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Minneapolis: 1978-81. Roland Trenary published 7 issues of Normal Bean. WorldCat identifies only Michigan State University and Vanderbilt with copies of the Preview Issue and Issues 5, 6. Scarce. ISBN: 281AIB1048577.

New York: Marvel, 2008. Volume 2 in a series of high quality Masterworks hardcovers collecting the classic 1960s series set in World War II, featuring Nick Fury (best known as the top secret agent and leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.). Collects issues #14-23 and Annual #1. ISBN: 9780785129288.

Field Enterprises, 1982. 18-3/4 by 6-3/4 inches; image size 17-1/4 by 5-1/4 inches. Each panel drawn in marker on thin, transluscent paper and glued to a white backing, as usual. ISBN: 281AIB1021138.

New York, NY: HarperCollins. 1993 Book-market edition of the first collection of the acclaimed series by superstar writer Neil Gaiman and artist Mark Buckingham (Fables). 1st mass-market edition, with unique cover art by Buckingham. Continues the British Marvelman series begun by Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta). ISBN: 9780061050053.

(Forestville, CA): Eclipse Books. Original 1992 comics-market edition of the first collection of the acclaimed series by superstar writer Neil Gaiman and artist Mark Buckingham (Fables). 1st edition, with unique cover art by Buckingham. Continues the British Marvelman series begun by Alan Moore (Watchmen, V for Vendetta). ISBN: 9781560601685.

New York: Byron Preiss / NBM, 1994. Limited hardcover collection of graphic-novel adaptations of legendary writer Ray Bradbury's short stories. Volume 6 in a seven-volume series. This volume's contents include "The April Witch" by Jon J Muth (Moonshadow); "Trapdoor" by Ross MacDonald; "Picasso Summer" by John Ney Rieber and John Van Fleet; "The Illustrated Man" by Guy Davis (B.P.R.D.).; "The Visitor" by P. Craig Russell (American Gods) and Michael Lark (Gotham Central); and "Zero Hour" by E.C. Comics greats Al Feldstein and Jack Kamen (originally published in Weird Fantasy #18). Two new introductions by Bradbury. Pinups by Moebius and Tim Bradstreet. Covers by Muth and Mark Chiarello. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury, Muth, Lark, Russell, Davis, Van Fleet, and MacDonald. ISBN: 9781561631032.

(Paris): (Placid et Muzo), 1984. [56] pages. 7-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches. 8 pages in color. The artist-illustrator's second (?) book, a collection of full-page drawings. ISBN: 281AIB1019111.

New York: Byron Preiss / NBM, 1994. Limited hardcover collection of graphic-novel adaptations of legendary writer Ray Bradbury's short stories. Volume 7 in a seven-volume series. This volume's contents include "Skeleton" by John Carnell, Anthony Williams, and Steve Baskerville; "Uncle Einar" by Lars Hokanson; "Off Season" by Del Barras; "Kaleidoscope" by Howard Simpson; "Home to Stay" by E.C. Comics greats Al Feldstein and Wally Wood (originally published in Weird Fantasy #13). Two new introductions by Bradbury. Covers by Kelley Jones (Sandman) and Jim Steranko (Captain America). Limited to 1000 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury, Jones, Steranko, Hokanson, Simpson, Barras, and more. ISBN: 9781561631131.

New York: Byron Press / NBM, 1992. Limited hardcover collection of graphic-novel adaptations of legendary writer Ray Bradbury's short stories. Volume 2 in a seven-volume series. This volume's contents include "Come into My Cellar" by Dave Gibbons (Watchmen, Doctor Who); "Rocket Summer & The Locusts" by James Sherman (Legion of Super-Heroes); "Night Meeting" by Daniel Torres (Heavy Metal); "Punishment Without Crime" by Ralph Reese (THUNDER Agents); "A Piece of Wood" by Mark Chiarello (Batman); and "The Flying Machine" by E.C. Comics legend Bernard "Bernie" Krigstein (from Weird Science-Fantasy #23). New introduction by Bradbury. Limited to 1200 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury, Gibbons, Chiarello, and Reese. ISBN: B001JKNT8K.

[N.-Pl.]: Jacob Brown Media Group, 2017. 450 pages. "An insider's look at the landmark worldwide hit" -- from the front cover. Illustrated in black-and-white. ISBN: 9780998866321.

New York: Byron Preiss / NBM, 1992. Limited hardcover collection of graphic-novel adaptations of legendary writer Ray Bradbury's short stories. Volume 3 in a seven-volume series. This volume's contents include "The Aqueduct" by Bruce Jensen; "The Veldt" by Timothy Truman (Grimjack, Jonah Hex); "Gotcha!" by 3-D comics pioneer Ray Zone and Chuck Roblin; "Homecoming" by Steve Leialoha (Spider-Woman, Fables); and two adaptations of "There Will Come Soft Rains": a new version by Lebbeus Woods (Heavy Metal), and a classic version by E.C. Comics great Wally Wood (Daredevil, Mad Magazine), originally published in Weird Fantasy #17. New introduction by Bradbury. Limited to 1000 numbered copies, signed by Bradbury, Jensen, Leialoha, Roblin, Zone, Truman, and Woods. ISBN: 281AIB1047152.

Field Enterprises, 1982. 15-1/4 by 4-3/4 inches; image size slightly smaller. Pen and ink on thin white paper. Original daily comic strip art drawn by Armstrong based on characters from Tom Batiuk's popular Funky Winkerbean series. ISBN: 281AIB1021137.

N/A, 2009. The first (and only) volume in a manga-format X-Men series written by superstar Raina Telgemeier (Smile, Sisters, Drama, Ghosts) and her ex-partner Dave Roman, with terrific manga art by Anzu. This is the extremely scarce "turtleback" library-bound hardcover edition, possibly the hardest-to-find Raina Telgemeier book, other than perhaps her early minicomics. ISBN: 9781439580981.

(Berkeley, CA): Image Comics, 2010. [304 pages]. A continuing story of survival horror. Originally published in single magazine form, this volume collects The Walking Dead #61-72. The sixth hardcover book in the zombie graphic-novel series that spawned the television show. ISBN: 9781607063278.

(Milwaukie, OR): (Dark Horse Comics, Inc.), 1997. [117 pages]. Collects Tempus Fugitive #1-4, published by DC Comics in 1990. ISBN: 9781569712115.

Image Comics, 2009. ISBN: 9781607060765.

Image Comics, 2012. ISBN: 9781607065968.

Windsor, Ontario: Aardvark-Vanheim, 1995. The ninth volume in writer/artist Dave Sim's self-published masterpiece, Cerebus the Aardvark. This volume includes the controversial anti-feminism allegory from issue #186, which drove away much of Sim's female readership. Nevertheless, Cerebus remains one of the most significant and beautifully illustrated long-form graphic-novel series of all time. Collects issues #175-186. ISBN: 9780919359154.

(N.-pl.): Nightmares and Notions, 2010. 112 pages. An illustrated story from the Cosmic Brain Trust. It's called a graphic novel and it's probably as close to being one as this book is to being a regular novel. ISBN: 9780615335964.