Comic book covers are often beautiful works of art. Because i am terrible at ranking things, ive just put them in chronological order. The inaugural issue of action comics marked the first appearance of. Top 10 comic books most sought after by collectors movie tv. Now, i will warn you that the first 25 comics are some of, if not, the most wellknown comic book covers ever created. One of the great things about the comic book industry is that there are so. Check out all of the spectacular designs or make your own. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. Only a smallish number of the variant covers for a particular comic issue are printed, making them kind of a collectors item. That was a major development, because outside of some nonreturnable comics produced for whitmanwestern publishing starting in 1977.
You can find out values of action issues by clicking here. Thats all well and good, but given that a copy of the book is more valuable in an unopened bag, collectors needed to purchase two copies of. So if you ask the printer to print 10,000 copies of a book and then you sell them all and go back and ask for another 7,500 copies, the first 10,000 copies was the first printing. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your.
Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. Now, its time to present 26 of the absolute best comic book covers of all time. Additionally, these differences routinely vary by publisher, brand, series and print date, making it difficult for the novice comic book collector to know when he has the genuine article. The second edition of the golden age comic book podcast is live on the cbsi tales from the flipside youtube channel. Most of the early issues didnt have superman on the cover, so this comic isnt worth as much as others. In comic books, a variant cover sometimes variant edition refers to an issue of a comic book printed with multiple covers, each with unique cover art. For our first time out, panelteers ali and brian are in the squad car talking about variant covers. The indicia will contain information like title, issue number, publisher information as well as which printing the comic is. Four new series set in the world of the vertigo classic.
Sometimes an issue will sell out quickly and the publisher will go back to the press and publish a second, third or even fourth printing of a popular comic book. As such it has been replicated many times, because of. It has to be violent it looks awesome, guitarist kerry king says of artwork that will grace comic racks later this year. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and written narrative, usually, dialog contained in word balloons emblematic of the comics art form. The first issue of the 1977 star wars comic book had a standard price of 30 cents, but marvel published about 1,500 with a variant price of 35 cents not so much a misprint as a limited edition. Jul 12, 2019 book riot has talked about the best comic book artists working today and what makes a great cover in general. Top 60 most valuable comic books from the modern age. In 1988 he finally got a sustained series originally written by claremont with art by john buscema. Jul 18, 2016 see slayers bloody first comicbook covers. Marvel comics son of satan last issue of this satanist supernatural comic.
Captain america burst into comic books in dramatic fashion when his first issue debuted in 1941, as the legendary cover depicts steve rogers. The book is quarter bound in black cloth with black boards. See more ideas about books, my books and classic books. Action comics is the comic book series that started it all. Script by tom defalco, pencils by joe bennett, inks by bud.
The miracle man performs his supervillain debut at his magic show by humiliating the thing. That began with a short run in 1982 by chris claremont and frank miller. What were the first interlocking comic book covers. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of supermans appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939. Sell my comic books presents the 100 most valuable variant covers.
The circle chase, round 1 unknown binding january 1, 1993 see all formats and editions hide. Modern bestsellers, obscure novels, out of print books, classic literature from the victorian age. Watchmen is an american comic book maxiseries by the british creative team of writer alan moore, artist dave gibbons and colorist john higgins. Rob liefelds creation xforce is a spinoff from the popular xmen franchise. See more ideas about classic comics, comic book covers and comic covers. It was published by dc comics in 1986 and 1987, and collected in a single volume edition in 1987. First appearance of the miracle man in the menace of the miracle man. Fortunately, there are a number of general methods one can. Find a first edition of your favorite book to add to your own collection or as a gift for the bibliophile in your life. See slayers bloody first comicbook covers rolling stone. The first comic book marketed with a variant cover was the 1986 first issue of the man of steel, which featured two different covers by writerartist john byrne. By strict definition, a variant is a form or version of something that differs in some.
Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. The differences between collectible firstedition comic books and valueless reprints can be subtle. Joe shuster, this is the cover of the first official superhero comic. In order to save his beloved tarianna, ben grimm must brave a perilous quest through macabre dangers and battle the monstrous protectors of the evil sorcerer. At their essence, variant covers are comics that have a different cover to that of the regular shipping cover while still have the same contents. You cant judge a book by its cover, unless its a comic book. How to know if a comic book is a reprint our pastimes.
Amazing spiderman marvel comic book cover first full issue with venom. Famous first edition comic book cover photos, scans. Its the first comic to have superman, but its an anthology comic. When the news stand was the main delivery system for comic books, comic book cover innovations like interlocking covers would be useless, since the comic books were sold on spinner racks or on traditional news stands, where the books would be staggered so that you could only see the covers on the books in the front, while the other books would. Abebooks offers an immense collection of first edition books for sale, including some of the most famous books ever published. A comic book or comicbook, also called comic magazine or simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. For sale silver age marvel comics fantastic four 50 silver surfer cover first wyatt. Hubert howe bancroft, book of wealth first edition 1896 2. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Watchmen originated from a story proposal moore submitted to dc featuring superhero characters that the company had acquired from charlton comics. Lets take a look at some of the best comic book covers of all time, from classic.
Apr 26, 2020 comic books, comic books, nothing but comic book covers. Harley quinn 1 bulletproof comics pink edition pink harley quinn. In 1979, something happened in comics that would change everything marvel made its first sales of distinct direct edition type comic books to specialty comic shops, at discounted prices but on a nonreturnable basis. The team members were the mysterious cable, mercenary domino and an exlover of cable, cannonball, shatterstar, boom boom, the apache warpath, catlike feral, siryn. Normount technical publications, wickenburg, arizona, 1973.
Famous first edition comic book cover photos, scans, pictures. Publishers are creating a market by allowing variant covers to exist, and there is obvious demand for them among collectors andor speculators. Editors note on the taylor edition of the rough riders. Sep 06, 2017 marvel creates custom covers for first week of college football. Wolverine was always one of the most popular xmen so it was no surprise when he got his own comic. The amazing peter parker and the kingpin in where have all the heroes gone. It does not apply to every comic book ever printed, but for the most part should be a useful tool for you if you are concerned about acquiring one printing over. This week z, mike, peter and ben talk about the differences within the wwii cover genre as well as some matt bakers work. Covers from the 90s that destroyed comic books cbr. I remember when i first started collecting, i had no idea why someone would put black. Comic book covers presented at cover browser are republished within a fair use context. Covers on this page in red 425 2650 5161 if cover wont. The circle chase, round 1 unknown binding january 1, 1993 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions click to open popover.
Espn and marvel have teamedup for special edition road to the college football playoffs comic book covers. How and why did they affect comic book covers of marvel and dc. Golden age classics illustrated comics for sale ebay. Now, i will warn you that the first 25 comics are some of, if not, the most well known comic book covers ever created. The greatest superhero comic book covers of all time ranker. The rough riders by theodore roosevelt, first edition abebooks. What i have learned is the general rule for telling if a comic is a first, second, third or higher printing. The rough riders by theodore roosevelt, first edition. Mar 03, 2015 for our first time out, panelteers ali and brian are in the squad car talking about variant covers. Marvel creates custom covers for first week of college football. Frank baum, the wonderful wizard of oz first edition 1900. The top 100 most industry changing comic book covers of all time.
This guide will give a general overview of variant comic book covers from the varieties, where you can find them and the eligibility for ordering. The differences between collectible first edition comic books and valueless reprints can be subtle. Variant covers became more common during the speculator boom of the 1990s, when. This cover was used for the collected edition, the complete persepolis. How to tell if a comic book is a first, second, third or higher printing.
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