Prehistoric World: Reptiles of the Sea and Air + A Missing Link!

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archaeopteryx, Classics Illustrated, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Gilberton, ichthyosaurus, plesiosaurus, prehistoric reptiles, Prehistoric World, pteranodon, pterodactyl, pterosaur

As part of their Classics Illustrated series, Gilberton published Prehistoric World in 1962. It takes the reader from the beginning of life, through the age of dinosaurs, into the age of mammals, and ends with a detailed look at prehistoric man. Within its 100 pages, we also learn about many key people who shaped the study of prehistoric life.

Collector’s Guide: From Classics Illustrated Special #167: Prehistoric World; 1962. Not in stock? Try it on Newkadia.

I’ll Claw the Evil Breath Outta Ya – Before You Kill Me!

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2000AD, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Flesh, Flesh the Dino Files, Pat Mills, pterosaur, time travel

Mars Will Send No More celebrates the original epic Flesh from 2000 AD magazine, by Pat Mills, and starring Old One Eye, the mother of Satanus! Fire up your electric whip and get ready for major dinosaur mayhem!

Collector’s Guide: Collected in Flesh: The Dino Files TPB; Rebellion, 2011. Originally printed in 2000 AD #1-19; Fleetway, 1977.

Reveals a Pterosaur – With an Egg!

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birth, dinosaur, fossil, national geographic, pterosaur

This month’s National Geographic reports scientists located a pterosaur fossil showing the presence of an egg in 2009.

I Wonder How You Cook One of These!

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dimetrodon, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Dynamite Entertainment, Frank Cho, Indie Comics, Jungle Girl, pterosaur

What a day! First, Frank Cho’s Jungle Girl escapes some blood thirsty Dimetrodons. Then, she punches a Pterosaur in the face with a crowbar! THEN she battles a giant kraken under water. All in that little animal print bikini. Amazing!

Collector’s Guide: From Jungle Girl Season Two #2, Dynamite Entertainment.

Age of Reptiles: Let’s See Some Dino Carnage!

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Age of Reptiles, Dark Horse Comics, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, first issue, Indie Comics, pterosaur, Ricardo Delgado

Words can’t describe how much I love this series. Fitting, because there are no words in these books! Just dinosaurs, dinosaurs, dinosaurs. YES! Dig this scene of carnage from the first issue of the first Age of Reptiles limited series, plus a gorgeous wrap-around cover from the second series Age of Reptiles: The Hunt.

Collector’s Guide:
– From Age of Reptiles.
– You’ll also love Age of Reptiles: The Hunt.
– You’ll also want to read the third series from 2010, Age of Reptiles: The Journey.

Having a hard time finding all the single issues in stock? You must check out the Age of Reptiles Omnibus! Collects Age of Reptiles (1993) #1-4, Age of Reptiles: The Hunt (1996) #1-5 and Age of Reptiles: Journey (2009 Dark Horse) #1-4.

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The Only Place You’re Gonna Rule… Is in Hades!

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Chris Claremont, dinosaur, dinosaur comics, Ka-zar, pterosaur, Sauron, Savage Land, tyrannosaurus rex, Wolverine, X-men, X-men covers

Wolverine and Sauron. One nasty mammal and one hideously evil reptile. Something tells us they are never going to get along! Here’s a touching scene from their first meeting in Uncanny X-Men #115.

Collector’s Guide: From Classic X-Men 21. This reprint added gnarly dinosaur art to the interior and back covers, with a fun back up story: Colossus versus a Tyrannosaur!