HARDCOVER HEROES Presents: Adventures in Comic Book Binding!

About a year ago while downsizing my collection, I was bitten by the radioactive-binding-bug giving me powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men... I realized that I had the power to transform my comic book collection into big, beautiful, custom designed hardcover volumes bursting with all of my favorite four-color adventures and thus was the Origin Story a new hobby that combined my favorite things: Comics, Art & Design 

Not only is it amazingly fun but it's allowed me to reduce my collection, get the rest out of the long-boxes onto the bookshelf and have them at arms reach easily accessible in the event of a those frequent comics withdrawal emergencies.

I just love designing these books and the freedom to choose the comics I want in them and adding extras like Cover galleries is just awesome. I'm not a "collector", I'm a fan and I would never sell these comics anyway, so their "monetary value" is irrelevant. Having a unique, one-of-a-kind custom bound volume of my favorite comics is worth much more to me than a box of comics in bags in the basement.

I realize many "collectors" will gasp in horror feeling the comics have been "destroyed" but they've just been transformed into a different format complete with Letters Pages, Ads and Back Covers (most of the time), and are on the original newsprint and not glossy paper or garishly re-colored.

Hopefully, Comic Binding Fans will enjoy viewing them and Comic Collector's won't pass out after witnessing all the carnage of precious collectibles.
I'm currently working on a few binds so check back once in a while as I'll add more when I can.

Thanks for visiting!!!

THE SPECTRE

THIS THREE VOLUME BIND COLLECTS THE ENTIRE OSTRANDER/MANDRAKE RUN OF THE 90'S SPECTRE SERIES INCLUDING A FEW CROSSOVER ISSUES

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 • VOLUME I • 

VOLUME 1

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CONTENTS PAGE 

SAME DESIGN FOR ALL THREE VOLUMES

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VOLUME 1 - CREDITS

ANNUAL #1 STARTS THE FIRST VOLUME BECAUSE IT'S A FLASHBACK ISSUE AND GIVES A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE SPECTRE'S ENTIRE LIFE HISTORY SO IT'S A PERFECT INTRODUCTION TO THE CHARACTER AND A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF THE SERIES

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AWESOME INTERIOR ACTION 

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SHOWCASE '95 

SHOWCASE '95 ISSUE #8 HAS A SHORT PROLOGUE INTO ISSUE #34 SO I REPLACED MONGUL WITH THE SPECTRE AND ADDED A SUMMARY OF WHAT WAS TO COME ON THE REVERSE

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HERE IS HOW THE PRINTED PAGES LOOK IN THE BOOK 

VOLUME 1 - BACK COVER

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 • VOLUME 2 • 

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VOLUME 2 CREDITS 

THE ARTWORK FOR THE CREDITS IS SCANNED FROM AN ORIGINAL ART COMMISSION I GOT FROM MATT WAGNER 

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SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL #54 - CROSSOVER ISSUE 

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• VOLUME 3 • 

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VOLUME 3 - CREDITS

THE ARTWORK FOR THE CREDITS WAS SCANNED FROM  AN ORIGINAL ART COMMISSION I GOT FROM ALEX NINO

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AWESOME COVER BY TOM MANDRAKE

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BATMAN 540 & 541 CROSSOVER

ART BY KELLEY JONES 

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VOLUME 3 - BACK COVER