The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 1 Absolute Edition

Script by Alan Moore, art by Kevin O'Neill with Ben Dimagmaliw and William Oakley. All illustrations are ©Moore and O'Neill.

From Hell Graphitti Designs Limited Signed Edition

Script Alan Moore and art by Eddie Campbell.

Canvas hardcover book (7.9 x 10.2 inches, 20 x 26 cm, ISBN: 0-936211-57-1, $95) printed on high quality mat paper.

picture on ebay from gods3rdeye seller (sticker on the plastic shrink wrap)

This book is the limited signed hardcover edition of 1000 published in December 1999 by Graphitti Designs (mine is #936/1000). It begins with an exclusive illustration signed by both the artist. Note that all the pages (circa 575) are individually numbered by the hand of Eddie Campbell (but reproduced as such of course). All the introduction pages from the original comics are reprinted here.

Notice that a Painfully limited edition of this book was produced by Eddie Campbell in 2002. From ChrisMcLaren' blog: "only 19 copies of this edition exist, each one created personally by Campbell. The book comes in a clothbound clamshell case with a black kangaroo leather cover and an original color painting by Campbell inside the front cover".

Here is the exact content of my "regular" limited edition of the book:
- the prologue,
- the fourteenth chapters,
- the epilogue,
- maps of London,
- the Appendix,
- "Dance of the gull catchers" as Appendix II.

You will find more other pictures on Comicstrade here.

Nemesis the Warlock Death to All Aliens Classic Hardcover

Script by Pat Mills, Art by Kevin O'Neill & Jesus Redondo (B&W). All illustrations are ©Rebellion A/S

Published in March 2003 by 2000AD/Titan Books (ISBN 1-84023-475-X, cover price 19.99£), this canvas hardcover book ( 8.8 x 11.9 inches or 22,5 x 30,2 cm) comes with the Titan Books hardcover "Classic" collection style dust jacket (see picture at the end of the article).

The book, printed on thick mat paper, features 155 pages of book one and two from the alien Warlock saga, plus a few shorts:
"Terror Tube"
"Killer Watt"
"The Sword Sinister"
"Book I : World of Termight"
"Book II : The Alien Alliance"
"The Secret Life of the Blitzspear"

There is also a 2 pages introduction, 1 page displaying Pat Mills synopsis for "Terror Tube" and 4 pages for the cover and pin-up gallery (B&W).

Note that this book was reprinted with the exact same content (but different cover) in softcover paperback edition in March 2004 (Titan Book/Rebellion) with a thinner and a little bit glossy paper.


My Pat Mills related Titan Books Classic Deluxe collection:

Astonishing X-Men Deluxe Hardcover Collection

I only own the two first volume written by Joss Whedon and drawn by John Cassaday.

These slightly oversized books (7.5 x 11.5 inches, 19 x 28 cm) comes with faux leather hardcovers and dust jackets. The stories are printed on glossy paper just a little thicker than the original comics.

First volume published in 2006 by Marvel (ISNB 0-7851-2301-6, cover price 29.99$) containing Astonishing X-Men #1-12 (322 pages) and displaying all the original regular covers in virgin form.

There is 22 pages of extra material printed on a blue frame:
- a 2 pages introduction written by Brian K. Vaughan,
- 12 pages of Wizard covers, variant covers (sometimes with layouts) and the saga cover,
- 4 pages of John Cassaday's character designs,
- 2 pages of Joss Whedon planning emails transcription,
- 4 pages interview of John Cassaday by John Rhett Thomas (Marvel Spotlight).

Second volume published in 2008 by Marvel (ISNB 978-0-7851-3561-6, cover price 34.99$) containing Astonishing X-Men #13-24 and Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 (almost 350 pages) and displaying all the original regular covers in virgin form.

There is 7 pages of extra material printed on a blue frame: 6 variant covers and the saga cover already reprinted in the previous volume).