Best Selling Books by Michael Fleisher

“EAVESDROPPER.” In which a man becomes obsessed with a mysterious, flirtatious woman who is much more than sight will reveal! Plus, “THE MAN WHO WAXED – AND WANED.”

Two trappers in a swamp find the treasure the ghostly Coffin Creature has been searching for.

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

Enjoy this great comic from DC’s digital archive!

A retired train engineer who has built his own train set by hand invites a hobo to stay with him and help run the trains after the hobo helps him with a technical problem. After a toy maker offers $100,000 for the set and is refused, the hobo murders the old man and attempts to hide the body so that he can claim the money.

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A cranky ghost in an old house makes friends with a young boy until the kid meets a girl and loses interest in the ghost.

“REQUIEM FOR A GUNFIGHTER!” The corpse of Jonah Hex is discovered, and a college professor tracks down Hex''s last wife, Tall Bird. “THE SECRET ORIGIN OF BLACK CONDOR.” Richard Grey Jr. is orphaned as a baby and taken in by a giant condor that brings him to its nest, where he learns how to fly!

In the nuclear-ravaged ruins of New York, Hex battles his deadliest nemesis: The Batman!

Hex and Batman battle the giant terminators unleashed against New York City by the Combine!

Aunt Harriet discovers that Bill has killed her parrot, wrecked her vegetable garden, and circulated rumors to drive away the neighborhood children, all in an effort to put her away in an old folks’ home and seize control of her money. She murders him with a pair of garden shears, dismembers his body, and buries the pieces outside in a newly redone vegetable garden.

A Hollywood director who murdered a scriptwriter 35 years ago overhears his wife and her lawyer plotting to replace his new premiere with a film that the lawyer had produced reenacting the murder in order to convince the director that his victim has returned from the grave seeking revenge. When he enters the projection booth to confront them, the film strangles him. It turns out the lawyer did not have time to substitute the film after all, and both he and the wife were in the audience.

Two carnival owners come across an old man and a group of dwarfs, and they threaten to harm the old man unless the dwarfs perform for their show. What they don’t know is that the old man and dwarfs are a pack of vampires.

A scientist and his wife become victims of a tropical disease when they withhold knowledge of a possible cure from the natives in the interest of recording the disease’s progress.

An explorer of the Amazon is abducted by the bee people she wishes to study and is made their queen. A stranger from out of town gets on the wrong train to go to a business meeting and is told that he must wait until the following day for another train. He sees workmen setting up a $50,000 lottery booth in the center of town and asks the ticket seller if he can buy a ticket.

“EXILES.” Dan Maddox tells the story of growing up with the Warlord, Travis Morgan, before he crashed in Skartaris! “THE SECRET ORIGIN OF THE GOLDEN AGE HOURMAN.” Rick Tyler recounts his origin as he writes a letter to his son. Plus, “’MAZING MAN.”

Stories include “The Curse”; “Lady Killer”; and “The Sunken Pearls of Captain Hatch.”

“THE WITCH DOCTOR’S MAGIC CLOAK.” A man steals a magic cloak from a witch doctor that has the power to re-grow limbs that have been torn off in animal attacks. In revenge, the witch doctor wraps the man in the cloak and generates various appendages, all sprouting from different locations on his body.

“THE DOOMSDAY TRAPEZE.” A circus performer goes to deadly lengths to be the star attraction. “THE ALCHEMIST.” In which the local anti-wizardry league decides to get rid of all alchemists! Plus, “THE HONOR OF FRANCE.”

A man murders an Indian guru for his supply of berry juice that allows him to stretch his body into fantastic shapes because he wants to liven up his stage act. Before the guru died, he warned the killer that too much use of the juice would affect his body to the point that it would not resume its normal shape.

“A SLAY RIDE WITH SANTA.” A man using his Santa Claus act commits evil and heinous crimes. “FEATHERTOP.” A chilling new adaptation of the Nathaniel Hawthorne story in which a scarecrow is transformed into a person! Plus, “THE DEMON HORN.”

The Firefly, one of Batman’s old enemies, breaks jail and begins using his light-weapons for criminal purposes, incurring the wrath of the Creeper.

In an Omnibus extravaganza that covers the entire run of writer Michael Fleisher''s two years on CONAN THE BARBARIAN, artist John Buscema turns in page after page of iconic artwork -- often inked by the great Ernie Chan and by Big John himself! Buscema also takes a turn as plotter, helping bring to life a series of exciting stories featuring Conan opposite some of his most mysterious foes and an old friend: The scheming Jergal Zadh, the magic-wielding Alhambra, the conniving Baron Vjerzak and Conan''s old comrade Fafnir! Plus: two mighty Annuals -- one pitting Conan against an ancient mystical menace and the other against a god -- and a classic issue of WHAT IF? that asks the question: what if Conan was stranded in the 20th century? COLLECTING: Conan the Barbarian (1970) 150-171, Conan the Barbarian Annual (1973) 8-9, What If? (1977) 43

Publishing magnate Rupert Dockery wants to expand his media empire. To do so will require putting Spider-Woman in her place, but Jessica Drew is not the kind to surrender easily to the machinations of a corporatist like Dockery. Striking an unlikely alliance with the Enforcer will be her only way to beat back Dockery and save the life of her best friend. The saga winds up with the arrival of Werewolf by Night and the stunning debut of the Hornet! Then, in the midst of his Uncanny X-Men glory, Chris Claremont takes over as writer--and he''s brought the X-Men with him! Jessica teams with Xavier''s mutants to take on Juggernaut. Plus: The first appearance of Siryn and a second team-up with Spider-Man! COLLECTING: Spider-Woman (1978) 26-38

New writers Michael Fleisher and Bruce Jones join Conan legend John Buscema to drive the barbarian''s black-and-white adventures into savage new directions! To topple a decadent royal, Conan must brave a moat of blood filled with gruesome monsters! And the barbarian survives a ship capsizing in storm-tossed seas, only to awaken on the shores of an island filled with beautiful but deadly tiger-riding women warriors! Then, sadistic King Razak lures Conan into a death-filled maze! And writer Roy Thomas returns for a locked-door mystery set at sea, with Conan playing the sleuth! Plus: comic art master Alex Toth delivers a stunning Conan art portfolio, and Gil Kane and John Buscema both write and draw their barbarian backup features "Chane" and "Bront"! COLLECTING: Savage Sword of Conan (1974) 61-72

Crom! This inaugural volume ushers in Marvel''s line of definitive Savage Sword of Conan collections. Full-color covers, letters pages, pinups, extensive articles and reviews on Conan, his world and his creator -everything''s included just as no one is spared the vengeance of Conan! After the breakout success of Conan''s color comic, Marvel brought the legendary sword-and-sorcery saga of Robert E. Howard''s hero to its black-and-white magazine line. In lushly illustrated novel-length adventures with all the drama, violence and allure the comic book medium can offer, writer Roy Thomas and Marvel''s greatest artists craft a host of Conan classics like Barry Windsor-Smith''s "Red Nails" and John Buscema''s "Black Colossus" and "A Witch Shall Be Born" featuring the infamous Tree of Death are just the beginning!

Stories from the classic era of the original Star Wars films! Return to the great adventures of your youth, or discover a part of the Star Wars saga you never knew existed. From 1977 to 1986, Marvel Comics produced monthly Star Wars comics. This was when the continuity for that galaxy far, far away was still brand new, when almost anything could happen—and often did! This third volume of Star Wars Omnibus: A Long Time Ago.... collects issues #50–#67 of the Marvel run—nearly five hundred pages of action and adventure at a bargain price!

"Missions so secret... that even the Joes who go on them are told only the bare minimum, on a strictly need to know basis'' "--Cover p. [4].

An ancient evil rises and once again threatens the Realms, and only a motley band of adventurers--a surly dwarf warrior and his benevolent centaur companion, a former gladiator, a fallen paladin, and a timid half-elf--can stop the threat

Lt. Jim Corrigan is a hard-boiled detective to his fellow policemen, but in reality, he was murdered and is an Earth-bound ghost. When the long arm of the law can''t bring evil criminals to justice, he does--as the Spectre.

"Legends say that even demons fear to tread the Pictish wilderness after the sun has set. But the threat of hordes of savage Picts is not enough to keep Conan the Barbarian from the lure of a king''s treasure...and Tetra, the beautiful daughter of a Brythunian nobleman"--P. [4] of cover.

A definitive source of information about the first twenty-six years of Batman''s career, including: accounts of more than 1,000 adventures; over 1,000 entries about his friends, foes, and history; and, over 200 rare illustrations.