Adventure Comics # 40 is one of the most important classic issues of this long-running series from DC. The issue featured a handful of characters including The Sandman, Barry O’Neill, Jack Woods, Captain Desmo, Don Coyote, Bulldog Martin, Socko Strong, Skip Schuyler, Rusty and Taurus the Bull. The issue featured 11 comic stories along with [...]
Posted under Comic Books, DC, Golden Age, Old Comics, Rare Comics by fanboy 02.02.2010
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The Internet has revolutionized the way old comic books are sold. A simple search demonstrates that old comics for sale can be found via auction sites, classifieds and comic book dealer websites.
With the holidays approaching, we wanted to take the time to remind readers that vintage old comics can be searched for via ComicSeeker.com. The [...]
Posted under Bronze Age, Comic Books, DC, Golden Age, Marvel, Modern Age, Old Comics, Silver Age by admin 30.11.2009
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The first detailed origin of Batman was in the Golden Age. The comic was Batman #47 and featured a young Bruce Wayne on the cover mourning the death of his parents. This comic was published in 1948, about 8 years after Batman first appeared in Detective Comics 27.
The origin story was written by Bill Finger, [...]
Posted under DC, Golden Age, Old Comics by admin 16.11.2009
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A major key of the comic book universe is Flash #123, published by DC in 1961. This issue was titled “Flash of Two Worlds” and featured the re-appearance of the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick and the first mention of Earth-2.
The story was written by Gardner Fox, illustrated by Carmine Infantino and inked by Joe [...]
Posted under Comic Books, DC, Golden Age, Old Comics, Silver Age, Story Lines by admin 02.11.2009
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Happy Halloween. In honor of today, ComicSeeker proudly displays a classic bronze age horror/suspense comic book cover from DC. This is Secrets of Haunted House, published in 1975. Art is by Luis Dominguez.
Posted under Bronze Age, Comic Books, DC by admin 31.10.2009
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The first ever Long Beach Comic Con was held a couple of weeks ago in Southern California. For a first time affair, the convention was fun and well attended. Saturday was packed with collectors and families.
Vintage comic book collectors were not disappointed. There were a number of national and local dealers with good stock on [...]
Posted under Artists, Comic Books, DC, Dealers, Golden Age, Marvel, Original Art, Rare Comics, Silver Age by admin 12.10.2009
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With the hype and publicity surrounding the special appearance of Barrack Obama in the latest issue of Amazing Spider-Man, I missed the apparent death of Batman. This happened in Final Crisis #6. The last issue of Final Crisis, #7, comes out today.
First off, spoiler alert. Don’t read ahead if you don’t want to know what [...]
Posted under DC, Modern Age, Story Lines by admin 28.01.2009
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The Spirit movie is now out in theatres. It’s been out since Christmas, but I have not yet had a chance to see it. Unfortunately, the reviews are not that great.
However, The Spirit comics are timeless classics and well worth reading. The spirit was created by Will Eisner and was initially published as a Sunday [...]
Posted under Artists, DC, Golden Age, Movies, Old Comics by admin 28.12.2008
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Today I was posting online about some of the cheesy comics from the 1980’s and Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew immediately came to mind.
This total cheese comic was the brainchild of Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw!. Yes, Scott has an exclamation point at the end of his name.
Anyway, I loved this as a [...]
Posted under Comic Books, DC, Modern Age by admin 02.12.2008
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I couldn’t believe it when I first heard about it, but it seems that there are currently about 84 different comics or comic book titles being considered for a movie. Hard to believe, but I’m surprised that the film industry is that far gung ho over comic books.
Here the link over at Den of Geek.
Among [...]
Posted under Comic Books, DC, Marvel, Movies, Old Comics by admin 24.11.2008
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