The Promise Collection
Comic Book Daily supporter Alex Sorensen has been kind enough to give us another post for us to digest. Last time Alex did some great work on the Atomic Age and this time he tackles the Promise Collection. Let’s pass…
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Covered 365: Day 109
Dick Tracy #109, Harvey Publications, March 1957 – Artist: Joe Simon. I think this is our first Joe Simon cover! Much like yesterday’s pick this cover is all about the mood of the visual, its that noir feel the way…
Covered 365: Day 71
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Planet Comics #71 – Fiction House, Summer 1953 – Artist: Maurice Whitman. I may have…
Covered 365: Day 64
Captain Midnight #64 – Fawcett, June 1948 – Artist: Leonard Frank. I had Dogface Dooley and Sgt. Fury but this one really grew on me – great cover. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1…
Covered 365: Day 43
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 43 – Airboy Comics #47, July 1947, Artist – Arthur Peddy. Airboy #43 ranks…
Covered 365: Day 42
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 42 – Batman #42, August/September 1947, Artist – Jack Burnley. This cover always worked…
Covered 365: Day 40
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 40 – Famous Funnies #40, November 1937, Artist – Victor E. Pazmino. I was…
Covered 365: Day 38
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 38 – Hedy of Hollywood #38, July 1950, Artist – Christopher Rule (comics.org has…
Covered 365: Day 36
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 36 – Shadow Comics, March 1944, Artist – Vernon Greene (though comics.org did have…
Covered 365: Day 27
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 27 – New Adventure Comics #27, Artist – Creig Flessel. This is a post…
Covered 365: Day 23
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 23 – Keen Detective Funnies #23, Artist – Harry Sahle. What a great cover,…
Covered 365: Day 16
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 16 – Catman #16, Artist – Charles M. Quinlan. There are surprisingly a lot…
Undervalued Spotlight #392
Green Lantern #3, DC Comics, Spring 1942. I noticed my most recent Spotlights have featured some easy to source books, this week I’ll mix things up and go with something much more elusive. I was chatting with a long time…
Undervalued Spotlight #277
Space Western #40, Charlton Comics, October 1952 It was a real toss-up. This week’s Spotlight pick, Space Western #40 narrowly beat out issues #44 and #45 of this exquisitely collectible 6 issue run. How did I not pick issue #44,…
3rd Quarter 2012 Review
What goes up must come down and what goes down… must come up! That was the story for comic values during the third quarter of 2012. The two hottest Ages so far this year, the Silver and Modern Ages, declined…
The Rise of Golden Age Comics
The recent Billy Wright comic book auction set all kinds of price records and for me it confirmed a trend I’ve seen developing over the last couple of years. It seems we’re in a comic book Golden Age revival. There’s no…
Undervalued Spotlight #115
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #31, Dell Publishing, April 1943 What a difference 3 short decades can make. Back in 1982 in the 11th edition of the Overstreet Price Guide it was Donald Duck who ruled the roost. Of the…