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The golden age describes an era in the creation of comic books published between the years of 1938 and 1955. I find personally that i can pretty much always spot l. Though printed in booklet form, comics did not deviate far from their newspaper ancestors, telling a straightforward story. A sleek, polished artist in the mold of mac raboy, al mcwilliams has been in the business on and off since before the advent of the superhero. This comic, based on circus gear, capes, and douglas fairbanks type heroism was so successful it heralded many other metoo characters like batman in detective comics 27, 1939. This is the facebook page for bill jourdains golden age of comic books blog and podcast.
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This era is iconic because it is near the birth age of comic books. Who were some of the other key artists of the golden age. It is to date, according to most sources, the most highly valued comic book, at one time selling for usd 1. Detective 31 captures perfectly the menacing, vengeful and mysterious spirit of the dark knight, says collectors society member keston fulcher, a survey methodology expert who managed he poll. The marvel family 74 golden age comic early marvel comic books, comic books art. The 1960s was a time of significant growth in the comics industry. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. Two of the most common are androids and heroes that needed to convince someone close, or the. Im probably missing someone but of the artists i am most familiar with those seem the most distinctive in style. Both series exemplify the combination of issuedriven plots and comicbook wildness for which the era is known, but theyre executed with. Oct 18, 2012 ok, over the past few months ive somehow managed to gather about 30 cis from various sources. Distributed as an exclusive bonus comic in a foreign comic multipack marvel jubilaum pack 1 with four other marvel deutschland comics. Comic book writers, artists, editors, and others associated with the golden age of comic books, the seminal period from the 1930s creation of the first newsstand comics to the decline of superhero comics popularity in the late1940searly1950s.
Here we get to see some of the goings on of the day, the key players and their creations. Lupoff in an article, rebirth, published in issue one of the fanzine comic art in april 1960 history. Like many comics readers, the golden age is a time long ago known to most of us by the writings of fans of that age like roy thomas. Collectible golden age comics reprints 193855 for sale ebay. The first recorded use of the term golden age was by richard a. What happened to key golden age artists as the silver age was. Age of ultron 2015, and iron man 3 20 all having been released in this century, scratch that, this decade alone. Although no one comic book feature stands out newspaper work on twin earths and rip kirby are perhaps his apogee, his impeccable drawing and gleaming, burnished inks stand him in good stead when compared to the other illustrative stars on this list. Investing in golden age dc comics on a budget cbsi comics.
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Issues 5 flash, green lantern and wonder woman headline this title. In that year, dc swept away the vestiges of the silverbronze ages. In the end, the man who can deliver the product, on time, wins the approval of the boss and lives to draw another page. Both series exemplify the combination of issuedriven plots and comicbook wildness for which the era is known, but theyre executed with more wit. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction. View thousands of scanned comic books in the feature gallery, or search metropolis entire comic inventory with their advanced search. They became widespread and popular and many still popular comic book icons made their debut, beginning in the mid 1930s and ending around the mid1950s. Get the best deals on collectible golden age comics reprints 193855. Ok, over the past few months ive somehow managed to gather about 30 cis from various sources. All affordable, not difficult to find and no key issues in this run, making it a bit more desirable to the collector that really just wants a dc golden age book. The format is another defining characteristic of the golden age of comics, one.
Because of this, comic books are generally categorized into different ages based on when they were published. Ultimately there was 40 years of comics before the comic book that heralded the golden age 19381947 which was action comics 1, 1938, the first appearance of superman. Planet payson was a subconscious reaction the comicbook deadlines that must have plagued the writers and artists of the golden age. Edited february 18, 2018 by ricksneatstuff share this post. Some faded away never to return, but many have resurfaced in altered forms or shaped the heroes of the silver age. That year saw the introduction of the comic format we know today which fill the. Mandrake the magician feature book 23 golden age comic reprint sclee falk.
The golden age of comic books describes an era of american comic books from 1938 to 1956. The golden age of comic books blog and podcast home facebook. This category collects materials related to the golden age of comic books, circa 19381955. A group of top comic collectors has chosen detective comics no. The golden age is a 1993 fourissue elseworlds comic book miniseries by writer james robinson and artist paul smith.
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We are the original and still the premier site to read and download golden and silver age comic books. Bob fujitani is still alive i believe joe giella started his career in 1945 and did some work for timely starting in 1946 actually, he lost his first assignment on a train. There would never again be the heyday of the golden age but the now well underway silver age was allowing more and more comics to be published. The origins and early adventures of the classic superheroes of the comic books by. A brief history of the silver age the silver age of comics refers to an. Born in 1911, he went to work for dc comics in 1939 and eventually become the artist who did superman stories in action comics. Stan lee gave him some work mike sekowsky had penciled and asked him to ink it and giella lost the whole package.
He got his first professional work at the age of 16, drawing the title story in the first issue of hulk weekly for marvel uk. The 8 ages of comic books by alex grand comic book. If you need a comic reader app for your pc, i suggest cdisplay. The golden age of comic book movies can you believe that guy. These included todd mcfarlane, neil gaiman, alan moore, and frank miller.