Checker, Part 2
Wrapping up my look at Checker’s graphic novel library, there’s lots of classic science fiction material this time around, including Gold Key Star Trek, Topps X-Files, and Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon strip collections. Plus, Seuss, CrossGen, Heavy Metal, Dick Tracy, B.C., and more.
Read on for Checker, Part 2.
Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Volume 1 HC
Hardcover- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Earth braces for its final destruction in a collision with an onrushing planet, and only Dr. Zarkov can prevent doomsday. Taking Flash Gordon and Dale Arden captive, he takes off in a rocket to deflect the hurtling planet and save the world. The mad Zarkov, Flash and Dale survive a crash landing on Mongo, only to be captured by the diabolical Ming the Merciless. And the true adventure begins. - Amazon.com
Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Volume 2 HC
Hardcover- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
The second of Checker’s re-issue of the color Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond! The work of a master at his best, these color strips were originally published in 1935 and 1936. - Amazon.com
Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Volume 3 HC
Hardcover- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
The third volume of Checker’s effort to reprint Flash Gordon in all of its glory. Alex Raymond’s masterful artwork and storytelling create a world that has enchanted imaginations for decades. Presented in full color with a landscape layout to best display Raymond’s near-cinematographic design. - Amazon.com
Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Volume 4 HC
Hardcover- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Brilliantly illustrated by the legendary Alex Raymond, Flash Gordon epitomizes the golden age of the newspaper comic strip. Volume 4 collects strips from 1938 to 1940, continuing the saga of Flash, Dale, and Ming on the planet Mongo! - Amazon.com
Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Volume 5 HC
Hardcover- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Volume five of Flash Gordon includes the stories ?The Ice Kingdom of Mongo?, ?Power Men of Mongo?, and ?The Fall of Ming?, all originally appearing from 1940 to 1941. This quintessential science fiction title has all the trappings of what has now become the standard for modern-day sci-fi. Alex Raymond helped shape the landscape of this genre, and this landmark work is now available in a beautiful and affordable, hardcover edition from Checker Book Publishing Group - Amazon.com
Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Volume 6 HC
Hardcover- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
This archival-quality book features works a legend of cartooning, Alex Raymond. He is credited with inspiring generations of artists to try their hand at comic strips, including greats such as Frank Frazetta and Al Williamson. Flash Gordon Volume 6 is presented in stunning full-color, in a landscape page-format that does much to highlight Raymond’s gorgeous, sprawling scenery and cinematic layout. Featuring the Flash Gordon Sundays strips which originally ran from August 1941 through May 1 - Amazon.com
Alex Raymond’s Flash Gordon Volume 7 HC
Hardcover- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Flash Gordon Volume 7 is presented in stunning full-color, in a landscape page-format that does much to highlight Raymond’s gorgeous, sprawling scenery and cinematic layout. Featuring the Flash Gordon Sundays strips which originally ran from May 1943 through February 1945. - Amazon.com
Dick Tracy: The Collins Casefiles Volume 1 TPB
Trade Paperback- $17.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
First of several volumes collecting Collins’ masterful yet controversial 15-year run, including the stories “Angel Top’s Last Stand,” “Return of Haf-and Haf,” and “Big Boy’s Revenge.” - Amazon.com
Dick Tracy: The Collins Casefiles Volume 2 TPB
Trade Paperback- $18.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Second of several volumes collecting Collins’ masterful yet controversial 15-year run. - Amazon.com
Dick Tracy: The Collins Casefiles Volume 3 TPB
Trade Paperback- $17.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Acclaimed mystery author and comics writer Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition) took over scripting Chester Gould’s iconic detective strip in 1978, and Dick Tracy would never be the same again. - Amazon.com
Star Trek: The Key Collection Volume 1 TPB
Trade Paperback- $22.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
From 1967 through 1979, Gold Key published the first Star Trek comics, totalling 60 issues in all. Now Checker collects and reprints these classic tales. This volume is the first of nine editions and collects issues 1-8. - Amazon.com
Star Trek: The Key Collection Volume 2 TPB
Trade Paperback- $22.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Volume 2 of Checker’s comprehensive reprint of the hard-to-find original Star Trek comics. This volume collects issues 9 through 16 and features the original Enterprise crew in adventures to be found nowhere else. - Amazon.com
Star Trek: The Key Collection Volume 3 TPB
Trade Paperback- $22.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Picking up where the second volume of Checker’s reprint series left off, this volume reprints issues 17 through 25 of the original Star Trek comics from Gold Key. Features the original Enterprise crew - Kirk, Spock, Sulu, McCoy, and the rest - in unique Trek adventures scripted by famed comics writer Len Wein. - Amazon.com
Star Trek: The Key Collection Volume 4 TPB
Trade Paperback- $22.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
The classic television show that became a classic comic book! Revisit the original crew and see why these Gold Key books were, and remain, so popular among both Star Trek and comic book fans alike. Volume four collects the stories “Ice Journey,” “Death of a Star,” “The Final Truth,” and more! - Amazon.com
Star Trek: The Key Collection Volume 5 TPB
Trade Paperback- $22.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Volume five collects issues #34 through #44 of this archetypal comic book series! Story titles include “The Psychocrystals,” “A Bomb in Time,” “Furlough to Fury,” and more! - Amazon.com
The X-Files Volume 1 TPB
Trade Paperback- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Miran Kim’s eerie cover art sets the tone of each issue, while Petrucha and Rozum captivate readers with compelling and fast-paced plots. A must-have for any X-Files fan, these stories parallel the series, but hold their own in the realm of graphic storytelling. Mulder and Scully face killer computer programs, solve mysterious reappearances, get captured by survivalists and, of course, uncover government secrets in adventures that could only be inspired by the X-Files legacy. - Amazon.com
The X-Files Volume 2 TPB
Trade Paperback- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
The X-Files had a nine-year run and enjoyed immense popularity and critical acclaim - garnering sixteen Emmy awards and five Golden Globe awards. The X-Files Topps comic book series that began in the early 90s was a force in its own right - with original stories and a few series adaptations here and there, the X-Files comic book was a top-selling comic throughout its publication. Featuring writers Kevin J. Anderson and John Rozum, interior art by Charles Adlard, and additional art created by world-renowned artist Miran Kim. - Amazon.com
The X-Files Volume 3 TPB
Trade Paperback- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Volume three of The X-Files collects more intrigue-filled adventures of Scully and Mulder. Written by John Rozum, illustrated by Gordon Purcell and Josef Rubenstein, and featuring cover art by Miran Kim, this book collects the stories “Silver Lining,” “Be Prepared,” “Remote Control,” and more! - Amazon.com
A Bit of Madness TPB
Trade Paperback- $24.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
A gorgeously painted work of high fantasy comics storytelling from the French bandes-dessines master, Civiello. Page after page of beautiful artwork entices the reader into a complex and breathlessly paced tale. Enjoyed by tens of thousands of readers worldwide during its serialized presentation in the renowned comics magazine Heavy Metal. - Amazon.com
Growing Old With B.C.: A 50 Year Celebration TPB
Trade Paperback- $19.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
This Fall Checker Book Publishing marks the upcoming 50th anniversary of an American cartoon icon, B.C. by Johnny Hart. Features strips hand-picked from the master himself prior to his death in April 2007. This collection, which celebrates the half-century love affair America has with the introspective caveman community, features rare and never before published concept art for the strip and a compendium of each individual decade. Growing Old With B.C., A Celebration of Johnny Hart collects the Reuben Award-winning strip more comprehensively than ever before. Thor, Wiley, Ida and of course B.C. himself are all here in one hilarious birthday party for one of America’s most enduring comic strips. - Amazon.com
Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Early Works Volume 1 HC
Hardcover- $22.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Recognized as the most popular children’s book author of the 20th century, Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) had a career in illustration that varied widely before he wrote his first juvenile book. Early Works Volume 1 is the first of a series collecting various political cartoons, advertisements, and other images drawn by Geisel long before he had written any of his world-famous books. - Amazon.com
Theodor Seuss Geisel: The Early Works Volume 2 HC
Hardcover- $22.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Before writing his first children’s book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, published in 1937, Geisel worked as a political cartoonist, an advertising illustrator, and a documentary filmmaker. Checker collects some of the rarer, never before published cartoons created by Geisel. Volume 2 includes magazine and book illustrations, advertising illustrations, and other rare pieces. - Amazon.com
Sojourn Volume 5: A Sorcerer’s Tale TPB
Trade Paperback- $17.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
From the burning desert sands to the wild ocean seas, Arwyn and her fellow travelers journey around the fantastic five lands. - Amazon.com
Scion Volume 6: Royal Wedding TPB
Trade Paperback- $17.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
The great war between the Heron Dynasty and the Raven Dynasty is quelled by the marriage of Ylena, daughter of Heron Dane and the malevolent Bron. - Amazon.com
Way Of The Rat Volume 3: Haunted Zhumar TPB
Trade Paperback- $17.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Trapped in Old Mother’s House by an army of evil ghosts things get bad for Boon and Po Po thanks to arrival of Kung Kung Yi. Who is this powerful spirit and why do the undead fear him? - Amazon.com
Sigil Volume 5: Death Match TPB
Trade Paperback- $17.95 (suggested retail)
Check for availability and discount pricing from Amazon.com
Humanity’s last hope for survival is a grizzled mercenary, and to save us all Samandahl Rey must face the mighty Suarian Weapon master. But what will Sam be forced to unleash to achieve his victory? - Amazon.com