In memory of the many soldiers who have served our country with bravery and honor, here are a few Batman and Superman covers from the Golden Age of Comic Books that honored our troops during World War II.
Posts Tagged ‘Batman’
The Essential Golden Age Superman-Batman Team
Way back in Episode 58 of the Golden Age of Comic Books Podcast in 2008, I covered in detail the Superman-Batman team-ups from the Golden Age. Even though I did this podcast, I continue to receive emails asking what Golden Age comics should be read to learn the origins of the team-up of these two [...]
Detective Comics #27 Sells for $1.075 Million Dollars
Hot on the heels of the first comic book to fetch one million dollars, an 8.0 CGC graded copy of Detective Comics #27 featuring the first appearance of Batman brings $1,075,000 at auction! Who says Superman is better than Batman! This book was purchased by a collector 40 years ago for $100 and was beautifully [...]
The Bat-Bobsled
I was watching the Men’s Two-Man Bobsled event from the 2010 Winter Olympics tonight and thought the USA’s black bobsled would be very cool as a “Bat-Bobsled” with its black paint and fins. I then remembered the original Bat-Bobsled as it appeared in the Golden Age of comic books. Yep, in the winter of 1945, [...]
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 [...]