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Back issue comics find vintage golden and silver age books. Never one of marvels hot titles, xmen was cancelled in march 1970, surviving only in reprints until the debut of the allnew, alldifferent team in 1975. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. Official overstreet comic book price guide companion sc 1990 4th edition. Silver age comic read silver age comic online in high quality.
The silver age of comic books was followed by the bronze age. Yet, while dc was responsible for this first sign of new life in the comic book industry, marvel comics was able to capitalize even more from this trend as the 60s came around. Index of superhero supervillain origin and first appearance comics. One silver age bag can hold several modern age comics, which makes a stiff enough package that backing boards arent needed. Official overstreet comic book price guide companion sc 1988 2nd edition. Nov 10, 2016 when comparing the silverage xmen to the recordsetting sales juggernaut that the team would become in the 80s and 90s, its remarkable how things changed over this time.
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Includes all comic books published during the period of 1956 to 1970. Note that this is the period that spawned the 60s batman series, and no, this is not a coincidence. The number 1 free online comic book community featuring a comic book price guide database, friends, lists, blogs, and more. This led a market boom, where retail shops and publishers made huge profits and many companies, large and small, expanded their lines.
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