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Comics legend Alex Toth's pièce de résistance, the complete Dell adventures of Zorro is finally available in a full color archival hardcover reprint! Toth, who defined how action/adventure stories are told, set the standard for comic books with his Zorro tales. Cited by comic book artists, historians, and fans as some of Toth's best work, these stories have been painstakingly digitally reconstructed to look better than the original Dell comic books in this deluxe reprint.

Miss Lace is back and she's with Hermes Press! Milton Caniff's famous good girl, created just for servicemen during WW II, known to G.I. Joes everywhere as "Lace," is available to all her fans in a deluxe hardcover art book reprinting the entire run of the strip. Move over Rita Hayworth - sultry, sassy Miss Lace and her daily adventures are given the royal treatment with a host of extras including a detailed intro by noted Caniff historian R.C. Harvey, complete with unused art, documentary materials, advertising art, and more.

Hermes Press proudly unveils the first ever digital release of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: the complete newspaper Sundays Volume One. Now, for the first time see four complete years in vivid color of the world's greatest sci-fi newspaper strip in one volume beginning with the first Sunday dated, March 30th, 1930. The Sunday strips in this volume present entirely different stories than the daily continuity of the feature so there is no duplication in the story-lines.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the first, best, and original science-fiction newspaper strip, has it all - space ships, anti-gravity belts, space pirates, invaders from other worlds, nefarious villains, and, of course, heroes. Comic strip historian Maurice Horn notes that Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 'introduced most of the staples of science-fiction plotting' to the American public - as well as to everyone else in the world who read it. Beginning in September 2008, Hermes Press will begin a complete reprint of the ground-breaking newspaper strip. Reprinting over 900 strips, 2 years of the daily strip are presented in Volume One, beginning with the first strip dated January 7, 1929. A special 16-page color section contains an essay on the strip by a leading science-fiction author to place the series in historical perspective together with documentary materials and production artwork. See and experience the thrill and awe of the precursor of Star Trek, Star Wars, and every other science-fiction story to come after!

Frank Thorne's masterwork, Ghita of Alizarr is finally being collected in its entirety in a hardcover archival edition sourced using the final versions of Thorne's original artwork. Now, experience the complete Ghita mythos in one book. There have been various versions of these stories but this volume brings together Thorne's definitive take on Ghita of Alizarr. If you're a fan of the adventures of the mighty warrior Ghita, there is finally a definitive version available, endorsed by the master himself, Frank Thorne.

Tails follows the exploits of hapless vegan cartoonist Ethan, as he manages relationships and litter boxes, all while trying to successfully publish his comic strip, Crusader Cat. As his life gets weirder in the real world, it also does on the comic page. Before he knows it, Ethan gets in over his head when fantasy and reality combine -- and then things get really weird.

Hermes Press adds yet another important title to its line-up of classic comic book and comic strip reprints with Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys: The Collected Dailies and Sundays. During the 1950s Roy Rogers King of the Cowboys was one of the most widely read newspaper comic strips in America. Now for the first time Hermes Press presents an in-depth collection of this important feature which surveys the greatest cowboy series to grace news­papers. See the adventures of Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Trigger in both black-and-white daily strips and four complete full color continuities of the Sundays. Highlighting this collection is a comprehensive sampling of Silver Age master Alex Toth's artwork on the title. Other artists featured in this survey of the Roy Rogers daily and Sunday strips are Mike Arens, and Tom, Chuck, and Bob McKimson.

These Machines Are Winning presents: Slaves for Gods. This original graphic novel contains the first of four chapters of the story. Slaves for Gods is a post 9/11 conspiracy thriller that plays out like and 80's Sci-Fi adventure film. Taking place in modern day, it follows two computer programmers and an anarchist group, trying to bring down the evil corporation, Sen-Tec, and it's maniacal CEO. Additional interior art contributions by James O'barr (The Crow), Clayton Stillwell (The Book of Life), Antoine Dode (Percy Jackson, The Crow) and Sebastian Fiumara (Abe Sapien)

Hermes Press proudly announces the complete reprint of Dell Comics' tie-in with Milton Caniff's legendary newspaper strip Steve Canyon. Now for the first time in over fifty years, fans of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon will have an opportunity to read the

Frank Robbins' masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, is back! When Johnny Hazard first saw newsprint it was near the end of the Second World War and the first story-line in the feature finds Johnny escaping from a German prisoner-of-war camp by stealing an enemy airplane. From there his adventures were packed with never ending action, Veronica Lake-esque women, and classic bad guys. Now you can see it all from the beginning, complimented by artwork from one of the master artists of the comic strip medium, Frank Robbins. Reproduced entirely from original King Features' press proofs.

Frank Robbins' masterpiece, one of the all-time greatest action/adventure newspaper comic strips, Johnny Hazard, is back! When Johnny Hazard first saw newsprint it was near the end of the Second World War and the first story-line in the feature finds Joh

America's most famous hard boiled detective, Mike Hammer, returns with Hermes Press' complete archival reprint of the entire newspaper strip, From the Files of... Mike Hammer!

Love Harvey Kurtzman's original MAD? Then you will have to have Eisner Hall of Fame winners Ross Andru and Mike Esposito's historic satire and parody magazine, GET LOST. Originally released in 1954, GET LOST delivered three ground-breaking, laugh-filled

Major Cobus Claassens commands a team of 150 mercenaries contracted to bring stability to the war-torn West African country of Sierra Leone. Battling overwhelming odds, Cobus and his men train and fight alongside a small contingent of soldiers against a murderous band of 15,000 rebel fighters bent on genocide.
No amount of soldiering has prepared the men for the vicious arena of butchery, treachery and mounting political pressure they experience while trying to do what is just.
What difference does winning make - if they lose their humanity in the process?

Now, for the first time, a comprehensive art book focusing on one of the greatest comic artists commonly referred to by his peers as "The Michelangelo of Comics": John Buscema. This exhaustive look at Buscema's career and art covers every aspect of this legend's work and is generously illustrated with over 200 examples of the master's original art. Over five years in preparation, comics historian Brian Peck interviewed everyone of note who ever worked with Buscema and paints a complete picture of one of the comics most outstanding artists.

Gray Morrow's career spanned over forty years - he toiled as an illustrator, comic book storyteller, painter, creator of myths and tales, a ghost artist for others behind on their deadlines, and a comic strip artist. His talents were varied and he was consistently good in a profession where quantity was and is sometimes more important than quality. It's clear to anyone who takes the time to look at his body of work that he had point of view that was consistent, compelling, and good to look at. Orion, his homage to the epic "swashbuckler" newspaper strips of the 1930s and pulp sci-fi and fantasy, was published installments in Heavy Metal magazine in the 1970s, but has never been published in its entirety, until now. Read one of Morrow's favorite efforts which bristles with pulp sensabilites, engaging characters, and non-stop action. Also, Morrow's three comic book story arc, Edge of Chaos, his rumination on the Greek myths, is also assembled, for the first time as a complete story to compliment Orion.

The late 1960s comic book adventures of The Phantom return in full, glorious color! Hermes Press is collecting all 74 issues of The Phantom comic books which ran from 1962-1977, and this volume begins the Charlton years. Volume One of The Charlton Years picks up with The Phantom #30, that publisher's first issue, and features all The Phantom stories from nine complete comic books. Volume One of The Charlton years highlights art by Jim Aparo and stories by Dick Wood. The Charlton comic book version of the grand-daddy of costumed heroes, The Ghost Who Walks, is available again, digitally remastered to look better than the original books.

The Phantom: The Complete Series-- Volume One, Gold Key collects eight issues of slamming crime-busting global action from the Ghost Who Walks! This first volume collects eight adventures from the Gold Key comic book run, with stories by Bill Harris and Bill Lignante that are put forth with George Wilson's masterful painted covers. These comics were originally produced in the 1960s, and have been digitally remastered to modern perfection for a new audience...or as a reminder to the old one.

The mid-1960s comic book adventures of The Phantom return in full, glorious digital color! Hermes Press is collecting, all 73 issues of The Phantom comic books which ran from 1962-1977, and this volume features the King years. This volume picks up with The Phantom #18, the first King issue, and features all The Phantom stories from issues #18-#28 and also features all of the Phantom back-up stories from Mandrake the Magician. The King years features cover and interior art by Bill Lignante. The King comic book version of the grand-daddy of costumed heroes, the Ghost Who Walks, is available again, digitally remastered to look better than the original books. Don't miss it!

An all-new six part mini-series written by Peter David with art by Sal Velluto. The original Ghost Who Walks - The Phantom- returns in this late-1940s adventure.
This classic tale pits The Phantom against the Singh Brotherhood and their metal-handed leader who are intent on plundering an ancient fabled City of Gold. Only The Phantom, Diana and a newly found ally -taken from the pages of the first Phantom adventure- can stop them! Filled with action, suspense, intrigue and surprises that will thrill both newcomers to the legends and also prompt his millions of already existing fans to pick up issue #1 and read on!