Volume Two of Sanctum's Black Bat reprints on the way!

Sanctum Books has been in the reprint game for a while but only began including The Black Bat among their publishing schedule last summer. The original intent was to have a quarterly Black Bat release and with today's announcement of the second volume being available soon, they are close to meeting that goal. Solicitation below.

At the printer and shipping soon - THE BLACK BAT Volume 2: "The Black Bat Strikes Again" & "The Black Bat's Challenge"  

Mass murders set the Nemesis of Crime in pursuit of a ring of satanic killers as "The Black Bat Strikes Again."  

Then, "The Black Bat's Challenge" is to unmask the hidden leader of a vicious gang of beggars! 

GOLDEN AGE OF COMICS BONUS: "The Mask Returns!" in a rare 1940 Golden Age classic from Nedor's EXCITING COMICS #2, and an article on pulp cover illustrator turned comic book artist Raymond Thayer.  

This instant collector's item features both classic color pulp covers and the original interior illustrations by Harry Parkhurst, with historical commentary by Will Murray and Anthony Tollin.  7x10, 128 pages, B&W, $14.95

And here's a look at the back cover.

Those extras make the whole thing kind of tempting. Credit to Sanctum for finding a way to separate themselves from what Altus is offering.

I guess the race is on! Altus has reprinted the first nine stories and plan to pick up the pace in terms of release dates. Sanctum will have reprinted four when this book is available. Let's see if they manage to catch up.