through the heart of a Belle Epoque Paris, the center of the greatest empire in a world of steam-driven hansom cabs, automatons, and flying machines. LeBrock’s relentless quest can lead only to death, truth… or war.
The Chronicles Of Conan Volume 18: Isle of the Dead and Other Stories Written by Bruce Jones and Steven Grant Art by John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Marc Silvestri, Alfredo Alcala, and Val Mayerik
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Taking over writing duties on Conan the Barbarian in the early 1980s, Bruce Jones brought his humor and horror sensibilities – as well as his knack for telling great short stories – to the title, invigorating John Buscema, who returned to work on the series with Conan #136. In Chronicles of Conan: Isle of the Dead and Other Stories, these two comic-book titans lead Conan on a thrilling tour of Hyboria – from the monster-infested Bossonian Marshes to the hideous slave markets of Belthem – as Conan encounters strange, supernatural foes, beguiling women, and overconfident rulers.
Turok, Son of Stone Archives Volume 2 by Paul S. Newman and various artists
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Earth’s prehistoric past flourishes in a lost valley where two young Native Americans, Turok and Andar, have become trapped. While they struggle to survive among the honkers (dinosaurs) and prehistoric human residents, they hold on to the hope that one day they will discover a way out of the valley and be reunited with their tribe. This volume collects six classic issues of the comic book from the early 1960s.
Tarzan Archives: The Jesse Marsh Years Volume 4 Art by Jesse Marsh Written by Gaylord DuBois
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In the late 1940s, Dell Publishing assembled a new comics team that would leave an indelible impression on millions of young readers. For the next nineteen years, Jesse Marsh – an "artist’s artist" – and Gaylord DuBois created an absorbing jungle world for Edgar Rice Burroughs’s most famous character. The realism and consistent quality in their collaboration remain influential to countless comics artists today.
The Savage Sword Of Conan Volume 6 Written by Roy Thomas, Michael Fleisher, and Bruce Jones Art by John Buscema, Ernie Chan, Gil Kane, Ernoe Colon and others
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With writers Roy Thomas, Michael Fleisher, and Bruce Jones contributing to The Savage Sword of Conan in the early 1980s, the action-filled comics magazine continued its long, successful run exploring the lush and dangerous world of Conan’s Hyboria. This volume reprints most of the black-and-white Conan tales from 1981, with the artistic talents of John Buscema, Gil Kane, Ernie Chan, Ernie Colon, Alfredo Alcala, and others adding to the uncensored excitement! The Savage Sword creative teams presented in this latest tome deliver timeless adventures featuring Robert E. Howard’s beloved barbarian, and such classics as the "Temple of the Tiger," "Dwellers in the Depths," and "Moat of Blood" are reprinted here for the first time ever! Collecting selections from The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian issues #61 through #71, this volume also includes the frontispieces and pinups from each issue, drawn by Alex Toth, Joe Chiodo, Ernie Chan, Carl Potts, Tony de Zuniga, and others!