Category: Golden Age
While it is entertaining to look forward, it is important to look back. Specifically, here we examine the market for the key 1st appearance comic books of Vision, Jimmy Woo, and the Mandarin. Each one has already made their live-action debuts; with the exception that the Mandarin’s...
“Tell me, do you bleed?” Even before that infamous line was uttered, the conflict between the Dark Knight and the Son of Krypton has often been an entertaining scenario in the pages of comic books. Not just in terms of plot, but also for a...
Like petting a cat who purrs one second and attacks you the next, here we will be revisiting the idea of randomness. Due to the sheer number of characters that exist in the pages of comic books, perhaps featuring characters randomly is the best way for each...
William Blake “Bill” Everett was a Golden Age comic book writer and artist best known for creating Namor: the Sub-Mariner. However, Everett was much more than the creator of Namor. An original who is the true...
Before the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, before the Legion of Superheroes and the Doom Patrol and even before the Justice League of America existed, there was the Justice Society of America. The JSA was the first superhero team in comic book history. First appearing in...
Like the reason you try a slice of pineapple pizza even though you know you don’t like it, the idea of randomness is often refreshing. In a previous article, we introduced the random characters of the Slug, Sax Gola, Animal Lad; here we will introduce a...
Introduced in 1950, the comic strip Peanuts has gone on to become an iconic representation of modern America. Featuring Charlie Brown and his friends (including his beagle Snoopy, who has become synonymous with ‘Peanuts’ comics’ as a whole), Charles Schultz’s strip is one of the most...
Centaur Comics (or Centaur Publications) was founded in 1938 and lasted until 1942. It was one of the earliest publishers of American comic books with titles that are highly sought out today due to both scarcity and for historical reasons. In this post, I’ll look at...
Blade!!! Hulk #181!!! There may be a saturation of the same few characters and books. Maybe. Not that there’s anything wrong with having cake all the time, but let’s try a bit of something else. To shake things up and add a bit of variety, here...
Most of us have seen ‘Back to the Future’, and can remember Marty McFly’s incredulity when he visits the 1950s version of his home town. If you could jump onto Doc Brown’s time travelling Delorean and travel back in time to January of...
