Category: Golden Age
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...
With the 4th of July quickly approaching, and the strongest presence of superhero influence on pop culture since the Golden Age upon us, in this post I look at a forgotten Golden Age title that can be viewed as a virtual anatomy lesson for the superhero...
From the history books in school, we all learned about how George Washington led the colonial armies to victory in the American Revolution, and later became the first president of the United States of America; but in the fictional comic book world, he’s had many interesting...
"You stole my car, and you killed my dog!" – John Wick/Keanu Reeves For many, a beloved pet can be as important, if not more than, a key family member. Like us, superheroes also have pets; granted a bit more colorful. While the...
[caption id="attachment_11739" align="alignleft" width="229"] Superman #25, the second most actively sold Golden Age book right now.[/caption] Golden Age comics are increasingly gaining the attention of collectors. Many have realized that there’s a huge untapped potential for these comics as investments; others simply like the Golden Age for the...
While there are many great Golden Age era artists who were masters of evocative and scintillating cover art; when it comes to pre-code covers that make an impact, one artist who immediately springs to mind is L. B. Cole. Lately Cole’s art has been seeing...
Who would win in a fight between Batman and Iron Man? One has the better suit. One is more formidable without the suit. Or how about, who would win in a fight between the Hulk and Superman? A long history of pitting the heroes of DC...
Selected issues from Wings Comics, the aviation anthology title from Fiction House, has been selling for very high prices lately. In this post I’ll take a look at the Wings comic and speculate about what’s driving collector appeal for these books. From around 1940 to...
