Many are betting high stakes on the future appearance of Doctor Doom in the MCU. The Disney purchase of Fox has made it a question of not ‘if’ but ‘when’ Victor Von…
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We all know that first issues have a kind of appeal and prestige that later numbers in a comic’s run do not. There’s something special about seeing a number one on the…
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For most of 2019, we saw a major boom in the comic hobby due to various factors. On a sad note, the passing of Stan Lee placed much attention on the comics…
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The Silver Age of comics was a strange time. On the one hand, you had a revival of the superhero and a rise in the popularity of science fiction; along with straightforward…
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Wings Comics was an aviation anthology title published by Fiction House from September 1940 to September 1954. In recent years, the appeal of Wings Comics for Golden Age collectors has centered mainly…
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Superman comics constitute the very essence of the Golden Age. This is not an exaggeration, but a simple fact. Superman #53 is currently on auction at Heritage. The “Golden Age” of comics…
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Originally published by Nedor Publications, Exciting Comics was a Golden Age superhero anthology title that gave us such memorable heroes as The Mask, the American Eagle, the Space Rovers, and the Black…
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Not to be confused with the Green Hornet, in the Golden Age Fox Feature Syndicate Publications (the publisher of comics such as Fantastic Comics, Mystery Men Comics, and Blue Beetle), gave us…
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Published from 1943-1956 by Prize Publishers, the anthology series known as Headline Comics is another Golden Age treasure. You can own a piece of this treasure. Headline Comics #8 is up for…
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Although Wolverine wasn’t created by artist John Byrne or X-Men scribe Chris Claremont, he nonetheless blossomed under their creative guidance. However of the two, it was Byrne who did the most to…
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During the 1950s a comic book series retelling stories form classic literary sources was one of the most popular comics in the world. This series was known as ‘Classics Illustrated’. If you’ve…
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The rise in prices for select key Batman/Joker comics after the huge success of the Joker film shows that the comic book movie connection is alive and well. In the case of…
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Shanna Gone Wild – The Rise of Shanna the She-Devil
What the devil is up with prices on Shanna #1? Recently a 9.6 sold for over $300.00. In what follows I’ll take a look at the data and try to make sense…
Although we still don’t know the exact date, eventually the Fantastic Four, Marvel’s flagship superhero first family, will make an MCU appearance. All evidence points to the fact that comic collectors are…
Created by Joe Simon in 1940, Blue Bolt was an American superhero title initially published in Philadelphia by the Novelty Press. The original Blue Bolt Comics would last until August 1951 (publishing…
The 12 issues of Suspense Comics (1943-1946) are now considered Golden Age classics. Suspense Comics, which was originally published under Frank Z. Temerson’s Continental imprint. It was a series that dealt with…
Carmine Infantino’s dynamic art is to DC what Jack Kirby’s powerful drawings were to Marvel: trendsetting and unforgettable. Infantino’s design work on the Silver Age Flash comic is so iconic, that it…
When I think of Marvel Comics in the late 1960s and early seventies, I think of one artist more than any other. That artist’s name is John Buscema. Buscema started out as…