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Well also make a cash offer for your superman comic books, should you wish to sell. Most copies are worth much less, but the good news is, if you have one of these truly rare comic books, then youre certainly sitting on a prized asset that any comic book collector would be envious of. Silver age comic that is complete wit no rips or cut outs. In 1936, the partners unsuccessfully attempted to make superman a daily comic strip. Celebrate superman month with a historical timeline. New listing superman 7 comic book lot dc modern age man steel action comics gallary. According to one comprehensive site on comic book spankings, this could be the earliest known example of a costumed hero giving someone a spanking in an american comic strip which makes sense, considering the phantom who debuted in 1936 is generally considered the first costumed superhero. Get the best deals on superman silver age comics 19561969. Sadowski starts with a 1936 strip by superman creators siegel and shuster featuring a character in a precussor to superman s costume.

Women being spanked in vintage comic books flashbak. You can find out values of action issues by clicking here. Color touch, pieces added, cover cleaned, interior lightened, cover reinforced. He and his twin brother operate two blogs dedicated to science fiction and fantasy films, the geek twins and film sketchr. Maurice mitchell is a sciencefiction and comic book critic, blogger, and journalist. Some silver age comic books even say superman celebrates his. These books cover a wide range of genres, from superhero adventure tales to horror stories, allowing you to select the type of comic that fits your particular interests. This prompted siegel to revisit superman as a comic strip character. Reading comics from the 1950s through the 70s, one starts to wonder if she has a mental disability of some kind. Superman 1939 comic read superman 1939 comic online. Please examine all photos carefully and judge the condition of the book for yourself. Part 1 1930s to 1960s because nerdy lists and timelines are part of what makes fandom fantastic. Superman s mermaid sweetheart, script by jerry siegel, pencils by wayne boring, inks by stan kaye.

Age comics, various annuals, lot of 4 books from 1960s. A celebration of 75 years gathers a range of stories featuring the first and greatest super hero, highlighting the many roles the man of steel has played over the decades. Once radio started featuring superman s adventures, the pop culture explosion began. Get the best deals on superman silver age comics 19561969 when you shop the largest online selection at. There is a name written at the top of the first page.

Jerry siegel and joe shuster created the comic book character superman when they were young men residing in cleveland, ohio. The phantom, who debuted in his own newspaper comic strip on 17 feb 1936. This monthly comic follows the serialized adventures of the man of steel and his life in metropolis. This among many examples show that many of the early comic books, especially detective comics, were in many ways cartoonized pulp stories. After leaving the superman books in the late 1940s, he returned to dc comics in the early 1960s where he worked on tales of the bizarro world and then legion of superheroes. When superman crossed over from comic books to comic strips, his appeal went from just kids reading the books to entire families reading his adventures in the daily newspaper. But the main problem is action comics 1 from 1938, for superman did not get his own title until 1939, has been reprinted many times in different formats, hence those seriously vary by size as well. He continues with over 20 golden age stories including space heroes, masked crimefighters, and the surreal works of fletcher hanks. Supermen the first wave of comic book heroes 19361941. Titles and issues included are superman s girl friend lois lane no.

Comic books in 1938 were definitely of a different size than they are today. Introductions featuring information about the creators, comparison and analysis of the storylines from the comic strips and the comic books. After this failure, the two men found employment with dcnational comics presentday dc comics. Obviously, the first thing anyone saw at a newsstand looking for a comic book was the cover. Across superman s multimedia incarnations, which at this stage included the two comic book titles, a comic strip, the radio serial, and a series of animated cartoons, he participated in this wartime construc tion of the american way as unity directed against americas enemies. Want to know what the current value of your old comic books are. Like other antiques or collectibles, value is determined by how much a collector is willing to pay for the item.

Whether in the 1942 paramount animation, with its racist. The character was created by writer jerry siegel and artist. Learn the values of individual action comics, and find out what your early superman comics are worth with our free appraisal service. The daily strips are divided into three sub sets collections, one for each decade. Tricksy, worlds greatest stunt man humor page by henry boltinoff. However, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was reinvented as a crimefighter with a disguise, secret lair, and gadgets, hallmarks of superheroes. The character regularly appears in comic books published by dc comics, and has been adapted to a number of radio serials, movies, and television shows superman was born on the planet. Superman comic books comics index lists this section contains a partial index of superman comics prior to 1986, a complete index of superman comics since 1986, lists of all. In 1939, dc comics agreed to publish superman as a storyline in action comics. For a list of comic book supervillain debuts, see list of comic book supervillain debuts.

Generations series, which operated under the premise of what if comic books followed real time from the beginning. During the early years of comics, the covers did not necessarily have anything to do with any of the stories inside and were used more to attract a persons attention than to advertise the stories inside. In 1936, he formed a joint corporation with harry donenfeld and jack. The first annual superman comic book was published in 1960. In these celebrated stories, superman is in turns the herculean champion, the lonely alien survivor, the superpowered boy scout and the soulsearching leader. The first wave of comic book heroes 19361941 not only reverent. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.

Captain marvel proved to be one of the most popular superhero comics of the golden age, regularly outselling the adventures of superman during the 1940s. Women being spanked in vintage comic books im back with another spanking post and this one i kind of found interesting. Ad for superman s girl friend, lois lane, action comics, and superboy. Superman reunites with lori lemaris for the first time since college. Kalel and bruce wayne make their heroic debuts in the 1930s, as in real life, but then proceed to age and have families, with their children taking up their respective heroic legacies. The heroes came from various emerging mediums including novels, radio, comic strips, and the justbeginning comic books. The joe shuster awards, started in 2005, were named in honor of the canadianborn shuster, and honor achievements in the field of comic book publishing by canadian creators, publishers and retailers. Click here for scans of an eight page article from a 1970 issue of aramco world magazine arabian american oil company on middle eastern versions of superman, batman, the lone ranger, and tarzan. Comics silver age supermans official site comics silver. Which is the most expensive superman comic of all time. A collection of seven vintage dc comics superman comic books.

Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Comic books 1960s 1970s comic book lois lane sexism super hero superman. Together they entered the new comic book business in 1936, not with their superman character but by writing and drawing other adventure strips for new fun comics, inc. Find out what your superman or action comics are worth at sell my comic books. Smokey, always belittlin, skippy by percy crosby, reglar fellers, little orphan annie, smilin jack, moon mullins, dick tracy, ripleys believe it or not, gasoline alley, the gumps, terry and the pirates by milton caniff, harold teen, tom mix, winnie winkle, ginger, ella and her fella, lovey dovey, lifes little tragedies, streaky, ben websters page, bronc peeler. So now that we have pulp roots to superman and batman done, lets examine pulp roots to other genrecharacters of comic books. Starting in 1939, superman would continue on to 1986 when alan moores story whatever happened to the man of tomorrow. Superman comic strip collector sidney friedfertig, contributed a lot of the source material to these loac book series, had succeeded collecting 97 percent of the daily strips in newspaper clippings from 19591966 and published it online at his own website in 2012. After leaving nationaldc in 1948, siegel went on to serve in an editorial capacity for ziffdavis, and also wrote comic stories for charlton. Superman appeared in the very first issue of this comic. Celebrate superman month historical timeline 1930s to 1960s.

In 2005, shuster was inducted into the joe shuster canadian comic book creator hall of fame for his contributions to comic books. The golden age the 1940s, the atomic age the 1950s and the silver age the 1960s. Silver age comics provide you with a look into the past, taking you to an era of books that spanned from 1956 to 1969. This dvd set contains every issue of the regular comic book series, including all three series of the comic book spanning november 1861 through december 2004. Shuster eventually left the comics field business, while siegel returned to dc during the early 1960s. In 1936, he and siegel began providing dc comics with such new features as dr. There are four basic criteria that make vintage comic books. Lot of 50 comic books grab bag marvel dc avengers superman batman spiderman xmen. See our superman comic books article for more details. A total of over 550 complete comic books in acrobat format,including the front and back covers, advertisements, editorials, pinups, fan pages, etc.

Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. I would like to get a complete reprint of superman comics from the 1960s. Silver age comics, superman, lot of 5 books from 1960s. Dc decided to revamp the flash in the 60s in a new incarnation from his 1940s counterpart. In 1936, the partners unsuccessfully attempted to make superman into a daily comic strip.

Occult and rose psychic were created three years before the creation of superman. All data on comic book sales comes courtesy of sell my comic books. Age is perhaps the least accurate indicator of what makes a comic book desirable. The superman character was created by jerry siegel and joe shuster in 1933 before being sold to detective comics, inc. Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. The precrisis superboys timeera varied over the decades as taking place in the relative past of superman, and thus the boy of steel was shown as operating in the 30s, the 50s largely skipping the 40s, the 60s, and even the 70s by the end of superboys precrisis runthe 1985 superman. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of superman s appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939.