Rarity can be an elusive concept for some vintage Marvel, and the Marvel/Atlas humor line contains a number of undiscovered gems.
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In Georgie Comics #1, Marvel publisher Martin Goodman as "Captain Goodman" helped Georgie in a scheme to impress Hedy Lamarr.
The "newest, biggest, solidest, keenest" comic of 1947 was Marvel's Junior Miss, featuring Cindy Smith, Sandra Lake and residents of Oakdale.
Marvel is infamous for reusing names, and Lana Comics and Frankie & Lana featured different characters running at the same time.
Marvel's Jann Of The Jungle uncovers a Communist plot to steal uranium by drugging jungle animals in the debut of her own title in 1955.
Wonder Woman throws a strike for charity on a classic golden age DC Comics cover at Heritage Auctions today.
A copy of All-American Comics #92 from 1947 is up for auction from Heritage Auctions, with bids currently totalling $95.
Up for auction from Heritage Auctions this weekend is Uncle Sam #3 from 1940, the last issue of the character drawn by Will Eisner before he handed it over to others.
Wendy Parker Comics was a different sort of romantic comedy at Marvel during its brief 1953-1954 run by artist Christopher Rule.
Not to be confused with Patsy Walker's frenemy Hedy Wolfe, Hedy De Vine was a movie star who had her own Marvel series.
Marvel's Meet Miss Bliss, inspired by the Our Miss Brooks tv franchise & Kubert's Meet Miss Pepper, was created by Stan Lee & Al Hartley.
Arguably Marvel's first female star character since her early Joker Comics appearances, Tessie got her own series with Tessie the Typist #1
Not only did Tessie become Marvel's first female cover star in Joker Comics, she also carried three titles at once in the mid-1940s.
Weeks before the introduction of Louise Grant and her alter ego the Blonde Phantom, Millie Collins assumed a different Blonde Phantom identity
Woooooo! The Nature Boy flies in and makes his debut for Charleton in this tough to snag golden age book at Heritage Auctions today.
One of the first female superheroes, Scarlet O'Neil debuts in Harvey Comics and is taking bids at Heritage Auctions today.
Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's crime comics run in the Headline Comics series featured the likes of John Dillinger and Stella Mae Dickson.
Created by Dan DeCarlo and Stan Lee, was My Girl Pearl's Mrs. Lumpkin the mother of Fantastic Four mailman Willie Lumpkin?
Perhaps the first superhero of the Atomic Age, Charles A. Vought's inventive Atomic Man had a brief run in Prize's Headline Comics.
Nyoka the Jungle Girl first appeared in the 1941 cinema serial Jungle Girl, starring Frances Gifford, then picked up in comic book stories.
Werewolf was Frank Frazetta's last comic book story, about a hunter hired by an African village to track a creature they believe to be a legendary demon,
Patsy Walker & other humor characters presided over a changing of the guard after WW2, as All Winners Comics transformed into All Teen Comics.
Dan DeCarlo is best remembered for his work on Archie Comics, but he played a significant role in 1950s Marvel like Millie the Model as well.
The incredibly obscure Star Studded Comics from Cambridge House Publishers features Ghost Woman plus work by Carmine Infantino.
Miltary Comics fans will want to grab this classic Blackhawk story that is always in demand at Heritage Auctions today.
Lady Luck punches her way into our hearts with this golden age goodness, taking bids at Heritage Auctions today.
Blackhawk is the star of the long-running war comic book series first published by Quality Comics in 1941 and later by DC Comics.
Kid Eternity first appeared in Hit Comics #25, created by Otto Binder and Sheldon Moldoff, and published by Quality Comics in 1942.
Alex Schomburg transformed this 1944 Wonder Comics #3 cover from Standard/Better/Nedor into a war-era classic.
Kaanga Comics #8 appears to be one of the toughest Fiction House comics in high grade, and features a spectacular cover by Maurice Whitman.