{"product_id":"wrath-of-the-gods-ghost-world-collectors-edition","title":"WRATH OF THE GODS \u0026 GHOST WORLD Collector's Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited reprint of the complete \u003ci\u003e Wrath of the Gods\u003c\/i\u003e by \u003cstrong\u003eRon Embleton\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJohn M. Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e and the complete \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Bellamy's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost World\u003c\/i\u003e in one oversized volume. Three of Britain’s finest comics artists in a lush FULL color book -- and amazingly enough, all the Embleton and Burns double-page spreads are\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e printed as deluxe fold-outs, 60 in all\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. This is the first time since their first publication in \u003cem\u003eBoys' World\u003c\/em\u003e in 1958 that these have been collected. The stories have been professionally scanned and color adjusted to create the feel of the original artwork in this deluxe collector's volume.\n\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWrath of the Gods\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, written by \u003cstrong\u003eWillie Patterson\u003c\/strong\u003e (credited for his work in No. 14, the strip often wrongly attributed to Michael Moorcock) is regarded as one of \u003cem\u003eBoys’ World’\u003c\/em\u003es finest strips, the first story drawn in colour by \u003cstrong\u003eRon Embleton\u003c\/strong\u003e, replaced by \u003cstrong\u003eJohn M. Burns\u003c\/strong\u003e for the rest of its run. \"The mythic adventure starred Arion, a Greek warrior,\" notes Martin Crookall in an overview of the title, “who, on finding his family and friends slaughtered in his absence at the wars, cursed Zeus and the whole rotten lot and found himself appointed a kind of mortal trouble-shooter drafted in by the Gods to carry out fantastic missions.\"\n\n\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGhost World\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (also known as \"Brett Million and The Ghost Planet\"), written by\u003cstrong\u003e Harry Harrison\u003c\/strong\u003e and drawn by \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Bellamy\u003c\/strong\u003e, was a sequel to another strip written by Harrison, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAngry Planet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, adapted from one of his novels, \u003cem\u003eDeathworld\u003c\/em\u003e, drawn by \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Langford\u003c\/strong\u003e, a story about a character called Brett Million, who attends a training survival school on the planet Pyrrus. \u003cem\u003eGhost World\u003c\/em\u003e was a totally new tale created for the comic, which ran in the back page of \u003cem\u003eBoys’ World\u003c\/em\u003e from Volume One No. 46 ( cover dated 7th December 1963) to Volume Two No. 17 (25th April 1964).\n\nIn \u003cem\u003eGhost World\u003c\/em\u003e, Brett heads to the planet Eisen, a mining planet, where people and things are disappearing. Needless to say, it is not ghostly activity, but Million discovers the planet’s natives are moving faster than humans can. Spanning 21 episodes, Frank Bellamy expert \u003cstrong\u003eNorman Boyd\u003c\/strong\u003e notes the hugely talent artist shows even with one page he can create dynamic panels. \"Many trademark Bellamy devices are here,\" Norman observes, \"from space shots to futuristic hardware similar to his Dan Dare creations.\"\n\nPublished in England, import.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59642180698398,"sku":"WRATGH","price":101.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/wratgh-wrath-of-gods-ghost-world-book.jpg?v=1784509127","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/wrath-of-the-gods-ghost-world-collectors-edition","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}