Welcome to cbh, today were talking about the 8 ages of comic books including the. I swear half of these imaginary books are in my collection. In 1984, marvel comics debuted the first large crossover, secret wars, a storyline featuring the companys most prolific superheroes, which overlapped into a 12issue limited series and many monthly comic books. Sep, 2016 find price guides on rare comic books from the golden age, silver age and bronze age. Includes minimum market price in very poor shape, right up to record. Those books typically sit for long periods of time on a store shelf, and these would have except they had a buyer in the store me, that. A year later, dc comics introduced its first large scale crossover, crisis on. For the purpose of this article we are going to class the modern era as from. In that year, dc swept away the vestiges of the silverbronze ages with crisis on infinite earths, frank miller redefined batman with the dark knight returns, and alan moore and dave gibbons did watchmen. The 8 ages of comic books by alex grand comic book. Pack rat comics has subscription services and promotions for new randy bowen comic book hero statues. Like other antiques or collectibles, value is determined by how much a collector is willing to pay for the item. A comic shop owner isnt going to sell a golden age book as well out of their shop, opposed to the modern age. The single most valuable punisher comic is his first appearance, in amazing spiderman 129.
Find great deals on ebay for rare comic books and very rare comic books. The modern age of comics generally starts in 1985 as the bronze age wraps up. In april 2004, a first edition copy sold at auction for a. The more than 40,000 comics in the collection also features superhero icons wonder woman. Platinum age 18971937, golden age 19381947, atomic age 19481955. Most valuable comic book list for key comic book issues that you can likely find at garage sales, pawnshopsetc. Uv clear protector film cgc pgx avengers graded comic books. There are four basic criteria that make vintage comic. The list of the most valuable important modern age. If you own one of these rare books, youre sitting on a. Filmmaker and author larry blamires latest book is a marvelous tome of imaginary silver age comic book covers, all lovingly pastiched and astonishingly realized. The modern age of comic books is a period in the history of american superhero comic books which is generally considered to have begun in the mid1980s and continues.
These are the years when comics were considered a new and exciting form of art. Vampirella 1 francesco mattina virgin variant 400 print rare. Sparkle city comics is most interested in purchasing comic books pre1985, so if youre interested in selling your golden age, silver age or. I am going to take it up a notch and give you my top collecting themes, each of which will lead you to new. The list of the most valuable important modern age comics 1980s onwards. Get the best deals on modern age avengers comics when you shop the largest online selection at. Which single issue punisher comics are the most valuable.
The chart below shows pricing trends of actual sales anyone can research on my site. Key copper age, key bronze age, and key modern age comics with a few key silver age comics mixed in. Avengers comic issue modern age first print 2016 mark waid mike del mundo marvel. Gmart is an online dealer that lets you subscribe to comic books and also look for modern books online eg. Our expert staff provides a stressfree, noobligation selling experience. The list is more interesting as a result, and so our editorial decision is final. Golden age 19381956 silver age 19561970 bronze age 19701985 modern age 1985present the modern age of comics. This rare comic book price guide presents the latest value of rare comics based on the average valuation of the most reputable comic book price catalogs in the business. Top 60 most valuable comic books from the modern age. A musthave for fans of the absurd and the wonderful. The golden age describes an era in the creation of comic books published between the years of 1938 and 1955.
As you can see, comic books have gone through a clear evolutionary path to get us to where we are today. Events from the modern age of comic books wikipedia. February 15, 2017 key modern age comics special note. These include the later 10 cent issues and all 12 cent issues. Age is perhaps the least accurate indicator of what makes a comic book desirable. Your typical comic book top ten type list will profile specific interesting or rare comic books to collect.
Due to its very limited numbers, in our time is considered one of the rare books for book collectors around the world. These events tended to wipe the slate clean and signal that comics had grown up. Some strict collectors consider the era finished by 1950. First appearance of the silver age or postworld war ii version of the flash, a. One of the key aspects of the modern age of comic books was that it was the beginning of big events.
Back issue comics find vintage golden and silver age books. I imagine most people say this age runs until 1986, a watershed year in comics. Because of this, comic books are generally categorized into different ages based on when they were published. Karen and william are correct, and cpg is a good online reference, yes. For avid comic book collectors and enthusiasts, you will find below the list of the top 25 rare comic books in the world. Support my channel for free by doing your amazon shopping through this link bookmark it. Check out more rare comics to look for and lists of key comic books by year including important comics of the 1970s, the 1980s, the 1990s, and the 2000s or key comic books by age.
Modern age 1992now 15,164 superhero 9,202 spiderman 1,621 other modern age superheroes 2,318. In this age comic character were more psychologically complex and were darker. New york sothebys is pleased to announce that we will offer dc complete. Heres what my comic books are worth after getting them graded by cgc at baltimore comic con 2017.
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