Gold Key Archives

Beginning with Gold Key amd their much teased and promised return of  Boris Karloff: Gold Key Mysteries from Michael Conrad, Steve Orlando, Craig Hurd-McKenny, Sergey Nazarov, Jok, and Kelly Williams courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors And it is accompanied by Blowtorch #1 by Alex De-Gruchy, Alfred Paige and Igor Kurilin from Comicsburgh, Empath #1 by[...]

It has been forty years since the Gold Key comics line was closed There have been licensed Gold Key comics and reprints since But for 2023, Gold Key Entertainment, LLC, in partnership with the Boris Karloff Estate, has announced its first title, Boris Karloff's Gold Key Mysteries, with a Kickstarter campaign launching in one week's[...]

The character would quickly go on to success in comic strips, radio, and film, and Buck Rogers proved to be irresistible and memorable to a number of important figures from comics and science fiction history.  Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were influenced by the character, as was Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry among countless[...]

The first thing I noticed as a perused these issues of Gold Key Scooby Doo was that issue #4 contains a comic book story version of my favorite episode from the original cartoon series — The Spooky Space Kook.  In the story, those now-famous meddling kids come across a UFO and an alien ghost near[...]

Star Trek collectors who don't already own the Gold Key #1 will be interested in bidding on this one A nice CGC copy of the book is up for auction on ComicConnect right now, part of Event Auction #43 They are taking bids on it for a few more hours, where it currently sits at[...]

Dynamite's latest incarnation of the classic Gold Key characters is a new series called The Sovereigns The project is being written by Ray Fawkes, Chuck Wendig, Aubrey Sitterson and Kyle Higgins with the #0 issue debuting April 5th I got to talk with Fawkes about the new project, bringing the Mighty Samson to the forefront[...]

Writer Phil Hester talks about Gold Key: Alliance #2 (of 5), on sale in May from Dynamite Cover is by Felipe Massafera. BYRON BREWER: Phil, as issue #2 approaches in May, tell us what it feels like to handle all these classic characters, re-establishing a comics Universe? PHIL HESTER: I don't really think of it like that[...]

Byron Brewer caught up with the writer about Gold Key: Alliance #1 and working with artist Brent Peeples Cover art by Felipe Massafera. BYRON BREWER: This miniseries continues Dynamite's celebration of the Gold Key Universe Phil, tell me how this particular limited series came to be? Is it the climax we have been waiting for when[...]

Continuing our look at the Gold Key revival that took place at Dynamite Entertainment recently, we turn now to the covers art for Solar: Man of the Atom… or more specifically the cover work by artist Juan Doe Here are all of the cover Doe did during the Solar run without any trade dress so[...]

This weekend we're looking at the Gold Key revival that Dynamite Entertainment did recently One of the things that stood out among the series were the covers and here we have a small gallery of cover by artist Christian Ward for the Doctor Spektor series We get to see the covers in all their glory,[...]

Anthony Del Col and Conor McCreery, writers of Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini #4, talk with writer Paul Tobin about Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #12, both on

But we do have the return of a villain that should make things pretty interesting, as well as some fun bridging of the Gold Key books that show our readers we are working in an exciting, shared universe. JG: On a more serious note obviously this issue shows that you're building toward something bigger in the[...]

If you had a giant robot at your command, what are the main tasks you would cede to it? Would any of them involve making Gold Key group editor Nate Cosby do stuff? Like punch himself, perhaps? Please show your work in your answer.  FB: I would make the robot a sweet chef and have personalized[...]

As physical page is where my income comes from, I do feel like it's an added value for the folks who've stuck with analog. FB: How closely have you stayed with Magnus mythology? As I said, I know you did a lot of research and read a lot of Gold Key … what's your favorite thing you[...]

Here we have a first look at the covers and solicitations for Dynamite's Gold Key comics for February And special note, these are the final issues for both Magnus: Robot Fighter and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. MAGNUS: ROBOT FIGHTER #12 Cover: Jonathan Lau Writer: Fred Van Lente Art: Joseph Cooper FINAL ISSUE! Magnus battles THE BASILISK, an unstoppable entity bent on[...]

Here we have a first look at the covers and solicitations for January's new Gold Key comics from Dynamite Magnus: Robot Hunter by Fred Van Lente and Roberto Castro, Solar: Man of the Atom by Frank J Barbiere and Jonathan Lau and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter by Greg Pak and Mirko Colak. MAGNUS: ROBOT FIGHTER #11 Cover: Jonathan[...]

We have three more teaser images from Dynamite Entertainment today. These are also done by Darwyn Cooke. Here we have the quotes "I'll dare any

These are reminiscent of the teasers they sent out prior to the Gold Key character relaunch Here we have one of a guy in space with the line "He's just a man!" and another of a guy in a forest or swamp that says "He is the forest!" They also have the hashtag All Hail[...]

We have an exclusive first look at the covers and solicitations from Dynamite for their Gold Key books: Magnus: Robot Fighter, Solar: Man of the Atom and Turok: Dinosaur Hunter On the last one, Turok #0… we're basically just saying there is one coming as everything else is "classified". MAGNUS: ROBOT FIGHTER #9 Writer: Fred Van Lente Art:[...]

Not the most well-known of the Gold Key properties, to put it kindly Was that part of the appeal of the gig? It's kind of a no-lose situation, creatively speaking… MW: That was the gist of it I liked the opportunity of rethinking a character without risking being compared to Jim Shooter or Fabian or anyone[...]

Part of the Gold Key revival at Dynamite is Magnus: Robot Hunter The rebirth of the character has been in the hands of Fred Van Lente Now Byron Brewer talks with the writer about the future for the classic comic character. BYRON BREWER: Fred, of all the Gold Key Universe revivals (perhaps that is not the[...]

So you'll be seeing them before anyone else… unless you work at Dynamite. Kicking it off we've got the Gold Key characters, Justice Inc and Flash Gordon. A – Gold Key: Magnus Magnus discovers an Arctic research station that pre-dates the Age of the Singularity! What horrendous secrets will he discover, what will it mean for human and[...]

Whether it was their original home at Gold Key, part of the Valiant and later Acclaim universe or anywhere else, these characters keep getting another chance And at the beginning of this year, Dynamite Entertainment was the next publisher up to bat. I sat down the other night and read everything that had some out so[...]

Mark Waid's new Doctor Spektor series is unique among the Gold Key characters that Dynamite has relaunched Unlike Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, Magnus: Robot Fighter and Solar: Man Of The Atom which all seem to take place in their own worlds, Doctor Spektor: Master Of The Occult ties the universe together into one and we even see[...]

The first issue of the Gold Key character Doctor Spektor: Master Of The Occult, and the start of a new Dejah Of Mars series plus the Doc Savage Annual and The Twilight Zone #5. DOCTOR SPEKTOR: MASTER OF THE OCCULT #1 Mark Waid (w) Neil Edwards (a) Christian Ward (c) Plus covers by Phil Hester, Jae Lee, Ken Haeser, and[...]

Below are the new covers by Rob Liefeld and Bob Layton along with the order qualifications. FOC Promotion #1: Any retailer who maintains or increases their current orders of DOCTOR SPEKTOR #1 [any combination] can order one (1) DOCTOR SPEKTOR #1 LIEFELD COLOR RARE REORDER Incentive edition for every five (5) DOCTOR SPEKTOR #1 orders placed.. FOC[...]

She talks to Mark Waid, Greg Pak, Frank Barbiere and Fred Van Lente about their Gold Key comics for Dynamite The whos, the whys, the wherefores… though she refrains from asking the how muches. Nancy Collins: How did you end up tapped to write Magnus Robot Fighter? Fred Van Lente: I was contacted by human freedom fighters[...]

Solar: Man of the Atom is back, today in fact, arriving in shops from Dynamite Entertainment as part of their Gold Key line up The comic maintains much of its pulp origin, and has all those classic elements super powers imbued through radiation and the lurking dangers thereof for the central character But it's also[...]

Creators included Eric Stephenson, Joe Quesada and Barry Windsor Smith among the many names. Now Dynamite is publishing the Gold Key titles of Turok, Solar and Magnus Rob Liefeld is doing covers for them And Extreme Studios has a number of titles out through Image right now. I couldn't help myself and I forwarded my pal @JimmySJay[...]

Having just hit stands this week, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter #1 is going back for a second printing with a new cover while the second issue, due out from Dynamite Entertainment on March 5th gets two Steampunk Themed Retailer Incentive Covers. You can probably tell which is which. The second issue written by Greg Pak and drawn[...]