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The most bizarre one was with a character named johnny thunder not the same as the justice society character of the same. Western comics was an anthology series, featuring such characters as the wandering cowboy the wyoming kid, the native american lawman pow wow smith, the cowboy marshal, jim sawyer, showman rodeo rick, and matt savage, trail boss. Tales of the texas rangers is a century western oldtime radio and television drama which originally aired on nbc radio from 1950 to. See more ideas about comic books, vintage comics and vintage comic books. Locke, chronicles the escape of teenager tot lonham through the heart of texas with the vengeful boyd family in hot pursuit. A classic chase narrative weaving themes of revenge and the loss of innocence, the hell bent kid, by charles o. Western comics was a western comic book series published by dc comics. Although always popular, western related media enjoyed a surge in the united states and a great many other countries from the late 1930s through to the 1960s. Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. Unfollow 1950s comic books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Fiction house was an american publisher of pulp magazines and comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s. Classic comic books welcome to the classic comic books home page. Americans turned to comics to put themselves in better moods during these hard times.

Ace comics earlier series included costumed superheroes, although as trends in the comic book market changed by the 1950s the focus shifted more to other genres, such as crime, horror. If youve found any of these great jla comics, then have them appraised for free by sell my comic books. Available on compatible nook devices and the free nook apps. The golden age of comic books is ending, and the rise of crime comics, romance comics, western comics, horror comics, and science fiction comics signals the start of the new decade. A new world new stuff the 1950s was an odd time for comic books. The collections timespan ranges from the late 1930s through to the early 1960s, and includes many thousands of comic books in the superhero, scifi, and horror genres. Little al of the secret service 1951 perhaps the young man has the right idea. Superworld is one of the top comic book dealers in the world. Two regular titles started in february, 1937 over a year before superman ushered in the superhero age cheslercentaur publications star ranger and comics magazines companys western picture stories, which featured the artwork of the legendary will eisner. Roping in forgotten books and ephemera for the last roundup. Comics influenced emotions and attitudes of the american people superhero comics became. Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the american old west frontier usually anywhere west of the mississippi river and typically set during the late nineteenth century. Western also produced and distributed books independently of dell prior to and during their relationship, under such imprints as k.

The new releases page lists all of the current weeks new comics, graphic novels, and trade paperbacks. See more ideas about western comics, comic books and tv westerns. Lawman was one of the many western series which dominated television in the late 1950s thru most of the 1960s. Rare marvel mystery comics back in the golden age, marvel mystery comics click for full article initially called marvel comics heralded the creation of the worlds most famous comic book brand. Chief wild feather gets a free ride text story by harold gluck, reprinted in. This is a classic western comic book from the 1950s view product x close. Up until 1962, western publishing produced all of the comics distributed by dell, after which time dell produced their own books. For a free download of comic books based on movie and tv western cowboy stars such as. Complete and intact comic book with no pages missing and nothing clipped out. All pages, staples, and covers remain tight and intact as well. Comic books in the 1940s and 1950s comics became popular in the 1930s during the great depression. First, a brief history of comic books from their origins to the late 1940s. Get the best deals on dell golden age westerns comics when you shop the largest online selection at. The westerns ranged from forgettable to pretty good.

Tales of the texas rangers with joel mccrea on fro. The western story, in its most usual forms, represents the american version of the ever appealing oldest of mans legends about himself, that of the sungod hero, the allconquering valiant who strides through dangers undaunted, righting wrongs, defeating villains, rescuing the fair and the weak and the helpless and the western story does this. Its comics division, best known for its pinupstyle good girl art, got its birth working with partner iger studio, featuring the talents of will eisner and matt baker, among others. However, through this period comic books based on the superman, batman, and wonder woman characters retained a modest audience.

On sale lot of 3 vintage old space travel astronaut books comic great graphics. Tijuana bibles were eightpage, handsized comic books featuring wellknown cartoon characters, sporting heroes, and hollywood film stars in a sequence of hardcore sexual shenanigans. Buck jones, cisco kid, durango kid, gene autry, hopalong cassidy, john wayne, johnny mack brown, lash larue, the lone ranger, rocky lane, roy rogers, tim holt, zane grey. By the time comic books based on movie and tv cowboys were extremely popular in the late 40s and 50s, hoot gibsons star had long faded at the box office so the big two of westernmovietv related comic publishers, dell and fawcett, were simply not interested in old hooter who wound up at fox features syndicate in 1950. The american comic book chronicles continues its ambitious series of fullcolor hardcovers where twomorrows top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today. Find great deals on ebay for vintage comic book and vintage comic book lot. Finnish comic books from 1950s pecos bill and walt d. Through the mid1950s, the void was filled by comic books containing more serious themes such as crime, romance, western, and horror. Back cover as ad for posts sugar crisp cereal with 3d. The chilling horror comics history of the 1950s cbr. Indian fighter number 11 western comic book by lou diamond.

Women being spanked in vintage comic books flashbak. Similar to the digital comic museum, which we wrote about last week, comic book plus contains a near inexhaustible quantity of golden and silver age comic books. See also most rated book by year best books by century. Dcs longestrunning western title, it published 85 issues from 1948 to 1961. Western comic books of the silver age during the 1950s and early 1960s dc published two longrunning comic books that featured western stories, allstar western and western comics. The chilling archives of horror comics zombies panel at comiccon international in san diego came on the final day of the event, appropriately scheduled after the ccas sunday devotional and christian comics panel in room 32ab. Finnish comic books from 1950s pecos bill and walt disney characterslot of 3 what a unique find for your comic collection. In other words these will become great inspirations to future comic characters and stories. Free delivery and returns on ebay plus items for plus members. When the guy starts whacking this girls behind, miss worth thinks this is a recipe for a long happy marriage.

Bill schelly authors the volume on the 1950s era of marilyn monroe and elvis presley, with a yearbyyear account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends, including. Centaur publications is credited with creating the first standalone western comics titles launching both star ranger and western picture stories with cover dates of february 1937. Pulp fiction and comic strips had a massive readership. Salinger, fahrenheit 451 by ray bradbury, lord of the flies by william golding, lolita by vladimir. They first appeared sometime in the 1920s as illustrated dirty jokes featuring squeaky clean comic strip characters like tillie the toiler and jiggs and maggie from bringing up baby. The text is mostly black and white, but each book has a beautiful color centerfold picture of the characters. This mary worth comic strip may be my favorite of them all. Western folklore has been commercialized, in one form or another, from the very first steps of the pioneers into the wild west. If you are thinking about selling your comic collection, call us. We are fair, honest, and we pay high prices for 1940s, 1950s and 1960s era comics. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. Each appeared every other month, for 6 issues each per year.

In the movies, destination moon is the first color science fiction film, and the first big budget science fiction film since things to come in 1936. Western comics and books page 1 of 5 comic book plus. This page will deal with the most valuable of all, golden age comic books. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.

The term is generally associated with an american comic books genre published from the late 1940s through the 1950s though the genre had continuing popularity in europe, and persists in limited form in american. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. These include the later 10 cent issues and all 12 cent issues. Top 100 most valuable comic books of the golden age 19381956 the 100 most valuable comic books from each age. The greatest 1950s stories ever told dc comics paperback october 1. Two are westerns with pecos bill from 1955, vol 9 and 12. We also provide convenient links to the new release lists for each of the past 8 weeks. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the silver age began.