Alex Schomburg Archives

Alex Schomburg is one of the most widely-collected cover artists of the Golden Age, with many focusing on his WWII-era work His cover of Wonder Comics #3 (cover-dated November 1944), with Standard/Better/Nedor character the Grim Reaper punching a Nazi is a classic Schomburg example.  Featuring an early Grim Reaper story and the origin of the[...]

The iconic cover artist Alex Schomburg created over 240 Golden Age covers for publisher Standard/Better/Nedor, among them a group of Miss Masque covers on Exciting Comics and America's Best Comics during the late Golden Age.   Created by artist Lin Streeter, Miss Masque was a sign of the times in comic book in this 1946-1949 era[...]

A comic book including work by three comic book legends in Sheldon Moldoff, Alex Schomburg and Frank Frazetta?  Sign me up.  The hidden gem in question is Black Terror #22, a March 1948 cover-dated classic from Ned Pines' Standard/Better/Nedor This issue features a "Xela" cover by Schomburg, a Black Terror science fiction story by Moldoff,[...]

In regards to the artistry of Alex Schomburg, Stan Lee may have said it best "I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post," Lee once noted "He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any[...]

Some of Alex Schomburg's most famous WWII-era covers are from 1944 Suspense Comics #3, Terrific Comics #5, and All-New Comics #8 were all published in that year and contain similar war-era themes familiar to Schomburg collectors.  But Schomburg might be best work on Timely/Marvel covers on titles like Marvel Mystery Comics, Captain America Comics, Human[...]

Suspense Comics #3 is one of the most infamous Alex Schomburg covers ever published, and it's a theme that Schomburg would use from time to time during the Golden Age.  Terrific Comics #5 and All-New Comics #8 are Schomburg covers with similar themes.  These Nazi/Bondage/Horror/War covers wrap up the terrors of that era in a[...]

Superheroes with various kinds of fire-based power were practically their own category in the Golden Age.   Marvel/Timely's Human Torch and his sidekick Toro are the most famous of these, of course, but there's also Fox Feature's the Flame, MLJ's Fireball, Centaur's Fireman, Quality's Wildfire, Nedor's Pyroman, and numerous others.  Legendary cover artist Alex Schomburg played[...]

Best remembered historically as a magazine publisher and currently, as the owner of digital properties ranging from Mashable to Humble Bundle, Ziff-Davis was also briefly a comic book publisher of note.  The company published over 50 comic book titles, mostly from 1950-1952, and mostly very short-lived.  Many of their titles are best known for painted[...]

In regards to the artistry of Alex Schomburg, Stan Lee may have said it best "I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post," Lee once noted "He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any[...]

In regards to the artistry of Alex Schomburg, Stan Lee may have said it best "I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post," Lee once noted "He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any[...]

In regards to the artistry of Alex Schomburg, Stan Lee may have said it best "I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post," Lee once noted "He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any[...]

Alex Schomburg is one of the most prolific and celebrated artists from the Golden Age of comics The Puerto Rican born artist had one of the most significant impacts on comic art during his lifetime, creating some of the most memorable and beautiful covers from that era Some of his most prolific covers include Startling[...]

After 80+ years of riding the tides of American pop culture, sometimes even the most obscure characters and titles of decades past wash ashore on the modern media landscape and leave a bigger impression than their original creators would have imagined. An obscure Marvel/Atlas comic from 1956 like Mystery Tales #40 can show up out of[...]

Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Alex Schomburg and others weren't afraid to ruffle feathers by turning real-world threats into a limitless rogue's gallery of villains. The comic book covers were action packed and stories contained the kind of reckless abandon you wouldn't find in a DC comic Timely's flavor had spice, if not at the cost of[...]