Category: Golden Age

by Blaise Tassone | January 29, 2019

Golden Age comics are starting to receive some serious attention again. Many collectors are realizing that they make very good long term investments. Many have also noted how Golden Age comics regularly sell in auctions for far above Overstreet guide prices. Unfortunately a lot of stories...

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by Blaise Tassone | November 20, 2018

Few people have heard of the Bruns Publications Inc. hero called Wonder Man. There’s a reason for that. In 1939 Wonder Man was ruled to be a copyright infringement of DC’s Superman by the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals. This was the first...

by Blaise Tassone | August 19, 2018

Published by Fiction House from 1940 to 1953, Planet Comics was one of the first science fiction comic books. The first issue of Planet Comics (cover dated January 1940) was, in fact, the first ever comic to solely publish science fiction as content cover to cover....

by Blaise Tassone | June 17, 2018

Early pre-code horror comics are valuable, and the reason for their lasting appeal is, no doubt, because the writers and artists who created them had the freedom to present tales that could disturb without having to self-censor. They inevitably brought forth macabre themes filled with occult...

by Blaise Tassone | June 12, 2018

If you happen to own any Golden Age crime comics then you owe a small debt of gratitude to Doctor Fredric Wertham. If you know who that is, and if you’re also a comic book lover, at this point you might think: “That makes no sense....