1940s comic book covers

All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise. Jan 26, 20 part 1 of this episode deals with images of hitler on wartime comic book covers and other propaganda. Spiderman and the six million dollar man comic book covers, comic books art. The 11 most amazing green lantern covers of the 1940s. In celebration of marvels 80th anniversary, we have gathered together the greatest array of talent ever to be assembled between the covers of a single comic book. The 2 reputable thirdparty professional grading services both begin with c use the same scale, but not exactly the same criteria, but overstreet has collaborated with them for their newest grading guide. Between 1939 and 1941 detective comics and its sister. The superhero archetype was created and many wellknown characters were introduced, including superman, batman, captain marvel, captain america, and wonder woman.

Best comic covers of the 40s greatest comic book covers from. It was first advertised in early april 1940, one month after the first appearance of his new sidekick, robin the boy wonder. Earths mightiest heroes, as they were called by marvel, originally consisted of wasp, thor. If dc had done more covers like this in the 60s marvel might not have buried them. This week we feature the marvelatlas western titles. Certainly one the greatest comic artists to ever pick up a pencil, neal delivered great cover after great cover. As part of the celebrations, i will be sharing some superb. Comic art is an art medium used to present ideas or stories via images. Policewoman gay city an adult themed comic from italy, 1970s1980s. Here you can find over 23,000 scans of vintage comic book covers, all unwatermarked and yours for the taking. The series was created by a british collaboration consisting of writer alan moore. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. The american comic book chronicles continues its ambitious series of fullcolor hardcovers, where twomorrows top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today. One of the most popular comics of its day, at its height the comic would claim a readership of six million on its covers.

Lenticular covers or flicker covers a comic book cover overlaid with a ridged plastic sheet such that the special artwork underneath appears to move when the cover is tilted at different angles perpendicular to the ridges. They covered the entire gamut of genres, from funny animal stories to crime tales to jungle sagas to sciencefiction. A collection of antinazi comic book covers from the 1940s. Get the best deals on superman golden age comics 19381955 when you shop the. Apr 18, 2018 history was made this week with the release of the th issue of action comics, the first nonweekly comic book series to reach that magical number. Joker 80th anniversary decade variant covers unveiled by dc cbr. Originally another jack kirby clone in the same way barry smith was, sterankos style emerged after a few issues of strange tales featuring nick fury agent of shield. Hd slideshow of world war 2 themed comic book covers published during the war years, 1940 1943.

Index status cover scan status 32 covers for 32 issues available. But in that decade, schomburg drew well over five hundred covers, an average of one a week. The genre was originally popular in the late 1940s and early 1950s and is marked by a moralistic editorial tone and graphic depictions of violence and criminal activity. Comic book plus free and legal public domain books. Mar 29, 2014 classic comics classic captain america 1940s comic. Chesler, will eisner, and jerry iger churned out material for a plethora of new comic book companies.

Comicbook controversy is a cautionary tale nbc news. Comic book covers from the digital comic museum robert newman. A collection of antinazi comic book covers from the 1940s is one of. Jul 8, 2018 explore craigmcdonaldnos board doc savage. A collection of antinazi comic book covers from the 1940s is one of the most relevant books of the year long before america entered world war ii. Star warsdoctor aphra no34 july 2019 marvel cover a original art by ashley witter bonus. Its supermans 80th anniversary this year and as part of it how to love comics will be celebrating throughout 2018. Jim steranko turned the comic book industry on its ear when he burst on the scene in 1966. The golden age describes an era in the creation of comic books published between the years of 1938 and 1955. The period from 1938 through the mid1940s represents the peak of comic book popularity.

Beginning in the 1930s, and with an entire history of its own in the 1940s and 1950s, discover not only covers of more than two hundred comics youve probably never seen, but also quotes from the comic books themselves, and biographies of the. Alter ego wishes you merry christmas from the comic book masters, with two colorful holiday covers by fred ray superman as santa, early 1940s and dick ayers a brand new rendering of his marvel heroes. It probably started life as a regular black phone, but all the orders, all that hate flowing through started to change it. Crime comics from the 1940s and 1950s have some of the best covers ever created, in my humble opinion. Fawcett comics, a division of fawcett publications, was one of several successful comic book publishers during the golden age of comic books in the 1940s. Dec 02, 2018 comic book covers from the digital comic museum the digital comic museum is an invaluable online resource that features over 15,000 fullissue scans of comic books from the 1940s and 50s. The golden age of comic books describes an era of american comic books from 1938 to 1956. Its a good thing, too, because oftentimes the interior content especially the fox titles, which are my favorites is terrible. This collectibles shop page has the standard 10 point grading scale and definitions, as used in the overstreet guide. The post office and other shippers are behind schedule and some shipments may experience multiday delays. Nov, 2018 the 1990s was a decade that changed the comic book industry forever in any number of ways, whether it was the speculatorfueled boom and bust that killed a number of smaller publishers. Sales could be counted in hundreds of millions, and more than 80% of kids and 90% of teens were reading them. He does not hold any superpowers, as opposed to the likes of superman or green lantern.

We are shipping all orders on time, but please expect possible delays in transit. Star warsdoctor aphra no34 july 2019 marvel cover a by ashley witter. The scans are uploaded by a wide variety of contributors, and although the quality varies, most are clean and true to the originals i. Extinction parade no02 july 20 avatar wraparound cover by raulo caceres. I love to blog about topics that are popular with the crowd on the wrong side of the tracks, and the unsettling, strange and straight up bizarre covers of the following vintage italian comics that you are about to see, fall into that very category. And when it comes to comic book covers, the 1940s were. Vital energy the cover of an adult italian comic from the 1970s1980s. Whereas current monthly sales of popular comic book titles hover around 100,000 copies, in the early 1940s superman, batman and captain marvel titles each regularly sold in the range of. An illustrated history is a misleading title for this visual celebration of comics golden age mid1930s through the 1940s as it is neither an overview of comic book history nor a study of its culture.

Although comics were associated primarily with juvenile readers, a full 25% of the printed materials going to military pxs in world war ii were comics. Who better than ross to cover the ethereal nature of the dark knight before his death. Comic book cover gallery here are covers for all fifty 3d comic books as released chronologically between july 3, 1953 and the spring of 1954. Recent posts newest at the top lousy scan of the day.

These two brilliant artists are just about the extent of what i know about austrialian comics. Books george salters covers giant books gold medal books graphic books greatest book covers greatest novels of all time handi books harmony books hillman books hip hop books. Pulps were printed on cheap paper with ragged, untrimmed edges. And when it comes to comic book covers, the 1950s were crammed full with wartime imagery, wonky takes on classic characters, and speech. Superhero comic book cover posters wall art museum outlets. Batman was so popular that dc spun him off into his own series. Comic book artists have been especially able to work well with shadows with the character, as his distinctive looks really pops when it is in silhouette. World war 2 comic book covers part 1 19401943 hd youtube.

See more ideas about comic book covers, comic books and comic covers. Charlton comics, an american comic book publisher, publishes its first title, yellowjacket, an anthology of superhero and horror stories, under the imprint frank comunale publications. Fantastic reed richards, his wife invisible woman susan sue storm. Comic books began as a dimestore novelty, and since then, they have gone. Hitlerthefool and hitlerthemenace motifs were both used, despite their apparent. Meanwhile, in 1940, republic pictures produced the 12 chapter serial adventures of red ryder starring donald barry, ever after known as red in the title role.

Crime comics is a genre of american comic books and format of crime fiction. Welcome to comic book plus, the site where every day is party day. Comic books only occupied him for a decade, from the late 1930s to the late 1940s. Some strict collectors consider the era finished by 1950. Crime comics from the 1940s and 1950s includes gallery and history. Naturally, when you have that many issues released over the years, you are bound to have a number of amazing comic book covers, as well. Sep 12, 2012 horror comics of the 1940s and early 1950s.

Check out the covers for the joker 80th anniversary comic. Every page is filled with allnew work from this cavalcade of comic book luminaries. Email it to me for good karma and my sincere appreciation. Joker 80th anniversary decade variant covers unveiled by. All older comic characters that i think are now in the project superpowers series by dynamite comics. Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of spring 1940.

Were comic books the cause for a rising tide of juvenile delinquency in the 1940s and 1950s. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view. Christmas cards from comics greats jack kirby, mart nodell, marie severin, shelly moldoff, alex toth, et al. Comic book covers from the digital comic museum the digital comic museum is an invaluable online resource that features over 15,000 fullissue scans of comic books from the 1940s and 50s. There are a few aspects that made comic books from. Hd slideshow of world war 2 themed comic book covers published during the war years, 19401943. Western gunfighters 1956, western outlaws, and western outlaws and sheriffs. Please consult your local comic book store for more information regarding the decade variant covers. Critics certainly thought so, writes david hajdu in a new book chronicling the rise and fall of the. Soon, all the covers were devoted to an original comic book superhero called the owl, just one of a flood of superheroes dominating comics after the appearance of superman in 1938. Here are some of my favorite steranko covers for marvel. The american comic book chronicles continues its ambitious series of fullcolor hardcovers where twomorrows top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today.

Between 1941 and 1945, hitler was pummeled on comic book covers by everyone from captain america to wonder woman. See more ideas about damsels in peril, damsel in distress and the perils of pauline. The 100 most influential pages in comic book history. You can t judge a book by its cover, unless its a comic book. Tracing the evolution of comic books by looking at the pictures, panels, and text that brought them to. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. I grew up reading comics in the 1970s so my familiarity with the books of this decade is the greatest. If you needed a book to sell, you got neal to do the cover. This list of comics publishing companies lists companies, specifically publishing companies who primarily publish comics. Planet comics comic book covers 19401953 hd youtube. Index status cover scan status 1198 covers for 715 issues available. The 100 best comic book covers of the 1940s batman comic. All star comics is an american comic book series from allamerican publications, one of three companies that merged with national periodical publications to form the modernday dc comics.

Watchmen is either at or near the top of every single best of comics list. We are the original and still the premier site to read and download golden and silver age comic books. Bizarre, sexually depraved covers of vintage italian adult. Names from the past, from the present, and even the future. The 11 most amazing green lantern covers of the 1940s1960s alex zalben 04082011 comic book cover art is a weird science thats changed dramatically over time. Included are the back covers for superman, batman and katy keene. Get the best deals on superman golden age comics 19381955 when you shop the largest online selection at. If you have found rare comic books from the same era 1940s with just the title batman on the front, then you may be a little confused. The avengers are a team of marvel comics superheroes.

Gallery of world war ii superhero comic book covers. Manhattan in this instalment, we showcase 1940s and 1960s covers for french comic lisette. Wertham was an anticomic book crusader who did some serious damage back in the 1950s. Spotlight on the greatest world war ii propaganda comic book covers. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view, a click on the issue number to the issue data. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. For the dc comics imprint starting in 2005, see all star dc comics. History of comics censorship, part 1 comic book legal. Letter col or letter column a feature in a comic book that prints and sometimes responds to letters written by its readers. Of course, for many years, batman covers were as bright as any other comic book heroes, but as the 1970s rolled around, the covers became dark and more distinctive again. Loot crate exclusive action comics no 1 superman unopened reprint new.

You cant judge a book by its cover, unless its a comic book. The amazing stylistic history of comic books 99designs. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction. Its most popular character was captain marvel, the alter ego of radio reporter billy batson, who transformed into the hero whenever he said the magic word shazam. Nov 21, 2015 high quality slideshow of all 73 covers of planet comics, published by fiction house magazines between 1940 and 1953. But most of all, the first five years of the 1940s was the age of the packagers when studios headed by men like harry a. The usual pay rate at that time was about sixtyfive dollars per cover. New listing used 1940s tijuana bible the green arrow and speedy 8 pages. Werthams 1954 book, seduction of the innocent, was an american bestseller it tapped into the fears of parents from sea to shining sea and led to the a frenzy of censorship in continue reading 1940s precode comic book horrors and dr werthams 1954 seduction of. The typical pulp magazine was seven inches wide by ten inches high, half an inch thick, and 128 pages long.

As an entertainment medium, comics were the digital devices of their day. I believe mark hughes has captured the evergreen covers very well but some covers are still missing. In the 1940s, comic book burnings were happening in the us, even as gis were returning home from seeing the same activities in germany. Horror comics of the 1940s and early 1950s horror comics.

These are the years when comics were considered a new and exciting form of art. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. It is the best selling graphic novel in comic book history and spun off a major motion picture. A gallery of golden age comic book covers showing superheroes. Watchmen was a graphic novel published by dc comics in 1986 and 1987. Codes will still be affixed as originally issued unless otherwise noted, but may be expired based on the publishers redemption rules. Since this is banned books week, ive come to bury dr. Detective book magazine winter nov 1952jan 1953 fiction house v6 no5 cover by allen anderson.