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Argentine-born comic book artist Louis Cazeneuve is perhaps best known for his DC Comics work in the Golden Age on a number of titles including Detective Comics, Action Comics, More Fun Comics, Star Spangled Comics, Adventure Comics, and others on characters such as Aquaman and Shining Knight.  He also co-created the Timely Comics character Red[...]

Rang-A-Tang was one of the first dog stars in Golden Age comic books, predating the likes of Green Lantern's Streak and Superboy's Krypto An important dog star key and the beginning of an important comics publishing empire, there are a number of early issues of Blue Ribbon Comics up for auction in the 2022 November 20-21[...]

Including the likes of New Golden Age #1 and Dark Crisis #6 And amongst them all, themes seem to emerge And a big one concerns parents and children, something that has risen to the fore as more of DC's mainstays have gotten married and had kids – and more characters have discovered hidden histories regarding[...]

The Huntress character at DC Comics has (mostly) been divided by two identities, Helena Bertinelli and Helena Wayne, though there have been others and the Huntress of the Golden Age, Paula Brooks, was a supervillain The use of the character has been complicated by DC Crisis on continuity, and the current New Golden Age and[...]

This week's DC New Golden Age one-shot by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe Characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it and now are being returned with DC continuity retconning around them[...]

Captain Aero Comics featured an eclectic mix of characters including Miss Victory, Flagman, Alias X, and a magician named Solar.

The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it and now are being returned under the[...]

It's John Henry Jr time! The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it and now[...]

It's Ladybug time! The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it and now are being[...]

Judy Garrick is The Boom! The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it and now[...]

The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it and now are being returned under the[...]

Silver Streak Comics #23 was an issue that should never have happened.  After publisher Lev Gleason's apparently expensive plans to launch the Saint into comic books in Silver Streak Comics fizzled, the series ended with issue #21.  The numbering on the title was then taken over by the now-legendary Crime Does Not Pay series with[...]

So who is The Quiz Kid?  The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it and[...]

So who is The Harlequin's Son? The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it[...]

She's the sidekick of the Golden Age character The Human Bomb, who first appeared in Police Comics #1 in 1941 by Quality Comics Roy Lincoln, a scientist, working on an explosive chemical with his father,  who eats it rather than let the Nazis get it, and gains the power to explode anything he touches. The solicitation[...]

This week's DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing back "new" Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe, known as The Thirteen Use this tag to keep up with details on them as they roll out on Bleeding Cool over the weekend[...]

Golden Age Mister Miracle, you ask? The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they[...]

The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui are bringing us new Golden Age Heroes for the DC Universe It looks like these are characters who did not previously exist in the DC Universe because they were removed from it, and now[...]

The solicitation for the DC New Golden Age one-shot this week by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui tells us "those heroes and villains will have their lives turned upside down DC's future…and its past…will never be the same again But how are Mime and Marionette connected to this? Why are Rip[...]

One of them was The Golden Age Aquaman Well, it looks like he will be making his first actual appearance in the upcoming The New Golden Age one-shot by Geoff Johns, returning to the Aquaman – just a very different one Maybe. Aquaman was a member of the Justice League, but not the Justice Society, he[...]

The solicitation for next month's New Golden Age one-shot by Geoff Johns, Steve Lieber, Jerry Ordway, and Diego Olortegui is solicited thus; "from the Justice Society of America to the Legion of Super-Heroes, The New Golden Age will unlock DC's epic and secret-ridden history of heroism, launching a new group of titles set firmly in the[...]

Pay-Off is one of a small line of little-known but memorable crime comic book titles from magazine publisher D.S. Publishing.

Famous Funnies #81 features the comic book debut of early female comic superhero Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, with cover by H.G. Peter.

The series was published by the important Golden Age comic book publisher and printer Eastern Color Printing Company A title too often overlooked that features early covers and stories by the legendary Bill Everett, there's a Heroic Comics #1 (Eastern Color, 1940) Condition: VG and several other early issues of the series up for auction[...]

Strange Adventures lived up to its name during its run 1950-1973, and "The Space-Roots of Evil" is an excellent example of the series.

Newspaper comic strip syndicate United Feature had an extensive presence in the comic book industry since the early days of the Golden Age.  They published their flagship Tip Top Comics for 188 issues from 1936-1954 before licensing the title to St John, featuring a variety of their comic strip characters reprinted in comic book format. [...]

Silver Streak Comics is a rarity among Golden Age titles in that it was launched with a villain as the cover feature.  That villain, The Claw, was both an obvious example of war-era propaganda and based on a blatant racial stereotype.  Publisher Lev Gleason was so intent on focusing on this wartime enemies theme that[...]

Created by Will Eisner, Jerry Iger, and Mort Meskin at the behest of Editors Press Service, jungle girl character Sheena is an icon of the Golden Age of comics.  She was one of the earliest and most popular comic book heroines of the era, was featured in both Jumbo Comics and her own title Sheena,[...]

Completists and run collectors are a vanishing breed among vintage comic book collectors.  To state the obvious, it's vastly more difficult to find and afford a complete run of a substantial Golden Age comic book series than it was in the 1970s and 1980s.  Golden Age collectors tend to pick their shots these days, focusing[...]

When we covered the auction for a copy of All Top Comics #10 (1948) last year, we noted that it contained the strangest Phantom Lady story of the Golden Age.  Many of Phantom Lady's adventures of the Golden Age were pretty typical crime comic (or even true crime) stories, but this tale in All Top Comics #10 is[...]