Dell had a comic book series which lasted 145 issues. There were a total of 22 issues in that period, all with photo covers and as in the comic issues on the right, at least some had photo back. The companys comic book division folded in 1973, although dell continued to publish the occasional book with comics content, including newspaper strip collections. Then in 1962 western launched its own comic book line, gold key, and took its licensed characters away from dell they also took turok, which was an original series. December 1958 february 1959 chip n dale silver age comic book published by dell comics no. 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.
Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction. This list of comics publishing companies lists companies, specifically publishing companies who primarily publish comics. The strips therein, as seen below, seem to have been from a year earlier as mike is still called wool hat which he was only called in the pilot episode.
Combat dell comics western publishing comic book plus. Among the tales reprinted are pete bono and sailor kimbro. View market values for books, store your collection, and. Then in 1962 western launched its own comic book line, gold key, and took its licensed characters away from dell. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. In rare cases, a comic book will look much better than the given grade.
In the example above carnage part one is not part of the title. See more ideas about comics, comic books and vintage comics. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. Welcome to the best website for bronze age, silver age and golden age collectible comic books and original comic book art. Dell had more millionplus sellers than any other company before or since. Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. The premier site for legally available golden and silver age comic books, with free downloads, online viewing plus a friendly and lively forum, and more. In 1948 dell comics launched a comic book series which lasted 145 issues. Read over 75,000 comics and over 700 free comics available from publishers such as marvel, dc, image, boom, idw, top shelf, and oni press on your iphone, ipad. Read tons and tons of amazing goldensilver age comic. The best way to understand why a specific comic book received a check mark designation is to refer to the graders notes. I was under the impression that it was reprints from the dell comic, but this.
But scrooge is supposed to supply the bowl, and so he enters the contest, too, with a dance teacher as his partner. The lone ranger received the full massmerchandising treatment from the beginning a boxtop driven premiums on the radio show, toys thru the years, s series of novels published from 1936 to 1956, two daily comic strips 193871 and 198184, and even a recent video game. Featuring gang busters reprints from popular comics. The best possible existing condition of that comic book. We have books to download or read online the latest is combat 02 combat dell comics western publishing comic book plus. Featuring the tales porky of the mounties and porky and the pirate, plus additional stories on the inside. This week, our artists paired sonic the hedgehog and sonicrelated characters with other comic book characters.
Comic book historian mark carlson has stated at its peak in the mid50s while dells total number of comic book titles was only 15% of those published, it controled nearly a third of the total market. The best site for downloading free public domain golden age comic books. We have 34 books to download or read online the latest is the funnies 57 the funnies dell comics western publishing. The superhero archetype was created and many wellknown characters were introduced, including superman, batman, captain marvel, captain america, and wonder. We have books to download or read online the latest is combat 02. According to bob overstreets indespensable comic book price guide, johnnys own series began in march 1950 as part of dell publishings four color anthology series, and continued until february 1959. Comic book value packs comic book value packs are a great way to pick up a lot of comics cheaply. Dell gained a more permanent foothold in comics in february, 1936, when it launched popular comics in what had by then become the standard comic book format a monthly anthology, a little larger than a modern comic book, containing reprints of newspaper comic strips. This book has 36 pages and was uploaded by darkmark on march 12, 20. Up until 1962, western publishing produced all of the comics distributed by dell, after which time dell produced their own books. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful american company in the medium. If you are unsure what the title is, look at the indicia small block of text inside front or rear cover.
Make offer vintage 1959 walt disney sleeping beauty dell comic no. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. During this time dell produced only a couple of titles that could be considered superhero comics, including the owl, brain boy and turok, son of stone. Issue has untitled stories featuring bugs bunny, mary jane and sniffles, henery hawk, elmer fudd and daffy, tweety and sylvester, and little pancho vanilla and porky pig in losers weepers. Not to be confused with the brand dell comic a movie classic and other dell books that have one of the other dell brands and the words movie classic somewhere outside the logo. Bambi dell golden age comics 19381955 for sale ebay. The original and still premier site to legally read and download comic books. If you use the add to want list tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. Sep 24, 2010 the worst comic book of all time the term worst comic book of all time or worst comic ever gets bandied about quite a bit, and while there have been some recent strong contenders to that title make that one contender, such assessments lack some historical scope in order to make such a claim. The caped crusader and his sidekick, robin, have been around since the late 1930s. This originally consisted of reprints from the newspaper strips as had all previous comic book appearances of the character, in various titles from david mckay publications and from dell.
The even better news is that all the content is free and legal. Jinks in the housemouser huckleberry hound in mister fireguy plus several puzzles comic condition. Western also produced dell comics western publishing comic book plus. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. We have 6 books to download or read online the latest is popular comics 030. In 1953 dell claimed to be the worlds largest comics publisher, selling 26 million copies each month. Detailed biographies of the actors who played tarzan on film and television, plus who.
The images are usually arranged in panels in sequence that convey the story. Hess, dick fletcher, dan gormley, jim chambers and unknown. Like most comics of the time, peanuts ran inside other comic books as filler to fill out the book or give readers a taste of other strips. Dell comics was the comic book publishing arm of dell publishing, which got its start in pulp. Donald practices the cha cha so that he can win the first prize in a dance contest, a silver bowl, with daisy, and give her his half of the bowl as a christmas gift.
Collector mixed silver age vintage charlton, dell, gold key, fawcett comic books. We have 467 books to download or read online the latest is 0968 tales of wells fargo. 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. Comic book plus free and legal public domain books. Dell became part of bantam doubleday dell in 1988, ceasing to exist as an independent company. They would partner with western publishing from 1938 to 1962. Alvin and his pals in merry christmas with clyde crashcup and leonardo. Legendary comics creator nicola cuti, creator of eman and moonchild the starbabe, has passed away at the age of 75. Dell comics was the comic book publishing arm of dell publishing, which got its start in pulp magazines.
The golden age of comic books describes an era of american comic books from 1938 to 1956. Locate the book in the list of books you might need to change the drop list to go to another page. The comic book plus site has an unbelievable trove of over 33,000 golden age and silver age comics books, scanned and ready to be read in full. Welcome to comic book plus, the site where every day is party day. Kona dell comics western publishing comic book plus. Looney tunes and merrie melodies 1941 dell comic books. Popular comics dell comics western publishing comic book plus. Comic art is an art medium used to present ideas or stories via images. A series of 25 comic books based on the cheyenne television series were published from 1956 to 1961 by dell publishing based in new york.
Gene autry adventure comic and play fun book 1947 1947. Four color 19421962 dell series 2 comic books mycomicshop. We have 8 books to download or read online the latest is kona 09. After which time fox resumed publication better known comic book artists working for this company are charles quinlan catman, dan barry the hood and tiger squadron, joe kubert alias x. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. Among collectors of superhero comics, especially, one may hear people throw around the terms silver age and golden age when talking about particular titles and styles. We are the original and still the premier site to read and download golden and silver age comic books. The christmas cha cha, script and art by carl barks. Thats the sound of comic book excitement coming to life and ebay has all the brands, genres and issues any fanboy or. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. The monkees crazy cartoon book seen at left is the monkees crazy cartoon book, a 1967 paperback from the uk. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Also known as dell comics group and dell super comics group was an american publisher of books and comic books, founded in 1921.
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