Triumph Comics #21 features a rare Nelvana cover (in her Alana North secret agent identity), plus Captain Wonder, Speed Savage and much more.
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Obscure 1949 Bell Features comic book Unusual Adventures #52 features an adaptation of Brewster's Millions and a master criminologist named Dr. Doom.
Marvel's Millie the Model appeared in a wide range of Bell Features comic books, including Active Comics #103.
In 1947, U.S. customs categorized the last Golden Age appearance of Nelvana & Mr. Monster as a pamphlet, resulting in tariff charge, and a court proceeding that tells us about this unusual release.
Two of the foundational comic book creators of Canada's Golden Age, Ted McCall and Ed Furness, teamed up for Freelance Comics.
Marvel's Namora shows up unexpectedly on the cover of Bell Features' Comics Toons #37, in a cover by Ken Bald from Namora #2.
Bell's Active Comics #29 is an unusual combination of a mysterious Adrian Dingle cover with Matt Baker's South Sea Girl inside.
The unusual 1948 Canadian comic book Flash is a historical oddity, but its circumstances connect it to one of the best-known tabloids of the era.
Rucker Publications' Rocket Man Comics features Gus Ricca's comic artist nightmare cover from the highly sought-after Punch Comics #9.
The road that led Al Rucker to comic publishing took a number of twists and turns, including circus acrobat, map maker, bootlegger, and muckraker.
With Jack Kamen art not seen on a U.S. cover, Bell Features' 4Most #22 features Blue Beetle and Goldie the chorus girl.
Gus Ricca's iconic Dr. Doom piece from the cover of Dynamic Comics #11 was also used for Canadian comic The Weekender v2 #1 from Rucker.
On the trail of the obscure history of the Arthur Gontier era of 10 Story Book, a mystery involving Ziff-Davis founder William B. Davis emerges.
Marvel's original Werewolf by Night story appeared in Marvel Tales #116, cover-dated July 1953 in a Pre-Code Horror classic.
Turn of the century Chicago saloon owner Patrick H. Grimes was reportedly a notorious figure in the city's gambling scene, and also an owner of 10 Story Book.
Magazine and Pulp pioneer Louis Eckstein launched important titles Red Book and Blue Book and had an expansive career beyond the newsstand.
Die Hard fans have long pondered the similarity between the name of Silent Night composer Franz Gruber and the name of Die Hard antagonist Hans Gruber.
The story behind long running fiction magazine 10 Story Book runs through a number of Chicago newspaper and business institutions.
Weird Menace: The 1930s rise of the Shudder Pulps followed by the rise of the forces that ended them and transformed horror on the newsstand.
L.B. Cole produced a number of stand-out Pre-Code Horror covers during his Star Publications era.
This Magazine is Haunted #16 (Charlton, 1954) features the second-ever Steve Ditko cover, and the highest-graded copy is up for auction. #Ditko #sponsored
Superior Comics' 1951-1955 Pre-Code Horror title Strange Mysteries featured stand-out art from Iger Studio, including Matt Baker.
The "Death Wheel" in 1952's Tim Holt #30 cover by Frank Bolle has long been a matter of interest to people who research the Zodiac killer.
Hillman hired Crime Does Not Pay creators Charles Biro and Bob Wood to launch Clue Comics for them, but it seems not to have worked as planned.
Testifying before a Senate Subcommittee seems to have made publisher William K. Friedman angry, because his subsequent comics like Fight Against Crime pushed boundaries even more.
Avon's 1947 Eerie Comics #1 is considered the first Pre-Code Horror comic book, and the publisher eventually battled Ziff-Davis over their own Eerie Adventures.
Crime Does Not Pay is perhaps the most notorious title in American comic book history, and issue #24 is one of its most notorious issues.
The Challenger was a four issue series from 1945-1946 designed to fight prejudice and discrimination featuring work by Joe Kubert and others.
One of the most sought-after Pre-Code Horror comics, Bill Everett's cover for Venus #19 is a fitting reflection of the "Kiss of Death."
Venus #18 (Marvel, 1952) is sought after for Bill Everett's phenomenally creepy cover, but Everett also revisits the ocean depths here in a way that foreshadows Submariner's return in Fantastic Four #4.