Regular people were hedging that it said comic book would get value, whereas regular collectors knew there would be multiple reprintings and anyone who wanted said comic book in 1st printing was going to get it. Super antics part 1 with superman japanese ghost presents. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Please examine all photos carefully and judge the condition of the book for yourself. Superman s mermaid sweetheart, script by jerry siegel, pencils by wayne boring, inks by stan kaye. This was also the period when superman was first plagued by red kryptonite, which had bizarre physical and mental effects on him for limited periods of time. Postflashpoint comic books 20112016 action comics and superman comic books, specials, annuals and graphic novels 20112016. Superman, also called the man of steel, is one of the most influential superheroes of dc comics, and superhero comics at large. When he arrests clark kent and has him imprisoned there, superman decides to reveal to the world what stradi had been keeping secret. Ad for superman s girl friend, lois lane, action comics, and superboy. History of comics censorship, part 1 comic book legal. The inaugural issue of action comics marked the first appearance of superman and helped kick off the superhero genre. Precrisis comic covers 1938 1986 precrisis superman comics 19381986 complete cover gallery precrisis superman specials. Here is an archive of all the silver age comics features so far we begin with the first death of superman, from 1961s.
Home labs random about this is the sister site of vintage ad browser. The original superman comic book series is the most popular series. Get the best deals on silver age superman comics when you shop the largest online selection at. Dennis oneil began his career as a comic book writer in 1965 at charlton, where theneditor dick giordano assigned him to several features. The midget menace starring superman and the thurans, script by edmond hamilton, pencils by wayne boring, inks by stan kaye.
It begins with a great introduction from comic book superstar mark waid who clearly has a fond love of this era. Judge rafol synopsis colonel stradi runs a corrupt prison in voroda. Featured are seven issues, including superman july 1963 issue 162, july 1966 issue 188, august 1966 issue 189, may 1968 issue 206, july 1968 issue 208, and may 1969 issue 216. After a month of spotlighting the strange if endearingly strange history of comic books and especially the silver age, i think it is worthwhile to show the comic books of the silver age that are simply great stories period, without any enjoyably goofy aspect to them. A superman comic from 1960 predicted back to the future. Celebrate superman month historical timeline 1930s to. Tricksy, worlds greatest stunt man humor page by henry boltinoff. Comic book styles have evolved to match the stories of the heroes. The character regularly appears in comic books published by dc comics, and has been adapted to a number of radio serials, movies, and television shows superman was born on the planet krypton and was given.
But even though the first original comic book ever made rolled. Super antics by kerry callen funny comics, comics, comic. In the death of superman series of comics, we see the hero fighting doomsday to protect metropolis, but being unable to defeat this overpowering enemy. Theres a fair amount of debate about the beginning of the golden age of comics. Buy superman comic books at newkadia and they all have a. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Superman helps a luckless mother recover her child in the department store. Inarguably the most wellrecognized comic book to have killed superman and brought him back to life, the death of superman superman, vol.
These books cover a wide range of genres, from superhero adventure tales to horror stories, allowing you to select the type of comic that fits your. In the 1960s, the greatest entertainment in the world can be gotten for a mere 10 cents between the pages of the various superman comics. Superman in the sixties paperback october 1, 1999 by jerry siegel author visit amazons jerry siegel page. An opened version would depend on the condition of the actual comic book. Superman romances lyla and witnesses jonathan kents proposal to martha, while brainiac shrinks and steals kandor. The amazing stylistic history of comic books 99designs. Vintage dc comic book lot of 5 1960s superman superboy supergirl. Get the best deals on superman comic books when you shop the largest online selection at. Also included is superman and supergirl in action comics may no. Batman is one of the worlds bestknown and mostloved superheroes.
The superman from outer space from another world comes hyperman, to ask his exact double, superman, to help him preserve his secret identity. Superman reunites with lori lemaris for the first time since college. Michigan state university libraries special collections division reading room index to the comic art collection superman superman chronological story list, 19331960. Superman annual 1960 comic book by dc 26 issues, 30 covers oct 1960 to oct 2009. In these celebrated stories, superman is in turns the herculean champion, the lonely alien survivor, the superpowered boy scout and the soulsearching leader. When it comes to rare comic books, few are as important as the origin and 1st appearance of batman.
Marvels bloodiest antihero rose to prominence in this era. For some reason, the covers of dc comic books of that time 6569 reached out to me, they made me want to buy as many of them as i could, and lunch money went less for lunch and more and more for comic books at the nearest drug store after school. Death of superman comic book value price guide comics. The strip proved so popular that national launched superman into his own selftitled comic book. In fact, due to the popularity of the green arrow character featured on smallville, the cw picked up the arrow pilot the same year the superman origin show ended. The death of superman was a major news story that was covered by the likes of cnn and time magazine. The strip proved so popular that national launched superman into his own selftitled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with. Or why superman should not be ditching clarks glasses. At dc, oneil scripted several series for giordano and julius schwartz, quickly becoming one of the most respected writers in comics.
Ongoing titles featuring superman in a starring roleedit. Here are some comic books i remember reading when i was growing up. It was produced by the same team that made the blob 1958 a few years earlier but is a less endearing bit of science fiction. Silver age comics provide you with a look into the past, taking you to an era of books that spanned from 1956 to 1969. Exhead of dc comics now tackling the real, bloody history of brooklyn. As the highest selling comic of all time it caused a spectacular boom in sales during the 90s.
This is the platinum edition which comes with a black polybag never opened with bleeding silver s on polybag. There is a name written at the top of the first page. Exhead of dc comics now tackling the real, bloody history. Superman is an ongoing american comic book series featuring the dc comics superhero superman as its main protagonist.
Well also make a cash offer for your superman comic books, should you wish to sell. The superman character was created by jerry siegel and joe shuster in 1933 before being sold to detective comics, inc. The death of superman for right or wrong is a landmark moment in comic book history. Some peg it to 1933, when the format of newsstand comic books was codified, but others place the moment in june of 1938, when superman made his debut in jerry siegel and joe shusters first issue of action comics, whose cover featured the redcaped superhero from the planet krypton lifting a car over his. Volume 3 fully embodies that storytelling sin, and goes so far as making almost all characters.
Arrow was the first show to the comic book tv scene now populated by supergirl, legends of tomorrow, legion, etc. Pamela isley as poison ivy and kalel aka clark kent as superman interior. Supermanthrill salesman, script by edmond hamilton, art by al plastino. For the 30th anniversary of superman issue dc makes this one an 80 page giant g48 with 7 classic tales from the past.
Tdos actually had a lot to do with crashing the comic book collectors market because of awesome stories like yours above. Silver age comic that is complete wit no rips or cut outs. A celebration of 75 years gathers a range of stories featuring the first and greatest super hero, highlighting the many roles the man of steel has played over the decades. I caught up with this minor dinosaur tale last night and found it to be on the low end of entertaining. As requested, ive added some extra photos of the banner at top which is in excellent condition. The first annual superman comic book was published in 1960. Superman volume 1 ran from 1939 to 1986 for 423 issues, with 12 annuals printed between 19601986 19601964 and 19831986. Superman accidentally escapes krypton, leaving behind lyla.
Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. Supermans kryptonian romance supermans return to krypton. The flash as the modern equivalent of 1960s batman. In the view of comics historian les daniels, artist curt swan became the definitive artist of superman in the early 1960s with a new look to the character that. Some superman series are just one issue oneshots and others are longer series, such as adventures of superman.
This is a list of comic books featuring superman and related characters. Dropping literally out of the sky to kick off the golden age, superman represents the comic book origin story. Many, many comic books have advertisements of all kinds of weapons, really dangerous ones, like. Superman for sale starring superman, henry drebbin, edward jorgens, and paul quillan, script by bill finger, pencils by wayne boring, inks by stan kaye. Where most superman stories fail is the inability to make the hero human. Like superman, various aspects of batmans personality, character history, visual design and equipment were inspired by a contemporary popular culture of the 1930s. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a. It was the death of an icon probably the most famous character in all of comicdom. Superman, national comics publishing canada, superman, simcoe canada, superman, whitman usa close please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. Top 20 best superman comics of all time scifinow the worlds.