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DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty ImagesThe 1970s introduced a plethora of toys that have evolved from childhood playthings to cherished collectibles that defined a generation. From action figures and ...
Lions, Tigers and Bears is a comic book series from Image Comics and Hermes Press, created by Mike Bullock with artwork by Jack Lawrence, Paul Gutierrez, Michael Metcalf, Mike Wieringo and Bob Pedroza. The phrase "Lions, tigers and bears" is said by the Scarecrow and Tin Man (to which Dorothy Gale replies "Oh my!") in the 1939 film The Wizard ...
Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938) is the first issue of the original run of the comic book/magazine series Action Comics.It features the first appearance of several comic-book heroes—most notably the Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster creation, Superman—and sold for 10 cents (equivalent to $2 in 2023).
[5] [6] Issue #7, featuring Daredevil's battle against the Sub-Mariner, has become one of the most iconic and reprinted stories of the series. [7] [8] Issue #12 began a brief run by Jack Kirby (layouts) and John Romita Sr. The issue marked Romita's return to superhero penciling after a decade of working exclusively as a romance-comic artist for ...
Comic books on display at a museum, depicting how they would have been displayed at a rail station store in the first half of the 20th century A common comic-book cover format displays the issue number, date, price and publisher along with an illustration and cover copy which may include a story's title.
Inside the first issue of Pats Willy Vandersteen's comics series Pats (1962-1977) makes its debut., [15] as well as Gommaar Timmermans' long-running children's comic Fideel de Fluwelen Ridder. [16] September 15: The final issue of the British comics magazine Film Fun is published, which merges with Buster.
Lotta Plump first appeared in 1953 as a back-page feature in Little Dot (where she debuted with Harvey's most successful property, Richie Rich).From the outset, Lotta's large appetite was a running gag employed in virtually every story and featured prominently on the covers of her two comic titles, Little Lotta (1955-1972, 1974–76; 1992-1993) and Little Lotta in Foodland (1963-1972).
Each issue had a theme usually involving a play on words. The main picture set up the theme for the story. As well as the large picture there was one small panel in the corner; often this would be a contrast to the calmer/ happier main picture. Some recurring theme elements of Mandy stories were: orphans forced to live with cruel or uncaring ...