Canadian comic books golden age

The bcw golden age backing boards are made from a full 24 point solid bleached sulfate, coated on one side with a 3% buffer of calcium carbonate, and precision cut to size. In modern times, comic book superheroes tend to view armed conflict with a healthy dose of skepticism regardless of which side theyre on. The joe shuster awards celebrate canadians who create comics at home or abroad. Best canadian white collection ever assembled golden age. Some strict collectors consider the era finished by 1950. Shuster modeled supermans metropolis after his memories of toronto, and the newspaper clark kent worked for after the toronto daily star, which he had delivered as a child. Golden age collectables, vancouver, comic shop, comics, collectibles, toys, statues, comic books, graphic novels, comic shirts, dc comics, marvel comics, image comics. Get the best deals on collectible golden age comics reprints 193855. Here we get to see some of the goings on of the day, the key players and their creations. Even seasoned collectors may have problems attaining comics from this era. Canadian whites were world war iiera comic books published in canada that featured colour covers with blackandwhite interiors. In the burgeoning golden age of comic books that had begun in the late 30s, she was a contemporary of millionselling american stalwarts like superman, batman and captain marvel. Bell features, the truest of canadian golden age comics published several titles during the 40s including the aforementioned active comics.

Comic books as we know them have been around since the 1930s. They became widespread and popular and many still popular comic book icons made their debut, beginning in the mid 1930s and ending around the mid1950s. The golden age of canadian superheroes 2 comic book. Initially it was intended for use specifically to refer to the indiginous black and white comics. Please browse by publishers or series names and check out all the great covers.

Use this item to protect and store your collectible golden age comic books. Labonog, keston fulcher, robert cat conrad, and matt nelson. Canadian golden age comics prices archives comic book daily. Golden age comic books cgc graded golden age comics. We are the original and still the premier site to read and download golden and silver age comic books. Some consider the golden age 1938 to 1945 and the atom age 1946 to 1956. I was 18, and in my second year of university when i discovered the golden age of canadian comic books. But supermans first appearance in action comics in june 1938 ushered in a new age of super hero and. Golden age canadian comic book cover art canadian whites 24 trading cards centuryretrostore 4. The cover story was the first appearance of superman, drawn by torontoborn joe shuster. American comic books were barred from crossing the border into canada when the war exchange conservation act passed in december 1940. But that wasnt the case during world war ii, when costumed dogooders from superman all the way down to the lowliest nobody of a crime fighter eagerly signed up to wallop the axis powers on behalf of uncle sam.

The golden age of comic books has not only shaped some of the stories, heroes and villains we all know and love today, but it left behind some of the most valuable comic books around since they are historically. Sparkle city comics is most interested in purchasing comic books pre1985, so if youre interested in selling your golden age, silver age or bronze age comics, give us a call at 8007439205. Comicconnect the online marketplace for comic buyers. Canada jack was an athlete that battled the 5th column saboteurs on the canadian home front in canadian heroes comic books. This period, which witnessed an explosion of englishcanadian comic book publishing, is now described as the. A book like cap 74 probably benefits from being an unusual version of a high demand book, but in general the superior editions of superhero timely books seem to have a. This period, which lasted until late 1946, was known as the golden age of canadian comics, when the adventures of nelvana of the north, johnny canuck, freelance, and countless moreorless. A new character created by two young men from cleveland was featured on the cover. This page will deal with the most valuable of all, golden age comic books. The golden age describes an era in the creation of comic books published between the years of 1938 and 1955. The golden age of canadian comics, an inuit goddess and. Id say the least desirable are the dc and other editions from the late 40searly 50s that have fewer pages than their us counterparts.

Golden age experts of the collectors society participated in the heritage auctionscertified guaranty company poll, conducted by society members benjamin j. Where i left off speculating as to why the final issues of active comics went bizarrely out of routine, recalling their regular titles and importing new ones, i pick up now with commando comics. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the silver age began. Canadian golden age comics archives comic book daily. Notable, longrunning titles published by quality included blackhawk, feature comics, g. Different value for canadian editions of golden age comics. These are the years when comics were considered a new and exciting form of art. In order to fill in the void and supply canadian kids appetite for comic books, anglo american and maple leaf publishing started publishing comics in march 1941. The golden age describes an era in the creation of comic books published between the. In the burgeoning golden age of comic books that had begun in the late 30s, she was a contemporary of millionselling american stalwarts like superman, batman and.

The even better news is that all the content is free and legal. The golden age for comic books is known for plots that dont appear in modern day comics. Yes, canada actually does have a golden age of comics. Comic books, like jazz, are a north american invention that has been embraced all over the globe and from the platinum age to the present, canadian artists, writers and cartoonists have been shaping it along the way. There we had about three dozen books, most in midgrade to better. It concerns the golden age dc comics superheroes entering the 1950s and facing the advent of mccarthyism. Two of the most common are androids and heroes that needed to convince someone close, or the public at large, that their heroic persona and their alter ego were in fact different people. As you can see, comic books have gone through a clear evolutionary path to get us to where we are today. Collectors and comic aficionados are quick to knock canadian wartime blackandwhite comics to. Golden age comic books cgc graded golden age comics da. Bcwbbgol golden age size comic backing boards 100 boards. The golden age is a 1993 fourissue elseworlds comic book miniseries by writer james robinson and artist paul smith.

Notable characters include nelvana of the northern lights, johnny canuck, brok windsor, and canada jack. This months auction, even though it has almost double the amount of books 61, has them in mostly in lower grades. Comic book plus free and legal public domain books. Shortly after dc shifted from the large 52 page comic format to the smaller 36 pages in the early 1950s. Welcome to comic book plus, the site where every day is party day. It is important to note that canadian whites, these vestiges of canadian pop culture, helped create a canadian identity within their pages. Gallery of world war ii superhero comic book covers. The best collection of canadian whites ever assembled premieres in this summer featured auction. Plus, we also hold a large and growing selection of comic strips and pulp fiction. After the success of superman and batman in 1938, dozens of new publishers sprang up and unleashed hundreds of new super heroes on the comic.

If you need a comic reader app for your pc, i suggest cdisplay dime comics for ipad is an ios application. Quality comics was an american comic book publishing company that operated from 1937 to 1956 and was largely influential in creating the golden age of comic books. Combat, plastic man, police comics, smash comics and the spirit. Collectible golden age comics reprints 193855 for sale. The first decade and a half of comic books has been labeled as the golden age. I believe the golden age is 1938 with the debut of action comics right through december of 1949. Top 100 most valuable comic books of the golden age 19381956 the 100 most valuable comic books from each age. The goal was identifying golden age comic books 19371949 with the most impressive covers.

The golden age of comic books useful notes tv tropes. The period has been called the golden age of canadian comics. In fact, they are among the older and more desirable comics on the market. Canadas golden age of comics during wwii canadian comics started during the second world war, when luxury goods like american comic books were banned from being imported. Researcher hope nicholson and canadian comics golden age.

The golden age of comic books is best known for having birthed superheroes such as superman, batman and wonder woman. This post is for informational purposes for those of you that are unfamiliar with these incredible comic books that came out of canada during the golden age era. In june of 1938, national allied publications began a new comicbook series, featuring several different heroes. Like many comics readers, the golden age is a time long ago known to most of us by the writings of fans of that age like roy thomas. The golden age of comics comics have been in existence since the end of the 19th century, but it was after the depression that the popularity of newspaper cartoons expanded into a. New listing the golden age of comic books 19371945 richard obrien original action comics. A site dedicated to the golden age of canadian comic book history. Enjoy free downloads of as many issues as you like straight to your computer.