Cover-dated May 1964 and hitting the newsstands in May, Avengers #5 represents a young Marvel Universe beginning to hit its stride.
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Fantastic Four #48, has been an important Marvel comic book key for decades, and for good reason. It's a cornerstone of Marvel cosmic stories
Jim Lee has been an admirer of Frank Miller for decades. None so much as for his Deathblow story in Darker Image when he seemed to be possessed by the
It's difficult to remember this now, but the Avengers have not always been household names among Marvel Comics properties.
In 1994, Jae Lee published four issues of Hellshock, a comic book about a fallen angel, through Image Comics. At which point he stalled. Three years later
The Black Knight has a long and interesting history in Marvel comic books, and Dane Whitman got his start in Avengers #47 in 1967.
Steve Ditko created the character of Doctor Strange, co-written by Stan Lee and appearing in Marvel Comics' Strange Tales from 1963 as a shared feature
This is the original artwork for The Maxx #1/2 by Sam Kieth from 1993. The Maxx was a comic book series he launched from Image Comics. Kieth also created
The infamous Guy Gardner first appeared in 1968 in Green Lantern #59 in 1968, but few high grade copies have hit the market in recent times.
The full original artwork for a ten-page Doctor Strange comic by Stan Lee and Marie Severin is at auction from Heritage Auctions. Marie Severin was the
The Promise Collection is a group of high grade comics from 1939-1952, and mid-1948 has one of the most infamous covers in comics history.
The late Frank Frazetta was a comic book artist-turned-illustrator who gained a worldwide audience for his fantasy work, for Conan, Vampirella and more,
I remember when Comic Showcase in London's Seven Dials district used to sell original artwork from Watchmen, V for Vendetta and Marvelman from £40 to £80
Yup, it's as problematic as all hell, but the full original artwork for the first comic book story that featured The Mandarin is at auction from Heritage
One of the stories in Strange Tales Annual #1 from Marvel in 1962 has a wonderfully obscure connection to the Eternals.
Charles M. Schulz' Peanuts sees Snoopy take flight as the War War I Flying Ace in this lithograph print up for auction. Sponsored.
Ant-Man Scott Lang dons the costume for the first time in this Marvel Comics key taking bids at Heritage Auctions this week.
King Features' 1966 debut of its Flash Gordon series was the fan-favorite comic book of that year due to spectacular Al Williamson artwork.
The Promise Collection is a group of high grade comics from 1939-1952, and early 1948 was about the crime explosion, and a Futurama mystery.
Farrell Publication's Voodoo Annual #1 is a comic book that Pre-Code Horror collectors rarely want to part with, and it's easy to see why.
The Pre-Code Horror series Mysteries from Candian company Superior Publications is even more rare than most PCH -- and that's saying something.
Bill Everett's Zombie first appeared in the obscure Pre-Code Horror comic book Menace #5 in 1953, and got his own series 20 years later.
Marvel's original Werewolf by Night story appeared in Marvel Tales #116, cover-dated July 1953 in a Pre-Code Horror classic.
Haunted Thrills 13 features a classic PCH skull cover, & a great interior story that backs it up, plus work by Human Torch creator Carl Burgos
An overlooked area of vintage comic book collecting, the Pre-Code Horror field is undiscovered country from a historically fascinating moment.
Fiction House's Rangers Comics was a well-crafted war story comic book series with some spectacular covers.
Early Wow Comics from Fawcett Publications featured a caped crusader in Gotham City, and a power-ring wielding boy of the atom.
Everyone should go to Hertiage Auctions and put in a bid on this CGC copy of Machine Man #1 today before it is too late.
Victor Fox's Mystery Men Comics has an underrated place in the pantheon of historically important Golden Age comic book series.
Masters of the Universe collectors: do you prefer the DC Comics or the Marvel Star Comics run more? Heritage Auctions has a Star #1 right now.