Pure Imagination (comics)

Pure Imagination is a comic book, magazine, and comics-related book publisher run by Greg Theakston since 1975.

While briefly doing some original comics in the 1990s, as well a publishing a few "girlie" magazines, its main focus has been in publishing books to preserve the great works of several comic arts. This has included the aborted "Complete Jack Kirby" series (only 5 produced), and the several "Reader" volumes that continue to this day. A new series they have is the "Edge of Genius", which focuses on the period in which the artist is coming into his own. They have also produced some CDs that reprint multiple editions of the Reader books.

Titles

Comics

* "Buried Treasure", three issues
* "Doc Weird's Thrill Book", three issues, 1987-88
* "Intense!", three issues, 1993
* "Lone Ranger", one issue
* "Pure Images", five issues
* "Sky Masters", one issue, 1991
* "Torchy", five issues and one Annual

Magazines

* "Betty Pages", nine issues and two Annuals (1987-93)
* "Buried Treasure", three issues (1986-87)
* "Tease", nine issues, (1995-2003)
* The Neal Adams Treasury V1&2
* Lou Fine Comics Treasury, 1991
* The Frank Frazetta Treasury
* The Jack Kirby Treasury, V1&2 (1982)
* The Wallace Wood Treasury
* The Berni Wrightson Treasury
* Johnny Comet
* The Rare Frazetta
* White Indian
* The Comic Strip Frazetta
* Simon & Kirby Classics 1- Stuntman, 1987

Books

* Forrest Ackerman's Wonderama Annual, 1993 ISBN 1-56685-001-0
* Vaughn Bode: Rare and Well Done 2006
* The Best of Jack Cole, 2006 (Quality work from 1938-53) ISBN 1-56685-032-0
* Deadline: So Much to Do and So Little Time, 2007
* Steve Ditko: Edge of Genius, Summer 2008
* Steve Ditko Reader, 2002 (Charlton work from 1954-60, 63) ISBN 1-56685-011-8
* Steve Ditko Reader v2, 2004 (Charlton work from 1957-59, 62) ISBN 1-56685-023-X
* Steve Ditko Reader v3, 2005 (Charlton work from 1954-59, 66) ISBN 1-56685-031-2
* Steve Ditko's The Thing, 2005 (all Ditko's work from The Thing!, plus Charlton 1957-60) ISBN 1-56685-028-2
* Will Eisner: Edge of Genius 2007 ISBN 1-56685-037-1
* Lou Fine Reader, 2003 (Flame, Doll Man, Uncle Sam, Ray, Black Condor work) ISBN 1-56685-025-8
* Lou Fine Reader v2
* The Comic Strip Jack Kirby, 2006 (Syndicated work 1936-39) ISBN 1-56685-028-2
* Complete Sky Masters of the Space Force, 2000 ISBN 1-56685-009-6
* Complete Jack Kirby
** Volume 1: 1917-40, 1997 ISBN 978-1-56685-006-3, 1-56685-006-1
** Volume 2: September 1940 to March 1941, 1997 ISBN 978-156685-007-0, 1-56685-006-3
** Volume 3: March - May 1947, 1998 ISBN 1-56685-008-8
** Volume 4: June - August 1947, 2001 no ISBN
** Volume 5: September-October 1947, 2007 ISBN 1-56685-006-6
* Jack Kirby's Heroes & Villains, Black Magic Edition, 1994
* Jack Kirby Reader, 2003 (1937-53, 55, 60 work from Prize, Harvey, Charlton) ISBN 1-56685-016-9
* Jack Kirby Reader v2, 2004 (1940, 47-49, 52, 56-57) ISBN 1-56685-026-6
* Miss Fury, 2008
* Thrill Book, 2004 (50s horror & SF comics) 1-56685-015-0
* Alex Toth Reader, 2005
* Alex Toth Reader v2, 2005
* Alex Toth: Edge of Genius v1 2007 (1947-52, Famous Funnies, Standard Comics) ISBN 1-56685-037-1
* Alex Toth: Edge of Genius v2, Summer 2008
* Alex Toth: Edge of Genius v3, Winger 2008
* Al Williamson Reader
* Basil Wolverton Reader, 2003 ISBN 1-56685-017-7 (Powerhouse Pepper stories)
* Basil Wolverton Reader v2, 2004 (work from 1942-54) ISBN 1-56685-027-4
* Basil Wolverton: Agony and Ecstasy, 2007 (reprints from "The Bible Story" v1-6) ISBN 1-56685-041-X
* Wallace Wood Reader, 2004 (1951, 56, 64, including Captain Science) ISBN 1-56685-028-2
* Wallace Wood's Wayout, 2005 (wash illos for "Galaxy", 58-60, 65 and "if" 60, 68) ISBN 1-56685-028-2
* Wallace Wood: Edge of Genius, 2008

External links

* [http://www.pureimagination.info/ Pure Imagination Publishing site]