Ec comic book values

The first comic book appearance of harley quinn suicide. Entertaining comics, more commonly known as ec comics, was an american publisher of comic books. The title originated in 1950 when harvey kurtzman suggested to william gaines that they publish an adventure comic. Not only is this perhaps the most famous ec story of all time, it is by any definition one of the most influential, analyzed, and critically acclaimed stories ever to appear in a comic book. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. Prime auction ends monday may 4 to wednesday may 6. Like dc comics wonder woman, moon girl was the princess of an isolated tribe of warrior women, and fought evil in her telepathically controlled. Bill gaines retained editorial control of the publication until his death in 1992. Initially, ec was owned by maxwell gaines and specialized in educational and childoriented. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Start your comic book search using the premier free comic book price guide. Search comic price guide browse by publisher new comics newest cover scans story arcs genres creators characters beta grading guide recent value changes report missing issues. Most comic book lovers pledge allegiance to either dc comicsfeaturing that famous alien from krypton and aquaman, among many othersor marvel comics, which gave us the webslinging spiderman, the new mutants and patriotic captain america.

If youve stumbled across a treasure trove of comics, then sell my comic books is a great place to find out what you have. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading choke gasp. The letters page comments on ec s ray bradbury adaptations with a disingenuous implication that the author approved them from the beginning. When more than one comic is offered in a particular listing, the entire sale is disregarded. Keep in mind that this is also the first ec archive with only 5 issues collected instead of the usual 6 so it is not the value of the earlier archives. Official overstreet comic book price guide companion sc 1990 4th edition. Twofisted tales is an anthology war comic published bimonthly by ec comics in the early 1950s. Mad magazine prices collector collectible price guide.

The entertaining comics ec line of comics were initially published as tencent comic books from 19501955. Ec comics mad magazine values find out more about ec comics, including all the classic horror titles, crime patrol, picture romance, and many more. A comic book editor has endured five years worth of sweating and toiling for his publisher, and never is given the credit. These comic books were accused of having no redeeming value to society and were effectively banned by the actions of these groups in creating the comics. You can also connect with others in the comic industry to further and enhance everyones comic experience. Cialis samples, tadalafil sales online marvel comics dc. Get the best deals on ec comic book collections when you shop the largest. As is wellknown now, feldstein swiped the stories without authorization, but bradbury called them on it, and soon an agreement was worked out in which ec paid bradbury for the adaptations. Max himself was a pioneer in the comic book industry, producing famous funnies and carnival of comics in 193334. If you dont want to search by a particular field, simply leave it blank.

Kurtzman became the editor of twofisted tales, and with the advent of the korean war, he soon narrowed the focus to war stories. Movies are sending some comics values skyrocketing. Tick dracy dick tracy parody with art by bill elder, baseball jargongolf matchfootball termsbasketball art by jack davis, spots before your eyes art by joe orlando, and you too can hook a zillionaire how to marry a millionaire movie parody starring marilyn monroe. Frequently called the citizen kane of comic books, the hardhitting, poignant story master race was coplotted by bill gaines with writer al feldstein. Forbes takes privacy seriously and is committed to transparency. The bimonthly comic was published by william gaines and edited by al feldstein. He later became copublisher of dcnational along with harry donenfeld, left, founded all american comics, was bought out by dc, and founded ec. He is president and publisher of gemstone publishing inc. Read more top 60 most valuable horror comic books find out the value of the worlds most desirable and rare horror comic books, and have yours appraised for free. Packed with fantastic information, this book is a fun read, even if you dont collect comics. Sell my comic books presents an ec comics online price guide. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Clearly, some of these items may not, and probably do not exist in that grade. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection.

Gemstone publishing comic book values comics price guide. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. In fact, they are among the older and more desirable comics on the market. With each pricing update we compute and show here the 100 most valuable comic books. Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. If youve found some of these horror comic books, find out values. Tracing the evolution of comic books by looking at the. To search for specific issues, enter a range in the issue numbers field using commas and dashes. When it comes to rare comic books, few are as important as the origin and 1st appearance of batman. Publisher bill gaines and editiorwriter artist al feldstein were pioneers in the field of horror and science fiction comics, since before they came along, most comics focused on themes of superheroes, western, romance, and crime. Here are 10 reasons comic books are the best investment there is, super salesman vincent zurzolo tells al lewis. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Spiderman 2099 second edition1st printing 200 mint condition frank millers ronin book 6.

Official overstreet comic book price guide companion sc 1988 2nd edition. Get the best deals on ec golden age comics 19381955 when you. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. Coming in november 2019, the overstreet price guide to batman is now available for preorder.

Moon girl is a character from the golden age of comic books and has since slipped into the public domain. Spiderman 2099 second edition1st printing 200 mint condition frank millers roninbook 6. Psychoanalysis was approved by the comics code authority, but newsstands were reluctant to. The flash dc comics silver age values learn what the silver age flash comic books are worth in this article.

With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option. Batman is one of the worlds bestknown and mostloved superheroes. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. Buy products related to ec comic reprint products and see what customers say. Published by the infamous ec comics, crime suspenstories includes classic gory covers. Psychoanalysis was a comic book published by ec comics in 1955 the fifth title in its new direction line. In its 48th annual edition, the overstreet comic price guide is the market leader, with good reason. Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. The official archives including the complete history of ec comics and the hit television series diehl, digby on. 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. Easily search titles such as amazing spiderman, batman, xmen and the black panther. Official overstreet comic book price guide companion sc 2008 38th edition. The number 1 free online comic book community featuring a comic book price guide database, friends, lists, blogs, and more. Even seasoned collectors may have problems attaining comics from this era.

The best of 75 years of ec comics kindle edition by kurtzman, harvey, severin, john, wood, wally, ingels, graham, krigstein, bernie. Entertaining comics, more commonly known as ec comics, was an american publisher of comic books, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction from the 1940s through the mid1950s, notably the tales from the crypt series. The 100 most influential pages in comic book history. Enter your search criteria, then click search to bring up a list of matches. Official overstreet comic book price guide companion sc 1989 3rd edition. We make every possible effort to only report on the price paid for individual comics. Its entertaining stuff but lacks the punch of the previous new trend titles. Listings and values for their comics 1993 bud plant illustrated books biographies. This particular myth is getting true day by day and i would rather accept this myth as a truth because both drinking as well as smoking are unhealthy habits and you need to stay away from these habits if you want to live longer and stay healthy. The comics codes strict boundaries eliminated any suspense to my mind. Pencils jack davis, reed crandall, graham ingels, george evans, bernie krigstein. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. Find out what issues of mad magazine, vault of horror, tales from the crypt and more are.

Moon girl clare lune is a fictional character published by ec comics from 1947 to 1949. Geppi became part owner of the baltimore orioles in 1993, and in 1994 purchased baltimore magazine. Use our articles to identify and value the comic books in your collection, or let us do the hard work for you with a free appraisal. We follow a strict set of guidelines in order to deliver the best possible comic book values. Rating impotence as only a physical problem would be wrong because more than. The official archives including the complete history of ec comics and the hit television series. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.