Western comic book covers gallery

Penny arcades book covers 1, 2, 3 all feature the two main characters, but thats about it. Just a few years later, western bought out pocket books interest and made golden press one of their primary divisions. Dont take my word for it, just have a swatch at some of the tamer covers below. See more ideas about western comics, comic books and comics. Also known as whitman comics, gold key operated from 1962 to 1984. Robin hood hrn 129 new cover art gilberton comic book classic. Click on any cover to go to the discussion about that batch of covers.

Its a good thing, too, because oftentimes the interior content especially the fox titles, which are my favorites is terrible. Western novel covers rocky lane western comic book cover. Steranko is featured in the will eisner comic book hall of fame and became a comic book historian. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. Golden age western comics lovingly reproduces in fullcolor, restored, complete scans of 20 of the best western storiesplus a few pinupscreated between the years 1948 and 1956. To me looking at sterankos art work of various comic book covers is like watching a 1960 and 1970 political thriller. Now, powerhouse books is pleased to present a collection of these uniquely american stories as told through a uniquely american mediumthe comic book. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Vintage comic booksvintage comicsadventure magazinewestern. Volume 1 1881 001200 201400 401600 601800 801881 annuals 112 volume 2 annuals vol 1 934present 934 annuals 2018present see also batmancovers, variant covers. 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. People set up their stand on january 27 2010 in angouleme western france. Jan 12, 2018 a fantastic collection of a4 glossy prints taken from beautiful vintage western comic covers dating from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. Comic book version of the 1960s1970s tv western drama.

The second issue covers a variety of topics, including a fun article by paul bishop on the singular western novel and movie charro. We hope you enjoy browsing our large format british comics picture galleries where we show covers for many celebrated british comics and picture libraries, including some complete runs. Also featuring i saw them kill michael farmer and the voodoo widows recipe for death. Browse 164 comic book cover stock photos and images available, or search for. The stupendous fantasy of the aztec hounds turned loose on the modern world. Theyre generally pocketsized, up to one hundred pages an issue, with four panels to a page.

Comic book cover art that depicts a character physically restrained, most commonly with ropes or chains, and sometimes gagged. Rocky lane western comic books covers, scans of rocky lane western comic books. It was a massive week for television trailers and promos, with all of the biggest assembled right here. So enjoy ten cool comic covers by a cool comic cover artist, herb trimpe. This page contains all cover art images in the database for this particular comic series. The explicitly gory and gruesome covers for mexican comic. A cover gallery for the comic book red ryder comics alley oop little king western comics big men comic covers westerns comic books red movies more information. 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. A popular exploitation theme during the golden age of comics, bondage. Issue features the siege in which shiloh ranch is trapped by invading bandits and indian braves range war in which a trespassing herd brings trouble and conflict to the shiloh ranch. 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. Manga are comics created in japan, or by japanese creators in the japanese language, conforming to a style developed in japan in the late 19th century. Detective comics volume 1 detective comics volume 2. See more ideas about war comics, comic covers and classic comics.

Western gunfighters 1956, western outlaws, and western outlaws and sheriffs. In his early work, he usually used basic, flat colors and produced what he called poster color covers. Its a visual mission statement an image meant to grab the readers attention. See more ideas about western comics, comic covers and vintage comics. Even though weve all been told since childhood to never judge a book by its cover, the fact is that book cover design does attract readers. The lone ranger comic book cowboys, by boyd magers. Cole had worked as art director for a lithography outfit, before entering the comic book field in the early 1940s. A cover gallery for the comic book classics illustrated vintage comic books, vintage comics. Though never as popular as dc, marvel or even archie, charlton comics had a long run from 1944 to 1985 and also produced a line of successful publications like hit parader.

Here are your picks for the 75 greatest batman covers of alltime. A comic book is only as good as its cover and these groundbreaking. This week we feature the marvelatlas western titles. Resuming in 1947 with only one 2p issue of the title, consisting entirely of fawcetts funny animals including several hoppy the marvel bunny stories. In 1958 western entered into a joint publishing effort with pocket books under the name golden press, inc. Bondage cover screenshots, images and pictures comic vine. Dc comic books, comic book artists, comic book covers, dc comics, batman comics. See more ideas about pulp fiction, fiction and pulp fiction art. Cole once said he estimated that hed drawn something like 1500 covers. Legendary comics creator nicola cuti, creator of eman and moonchild the starbabe, has passed away at the age of 75. A cover gallery for the comic book wild western western comics, western art. Comics shown in these picture galleries are not for sale and are shown purely for interest.

They have a long and complex prehistory in earlier japanese art. As usual, i will try not to use covers of the same title, but i did have to make an exception for one title and ill admit it, i also cheated once. Here you can find over 23,000 scans of vintage comic book covers, all unwatermarked and yours for the taking. A cover gallery for the comic book adventure comics dc comic books, comic book.

Top 100 most valuable comic books of the golden age 19381956 the 100 most valuable comic books from each age. Gold key comics was an imprint of american company western publishing, created for comic books distributed to newsstands. Many of westerns comic products were packaged for the book market under this golden press division. On the other hand, this may as good a way as any to represent the comic.

This new gallery has been opened to prevent comics gallery 1 from getting overcrowded. A roundup of rustic comic book covers created by an array of artists for a variety of charlton comics western titles released in the early 1960s. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres. An underrated tv series underserved by its comic book counterpart. Crime comics from the 1940s and 1950s have some of the best covers ever created, in my humble opinion.

We do offer for sale the unique original comic strip art for these. John wayne golden age comics 19381955 for sale ebay. Westerns have been a staple genre of comic books with some ups and downs since almost the beginning of the medium. An eyecatching design can make the difference between a book that sells and one that stalls, so dont let your future bestseller get passed over due to a soso cover design. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. Old comics, vintage comics, marvel comics, vintage books, comic book artists, comic books. Welcome to the best website for bronze age, silver age and golden age collectible comic books and original comic book art. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art.

We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the. Don winslow of the navy dennis the menace giant best of dc coleccion vertigo spain factorx spanish buzzy daffy duck a date with judy fawcetts funny animals crazy magazine flintstones dutch. See more ideas about western comics, comic books and tv westerns. Steranko ranked 4th because he was one of the most influential comic book artist that push away the comic books code restrictions. They didnt spawn the superhero icons other publishers did but released a variety of titles that have become beloved by millions. Design book cover for free with online templates adobe spark.

Golden age westerns comics not signed old comics, vintage comics. Western comics was a western comic book series published by dc comics. Almost all the actual spankings from comic books and strips we have will be found in this gallery, with most of the independently produced original spanking art featuring comic characters being assigned to comics gallery 1 given the size of this gallery over 250 spankings as of may 2012, if youre. Here are some of the more popular titles most accessed in the past week. They sell at most newsstands and comic book stores. Babes, crime, helpless women, magazine, true detective leave a comment. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. I grew up reading comics in the 1970s so my familiarity with the books of this decade is the greatest. Newman was so good at handling the lone ranger that he took over writing the.