Debuting in the silver age of comic books, the characters have appeared in comic books and other dc comics related products such as animated television series, clothing, figurines and trading cards. During the return to normalcy in postwar america, superhero comic books sales plummeted and many titles ceased publication. Platinum studios is a comic book based company that controls one of the worlds largest independent libraries of comic book characters for mixed media use. Comic book, bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. Debuting in the silver age of comic books, the characters have appeared in. Comic book news, comics, marvel, dc, top cow, image.
Comic book plus free and legal public domain books. What are some characteristics of platinum age comics. Browse a comprehensive az list of marvel comic characters. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. The first comic books and many to follow were collections of strips taken from the funny papers, with popular titles like the yellow kid, bringing up father, and mutt and jeff. For technical information about an element, follow the link to mark winters webelements. In 1899 a funny folks comic book came out, taking a close first stab at a format for many platinum age comic books. Top five week continues check here to see an archive of all the top five lists featured so far. Platinum studios, inc is a comic book character based entertainment company which controls one of the worlds largest independently owned comic book character libraries. By 1935 reprints of newspaper strips and books with original stories were selling in large quantities. One of the greatest comic book characters ever is getting a film reboot looper.
Gold, mercury, iron, lead, tin, and platinum aka tina. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Discover runeterra through league of legends comics. The platinum age encompasses forty years of comic books and strips, and 40 years makes up multiple shifts in politics, fashion, and readership. Platinum studios largest comic book based entertainment. Platinum age 18971937, comics, collectibles picclick. She is designed to mimic the properties of the metal platinum and has the most human.
The company produces film, television, and merchandise, and is a licensor of rights. Platinum is a liquid metal robot made of platinum with almost limitless shape shifting abilities. Comic book charactersfantasy charactersleague of heroesheroes unitedsteven universe ocbooks artcode. Something special here is that it actually says its a comic book on the back, so this is thought to start off the presuperhero platinum age. This golden age of comics had a wealth of female characters, and the platinum age of the comic strips had a surprising number of women working behind the scenes. Would you be surprised to know that ebay stocks plenty of platinum age and silver age comics. We are the original and still the premier site to read and download golden and silver age comic books. One of the greatest comic book characters ever is getting. The platinum blonde superhero villains, superhero art, super villains. Initially a victim of both of her father and her sisters deaths, the young nicole mitchell vowed to clean up the scum of chinatown by herself as the superheroine razor, named for the blades she wears on her arms, which evidently brings her into the eye of roman van drake, the man who destroyed her family.
While superhero movies starring mainstream characters have. Covering comics, movies, tv like no other in the world. Browse listings in comic books platinum age pre 1938. Some are punchedup versions of reallife locations and others are entirely fictional, but all of these comic book cities are as interesting as the characters that call them home. Welcome to comic book plus, the site where every day is party day. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database.
Check out more of my work and the creation of my comic book blackstone eternal at. In a twist of fate, it is revealed that not only is. The first monthly comic book, aptly titled comics monthly, began publication in 1922, though it also featured reprints of daily newspaper comic strips. Cleverly playing with some popular comic tropes, kevin eastman and peter laird created a pop culture phenomenon almost by accident. Platinum is the first of the robotic metal men and the result of the scientific and technological genius of doctor will magnus.
Dc character daily challenge 2014 by journey studios. Click on a thumbnail on the list to see a full comic bookpage. The metal men are a group of superheroes that appear in dc comics. The platinum age is roughly that time between 1897 and 1937 the year that detective comics launched while the golden age is from 1938 to 1955. For each sale discovered, we match it to the specific comic in our massive database which also includes variant covers and printings. Click on an element to see a list of comic book pages involvingthat element. All content is a work of fiction and is 2009 trudy cooper, danny murphy. Each pack is grouped around a particular character or theme, and there is no duplication within any pack. William magnus a brilliant robotic expert along with along with five other robots. The books arrive in the mail and he immediately goes to his room to read for up to 6 hours. We monitor the fire hose of online comic book sales across various marketplaces and report on the sales of cgc and cbcs graded books in our comics price guide. The characters name was suggested by artist david chlystek. This comic book starts what is now called the platinum age of comics.
Discover a characters comic book appearances, and browse issues containing your favorite marvel characters. Dcs new comic book distributors are midtown comics and dcbs dc comics russ burlingame 04172020 05. Comic book characters fantasy charactersleague of heroesheroes unitedsteven universe ocbooks artcode. Platinum studios comics is an entertainment company that controls one of the largest independent comic book libraries of characters for movie and film. This is an excellent web page for students to learn the elements.
Browse listings in comic books platinum age pre1938. Bloodshot was created by kevin vanhook, don perlin, and bob layton during a wave of popularity for valiant comics. I cant remember when i was first aware of teenage mutant ninja turtles, but as a big comic book reader in the 1980s it was kind of inevitable that wed cross paths. Today i take a look at the top five comic book characters from the. Gold, tin and platinum are later seen as recruits of the league, to research a. Although this character was originally introduced during dcs. Specifically, the metal men are a team of six later seven robots created by dr. A dynamic and entertaining protagonist is what will ultimately help your story sell. In volume 1 two boys of age ten named diamond and pearl are trying to win in a comedy grand prix at the same time a girl of the same age named platinum is going on an adventure to get a. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums. The 8 ages of comic books by alex grand comic book historians. The creator, bill zimmerman, is the author of numerous books including make beliefs.
Will magnus, whose powers and personalities are based off their namesake metals. You have provided a solid beginning for myself and my students to obtain ideas and complete a project. Among collectors of superhero comics, especially, one may hear people throw around the terms silver age and golden age when talking about particular titles and styles. Although there is no real gender among the metal men, she is the only. Using our browsing and filtering tools, you can find your favorite classic characters from mickey mouse to richie rich, so theres no need to look through multiple comic book stores to find exactly what you want. In 1933, funnies on parade became the first color comic book printed in the now standard size of 6 58 x 10 14 inches. The greatest comicbook characters in the canon have been debated and argued over for decades.
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Trade paperback editions are now published by shadowline comics, and can be purchased through amazon or your local comic store. She is designed to mimic the properties of the metal platinum and has the most human personality attributes out of all the metal men. Here is a video of how to draw comic book heroes with commentary. We recommend that you start with oxygen to see some of our best stuff. While theres still an extensive library of characters and objects to use in your comic strip, there. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction. I can have my students create their own comic book in an interdisciplinary medium. By creating an account, you verify that you are at least years of age, and have read and agree to the comicbook. Comic book value packs comic book value packs are a great way to pick up a lot of comics cheaply.
Pdos is an entertainment company that controls an international library of comic book characters from all over the world, which it. It controls a library of thousands of comicbook characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of. The comic book periodic table is highly professional and well done. Cities and comic books are inextricably linked, and urban environments set the scene for the adventures of everyone from batman to mister x. The 50 greatest comicbook characters movies empire. Their book was first published in 1887 and several other books involving the same characters followed afterwards. Less than a year ago, he was reading at a 1st grade level and now he is reading these obsessively.
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