Kid Eternity's 1942 origin moment in Hit Comics #25 was a direct reaction to German U-boat attacks on merchant shipping along the East Coast that year.
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Best known for the creation of Marvel's Human Torch, Carl Burgos' White Streak in Target Comics was also a powerful android.
In Prize Comics' future of 1982, Power Nelson fights for citizens facing food shortages, pandemics, and forced labor, and the Amazon Regiment in a dystopian world.
Speed Comics, a relatively famous name among Golden Age comic book titles, was started by a company named after a small AL town.
In Seven Seas Comics #4, Matt Baker's South Sea Girl stars in a movie which seems to point to the character's film inspirations.
An L.B. Cole cover with a Jay Disbrow interior story to match gives True-to-Life Romances #13 the classic Star Publications one-two punch.
The star of Sure-Fire Comics and Lightning Comics, Flash Lightning got his powers from an amulet given to him by an ancient Egyptian figure before Dr. Fate.
Considered the first post-Superman costumed superhero, The Arrow got his first cover on Funny Pages V3 #7 in 1939.
For many Golden Age collectors, a classic Schomburg cover is a collecting goal in itself, and his cover for Black Terror #20 (1947) delivers.
1952's Pictorial Romances #13 with Matt Baker cover and art features the kind of messy reality of love and life that would soon be scrubbed from the newsstands.
Strange Adventures #1 represents a key turning point in the history of DC Comics and is a fascinating artifact of science fiction history.
Blue Beetle evolved gradually over his first few months in Mystery Men Comics, with the elements of his classic costume taking shape in issue #4.
After Daredevil's debut in Silver Streak Comics #6, Jack Cole gave him a new costume and his first cover on Silver Streak Comics #7.
Amazing-Man Comics #6 features work by Carl Burgos and Bill Everett, and also includes an aquatic anti-hero called the Shark, king of all sea life.
The Edgar Church CGC 9.4 sole highest graded copy of More Fun Comics #73, the first appearances of Aquaman and Green Arrow, stands at $318,333 with hours to go at auction.
Silver Streak Comics #17 features Captain Battle vs Dr. Vampire by Otto and Jack Binder, and Eldon's copy is one of the best you'll ever find
After a short run of painted covers from Ziff-Davis inventory, Matt Baker returned to St. John's Teen-Age Romances with a sizzling cover run.
Created by Richard E. Hughes and David Gabrielsen for 1941's Exciting Comics #9, the Black Terror became Ned Pines' most popular superhero.
In late 1939, it appeared that pulp hero the Black Bat would be heading to comic books, and there's a glimpse of that in Exciting Comics #1.
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
Dive into the unusual circumstances behind Special Comics #1, the series launch of the Hangman, one of MLJ's best-remembered superheroes.
The Flag's abilities included trailing stars & stripes while using his power of flight & an American Flag birthmark that warned him of danger
Best remembered for its licensed comics, Dell also ventured into superheroes during the Golden Age, beginning with Phantasmo in The Funnies.
Dave Cockrum's iconic cover for X-Men #150 recently surfaced for the first time in 40 years, and it's up for auction at ComicConnect right now.
Characters such as Dr. Doom, Electro, and Marga the Panther Woman made their debuts in Fox Feature's Science Comics #1.
Chesler's Major Victory Comics #1 reprints his origin from Dynamic Comics #1, but includes the all-new debut of the Golden Age Spider-Woman.
With a Lou Fine cover likely inspired by War of the Worlds and a Will Eisner plot inspired by headlines of its day, Wonderworld Comics #8 is an underappreciated classic.
Brought to greater attention by Killers of the Flower Moon, William Hale's murderous campaign against the Osage was fictionalized in Crime-Fighting Detective #19
A superhero created by Bill Everett and his mom Grace, Amazing Man starred in a series that has become a favorite of Golden Age collectors.
One of the most potent symbolic war comic book covers of the WWII era, Irv Novic's Pep Comics #20 is a visceral gut-punch of Golden Age superheroics.