Pop Culture Fans Rejoice View Obscura Comics Is The Back Issue King!

View Obscura Comics features hundreds of items including comic books, sci-fi toys, books, magazines, posters, and movie memorabilia plus a selection of store exclusives. At this point our store has more than two thousand items for sale with more being added daily. Over the past decade in a half I have paid very close attention to the types of items sci-fi, horror and fans of every genre of pop culture have been searching for and I can say that we have taken great pride in stocking our store with items that we believe will bring great joy to our customers.

Let’s look at some of our departments:

Sci-Fi and Horror Comics

Stocked with titles like Vampirella, Strange Adventures, Star Wars, Star Trek, House of Mystery, Turok and Unknown Worlds just to mention a few this section boasts an ever-growing collection of over two hundred and sixty books that are guaranteed to both terrify and fascinate the spirit of wonder in all of us.

Explore Our Sci-Fi and Horror Comic Book Section

Star Wars and Sci-Fi Toys

Do you remember collecting Star Wars action figures back in the day? Maybe some of you just aren't old enough to remember the thrill of collecting these toys when they were on the shelves back in the nineteen seventies and eighties, but that doesn't mean that you can't recapture the sensation of holding a vintage Star Wars action figure in your hands. It's also nice to be able to brag about having an original Star Wars item in your collection to your fanboy (or girl) friends instead of some reproduction or modern reissue.

Beam On Over To Our Star Wars and Sci-Fi Toys Collection

Superhero Comic Books

Maybe all this space stuff just isn't your bag? Perhaps you dig the exploits of those who have super powers and marvelous gadgets that they use to combat larger than life criminals and madmen bent on destroying mankind? I am of course talking about superheroes and we here at the Monster Island Newsstands have you covered ... and boy do we have you covered my friend! We presently have well over a thousand such comic books online with boxes and boxes ... and may I say boxes of more books waiting to be added. Fear not, because we are adding more stuff online daily. Also, don't be afraid to hit us up because if you don't see it in the store we undoubtedly will have it in our back stock.

Oh, and before I forget, we have books from the nineteen forties to present day so no matter what era of comic books your looking for we have them!

We have our store divided up like this:

Batman Comic Books
This includes titles like Detective Comics, Catwoman, Nightwing and all other Batman related titles.

Captain America Comic Books

Iron Man, Hulk and Thor
We have captured three of Marvel's greatest heroes and featured them in one mighty collection.

Superman and Supergirl Comic Books
Also including Superboy comic books. If they are from the planet Krypton you can find them here.

Spider-Man Comic Books
Spider-Man, Spider-Man,
Does whatever a spider can
Spins a web, any size,
Catches thieves just like flies
Look Out!
Here comes the Spider-Man.

Nuff Said!

Other Superhero Comics
This is where you can find Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, the Fantastic Four, Avengers, X-Men and much, much more.

$1 Comic Books
We have comic books for every budget. Everybody can't afford the premium stuff. With the way things are going everybody needs a price break!

This is just a small sample of what we have for sale True Believers so please feel free to come right on in through the front door and start exploring our universe of wonders. Oh, and let me quickly mention that we pride ourselves in having the only online comic book shop that actually resembles a comic book. Just hover over image (panel) and the information about it will appear. Click on the image to find out more. We think you will love this design!

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Movie Monsters You'll Love To Hate!

Monster Madness #2 - Marvel Comics Group - January 1973 - Grade VF - $26.99

Creator: Stan Lee

Stills from classic monster movies are reprinted in full-page spreads and embellished with gag word balloons written by Stan Lee himself. The last all-stills issue; with issue #3, the format was changed to resemble Famous Monsters of Filmland. Black and white.

The Living Mummy - He Stalks Two Worlds

Supernatural Thrillers #8 (1972 Series) February 1974 - Marvel Comics

Cover pencils by Larry Lieber, inks by Tom Palmer.

Power Times Four!, script by Tony Isabella, art by Val Mayerik; N'Kantu is transported to the Elementals, four former rulers of Earth that wish to return; They make the mummy their slave and teleport him back to earth to destroy a scarlet scarab--an ancient weapon of magic capable of destroying them. The Little Gypsy Tea Room, script by Stan Lee, art by Steve Ditko; A criminal forces a gypsy to hide him from the police, but gets more than he bargained for when she does help him.

Of course we have The Living Mummy In Stock ... Go Check Him Out

Born 3,000 years ago, N'Kantu is the son of T'Chombi, a chief of a Northern African tribe called the Swarili of the nation of Swarilis. At the age of 21, N'Kantu must undergo the Test of the Lion, proving himself to be worthy of being called a warrior. Succeeding in this trial also means that someday N'Kantu would be worthy to succeed his father as king. Months later, his father dies in his sleep, and N'Kantu becomes the chieftain of the Swarili tribe.

Returning from a hunt, N'Kantu finds that his village has been ransacked and the entire tribe of Swarili rounded up by Egyptians as slaves. N'Kantu fights to rescue his people, but is overwhelmed and captured by the Egyptian soldiers.

N'Kantu and the Swarili are then taken to Egypt, and put to work building monuments to the current Pharaoh, Aram-Set. Recognized as the strongest, and most dangerous of the Swarili, N'Kantu is isolated and forced to work the hardest in an attempt to break his spirit. But at night he and the other Swarili people plot a rebellion, though unbeknownst to them their plotting is being reported to Aram-Set and his chief priest, Nephrus. At the completion of the current monument project, the Egyptians take their slaves into its catacombs in preparation for a mass execution. But N'Kantu signals for the revolt and the Swarili slaughter their would-be executioners.

N'Kantu slays Aram-Set with his spear and then turns to Nephrus, but the evil priest had prepared, and he sprays N'Kantu in the face with a mysterious paralyzing liquid. N'Kantu is then strapped and bound to a special altar, his body wrapped in papyrus, and his blood is drained and replaced with an unknown alchemical preservative. N'Kantu, who remains conscious through the entire ordeal, is then placed inside a stone sarcophagus.

In modern times, the paralyzing fluid finally wears off and N'Kantu escapes from his tomb. Deranged from being paralyzed in a dark tomb for several millennia, he digs himself free and goes on a rampage in Cairo, Egypt. He later recovers from his insanity and discovers Doctor Alexi Skarab, one of Nephrus' surviving descendants. N'Kantu was electrocuted into unconsciousness. His lifeless body is shipped to a New York City museum, where he is revived. He is teleported to the dimension of the Elementals, who ordered him to find the ruby scarab. While searching, he battled Professor Abdol the Living Pharaoh. N'Kantu then battled the Elementals, and vanquished them with the aid of the Scarab he had found. During later travels N'Kantu befriends Ulysses Bloodstone. Some time after that N'Kantu is kidnapped by the Grandmaster for the Contest of Champions, but the Grandmaster doesn't consider him worthy enough to be a combatant and so N'Kantu returns to Earth.

See Also: Where Monsters Dwell (1970) #1 - January 1970 Issue - Marvel Comics

Godzilla Takes Hollywood By Force

Godzilla: Kingdom Of Monsters #4, Regular Eric Powell Cover - IDW Comics

Cover A by Eric Powell. Eric Powell & Tracy Marsh (w) o Phil Hester (a) o Eric Powell, Jeff Zornow (c)

You wanted the best and you can have the best! - We have a lot of Godzilla stuff just for you!

France is in danger when the mysterious egg that washes ashore begins to hatch, but should the military be worried about what's inside the egg or those creepy kids who found it? Also, a community of monks has a religious experience of the 3-headed variety. And all the while, Godzilla seems hell-bent on coming to America...but hasn't Anguirus already claimed it as his turf? Fight! Fight!

See Also: Godzilla: Kingdom Of Monsters #5, Regular Eric Powell Cover - IDW Comics

Don't Miss ... "The Killing Ground!"

Star Spangled War Stories #134 - September 1967 Issue - DC Comics

We have a copy of this issue at or online store! - Check it out

"The Killing Ground" by Robert Kanigher and Neal Adams

An issue that very much resembles the movie Godzilla vs The Sea Monster sees soldiers fighting giant monsters on a remote island. - DC Comics

History:

Initially, Star Spangled War Stories was a retitling of Star-Spangled Comics, and continued the numbering of its predecessor with #131. That lasted until #133, when DC rebooted the numbering with issue #3 — even though there had already been three issues before that. The end result was that there are two separate comics numbered as Star Spangled War Stories #132 — one issued in 1952 and one issued in 1967. "The War that Time Forgot" was an ongoing feature introduced by writer Robert Kanigher and artist Ross Andru in issue #90 (May 1960). The Unknown Soldier became the lead feature in #151 (June–July 1970).

Star-Spangled War Stories ran for over 200 issues from 1952 to 1977. The series ended with issue #204. With #205, the numbering resumed under the title of The Unknown Soldier.

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House of Secrets #34, July 1960 Issue - DC Comics