street and smith Archives

Shadow Comics V6#12 (Street & Smith, 1947)

When the Shadow Detonated an Atom Bomb in Brazil in 1947, at Auction

In 1946, the New York Times reported on tons of missing Uranium ore in Brazil, a historical incident forgotten by everyone, except for The Shadow.

Super Magician Comics V3#10 (Street & Smith, 1945)

Blackstone and the Water Wizards, Super Magician Comics at Auction

Blackstone the Magician unravels a Water Wizard mystery at Fort San Felipe, a historic Spanish fortress in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.

Doc Savage Comics #2 (Street & Smith, 1940)

A Rare Look at Pulp Icon's Early Doc Savage Comics, Up for Auction

Pulp icon Doc Savage is considered influencial on comic book superheroes, and the character branched out to comics beginning in 1940.

The Shadow, April-June 1931, Street & Smith

First Issue of The Shadow Pulp Goes for Record $156,000 at Auction

The debut issue of historic long-running pulp magazine The Shadow (April, 1931) in FN- condition has just sold for $156,000 at Heritage Auctions.

THE ISSUE: Grizzly Adams and the California Bear Flag

Grizzly Adams had a famous bear named Ben, named after Benjamin Franklin. Another of his bears became iconic on the California Bear Flag.

THE ISSUE: The Brave and Bold Before The Brave and the Bold

That brand began with the series of that name which began in 1955, largely written and edited by Robert Kanigher to start with, and probably named by Kanigher as well. But our featured issue this time comes from several decades before that, and is the debut of a different Brave and Bold entirely. Brave and[...]