Silver Surfer #4 is a classic Marvel hero vs hero fight that pits the Silver Surfer against Thor in a story by John Buscema and Stan Lee.
Silver Age Archives
The story of the Sub-Mariner's return to comics in the Silver Age and is one of the cornerstones of the Marvel Universe When he was revived by the Human Torch in Fantastic Four #4, he quickly discovered that Atlantis had been destroyed by underwater atomic testing, which turned him against the human race. The heat[...]
The story of the Sub-Mariner's return to comics in the Silver Age is one of the cornerstones of the Marvel Universe. But when he was revived by the Human Torch in Fantastic Four #4, he quickly discovered that Atlantis had been destroyed by underwater atomic testing, which turned him against the human race. The heat[...]
Doctor Doom's origin and rise to villainy was detailed at length in Fantastic Four Annual #2 by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.
Amazing Spider-Man #50 is a Silver Age Marvel key with so much going for it that the first appearance of an important villain was considered almost an afterthought by collectors for decades. Most obviously, it's one of the most iconic, eye-catching covers Marvel covers of the Silver Age. But even that cover imagery is surpassed[...]
Crossovers, major character team-ups and continuity are a near-inevitability in periodical storytelling. It took place in dime novels and nickel weeklies, in pulps and it certainly did in Golden Age Marvel and other comics of that period. Marvel launched its Silver Age superheroes with a new version of a Golden Age star in the Human[...]
Like most Silver Age Marvel series, the early issues of Daredevil pitted the Man Without Fear against a wide variety of antagonists from legendarily powerful to those who have been nearly forgotten Typically, artists like Wally Wood, Bill Everett and Joe Orlando were well capable of making ordinary characters extraordinary. For every antagonist like the[...]
Recently we looked at a bunch of copies of Hulk #1 that were selling for prices far above their Overstreet Price Guide levels. A copy of Hulk #1 at 8.0,
Mary Jane's debut into the Amazing Spider-Man storyline in issues #42 and #43 is one of the most iconic moments in Marvel history.
While not the first Marvel title that only lasted one issue, 1968's Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1 was the first time they did it on purpose.
An important Silver Age Marvel comic book key whose stock has risen dramatically in 2021, there's a more affordable Daredevil #1 (Marvel, 1964) CGC GD/VG 3.0 Off-white pages up for auction in today's 2021 December 12-13 Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction #122150 at Heritage Auctions.
Daredevil #1 (Marvel, 1964)
In addition to being the first appearance[...]
There are many complaints from comic booksellers regarding eBay, but it does reach markets that nowhere else does, so for many, it is a necessary evil.
Taking bids for only a couple more hours, this key Batman comic from the Silver Age features not only the Caped Crusader taking on a dragon, but it is the first Silver Age appearance of The Penguin, one of his oldest foes Also soon to be played onscreen by Colin Farrell in The Batman #155[...]
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● As for connections with the comics, showrunner Carver revealed the Silver Age and Grant Morrison Doom Patrol runs help influence the series: "The show is dipping into different versions of the Doom Patrol over the years."
● So what about other characters from the comics appearing? Carver teased that characters[...]
We tend to think of comics as being influenced by film, books, and other media, and while they have been, it's far less true than one might think.
The era of the early 1950s, a time that sits uncomfortably between the Golden Age and Silver Age, is far less studied than those two periods We've started[...]
Wow! What a week it has been for comic collectors. ComicConnect has had some real heavy hitters in their auction this week, and there has been something
The Reeve films evoked, for me, Silver Age Superman The guy with the power of a god, but with a smile on his lips.
The Brandon Routh soft-reboot started well enough, with that breath-taking air rescue stunt, but the air slowly went out of that balloon as Routh's Reeve tribute act gave way to Creepy Stalker[...]
Brian Bolland is selling his Silver Age comics collection Why? He writes;
Why? Well, in a few words: You can't take 'em with you My wife said something to the effect : "In the event of your demise what would I do with all those comics." And I thought – yes – I should sell them[...]
Wednesday morning, there were a few auctions I spotlighted outside of the obvious Action Comics #1 to watch for Wednesday night. Here’s how those comics