Monthly Archives: September 2014

New comics added Sep 30, 2014

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New comics added Sep 29, 2014

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A limited numer of these old comic books have been added to the online comic shop so that you can buy comics online.

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Atom & Hawkman #40 by Joe Kubert – all-time favorite comic covers

Joe Kubert was well known for many things. He headed a school of art which many credit for their careers in comics. He fathered two sons, both excellent artists in their own right and have been penciling comic books for many years. He is also well known for his war comics and he would have said, “anti-war comics”. He was even known to pencil a Tarzan issue or two….

But, the genius of Joe Kubert has often found it’s way to the pages of super-hero comic books. In today’s edition of all-time favorite comic book covers, Mr Joe Kubert provides the artwork for a stunning superhero cover, 1969’s Atom & Hawkman #40:

Atom and Hawkman #40

Joe Kubert’s haunting rendition of death and decisions!

The eyes and facial expression are measuring a decision to be made, while a storm rages both outward and inward. The raw emotion and boiling energy in this cover always speaks volumes to me.

New comics added Sep 27, 2014

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We’ve uncovered some rare comic books which have been added to the comics for sale today:

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New comics added Sep 26, 2014

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Added the the following vintage comic books which are now up for grabs!

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Variant Comics from then ’till now – Part 9!

By Hal Hickey

In this multi-part series on the history of variant comics, we are exploring series of variants that collectors are likely to find, albeit some being much more difficult than others, depending on the rarity of those series. Part 1 and part 2 explored the first series, the “price variant comics”. In part 3, part 4 and part 5, we dug into the second series, the “printing variant comics”, covering second printings, third printings and beyond. In part 6 we discovered the “alternate publisher” variants, namely the “Whitman” and “Modern Comics” variants. In part 7 we talked about the groundwork for the last series of variant comics, the “cover variants”, which in part 8 saw their birthplace.

In part 9 and the final part of this series, we will find out what the birth of those first cover variant wrought!

Meanwhile DC Comics was the first to produce a “major event” comic with the death of Superman in 1992. Of course, this came with variant covers. With comic book sales at their highest in 40 years, several of Marvel Comics “hot artists” of the day decided this was the best time to make a move to create their comic book company and “Image Comics” was born. During its early life, those creators took the cover variant to dizzying heights! A great example of this was Jim Lee, Brandon Choi and J. Scott Campbell’s “GEN13” with a whopping 13 different covers released in 1995: Continue reading

Archie Comics was the last left in chage of the Comics Code!

So, in the end the Comics Code Authority faded out of existence.

Comics Code Authority

The stamp of the Comics Code Authority which ensure for almost 20 years that comic books were…not to go there…

What began in 1954, left without a whimper in 2011. Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Archie Comics were the last three to administer the code. In the end, Archie Comics was left as the last to turn out the lights. Of the three, Archie Comics never took liberties with the code:

Archie Comics and liberties with the code

What are those guys looking at anyway? Josie and her what?!?

Now, I’d never be one to suggest that Archie Comics took liberties with the code, especially not in 1970…hmmm? What were they thinking?

 

New comics added Sep 16, 2014

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A limited numer of these old comic books have been added to the online comic shop so that you can buy comics online.

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