Silver Age comic books issue 1

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $85.00 View scans Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Bob Haney, Steve Skeates, Steve Ditko, Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, Mike Friedrich, Neal Adams, and Gil Kane. Art by Bruno Premiani, Neal Adams, Nick Cardy, Steve Ditko, Bill Molno, Irv Novick, Jack Abel, Lee Elias, Bill Draut, Gil Kane and Wally Wood. Cover by Darwyn Cooke. In these fast-paced tales from the start of the 1960s, the sidekicks to DC's greatest heroes-Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Speedy and Wonder Girl-form their own team to take on evil! Collected for the first time in a single hardcover, these stories pit our teen team against the Demon Dragster, the Mad Mod, Captain Rumble and many other far-out foes. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 880 pages, full color. Cover price $99.99.

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

Revised Edition - 1st printing. "The First History of Modern Comic Books!" By Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones. This is the first history of modern comic books. From 1956 to the mid-1990s, this volume covers it all. Softcover, 416 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $150.00

1st Edition - 1st printing. Collects My Greatest Adventure (1955-1964) #80-85, Doom Patrol (1964-1973 1st Series) #86-121, and The Brave and the Bold (1955-1983 1st Series DC) #65..

Written by Arnold Drake and Bob Haney. Art by Bruno Premiani, Dick Giordano, Sal Trapani, Murphy Anderson, Joe Giella, and Frank Giacoia. Cover by J. Bone.

The complete Silver Age adventures of the Doom Patrol, comics' strangest super-team, is collected in a single hardcover! Led by their wheelchair-bound chief, Niles Calder, three outcasts of society-Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Robotman-take the qualities that made them freaks to become heroes. Together, the trio takes on bizarre menaces including General Immortus, The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and The Brotherhood of Evil!

Hardcover, 1,076 pages, full color.

Cover price $99.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $26.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects My Greatest Adventure (1955-1964) #80-85 and Doom Patrol (1964-1973 1st Series) #86-95.

Written by Arnold Drake and Bob Haney. Art by Bruno Premiani and Bob Brown. Cover by Evan Shaner.

The complete Silver Age adventures of the Doom Patrol, comics' strangest super-team, is collected in a single hardcover! Led by their wheelchair-bound chief, Niles Calder, three outcasts of society-Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Robotman-take the qualities that made them freaks to become heroes. Together, the trio takes on bizarre menaces including General Immortus, The Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man and The Brotherhood of Evil!

Softcover, 376 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $55.00

1st Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Brave and the Bold (1955-1983 1st Series DC) #28-30 and Justice League of America (1960-1987 1st Series) #1-30.

Written by Gardner Fox. Art by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs. Cover by Mike Sekowsky and Murphy Anderson. Introductions by Roy Thomas and Marv Wolfman.

Together, Aquaman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman stand against such rogues as Starro, Despero, Kanjar Ro, and Felix Faust!

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 896 pages, full color.

Cover price $99.99.

Add to cart Fine $7.49

1st printing.

By David Tosh.

Rise of the Superheroes is a visual and entertaining adventure exploring one of the most popular and significant eras of comic book history. From 1956 to 1970, Silver Age redefined and immortalized superheroes as the massive pop culture titans they are today. Lavishly illustrated with comic book covers and original art, the book chronicles the new frontier of DC Comics, with a revamped Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, and new characters including Hawkman; Marvel's new comics featuring Thor and The Fantastic Four; The pop art years that saw Batman's "new look" and the TV series; independent characters, including Fat Fury and T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents; and much more.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $36.95

Add to cart Near Mint $36.95

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Cave Girl (1953-1954 ME) #11-14 (1953-1954) and stories from the pages of Thunda (1952) #2-6. Cover by Bob Powell. After losing her parents when they were attacked by the savage Balu natives, Carol London escaped death when an eagle carried her away to the Dawn Lands, a valley hidden in time by the mountains known as the Barriers of the Moon! She was raised by wolves, becoming the pack leader after Kattu dies! With her ability to talk to the animals and her skill in using a bow, spear and knife learned form watching the Hairy Men, a group of Neanderthals who lived in the Dawn Lands she became Cavr Girl, only then having to fight off the attentions of the Neanderthal king Pood and the Hairy Men! Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. Cover price $52.99.

Add to cart Fine $23.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "May 1958 to March 1959!" Collects Outer Space Vol. 1 (1958 Charlton) #17-21.

You're gonna have to trust me on this gem (formerly THIS MAGAZINE IS HAUNTED) from Charlton Comics cos it's a bona fide brute and one not to be missed a jot. But, hey, don't listen to me, just take a look at the cover of this issues in this sumptuous volume and then try convince both me and your own good self that, nah, you won't bother with this one.

Yeah, right, with writers and artists including Rocco Mastroserio, Pat Masulli, Charles Nicholas, Paul Reinman, Dick Giordano, Maurice Whitman, Sol Brodsky, Matt Baker, Bill Molno, and Ernie Hart plus the ever dependable Al Williamson and Steve Ditko. There's gold in them there interstellar asteroid hills, astronaut-lovers, further evidence that there were plenty of other houses of ideas way beyond Stan and Marvel.

Gee whiz, it's a great world.

Hardcover, 184 pages, full color.

Cover price $45.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $57.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "March 1955-July 1955/December 1958-February 1959!" Collects Secret Mysteries (1954) #17-19 and Tense Suspense (1958) #1-2. Cover by Myron Fass. Featuring Stories by Edvard Moritz, Marty Elkin, Tony Tallarico, Cerrone, and Dick Ayers. I mean, cmon! The original copies of these comics will have been swapped a hundred-fold or sold for pennies when the recess bell sounded in the magical long-ago frightful freakin fabn fantastic fifties schoolyards. And now you can pick em up for peanuts. Go get, em folks. Im coming over all wistful so youll have to excuse me . . . it starts good and just keeps right on gettin gooder. Featuring the talents of Myron Fass, Marty Elkin, Edvard Moritz, Bill Allison, Tony Tallarico and the wonderful Dick Ayers. But then its PS Artbooks, you warriors, so get with the program and get your copy today! Hardcover (with Slipcase), 204 pages, full color.

Add to cart Very Good $9.99

1st Edition - 1st printing. By Arlen Schumer. The first book dedicated to the Silver Age of comics (1956-1970) and the artists that defined it, author Arlen Schumer highlights the careers of eight acknowledged Hall of Fame artists who rendered definitive versions of the industry's great characters: Carmine Infantino, Gene Colan, Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, and Joe Kubert, Jim Steranko, Neal Adams, and Steve Ditko. Hardcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 176 pages, full color. NOTE: Limited to 2,000 copies.

Add to cart Fine $9.00

Add to cart Very Good $8.70

1st printing. By Arlen Schumer. The first book dedicated to the Silver Age of comics (1956-1970) and the artists that defined it, author Arlen Schumer highlights the careers of eight acknowledged Hall of Fame artists who rendered definitive versions of the industry's great characters: Carmine Infantino, Gene Colan, Gil Kane, Jack Kirby, and Joe Kubert, Jim Steranko, Neal Adams, and Steve Ditko. Softcover, 9-in. x 13-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

Add to cart Near Mint $6.95

1st printing. Edited by James Lowder. Introduction by Elliot S! Maggin. Path of the Bold presents an anthology of all-original tales of super-powered action and mystery set in the Silver Age Sentinels universe, featuring stories from such masters of the fantastic as John Kovalic, Mike W. Barr, Stewart Wieck, and Dennis Detwiller, as well as a new adventure of Sydney Taine (star of Marvel Comics' Nightside mini-series) by Robert Weinberg. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

1st printing. Edited by James Lowder. Stories by John Ostrander, Steven Grant, Ed Greenwood, Bradley J.Kayl, Steven Harper, Robin D. Laws, and Lucien Soulban. Introduction by Denny O'Neil. Set in the Silver Age Sentinels roleplaying game universe, Path of the Just introduces a collection of tales exploring the game's central concepts of heroism, humility, and hope. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, Text Only. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Fine $13.00

1st printing. Collects stories from Brave and the Bold (1955-1983 1st Series DC) #25-27 and 37-39 and Star Spangled War Stories (1952-1977 DC) #3 to 204 #110-111, 116-121, 125, 127 and 128.

Written by Robert Kanigher and Howard Liss. Art by Ross Andru, Gene Colan, and Mike Esposito. Cover by Michael Cho.

The original 1960s missions of the Suicide Squad are collected in trade paperback! When all other options are exhausted, the U.S. calls in their new team, Task Force X, led by Rick Flag! Whether a scientist is missing, a dangerous serum is in the wrong hands or dinosaurs threaten our fighting forces, the Suicide Squad is ready for action!

Softcover, 336 pages, full color. Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

1st Printing - Written by RJ Pine. Back in the early 60s there was something wonderful going on in the comic book industry. Sure, Superman, Batman, and the Flash were going strong, but there was the emergence of a new kind of comic book hero. Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, and the Fantastic Four were beginning to hit the news stands. What could be better than having some of the greatest comic books ever along with the best comic book store right down the street? Well there was just one small problem... Softcover, 6" x 9", 68 pages, B&W.