First Appearance of Captain America Sells for $3.1 Million at Auction
The first comic book ever to feature Captain America has sold at auction for a near-record price. The winning bid for “Captain America Comics…
Tag: Timely Comics
Comic Book Continuity, Timelines, and Verisimilitude
Read PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 | PART 5 | PART 6 NOTE: While I didn’t mention it at the…
Trivial Pursuits: Little Known Facts About Marvel Comics
One of the world’s favorite superheroes, Captain America, was recently politicized in the news, calling his sexual orientation into question by political pundits. Then, commentators…
Unlike Today’s Comic Ambassadors, Stan Lee Stood Up for Comics
I hadn’t noticed this earlier, but CBR published an interesting history item almost a year ago about how Stan Lee for one reacted to Fredric Wertham’s…
The Saturday Morning Soapbox Revisited | September 7, 2019
This past week, I spent getting back to publishing work instead of legal affairs that consumed all of my time the previous two weeks. I…
Namor’s History Being Rewritten With ‘Anti-War’ Narrative
Namor the Sub-Mariner first appeared in comic books published by Marvel in early 1939. The character was created by writer-artist Bill Everett and first…