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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the first, best and original sci-fi hero is supporting Free Comic Book day with a special re-print of one complete Sunday story, “Prophet of the Fire Demon,” by fabled artist Russell Keaton, whose fantasy work is considered to be one of the high-points of the feature.  This story has been painstakingly digitally reconstructed to perfection and looks better than the original newspaper Sundays!  Hermes Press’ Buck Rogers FDBD issue will also offer bonus material and tons of surprises! Hermes Press is a Silver level sponsor of Free Comic Book Day.

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Press Release Hermes Press is pleased to announce the deluxe bookshelf hardcover printing of “Scratch9: The Pet Project (Second Life Edition)”, collecting the complete fan-favorite, all-ages title under one cover for the first time. The new collection includes the original, Eisner-nominated graphic novel “Scratch9: The Pet Project” along with this year’s hit anthology “Scratch9: Cat Tails.”

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Press Release Building on the critical success of Hermes Press’ complete reprint of Alex Toth’s Zorro, Hermes is now issuing the first comic book incarnation of the masked, caped defender of old California, with a complete reprint of Dell’s Pre-Code Zorro. Before the Comics Code tried to take all the fun out of comic books, Zorro burst onto comic store racks all over the county, introducing many youngsters to this classic archetypal character.

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Max Collins, author of Road to Perdition, who wrote the foreword and introduction to Hermes Press’ Mickey Spillane’s From the FIles of… Mike Hammer, will be signing the book as well as answering questions about his friend and mentor Mickey Spillane at the Hermes Press Booth #1821-23 on Sunday, July 21 from 1-2:30PM.

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Press Release Walt Kelly’s Pogo, acknowledged as one of the most important and influential comic strips of all time, first appeared not in newspapers but as a feature in the Dell comic book anthology Animal Comics, in its first issue, in 1942. The complex, multi-layered, character-rich world of Pogo and the Okefenokee Swamp started in these early stories. It was here, in the four color world of comic books, that the feature and its characters grew and matured, ultimately becoming one of the world’s most famous comic strips.

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Press Release Hermes Press adds the Eisner Award nominated title Scratch9, written by Rob M. Worley, to its list of dynamite features! The world’s greatest superhero cat returns with all new adventures! The all ages title featuring Scratch, a curious cat who gets lost, must summon his nine lives to aid him in rescuing pets from the C.R.U.E.L. Corporation.

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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume 7 1938-1940 is now available! The adventures continue with Buck and Wilma in the most famous science-fiction newspaper comic strips! Included in this volume are three action packed adventures featuring: Overturned World, Martian War Threat, and Super-Dwarf of Space with an introduction essay explaining the history of Buck Rogers and its impact on the world of science-fiction! Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: The Complete Newspaper Dailies Volume Seven 1938-1940; ISBN 978-1-61345-024-6; 9 x 11.75 inches; x 1.25 inches; 272 pages; color and black-and-white, hardcover with a printed laminated…

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