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While the success of Marvel's Iron Man may have far eclipsed Bozo's legacy in the annals of comic book history, there are several historically important and rare issues featuring the mechanical hero in Smash Comics up for auction in the 2024 May 30 Adventures in the Golden Age Comics Showcase Auction #40261 at Heritage Auctions. Smash[...]

Mazouzian made his comics debut with the cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #2, and by the next year was working on Lady Luck for Will Eisner's The Spirit newspaper sections.  That backup series was soon taken over by artists including Nick Cardy and Klaus Nordling, and many of those stories were reprinted in Smash Comics[...]

and the Soviet Union to put a human in space during that period, and aspects of the Fantastic Four were influenced by Project Mercury overall.  But over 20 years before that, the Ray's transformation into a superhero by exposure to cosmic rays was also inspired by another series of scientific missions, as humans were starting[...]

The result was Midnight, a masked detective that made his first appearance in Smash Comics #18 The character went on to a long run in Smash Comics, and was later acquired by DC Comics along with much of the rest of the Quality Comics IP A female version of Midnight has even appeared as a[...]

Mazouzian made his comics debut with the cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #2, and by the next year was working on Lady Luck for Will Eisner's The Spirit newspaper sections.  That backup series was soon taken over by artists including Nick Cardy and Klaus Nordling, and many of those stories were reprinted in Smash Comics[...]

"She made more than most men made, even in New York City in the '50s." She worked on such titles as Veronica And Betty (Archie Comics), Toni Gayle (Young King Cole), Smash Comics and Nyoka the Jungle Girl. "She was very modest about her accomplishments, for sure," her daughter Ellie Winkleman said "I used to read Archie[...]