Wolverine #1, which came out with the title “Sword Quest”, initiated the popular solo series of Wolverine. Wolverine, one of the most popular members of X-men first appeared in the 180th issue of Incredible Hulk in October 1974. The growing popularity of the character led Marvel to launch a 4-issue mini-series by Frank Miller in [...]
Posted under Comic Books, Marvel, Modern Age by fanboy 11.05.2010
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Following the huge popularity of Conan the Barbarian, Volume 1 of the magazine “The Savage Sword of Conan” was published in August 1974 featuring more stories of Conan. A panel of talented comic artists and writers contributed to that magazine and as a result it became equally successful as Conan the Barbarian series. Just being [...]
Posted under Artists, Comic Books, Marvel, Prices and Values, Writers by fanboy 13.04.2010
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Amazing Spider-Man # 50 came with the one of the most spectacular cover and storyline of the series. Besides being a landmark issue, it introduced Kingpin who later evolved to be the most organized villain of Marvel universe. The book also mentioned the origin of Spider-man to some extend, and a brief flashback of Uncle [...]
Posted under Comic Books, Marvel, Modern Age, Prices and Values by fanboy 30.03.2010
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The 9th issue of Marvel Mystery Comics is now considered as a coveted gem of Golden Age of Comic Books. This 68 page issue was published by Timely Comics, the predecessor of Modern day Marvel. In fact Timely Comics made their entry in comics publication with these series.
The issue featured a number of classic [...]
Posted under Comic Books, Golden Age, Marvel, Old Comics, Rare Comics by fanboy 02.03.2010
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The New Mutants # 98 is a breakthrough issue of the series as Deadpool appeared in this issue for the first time ever. A complicated storyline, participation of a number of characters and great artwork made the book a treasure of modern age comic.
Three newly introduced characters were the main focus on the cover. [...]
Posted under Comic Books, Marvel, Modern Age by fanboy 19.01.2010
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Right in the middle of the Silver Age of comic books, Marvel released Daredevil #1. The subtitle of the book is The Man without Fear. Daredevil was a quick success, playing out Marvel’s formula of a teenage boy, grappling with growing problems, and finding his unique super power. In this case, Matt Murdock loses his [...]
Posted under Marvel, Silver Age by admin 14.12.2009
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Right after the U.S. entered World War II, there was a lot of anger in America, particularly at the Japanese for their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Needless to say, the event was depicted in many ways during the Golden Age of Comic Books. One of the rare comics is Captain America #13 published by [...]
Posted under Golden Age, Marvel, Old Comics by admin 07.12.2009
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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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During the middle of the Bronze Age, the X-Men were a lagging title for Marvel. However, with the release of Giant Size X-Men #1, that all changed. In this issue, a new team of X-Men was assembled by Professor X to save the original X-Men. From this issue, you get a long list of mutants [...]
Posted under Bronze Age, Comic Books, Marvel, Story Lines by admin 23.11.2009
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Iron Fist #14, was published by Marvel Comics in 1977. Iron Fist would end with the last issue, making it a classic Bronze Age short run. However, most notable for this series was this 14th issue, which was newstand priced at 30 cents (or 35 cents, depending on which version you picked up).
This issue is [...]
Posted under Bronze Age, Comic Books, Marvel by admin 09.11.2009
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