The first appearance of Krypto has a unique connection to the mid-1950s era of history during which he made his debut in Adventure Comics 210
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Published by Jeff Smith in 1983, Thorn: Tales from the Lantern collect's Smith's earliest Thorn strips, containing early incarnations of characters made famous in Bone.
L.B. Cole depicts a scene from the Kansas City Massacre on the cover of All-Famous Police Cases #8, for a story on the career of organized crime's Johnny Lazia.
L.B. Cole creates drama for his cover of Confessions of Love #12 (Star Publications, 1952) based on the interior tale "I Couldn't Say No!"
Blue Bolt returns to the cover while a character inspired by Margaret Bourke-White joins his story, and RAF pilot Guy Gibson is featured elsewhere in the issue.
The earliest and one of the most rare of all Standard/Better/Nedor series, Best Comics featured the Adventures of the Red Mask.
Best known as the 1st app of Moondragon, Iron Man #54 by Everett, Friedrich, Tuska, and Colletta also features a visually spectacular Iron Man vs Sub-Mariner battle.
The 1970 Avengers #83 story titled "Come On In... The Revolution's Fine!" features the debut of Valkyrie (sort of), and a theme that has made it a topic of discussion.
Green Lantern #59 page 7, written by John Broome penciled by Gil Kane, and inked by Sid Greene, introduces Guy Gardner and shows him accepting the power of Green Lantern.
One of the most popular comic book keys, any copy of Superman #1 is desirable, including this unusual CGC .5 example.
Long sought-after for its relative rarity, Whitman's The Black Hole #4 is part of their continuation of the story from the Disney film.
NIU is holding a fundraiser April 2-3 to back an effort to conserve and digitize the world's best collection of historically important Family Story Paper.
Tales of Terror Annual #1 has been considered one of the toughest to get EC Comics New Trend issues for as long as there's been an EC fandom.
The month after debuting Thanos & Drax in Iron Man & the same month his Captain Marvel saga launched, Where Monsters Dwell shows the Jim Starlin cosmic era had begun.
Publisher Anglo-American Publishing had Fawcett Captain Marvel stories redrawn in Canada during the Golden Age.
Canadian publisher F.E. Howard did some unusual Archie Comics reprints in Canada during WWII, which remain highly sought-after today.
Pioneer Publishing of London, Ontario, is a mysterious publisher who put out this unusual Phantom Lady #17 reprint in 1948.
Legendary comic book artist Jim Aparo contributed to a large number of DC Comics classics, and his Batman #341 cover is an interesting symbol of his career.
Was a notorious paper broker behind the publication of both the U.S. and Canadian version of Atomic Comics?
The very rare 1945 Nelvana of the Northern Lights one-shot has become the most iconic and famous Canadian comic book of the Golden Age.
Batman #11 (1942, DC Comics) has long been one of the most sought-after early issues of the series, but is it also the first death of Robin?
Triumph Comics #21 features a rare Nelvana cover (in her Alana North secret agent identity), plus Captain Wonder, Speed Savage and much more.
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.