TagsTagsTonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection is a Marvel Silver Age classic: the first appearance of the revived Captain America in his own magazine, published in April 1968. Captain America was originally conceived during World War II, as a sickly wimp who took an experimental drug and gained super powers. He ...
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Fantastic Four #48, released in March 1966, marked the debut of one of Marvel Comics’ most popular characters, the Silver Surfer. Following the photo is an interesting story about this issue from the Silver Surfer’s Wikipedia page. The Lizard Collection’s copy of this book has some minor flaws on the cover, ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Fantastic Four, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
I bought this rare 1945 edition of Frankenstein (Classics Illustrated #26) at a used bookstore in Hawaii when I was a mere sprout, and it stayed in remarkably good condition considering that nobody took any special efforts to preserve it. The interior pages are also in great shape. UPDATE at 3/27/10 ...
Comics, Comic Books, Classics Illustrated, Frankenstein, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Cheap political snark via #Eerie Magazine #16 (July 1968), from the Lizard Collection of Creepy and Eerie mags. This is another book in really good condition, after being stored in a sealed wooden crate for more than 40 years; because they were kept away from light, the fading of ink ...
Comics, Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Fantastic Four, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Here’s a highly prized comic book in the Lizard Collection: a very well-preserved copy of Fantastic Four #50. It’s one of the books we’re planning to submit to the CGC for grading. This is the third in a series that started with issue #48 — “The Coming of Galactus,” which marked ...
Comics, Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Fantastic Four, Collectibles
One of the reasons I’m visiting family this week is to determine the value of a trove of 1960s era comic books that my mom kept in a sealed wooden crate for more than 40 years. My brother and I have been amazed at the almost new condition of a ...
Comics, Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Frank Zappa, Collectibles