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by: Sax Rohmer, Johnston McCulley, Zane Grey, Alexandre Dumas, Edith Nesbit, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, O. Henry, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rafael Sabatini, Damon Runyon, Robert W. Service, Fitz-James O'Brien, Rod Lott, Hunt Emerson, Michael Manning, Mary Fleener, Skot Olsen, Donald Marquez  List Price: $11.95 Amazon.com's Price: $9.56 You Save: $2.39 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9780974664842 ISBN: 0974664847 Label: Eureka Productions Manufacturer: Eureka Productions Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 144 Publication Date: July 11, 2005 Publisher: Eureka Productions Studio: Eureka Productions Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: Adventure Classics is the second multi-author anthology in the Graphic Classics series. The book presents thirteen stories and poems of danger, horror, comedy and romance; all told in new comics adaptations. Included are "The Valley of the Sorceress" by "Fu Manchu" author Sax Rohmer, "The Masked Ball" by Alexandre Dumas, and "Tigre" by Zane Grey. Plus a classic war story by Damon Runyon, a saga of Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, and a noir crime tale by "Zorro" author Johnston McCulley. Also more stories from O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert W. Service, Edith Nesbit, Robert Louis Stevenson and Fitz-James O'Brien, as illustrated by Hunt Emerson, Michael Manning, Mary Fleener, Don Marquez, Mark A. Nelson and more great contemporary artists. With a dramatic cover painting by Chris Moore. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Graphic SF ReaderA lot of the artwork here is reminiscent of your independent black and white style stuff, which, I suppose, is not too surprising in a case like this. The text is of course what is supposed to feature. The highlight would be the work on Zane Grey's Tigre. The cartoon style on the Brigadier Gerard and Captain Blood stories is nifty, as well. Rating:  - Ripping good stuff! Tales of pirates, desert sorceresses, lusty women and dangerous menThe mysterious desert. The high plains. The stormy seas. The dense jungles. These are the places where actions speak louder than words, where the sharp retort of a six-gun decides who is right and who is dead, and a blind tiger stalks with preternatural senses and determination. These are the settings for Adventure Tales, a genre of literature prominent in the 1900's, in which many of the finest authors of the period plied their trades. In this, their 12th volume, Graphic Classics ... Read More Rating: - As exciting, wild, and spooky to read as its predecessorsThe twelfth volume in the "Adventure Classics" series of graphic novels and short story collections, the reader is treated to some of the finest adventure writing by some of the most talented authors, and adapted to the graphic novel format by illustrators and artists of matching caliber. The stories comprising this issue include: "In the Valley of the Sorceress" by Sax Rohmer, ill. by J. B. Bonivert; "The Masked Ball" by Alexandre Dumas, ill. by Michael Manning; "Two Men Named Collins" by Damon Runyon, ... Read More 
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