Most comicbook aficionados agree that the bronze age of comics began in 1970, shortly after artist jack kirby. The overstreet comic book price guide is a wealth of knowledge with great analytics. Shazam 24 comic, captain marvel book, childrens comics, superhero, cc beck art, bronze age books. The caped crusader and his sidekick, robin, have been around since the late 1930s. Superheroes from the crypt marvel comics bronze age horror. In an age of derivative barbarians, i think its fair to say that claw the unconquered was probably the most derivative sword and sorcery hero out there. If you want to start a mainthebronzeageofcomicbooks page, just click the edit button above.
Join us as we cover the alltime comic books by era for 2018. I show you guys the top 10 comics from the bronze age. Top 50 most valuable comic books of the bronze age. The bronze age of comic books was set roughly between 1970 1985. Read age of bronze comic online free and high quality. Comics published in the bronze age carry a large price range when it comes to the record sales and minimum values. Still ongoing, it is published in magazine form by image comics and in graphic novel form by hungry tiger press dreams and visions by the godtouched and regular people alike occur throughout, and one of these dreams kicks the plot off.
Having grown up in this era, i prefer it to silver age. When did the bronze age of comic books begin and end. There are several events that demarcate the advent of the bronze age, and only one heralding event appears in a comic book. All comic books for sale are listed alphabetically by the first letter of the comic books name. The phantom stranger 24 spawn of frankenstein horror comic mardi gras. This book also features the first full appearance of wolverine. The sandman dc bronze age comic book cover art by jack kirby dc comic books. A thousand ships new edition by eric shanower sep 25, 2018. Massive comic book collection haul golden age, silver age, bronze age comics duration. Shazam 24 comic, captain marvel book, childrens comics.
Those vampirellas from last year threw me a little bit. The list of the most valuable bronze age comic books. This is the third article in our series, following from most valuable golden age comics and most valuable silver age comics here are the key issues to look for when youre at garage sales yes, they do turn up. Marvel comics introduced new and popular superheroes and thereby became the leading comics publisher in the bronze age of comic books from the early 1970s to 1985. The silver age of comic books began in 1956 with a resurgence of interest in superheroes. You can click to reach the variant list it came from e. These were picked based on my personal favorites and the popularity and demand. The bronze age of dc comics by paul levitz, dennis oneil. I have all the top 25 bronze comics at the time an overstreet comes out. Comic books published between 1970 to 1985 belong to the bronze age of comics. Bountiful images bring the story lines, characters and creators to life, alongside an original interview. So, the xmen comic books are listed under x and the outer limits is listed under o. Similar to the digital comic museum, which we wrote about last week, comic book plus contains a near inexhaustible quantity of golden and silver age comic books.
Nonsuperhero sales declined and many publishers closed. This readerfriendly sized edition explores the evolution into the bronze age of dc with a careful curation and expansion of material from taschens xl book, 75 years of dc comics, winner of the eisner awards, the oscars of the comic world. Early bronze comics are sized like silver, while late bronze comics are current sized. Age of bronze comic read age of bronze comic online in. Comic books with a number as its title are alphabetized by the way the name is pronounced. In 1998, eric shanower started a sevenvolume series that would retell the story of the trojan war with all of the mythical elements removed. The purpose of this article is to establish that there is a general beginning of the bronze age that weve been overlooking for quite some time. Top 100 covers of the bronze age 19711985 comic vine. See more ideas about comic book covers, comics and comic books. Other genres like horror became widespread during this period, beginning the transition to the current tone and trends in comic books. Bountiful images bring the story lines, characters and creators to life, alongside an original. Increase your comic book collection and enjoy reading this comic book featuring gold keys fat albert and the cosby kids. Top 100 covers of the bronze age 19711985 by krakoa october 2, 2010 6 comments the bronze age was a period of transition when comics were bringing in money.
A lot of the books grew up a bit and fansturnedpros took over. The bronze age of comic books is an informal name for a period in the history of american superhero comic books usually said to run from 1970 to 1984. Browse listings in comic books bronze age 1970 83 47125 listings found. He is the co creator of the comic book series swamp thing, human target, brother. With silver age 1956 1969 comic books demanding such high prices, one way of making a shrewd investment is to look for books that fall within the next age of comic books the bronze age 1970 1980. These icons indicate the confirmed existence on the cgc census of a morerare cgcrecognized cover price variant version of the key bronze age comic book in question. Volume 2 features issues 14 through 24 of the original swamp thing run along with. Following from the silver age of comics, the term bronzeage was first used by comic fans and then the overstreet price guide to refer to the more mature comics of the early seventies to the mideighties. Marvel spotlight 24 marvel bronze age 1975 comic daimon hellstrom vs. Epic comic book collection garage sale haul silver. A thousand ships tp sep 12, 2018 age of bronze, vol. The period was marked with complex stories that had more realistic character conflicts, as well as some moral ambiguity. Depuis 1952, ec comics publie mad, dabord au format comic book, puis au format magazine a partir du no 24 en 1955. Deadly hands of kung fu vol 1 24 bronze age comic book.
Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. The collections timespan ranges from the late 1930s through to the early 1960s, and includes many thousands of comic books in the superhero, scifi, and horror genres. The bronze age of comic books posted may 2, 2017 mguitmann prior to the bronze age, in the silver age of comics we saw comic book publishers reintroduce fan favorite characters after a decline in the popularity of comic books after wwii. Age of bronze, the continuing graphic novel series by eisner awardwinning cartoonist eric shanower, presents the complete story of the worldfamous war at troy, freshly retold for the 21st century. Epic comic book collection garage sale haul silver age bronze age key issue video. Watch as i look through the whole comic book haul and show you everything that was in the collection. There were some important books released during this period with some important characters making their debuts and also the subject matter of comics was. It follows the silver age of comic books, 3 and is followed by the modern age of comic books. These are the most actively sold comic books in the marketplace graded by cgc or cbcs. If you discover an old collection full of batman comics. Age of bronze comics homepage the story of the trojan war. Feel free to call us mf, 96 est at 5088292259 or 508ubwacky.
Accordingly, marvels range of horror characters and comic book titles played an important role in the diversification the house of ideas underwent as it progressed from the 1960s silver age to the 1970s bronze age period, and it happened straight away as january 1970 saw the release of a new horror title called where monsters dwell. On learning that helen has left sparta with paris, kastor and polydeukes set out to bring her back. An example of one of the first bronzeage comics was the april green lantern which added green arrow as a title character. The modern age of comics is classified into 4 subcategories, golden age, silver age, bronze age, and current.