Batman comic book covers 1970s

Please consult your local comic book store for more information regarding the decade variant covers. Here are some of my favorite steranko covers for marvel. See more ideas about comic book covers, comic covers and comic books. Conans success as a comic hero resulted in adaptations of other howard characters. Batman and robins greatest mystery from detective 234, the hand from nowhere from batman, the man who couldnt be tried twice from batman 118, the body in the batcave from batman 121, and the league against batman from detective 197. Batman from the 30s to the 70s comic books, from the 30s. The legend of the batman who he is and how he came to be. May 1, 2020 only the best neal adams comic book covers ever published. Epic comic book collection garage sale haul silver age bronze age key issue video. Celebrate eight decades of chaos, mischief, and mayhem with.

Batman proved to be so popular that a selftitled ongoing comic book series began publication with a cover date of spring 1940. Interior pages must be white in color and supple to the touch. As a comic book fan growing up in the 1970s, batman. Batman dc silver age superhero comics not signed dc comics, batman comics, batman.

Index status cover scan status 1198 covers for 715 issues available. Art by carmine infantino and murphy anderson 1967 59. Detective comics is also the source for the company abbreviation dc itself. Dc comics responded with comics featuring warlord, beowulf, and fritz leibers fafhrd and the gray mouser. See more ideas about war comics, comic covers and books for boys. Beginning batman vol 1 19402011 batman began publication in the spring of 1940 and was published until 2011. This batman comics price guide will help you to value all the early issues of batman comics, the series which began in 1940. Theyre an artistic statement unto themselves, with some of the best pushing the boundaries of graphic design, controversial subject matter, cultural significance or starting a stylistic trend for better or worse. Action comics is equally famous for having introduced superman.

See more ideas about comics, comic book covers and comic covers. Letters from comics writers bob rozakis and mike w. Art by jose luis garcialopez and dick giordano 1980 61. He does not hold any superpowers, as opposed to the likes of superman or green lantern. The bronze age of comic books is an informal name for a period in the history of american superhero comic books usually said to run from 1970 to 1984.

However, there some really great superman covers in there as well. The very first batman story, the case of the chemical syndicate, was written by finger and drawn by kane. 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. Oct 23, 2019 details about 1970s batman 241 comic replica magnet new. Of course, for many years, batman covers were as bright as any other comic book heroes, but as the 1970s rolled around, the covers became. Volume 1 001200 201400 401600 6017 annuals volume 2 annuals volume 3 annuals specials see also detective comics covers, legends of the dark knight covers, shadow of the bat covers, gotham knights covers, list of batman titles, variant covers. Mar 20, 2009 focusing on batman s through the 60s and 70s. The batmoble was left in storage for 20 years after the batman show ended in 1968. Legends of the dark knight comic book series, which primarily concentrates on early tales of batman that are not necessarily considered canon, but have also been used during major crossover storylines such as batman.

Batman has been a fixture of dc comics for almost 80 years now. If dc had done more covers like this in the 60s marvel might not have buried them. Mainly war and sport, with the odd fantasy tale thrown in. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view, a click on the issue number to the issue data. It was first advertised in early april 1940, one month after the first. This page contains information about batman volume 1. As i noted yesterday, dc these days isnt always sticking with the artistic style of a particular era, as the publisher largely did when it first launched decadetribute covers with 2018s action. But now, weve got another first look for you jim lee, scott williams and alex sinclairs 1970s cover. See more ideas about superman comic, comic covers and superman.

Mar 10, 2017 explore jimonebadapples board 70s comic book covers, followed by 241 people. In 1970, marvel published the first comic book issue of robert e. Tec has had some of the most iconic covers in the comic book canon, from haunting images of the. But the best comic book covers are more than a mere minibillboard meant to sell a product. Jan 01, 2000 the 1970s was the era that gave batman back his testosterone took him back to his roots and essentially made a man out of him again after a lot of the buffoonery that had come before. While he is one of the most popular and powerful superheroes ever created, superman is without any doubt the most important. Here are the key issues to look for when youre at garage sales yes, they do turn up. While batman and robin are tracking a criminal called the spinner, batwoman is checking out a mystic, whom she believes is running a scam operation. Originally another jack kirby clone in the same way barry smith was, sterankos style emerged after a few issues of strange tales featuring nick fury agent of shield. Detective comics is published by dc comics since 1937.

Mar 20, 20 batman in the 1970s was becoming more of a horror comic than your regular superhero book. Certainly one the greatest comic artists to ever pick up a pencil, neal delivered great cover after great cover. Oct 17, 20 victor the best boys comic out there, had wonderful artists and a wide range of stories to keep boys of all interests happy. Script by frank robbins, pencils by irv novick, inks by dick giordano.

Batman from the 30s to the 70s comic books, from the 30s to. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. They also took over the licensing of edgar rice burroughs. Inside the book there was mention that robin was dead. Jul 17, 2012 top 5 batman comic books alter ego comics.

With some 17 issues of batman and 16 issues of detective comics under his belt, ernie chan had a substantial part in shaping the visuals of batman during the mid 1970s, and to this day his covers and interior artwork have remained fresh and dynamic and represent some of the best bronze age batman often seen on foreign language reprints, too. If you want a good anthology, tales of the demon highlights several batman al ghul clashes. The bronze age retained many of the conventions of the silver age, with traditional superhero titles. Grittier story lines combined with more detailed almost gothic style art really rejuvenated the character. Most of neal adams memorable covers came while he was working on batman and detective comics. Heres a 1970 batman twopart story, wanted for murderone, the batman. This is the third article in our series, following from most valuable golden age comics and most valuable silver age comics here are the key issues to look for when youre at garage sales yes, they do turn up. Top 50 most valuable comic books of the bronze age. Batman began publication in the spring of 1940 and was published until 2011. Batman from the 30s to the 70s comic books, from the 30s to the 70s. Precrisis comic covers 1938 1986 precrisis superman comics 19381986 complete cover gallery precrisis superman specials.

Get the best deals on modern age batman comics when you shop the largest online selection at. In the 1970s, when the batman titles were reembracing the darkness of the past, neal adams homaged this cover, as a sort of spiritual completion of a circle batman was now back to where he started. Joe kubert contributed a number of powerful covers for strange adventures and from beyond the unknown, again for julie schwartz, but this was the only one featuring a space age hero in this case adam strange notice how beautifully composed this image is, again charcoal and ink are at play here for added effect. After listening to their stories, bruce surprises them by appearing as batman. Today, detective comics is the longest still published comic book series released in the us. Jim steranko turned the comic book industry on its ear when he burst on the scene in 1966. If you needed a book to sell, you got neal to do the cover. A click on the cover leads to the large cover view, a click on. In the 1960s, warren publishing revived unapologetic horror comics in the form of creepy magazine and. Our exploration covers key comics moments through essays, interviews, sidebars, and indexes. Batman 217 neal adams comics 1970s batman comic amazon com batman by neal adams book two 9781401285784.

Bruce wayne takes a group of children on a camping trip and learns what they think of batman. Dceased 4 arthur suydam joker variant nm batman zombies. This page contains all cover art images in the database for this particular comic series. In his first story, batman was introduced as uninteresting socialite bruce wayne. It follows the silver age of comic books, and is followed by the modern age of comic books. Here you can find over 23,000 scans of vintage comic book covers, all unwatermarked and yours for the taking. Commissioner gordon faces the possibility that his old friend, batman, may be a murderer. House of mystery was not a title born of the 1970s. Batmans 1970s creators ernie chan the thought balloon.

Only very minute printing and bindery defects or the most barely noticeable handling defects present. So without further ado, please enjoy the 80 funniest batman cover to celebrate the batboys. The comic book debuted in 1951 during the horror boom fueled by e. This week we feature the marvelatlas western titles. Best batman stories of the 1970s bronze age comic books. Western gunfighters 1956, western outlaws, and western outlaws and sheriffs. The top 25 best batman comics and graphic novels ign. When public opinion turned against horror comics, the house of mystery survived by drastically toning down its horror content.

Cbr senior writer brian cronin has been writing professionally about comic books for over a dozen years now at cbr. Get the best deals on batman bronze age comics 19701983 when you. I just didnt give batman a thought until i noticed a batman comic book cover at the newstand that would change my life. This is the third article in our series, following from most valuable golden age comics and most valuable silver age comics. Check out the covers for the joker 80th anniversary comic. Whether its in the comics, 1966 tv show, or the batman motion pictures, every batman fan fantasizes about having their own batcave. But my favorite cover of the prebatman era is from issue four, featuring a detective who. Here are your picks for the 75 greatest batman covers of alltime. The batmoble was taken to comic book conventions and comic con in the u. See more ideas about batman, coloring books and vintage coloring books.

Though far simpler than some of batmans other greatest covers, the content speaks for itself. May 18, 20 comic art from the swingin, far out 70s. Aug 18, 2014 batman s best covers last updated by on aug 18, 2014 07. So the 1970s saw a reformation of the detective element of the genre. The web of the spinner, script by bill finger, pencils by sheldon moldoff, inks by charles paris. This book and the edition dedicated to superman both appeared in 1971 and to own hardcover collections of both of my favorite comic book heroes was a special treat. With a career that has spanned almost 80 years within the pages of thousands upon thousands of comics, creating a list of his most memorable covers. Last, daughter of the demon is the introduction of one of the most interesting batman characters yet, ras al ghul. So the 1970 s saw a reformation of the detective element of the genre. It remains one of the most straightforward and iconic covers in the series, relying on shadow and darkness to drive home the point almost as if robin was the last. The book was a single story one shot and the cover was dark and grey and batman was hanging upside down from a tree. Batman from the 30s to the 70s comic books, from the 30s to the 70s bridwell, e. Being the archetype superhero character model for all the others, his relevance and entire comicmythos are without equal.