Startling Comics #20 features a classic Standard/Better/Nedor WWII-era cover by Jack Binder and a Pyroman story by Ken Battefield to match.
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Black Terror #22 is a hidden gem that includes a story from Sheldon Moldoff, inks by Frank Frazetta and a cover by Alex Schomburg.
Woman in Red artist co-creator George Mandel had become a novelist by the 1950s, and worked on a script draft of 1967 Bond film Casino Royale
Standard/Better/Nedor joined the Golden Age tradition of featuring a publisher's best characters in one title with America's Best Comics.
After debuting a Captain Future pulp, publisher Ned Pines launched a completely different Captain Future in Startling Comics #1.
Norman Rockwell's nephew Dick Rockwell had an extensive career in comic books that includes Fox Feature Syndicate's Women Outlaws #6.
Thrilling Comics #1 from Ned Pines' Better Publications debuted a Doc Savage-inspired character named Dr. Strange in the Golden Age.
Another stand-out issue of an iconic Pre-Code Horror series, The Thing #11 features a Lovecraftian tale of the Necronomicon and the Elder Gods
Alex Schomburg created around 40 airbrushed covers for Ned Pines's Standard/Better/Nedor titles during the period of 1947-1948.
The Archie Comics franchise began to expand in earnest with titles that featured some of Riverdale's other most famous characters.
Superman's strange 1949 team-up with legendary writer/actor/director Orson Welles promoted the film Black Magic via War of the Worlds.
Matt Baker's handful of covers for the Quality Comics romance line came at an important turning point in his career.
Bill Everett's The Conqueror debuted in Victory Comics from Hillman Periodicals as a superhero transformed by cosmic rays.
The creation of Toni Blum and Charles Nicholas for Quality Comics title Hit Comics, the Red Bee is the subject of an iconic Lou Fine cover.
The debut of Eastern Color Printing's Heroic Comics features Submariner creator Bill Everett's Hydroman, and Tarpé Mills Purple Zombie.
Super Adventure Comic 55 from publisher K.G. Murray brought the UK the World's Finest 71 story that launched regular Superman/Batman team-ups
Superman's origin was told across comics, newspaper strips, radio, and a book in his early years, with Superman #53 being an important moment
L.B. Cole comic book covers are highly sought after by collectors, and this copy of Contact Comics #11 is the only CGC 9.8 in the entire run.
According to the legendary artist Frank Frazetta, his famous Famous Funnies Buck Rogers cover run was an influence on George Lucas.
The first appearance & origin of Mary Marvel, Captain Marvel Adventures #18 is historic in its own right, & this copy has fascinating history
Archie Andrews and his Riverdale friends hit the big time a year after his Pep Comics #22 debut, getting his own series with Archie Comics #1
Bill Everett's The Conqueror debuted in Victory Comics from Hillman Periodicals as a superhero transformed by cosmic rays.
The story of a pair of FBI agents whose investigation leads to something otherworldly, Alan Moore's Neonomicon is a tale of cosmic horror.
A big fan of Hal Foster's Tarzan growing up, young Harvey Kurtzman entered a Tip Top Comics cartooning contest and was published in issue #36.
With the power of Static Electricity at his fingertips, Spark Man served as an equalizer against evil in his Sparkler Comics adventures.
Big Shot Comics is an underappreciated title featuring Skyman, with an impressive array of comic book and comic strip talent behind it.
In 1949, historic Golden Age Quality Comics flagship title Smash Comics was taken over by the long-running character Lady Luck.
In her first appearances in Air Fighters Comics, Valkyrie was persuaded by Airboy to switch sides and join the Allies during WWII.
Hitting newsstands two weeks after her debut in All-Star Comics #8, Sensation Comics #1 adds important elements to he Wonder Woman mythos.
Does the first appearance of Batwoman in Detective Comics #233 have a surprising influence from Artists and Models from 6 months earlier?