Happy New Year from the Golden Age of Comic Books. I hope you have a great 2010! To ring in the New Year, here’s a classic New Year cover by Vincent Sullivan from 1937 – More Fun Comics #17 (January 1937).
Posts from ‘December, 2009’
The “Golden Age of Comic Books Bowl”
It seems that the college bowl games of old are now named after their chief sponsors, so why not have the “Golden Age of Comic Books Bowl”! Well, I don’t have the budget of the Fortune 500 companies whose names grace the bowl games these days, so I’ll have to settle for showcasing some Golden [...]
Merry Christmas from the Golden Age of Comic Books!
It’s time for the celebration of Christmas at the Golden Age of Comic Books Blog and Podcast! I hope that you and yours have a wonderful Holiday Season, and that your time is spent with family and friends. Here are a couple of Christmas covers from the Golden Age of Comic Books that are guaranteed to [...]
Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast #65 – Fifth Annual Christmas Episode!
Merry Christmas from the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast and welcome to our fifth annual Christmas episode! For Christmas 2009, we tell the story of ”Captain Marvel and the Plot Against Christmas” from Captain Marvel Adventures #42 (January 1945). In this story, Captain Marvel foils the plot of Gouge Smith to deprive the orphans of [...]
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Golden Age Reprint Round Up – Marvel and DC Classics & WWII Paper Drives
Just in time for your last minute Christmas shopping, Marvel and DC have published two first class Golden Age reprint volumes. Last week, Marvel presented Marvel Masterworks, Golden Age Sub-Mariner Volume 3. This hardback edition features the entire contents of some rarely reprinted Sub-Mariner stories from the WWII era. In this volume you’ll find the [...]