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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).
The toys were first sold in late 1982; the Marvel Comics series was first published in the spring of 1983. [1] Since the toys were released first, many assumed the comic had been a licensed adaptation of the toyline, but Crystar and all of the characters in the toy line and comic book were created and owned by Marvel Comics, which had created the concept with the express intent of selling the ...
The first comic book marketed with a variant cover was the 1986 first issue of The Man of Steel, which featured two different covers by writer/artist John Byrne.One featured a full shot of Superman ripping open the shirt comprising part of his civilian clothing to reveal the "S" emblem on his chest, along with a shot of the spaceship that brought him to Earth escaping Krypton.
A comic book in which Superman made his first appearance has just sold at auction for a record-breaking amount. A copy of the original "Action Comics" No. 1 from 1938 sold for $6 million ...
A comic book featuring Superman's first-ever appearance has sold for $6 million, making it the most valuable comic edition in existence. The June, 1938 cover of Action Comics. (Metropolis ...
1980 in comics - debut: Bloom County, She-Hulk, Starfire, Cyborg, The Far Side, Raw; 1981 in comics - debut: Thrud the Barbarian, Torpedo; 1982 in comics - debut: Camelot 3000 (first Maxi-series) 1983 in comics - published: Metropol #1; 1984 in comics - debut: Dragon Ball, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; 1985 in comics - debut: Calvin and Hobbes
The first ever comic featuring Spider-Man overtook it later the same year, when it sold for $3.6 million, according to CGC Comics, before another issue of the Man of Steel’s adventures in ...
Debuting in August 1952 (cover-dated October–November), [1] Mad began as a comic book, part of the EC line published from offices on Lafayette Street in Lower Manhattan.In 1961 Mad moved its offices to mid-town Manhattan, and from 1996 onwards it was located at 1700 Broadway [2] until 2018 when it moved to Los Angeles, California to coincide with a new editor and a reboot to issue #1.