Happy anniversary! It was one year ago today that the CBGXtra forums were shut down and we were assured they would be back shortly!
Fortunately, CBG contributor Captain Comics came to the rescue and exuberant conversations about the Silver Age and ot
Read more…We've all done it as kids...
Thought we could trust one of our friends, perhaps a neighborhood kid, with the loan of a comic book or two.
It goes well at first, you let them one or two issues, they get them back to you.... or perhaps they offer a few
Read more…I've resolved to experience the Marvel Age of Comics, as it happened.
I wasn't old enough to do that when it actually happened, beginning in late 1961. I didn't start reading Marvel Comics until about 1964 or 1965. I missed the earlier stories until
Read more…These are some exciting additions to the SP line, and some of what we've been requesting for years.
Hoy
Showcase Presents Showcase Vol. 1
May 29, 2012
544 pages
$19.99
Making its debut in 1956, SHOWCASE was the place where DC tried out new characte
Read more…I was looking at some wonderful Joe Kubert art recently and thought how well he would have been art Marvel on a title like Thor or Conan (as well as Sgt Fury of course!). What other Silver Age DC artists would have worked well at Marvel? Dick Dillin
Read more…Has anyone seen the 58th issue of the incredible Jack Kirby Collector from TwoMorrows publications?
I want to call your attention to it for a number of reasons.
Not only is it priced at $19.95 for this trade paperback massive issue, but it counts as
Read more…The new History Channel show about auctions, dealers and antiques featured a collection of Marvel Silver Age comic books recently.
Among the seven or so books that the comic book fan presented were:
X-men #1 (1963) Slabbed and graded
Iron Man #1 (19
Read more…I just thought I'd let all you fans of Baby Boomer Comics (I know you're out there) know that your favorite book (okay, MY favorite book) is available for purchase for those Amazon Kindles that you got for Christmas! You can check it out here:
OK, so here's a list of all 18 episodes of the season of Fantastic Four.
Can you identify which COMIC ISSUES were the inspiration for each of these shows, based upon the title or your memory?
I've done some of the more obvious ones, but feel free to
CBG's editors asked its columnists to tie into theirr annual Year in Review issue for CBG #1686. They didn't specify which year it had to be:
Read more…I was going through my Tabloid collection, and a lot of them are in bad shape, but one I remember fondly was Marvel Treasury Edition #2 (D'74) which reprinted Fantastic Four #6 (S'62) which had the FF battle the Diabolical Duo of Doctor Doom and the
Read more…Most folks know that the Incredible Hulk started as a six issue continuing series early in the silver age from Marvel. But it was cancelled and made room in the schedule for something else.
When the Hulk returned to a regular series, he shared hal
Read more…The moment you've all been waiting for has finally arrived. The winners of the 2012 Mopee Awards have been announced! Read all about these memorable (that's not a compliment) stories here:
http://cbgxtra.com/columnists/craig-shutt-ask-mr-silver-age/t
Read more…OK, here's a wild one.
A couple of years ago, probably as a result of the November anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy, a fan asked if there was any discernable impact on the stories or content of popular comics books.
It seems at
Read more…As a long time Marvel Masterworks VARIANT cover buyer, I've got most of the silver age volumes that matter to me.
I seem to have missed the volume that covers Avengers #91-100 with the yellow Barry Windsor cover inside the golden frame. Does anyone
Read more…Having started reading comics in the 70s and experiencing the Silver Age through reprints, I am wondering what you guys who read them when they first came out felt about certain occurances. My reactions were in hindsight, sometimes already knowing wh
Read more…A number of us were mulling this question over, and trying to define just what is a cross-over, as opposed to a "guest-star" or a "cameo".
One of the earliest cross-overs might have been the Avengers showing up in the Fantastic Four #25-26... but oth
Read more…In a recent prologue/introduction to an X-Men Marvel Masterworks reprint volume, someone described the early X-men book as floundering, never being a good seller, and in short "circling the drain".
I thought this was a wonderful expression, as it exa
My latest column, on Tomahawk's band of Rangers, has been posted at the CBG website:
Take a look and tell me what you think!
-- MSA
Read more…Recently, we've seen an explosion in the Avengers family of titles...
If memory serves, we have at least:
The Mighty Avengers
The dark Avengers
Avengers Academy
New Avengers
Secret Avengers
Solo Avengers
and many of these titles have already reached
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