The Kree Empire VS. Billy Barrett
Facebook advertisement for graphic novel the Kree Empire vs. Billy Barrett.
Latest Loot For The Leader’s Lair
The Leader, tucked away in his mysterious Lair, always derives great amusement from his immense collection of various popular culture collectibles. But his grasping nature is such that he is never satisfied with what he has. He must have more so he leaves no stone unturned in his endless quest to find more art treasures […]
The Sci-Fi Guy Strikes Again Part IV
The Sci-Fi Guy Strikes Again Part IV Lewis Forro the Sci-Fi Guy is always looking to buy collections of science fiction paperbacks, hardcover books and digest magazines. In 2016 he uncovered a large collection of science fiction books in Richmond, VA. Now in 2020, by happy circumstance he has bought another similar collection. The owner […]
Western Film, History and Art Books
Western Film, Art and History Books I was looking through the Facebook Marketplace ads as I frequently do to look for collectible items to buy for myself or to resell. I spotted this ad offering hardcover books on Western films and also the art and history of the American West for sale in Newport News, […]
Mr. Buzzo’s Box
Mr. Buzzo’s Box Click the image below to see the content’s of the box
Kang the Conqueror at the Charlotte Comic Con
Kang The Conqueror Visits The Charlotte Comic Con April 2021
A Nice Western Collection
A Nice Western Collection Click the image below to see Calvin Kimsey’s collection
The Sci-Fi Guy Strikes Again Part III
The Sci-Fi Guy Strikes Again Part III Click the image below to see the story.
Star Trek Video Posters
Star Trek Video Posters After The Twilight Zone, my favorite television show of all time is the 1960s Star Trek. I never watched a complete Star Trek show in in its original 1967 – 1969 run. But like many people I got hooked on it later when it went into syndication. My brother David and […]
Clifford D. Simak City T-Shirt
Clifford D. Simak City Shirt I first read Clifford D. Simak’s legendary science fiction anthology-novel at my grandmother’s house in Tarrant City, Alabama in the late 1960s. I had ordered it through the mail from Ace Books which was a big paperback publisher in those days. I don’t remember if I had read any Simak […]
Best Of EC Artist Edition
Best Of EC Artist’s Edition 11 July 2013 I bought from Wayne Ehrmann, owner of Zeno’s Books, this new oversize hardcover from IDW publishers, The Best of EC Artist’s Edtion. I passed on the chance several months ago to order IDW’s Wally Wood’s EC Stories: Artist Edition because of the high price and unwieldly 15″ x […]
Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein
Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein I visited Zeno’s Books 6 August 2013 and bought from the owner Wayne Ehrmann the hardcover book Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein. The cover price is $50 but Wayne always give me 30% off. This is another coffee table size hardover […]
Creepy Presents Steve Ditko
Creepy Presents Steve Ditko On 24 July 2013 I visited my regular comic book store Zeno’s Books and picked up from the owner Wayne Ehrmann two copies of the hardcover book Creepy Presents Steve Ditko. The publisher Darkhorse has reprinted in hardcover for the last few years Creepy and Eerie magazine horror stories from the […]
The Shootist
The Shootist Most movie stars toward the end of their careers have already made their best films. This was true of John Wayne, most of whose films after True Grit in 1968 were routine potboilers. However Wayne’s last film, The Shootist from 1976, was excellent and about as good as any he ever made. I’m […]
R.J. Long Pedigree Pre-Marvels
R.J. Long Pedigree Comic Collection 13 years ago in 2001 an original owner collection of early 1960s Marvel and DC comic books surfaced in Hampton Roads. It was bought from the original owner, R. J. Long, by Jerry Ringi who was the owner of the comic book store Amazing Fantasy. My friend Richard Delmer told […]
Ditko Monsters Gorgo
Ditko Monsters Gorgo My local comic book store owner Wayne Ehrmann of Zeno’s Books called me Tuesday 5 March 2013 to let me know that two hardcover books came in for me: Ditko Monsters Gorgo and Frazetta Sketchbook deluxe edition in slipcase. The Ditko book featured all the stories drawn by Steve Ditko for the 1960s Charlton comic book Gorgo. The comic […]
Caesar’s Conquests
Caesar’s Conquests While I was in Wayne Zeno’s comic book store a guy came in with a box of 1960s Classics Illustrated comic books. Wayne bought them for a dollar each. I never collected Classics Illustrated because I thought most of them were boring. Many of them were based on dry19th Century European or American […]
House Of Mystery #129 & Mysteries In Space
House Of Mystery #129 & Mysteries In Space I was just in my local comic book store, Zeno’s Books in Cheseapeake, VA, on Tuesday which is always the new comic delivery day from Diamond Distributors. The owner, Wayne Ehrmann, had called me to let me know I had a hardcover book come in Comic Book […]
Bruce Hershenson Movie Photos
Bruce Hershenson Movie Photos Here are some movie publicity photos I bought in Bruce Hershenson’s auctions or ebay over the last few months. I read all of Robert E. Howard’s Conan novels in the Lancer paperback editions in the 1960s and collected the Marvel comic book version starting about 1970. I was pleased with the […]
Amazing Adult Fantasy Press Proofs
Amazing Adult Fantasy Press Proofs The Pre-Marvel comic book Amazing Adult Fantasy has always been my favorite Pre-Marvel comic book. That’s because all the covers and every story in that title is drawn by Steve Ditko and written by Stan Lee. So I was pleased to welcome this recent addition to the Leader’s art and poster […]
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad I saw the 1958 Ray Harryhausen movie The 7th Voyage of Sinbad in the early 1960s in the theater when I was a kid. I remember being fascinated by the giant cyclops with a horn sticking from his head. The chained up dragon was pretty scary too. This movie was released on […]
Farewell To The Comics Buyer’s Guide
The Leader notes with regret today’s announcement by the hobby magazine publisher Krause Publications that its magazine for comic book collectors, Comics Buyer’s Guide (CBG) is ceasing publication. CBG was one of the oldest comic book fanzines. CBG’s predecessor The Buyer’s Guide to Comic Fandom (TBG) published by Alan Light first started in 1971. Light sold out […]
20,000,000 Miles To Earth
20,000,000 Miles To Earth I didn’t usually buy Forrest J. Ackerman’s magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland as a kid in the 1960s since the distribution of that magazine was spotty in my hometown of Savannah, Ga. None of my usual comic book buying stores in bicycle range carried it. The first issue I bought, #30 […]