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Black Tower Comics Tales of Terror

 

Pages 75

Binding Perfect Bound

Interior Color Black & White

Dimensions A4 (8.27 x 11.69 in / 210 x 297 mm)

£8.00 excl. p&p

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Once again the library of the Black Tower is opened and its files delved into. Robert Lovett -back from the dead for vengeance?

A mysterious case of two men falling into a strange dimension -the Black Abyss! The Living dead!

Black Tower's two sorcerers Kotar and Sabuta try to intervene in The Deadly Dilemma of Sigismund Benfrigisson!

Oh and there is more and you will sharpen your vampiric fangs, file your lycanthropic claws to razor sharpness to get this one!

Black Tower Comics -The Hellfire Cab??

 

Ben R Dilworth
A4
B&W
14pp
£6.00
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There are times you REALLY want to see the sight of a cab coming along the road. 

Then there are times that you REALLY do not want to see a cab...especially the Hellfire Cab and its passenger. 

For the Phantom Detective it could all just be another supernatural scuffle before tea and scones. Or it could be DEATH

Black Tower Comics: Johnny Neg

 

Writer/Artist:Ben R Dilworth
Characters created by Terry Hooper-Scharf
A4
B&W
40pp
£7.00
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Ben Dilworth gives his own spin on the character Johnny Neg: a hard-boiled detective in a unique universe. 

What does a detective sound like in a place where everything can -and has- happened? A decadent place where the end of the world is assured to occur? 

1984 meets the Apocalypse on steroids! 

Text stories include: "Let's Talk It Over", "BrainDrainer", "Stamp" and "StokeHeadDead" 

Strips include: "Mutoids", "Home", "Mob Rools", "Love Robot", "Suicide Balls" and "The Ghost Bar" 

And for added delectation --there is a GoBo insert (you DO know who GoBo is, right?

Black Tower Comics: The Complete Phantom Detective

 

A4

B&W

36 Pages

Price: £6.00 (excl. VAT)Ships in 3–5 business days

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Murdering Ghouls. Satanic Masses. Demonic Possession. Werewolves. Poltergeists. Vampires. To many of the uninitiated these are just “things that go bump in the night” -TV or film fantasy. 

In the Victorian era, The Phantom Detective used his decades of occult study to help those in danger from these “things” and he paid the ultimate price…. ….

Yet he continues to help and to observe as best he can for now he is a true... 

PHANTOM DETECTIVE! 

From one of the UK's most under -rated comic creators, Ben R. Dilworth, comes new life breathed into and a new slant given to the adventures of the former mortal who has become one of the Watchers -forbidden to act even to save a life from supernatural forces.  Except "rules are there to be broken or at the very least stretched until you can see through them!"

The much anticipated collection from the co-creator of Peter Wisdom and artist of Mark Millar's The Shadowmen!

Black Tower Comics: Journey of the ID: The Dr Morg Trilogy

 

A4
B&W
52pp
£6.00
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Metapsychophysics meets comics. Its the next natural evolutionary step in comic books! For the first time all three parts of the highly acclaimed Dr. Morg Trilogy are combined into one volume:

WORDS WITHIN WORLDS,

AFTER ORWELL and the final explosive 

THE DEATH OF DR. MORG!

Black Tower Comics and Books Ordering -NO International Shipping

 

To make it clear: 

1.  if you order a book from the online store it does not involve international shipping. Books are printed in your region -that's how print on demand works.  

2.  The price of the book should be shown in your own currency.

3.  Obviously your local postal rates apply and there are options for tracked, special delivery and untracked (the least expensive) postage from within your region.

Ordered in your region, printed in your region and delivered by the postal system in your region.  It could not be more simple.

One important thing to note is that third party sellers will state "post free" and that is a lie. You often pay 30-75% more on a book ordered through a third party seller than from the online store. The reason is because the third party seller HAS to buy from the online store and the selling price usually covers two postal payments -0from store to them and then to you.  

People have purchased from third party sellers and not gotten their books or have had to wait over a month for them to arrive. At that point they contact me and it is all very simple: they tried to rob me of a sale and bought a book at a far more expensive price because they read "post free". That is important because if you buy from a third party seller you are removing the small profit I make on a book. Also, ordering from the online store is not just cheaper but, even though it has never happened since I started selling in 2009,  I can actually look into why you have not had your book delivered. Third party seller -your tough luck.

Support the creator and publisher not third party scammers.

I have asked to clarify which countries books can be ordered from as I know someone in Hong Kong and China were interested and it looks like you can order from there. According to the  print company:

We do NOT ship to the following countries/territories:

• Belarus
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Hope that helps!

Black Tower -Ace Hart The Atomic Man 1-4

 

A4
B&W
20pp
Text and comic strip
£5.95
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Ace Hart The Atomic Man -one of Britain's first and greatest super heroes is back in his own limited series created and produced by Ben R. Dilworth.  With an Atomipower cover designed to irradiate your eye-balls

1970, After The Bomb, Arride, 42 and Princess.

All stories complete so if you just want to try one issue you can!

A4
B&W
20pp
Text and comic strips
£5.95
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Ace Hart -the Atomic Man! One of the UK's first post war sauper heroes is back with his second issue and guided by the creative wizardry of Ben R. Dilworth -all behind the new Atomipower covers!

With titles such as Space Pirates, The Trap, After the Bomb, Unseen and Colonize how can you go wrong? I'm excited and I just edited the book (to be faior I have had a lot of coffee so I could be hyper). 

The British Golden Age of Comics is in safe hands!

 

20pp
A4
B&W
Text and comic strip
£6.00
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Ace Hart -The Atom Powered Man. One of the UKs first post war super heroes is guided through more action and stories by Ben R Dilworth in this third issue. 

And behind that powerful Atomipower cover you'll find stories including: What Is It Good For? Stone Cold Killer Box and the story behind the cover -UP Stream!

20pp
A4
B&W
£6.95
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Ace Hart The Atomic Man is back in the final issue of this four issue run. 

See our hero deal with Pluto Attacking and other threats while back up strips include the Rev Merriwether -God's Demon thumper, the Purple Hood, GoBo and...well, why spoil it!

Black Tower: Dark Night Detectives I and II: Everything Is Under Control and The Ministry of Safety

 

 

A4

Black & White
50 Pages
Price: £6.00 (excl. VAT)

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Its a world where if you stand up for what is right you'll be lucky if its just a beating you get.

A world where people are starving (if poor) and the rich live in luxury.

A world where you have to have birthing Rights.

Where sacrificing someone to the Devil is acceptable -as long as they pay the wages.

A world where if you DO NOT take that bribe you WILL be made an example of.

This shows off Dilworth's skill at writing dark and brooding stories with a hint of satire but just too true to modern life!  It also shows his skill as an artistic story teller and designer.  Some of Ben Dilworth's most provoking and dark work in ages.

 

A4

28pp

B&W

£7.00

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Its a world where if you stand up for what is right you'll be lucky if its just a beating you get. A world where people are starving (if poor) and the rich live in luxury. A world where you have to have birthing Rights. Where sacrificing someone to the Devil is acceptable -as long as they pay the wages. A world where if you DO NOT take that bribe you WILL be made an example of. 

This was the dystopian world set up by Ben Dilworth in Small Press publications in the 1980 and some strips in Black Tower books and led on to The Dark Night Detectives: Everything Is Under Control. 

Now Detective Inspector Black and Special Constable (Community Policing) Jones are back and it is still dark, bleak and depressingly familiar in a way.

 The ending will make you ask more than a few questions.

Hmm. No, I never reviewed Harry Dickson...oh wait -I did!

 

I was asked whether I had reviewed Cinebook's Harry Dickson volume 1? I started writing that I had not when I quickly checked.  

Yes, I had reviewed the book in April!  What is more, and I have no explanation as to why, the review got the highest number of views for any Cinebook reviewed to date!

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2024/04/cinebook-ltd-harry-dickson-1-mysterion.html

So, I did review it and I did enjoy it and, Marcus, the link above will take you to what you wanted!

Cinebook Ltd Newsletter 203- november 2024

Dear Reader, You asked, we listened! We have more reprints of Valerian – The Complete Collection coming your way this month – specifically, volumes 4 and 5. For those of you who may not yet know this absolutely fantastic series, Valerian & Laureline first appeared in magazine Pilote in 1967. Originally titled Valerian – Spatio-Temporal Agent, it quickly added the name of its heroine to its official title, a move that was just one of the groundbreaking aspects of the series. At the time, giving a female character who’d started as a sidekick equal billing was … unusual! As time went by, Laureline even became arguably the leader of the pair, though never at the expense of Valerian’s place in the stories. Her personality – more carefree, more rebellious – may have fitted better with the authors’ own opinions … Their scripts were notable for their strong humanism and left-leaning views, and like all good science-fiction always does, held a mirror to the problems and failures of our time. They were also known for their humour and inventiveness, and Christin’s complex stories were perfectly complemented by Mézières’ astonishing art. The artist’s talent for illustrating the wonders of space and the diversity of life encountered by Valerian and Laureline on their travels – not to mention various eras of Human history and the many action sequences that keep the adventures exciting and gripping – can never be overstated. The series received many awards, including the prestigious Grand Prix de la Ville d’Angoulême (think of it as an Oscar for comics …), but the greatest recognition came from its enduring appeal with readers even now, nearly 60 years later, and above all the influence it had on science-fiction as a whole, in comics and beyond – the mark it left on Star Wars is undeniable, for example. The authors had met in a cellar as children, sheltering from air raids during World War Two. They both went to live in the USA for a while, meeting again as they played cowboy and lived their American dreams. Their comic partnership started there and never stopped. Jean-Claude Mézières left us in January 2022. Pierre Christin last month. They were both gentlemen of deep culture and boundless curiosity, kind and friendly. Of the original creative team of Valerian & Laureline, only colourist Evelyne Tranlé, Mézières’ sister, is still with us. But their creation will long outlive them, and it has been our honour to make it available to English-language readers everywhere. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did – and if you haven’t given it a try yet, well, what are you waiting for …? A massive thank you as always to everyone who came to see us at our Thought Bubble stand, whether it was to check out unfamiliar books, fill your bags with new titles, or just to have a chat – it’s always a blast either way! José Luis Munuera’s A Christmas Carol was our best-selling book, and no wonder, but you were also very fond of series Orbital. Well, good news to all fans of sci-fi longing for more – a volume 9 is in the works in French! Not sure when, but do keep a little room on those shelves, just in case …! Valerian Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin The Complete Collection 4 This volume contains books 9 to 12 – two unmissable two-parters that represent a turning point in the story of our agents, and which are widely considered by critics and readers alike to be the pinnacle of the series … Read more Valerian Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin The Complete Collection 5 In this volume of the Collection you will find books 13 to 15, and our heroes’ life has been irretrievably changed with the disappearance of future Earth and Galaxity … Read more Harry Dickson 2 The Court of Terror Buck Danny 15 Air Force One North-American readers, to locate a comic book shop near you that stocks or can order these titles and many more, use this handy Read more   Or, if you're a retailer yourself, please go to: Read more EARLY ACCESS : Lucky Luke 83 Trouble Brewing Comic Bits Online – Terry Hooper Buck Danny Classics 5 – Operation Iron Curtain Buck Danny Classics 6 – Red Alert

Are You Ready for The Independents?

 

A4
B&W
94pp
£9.00
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Collected together a selection of the best Independent comics from Black Tower 

- Jemma Webster's AUTOPSIA  during the reading of which the 1940s song "Run Rabbit, Run" is necessary background music.

Small Press Guru Uhuru Paul Ashley Brown's now out of print big seller THE TALL TREES 

-a strip that gives tou a good reason to be dendrophobic (scared of trees).

A selection from the unstoppable legend that is The Big Man from Osaka (via Clacton) Ben R. Dilworth. Tremble ye in his shadow.

Oh, and Terry Hooper-Scharf's much derided (by Paul Brown) controversial modern day nonsense "Go Bo Explains Einstein."

Cinebook Ltd: Michel Vaillant - Legendary Races 2: A Driver's Soul

 

Authors: Denis Lapière & Vincent Dutreuil
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 64 colour pages
Publication: May 2024

ISBN: 9781800441347 

£11.99 inc. VAT

https://www.cinebook.co.uk/michel-vaillant-legendary-races-drivers-soul-p-4550.html

1971, Monaco Grand Prix. Jackie Stewart has a perfect racing weekend. Meanwhile, after a series of setbacks, Michel Vaillant is nursing doubts about his life and his career, and shares them, his feelings, and some of his racing secrets with a journalist. 

As for Steve Warson, contacted by the FBI, he agrees to exfiltrate an injured special agent from a hotel in Marseille – could the French Connection interfere with the race?

The review of volume 1 can be found here:

https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2023/09/cinebook-ltd-michel-vaillant-legendary.html

VROOOM VROP VROP VROOOAAAR -some of the visual sound effects you'll see in this book and although they may well seem daft here they actually do work in the book.  Speed lines can only do so much and its strange how seeing them you immediately (if you have ever seen racing ) they immediately bring that sound to life.

Well, I thought I needed to get that off my chest. Isabelle Charly's colour work is excellent and brings out the art with its depiction of races, car chases involving criminals and a wounded man (well of course it does), some gun play and intrigue all followed by the glamorous author.  

I once lent a German language reprint of a Michel Vaillant book and his reaction was: "What's with all the fist fights, guns and car chases -I thought this was about a racing driver?"  

Sweet innocent thing!😂😂😂😂

64 pages of race cars taking turns in roads, the occasional crash would be quite boring.  Before motor racing horse racing was the setting for chases, gun fights, double crosses and murders. We've moved on from Silver Blaze (if you get that reference take 10 points).

As far as I know this is the first time Michel Vaillant adventures have appeared in the English language so another one to thank Cinebook for!

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