Jim Lee X-Men #6 original cover art and Frank Miller and Klaus Janson's key Daredevil original pages sell at auction for hundreds of thousands
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Bob Powell's cover for Jumbo Comics #14 features the first appearance of the character Lightning, though he doesn't appear inside this issue.
Edgar Church/Mile High copy: An experiment by Fawcett Publications to publish a five-cent, bi-weekly comic book, Nickel Comics was also the debut of Bulletman.
Maurice Whitman is an underappreciated star from the late Golden Age, and Fiction House's Ghost Comics #1 is one of his best known covers.
Whirlwind Comics #3 included a villain's attack on Croton Dam, inspired by increasing concerns over NYC's reservoir reserves in 1939-1940.
Lily Renée's Señorita Rio saga in Fight Comics #50 draws on post-WWII geopolitical history and the U.S. State Department's release of its Blue Book on Argentina.
Alex Schomburg dropped a reference to recently-revealed U.S. Army Signal Corps Project Diana in plain sight on the cover to Black Terror #15.
Fighting Yank #23 features an Alex Schomburg cover and a fascinating bit of history from editor and adventurer Charles S. Strong.
Sheena, Queen of the Jungle #2 includes leopard cults and vampire vultures, but it's pigeon spies that threaten to undo British intelligence.
The real-life Crime Castle sounds like something out of a comic book, which makes it a good choice for the feature story of Murder Incorporated #5.
The highest graded copy of the 1942 debut of the Sheena series from Fiction House is up for auction, and features a cover artist Dan Zolnerowich. #Sheena #FictionHouse
In Fight Comics #41 from Fiction House, Lily Renée's Señorita Rio confronts the postwar aftermath of Germany's Operation Werewolf.
Absolute Batman #24 Jae Lee Original Cover Art On Sale For "Only" $7000... how many seconds will it be available for?
Gil Kane's story "The Short Bloody Life of Charlie Birger" in Fox's Murder Incorporated #1 includes a wild moment from Birger's real life, as his hq is bombed by airplane.
Gardner Fox and Ogden Whitney had worked together since 1939 on the likes of Adventure Comics, Skyman, and More -- including Manhunt's "Maid in the Morgue"
Black Terror #16 features a Schomburg cover and a story rooted in 1946 history about recruiting WWII vets into a deceptive organization that plans to subvert Democracy
With the power of Static Electricity at his fingertips, Spark Man served as an equalizer against evil in his Sparkler Comics adventures.
Early 1950s Fiction House series Ghost Comics rivals even EC Comics for horror, suspense, and adult situations in the pre-Code comics era.
Released the same week as the debut of Crime Does Not Pay, Biro's bizarre Daredevil #11 cover helps signal the arrival of the Charles Biro & Bob Wood era.
Beyond the Blue Beetle cover feature, Mystery Men Comics #21's D-13 story has the hero taking on a bombing attack against Washington
Legendary artist Nick Cardy takes this cover to the Lost World based on an interior feature called "Caveman Killers" in Jungle Comics #16.
There are only seven copies of Funny Pages V2#7 on the CGC Census, and higher graded copies almost never come up for sale.
The Detective comic book that came out before Detective Comics, Detective Picture Stories #1 was the first to focus on the theme.
Fantastic Comics #7 is an example of the Fox line at its best, with an array of wild science fiction including a Stardust story that literally stops the world.
The Flame #3 combines modern warfare with contemporary crime concerns and puts its pulp influences inside a superhero wrapper.
Weeks after Romania's 1940 political crisis, Top-Notch Comics #10 transformed it into a short Fran Frazer story with surprising detail.
Lou Fine and Will Eisner's Flame cover feature for Wonderworld Comics #9 was inspired by real U-Boat attacks in the opening moments of WWII.
The second issue of Whiz Comics jumps head first into a United States invasion plot masterminded by Captain Marvel supervillain Sivana.
Pep Comics #50 is a key example of the rise of Archie in progress, as the MLJ superheroes lose their cover prominence in 1944.
Super-Mystery Comics #3 features a magnetic battle over a Fort Knox-style gold vault, and a district attorney who uses trained spiders.