Ghost Rider saves the day, but not in the way you expect. No, this is the original Rider, and he is taking bids at Heritage Auctions now.
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Published in 1952, Farrell Publications' Voodoo Annual #1 is a 100 page squarebound Pre-Code Horror rarity containing Matt Baker art and more
During the Pre-Code era, the New York Legislature had issues with a Pre-Code Horror story drawn by Don Rico in Marvel Tales #97 in 1951.
Lev Gleason editor/creator Charles Biro sometimes seemed to use Daredevil Comics as an excuse to create a series of bizarre villains.
Before the X-Men, Professor X was a criminology professor in Captain Flight Comics who knew everything there was to know about crime.
Inspired by World War II, the Korean War, and the looming Cold War, the war comics of the 1940s and 1950s have a strange history behind them.
Fiction House changed Rangers Comics from what was essentially a superhero title into a long-running war comic book series.
Best remembered for his creation of the Human Torch and other Golden Age work, Carl Burgos did hundreds of Marvel covers in the 1950s.
"The Island that Disappeared" in Atomic Attack #8 from Youthful Publications was inspired by Operation Ivy.
Spy Smasher remembers the Battle of Wake Island on the cover of Fawcetts's Spy Smasher #8 shortly after that history took place.
In what seems to have been a franchise reboot attempt, Captain Battle's son completed an important mission and saved his dad in the process.
Aviation-themed covers were a large part of the early era of L.B. Cole's career as a comic book cover artist.
Fiction House's Ranger Comics launched featuring the Rangers of Freedom, a costumed hero-centric group who faced the villain SuperBrain.
Heritage Auctions has a classic issue of Airboy Comics taking bids today, and the creator list for the issue will make your head spin.
Chesler's Major Victory Comics series from 1944-1945 is largely composed of reprints, with a notable exception: the debut of Spider-Woman.
Leslie Charteris gave Avon Publications detailed feedback on the look he wanted for The Saint comic book series in the late 1940s.
In 1951, the New York Legislature had issues with a Pre-Code Horror story drawn by Don Rico in Marvel Tales #97.
A pair of classic Ziff-Davis GI Joe comics are taking bids today at Heritage Auctions and feature some amazing painted covers you gotta see.
Discover the haunting fusion of supernatural and superhero themes in Dynamic Comics #1, a cherished Chesler classic from 1941.
MLJ heroes like Black Hood, Shield, and Hangman have been living in Archie's shadow in recent years, but that may be changing for collectors.
MLJ's the Black Hood had a fascinating journey through the Golden Age, including Top-Notch Comics, Jackpot, Pep and his own series.
Steel Sterling was the other Man of Steel of the Golden Age, and his origin moment by Charles Biro and Abner Sundell explains why.
Marvel Mystery Comics #8-10 is an historic crossover event, but Top-Notch Comics #5-7 with Wizard & Shield hit newsstands at the same time.
John Cassone's the Web used his criminology skills to show that criminals can always be caught up in the web of the details of his own crimes.
Dell published Popular Comics for years, and one of the more interesting covers from the run is at Heritage Auctions today.
During the comic industry's boom time of the early 1950s, L.B. Cole covers were designed to stand out on the crowded newsstands.
Dell is remembered as the publisher of comics featuring licensed Disney characters, but they had a superhero line including Martan the Marvel Man.
Hangman Comics was an anthology comic published by Archie Comics in 1942 and 1942, and who has been revived every couple of decades or so.
A group of aviation's classic hero Airboy is taking bids at Heritage Auctions today, and you should go bid on them.
Super science hero Captain Battle was created by Jack Binder and former opera star Carl Formes, and has a weird publishing history.




























