TagsTagsTonight's image from the Lizard Collection is an unusual and somewhat rare item: issue #1 of "Iron Man and Sub-Mariner," published in April 1968. It's unusual because issue #1 was also the only issue ever published by Marvel Comics under this title, by design. At this time, Marvel was promoting all ...
Comic Books, Lizard Collection, Marvel Comics, Iron Man, Sub-Mariner, Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gene Colan
Marvel's "Not Brand Echh" was a short-lived (13 issues) attempt at humor in the style of Mad Magazine, mostly poking fun at their own superhero characters, but occasionally taking shots at their DC rivals as well. The Lizard Collection's copy of the first issue (published in August 1967) isn't in ...
Comic Books, Lizard Collection, Marvel Comics, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Silver Age, Not Brand Echh
Tonight's photo from the Lizard Collection is issue #103 of the resurrected Captain America series, featuring another classic Jack Kirby cover drawing of the fearsome Red Skull. This copy is in great condition, with amazingly unfaded inks, white pages, and shiny staples. Click to enlarge Marvel Studios is releasing their first Captain ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Captain America, Lizard Collection, Jack Kirby, Silver Age
Tonight's cover image from the Lizard Collection is one of my favorite Jack Kirby illustrations, a great example of his "energy foam" style, with a full color Silver Surfer overlaid on a dramatic duochrome background: issue #72 of Fantastic Four, published in March 1968. The LC copy is in excellent condition ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Fantastic Four, Lizard Collection, Jack Kirby, Silver Age, Silver Surfer
Tonight's cover image from the Lizard Collection is a near-mint condition copy of one of Jack Kirby's masterpieces: the angst-ridden, history-haunted dark blue illustration for issue #107 in Volume 1 of the Captain America series, published in November 1968. Click to enlarge A synopsis of the storyline from the Marvel Comics Database: ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Captain America, Lizard Collection, Jack Kirby, Silver Age
Here's one of the oldest comic books in the Lizard Collection: Journey Into Mystery #99, published in December 1963, featuring the artwork of Don Heck and Artie Simek. (And the writing of Stan Lee, natch.) Click to enlarge On the back cover: "Give Me Just One Evening and I'll Teach You to ...
Tonight's cover image from the Lizard Collection is a pretty rare issue, in excellent condition with white pages and bright inks: the Amazing Spider-Man #36, published in May 1966. This was the first appearance of the recurring mad scientist character called "The Looter" (aka "Meteor Man"), and has a great ...
Rare, Lizard Collection, Collectibles, Spider-Man, Marvel Comics, Comic Books, Whoopee Cushion
Tonight's classic cover image from the Silver Age of Marvel Comics: issue #68 of The Amazing Spider-Man, published in January 1969. Among collectors this is considered an important issue, because it marked the beginning of the complex, long-running storyline of the "Petrified Tablet," an ancient stone tablet that grants its ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare
The Green Lantern movie is coming out next year, and that's all the excuse I need to post another comic book cover from the Lizard Collection: Green Lantern #55, published in September 1967. Our copy is in excellent condition with minor spine stresses, sharp corners, and bright inks; it isn't ...
Comic Books, DC Comics, Green Lantern, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
The Amazing Spider-Man #64 was published in September 1968, and featured a beautifully detailed cover illustration by John Romita. (Is that a Volkswagen just behind Spidey's right foot?) The Lizard Collection's copy is in near-mint (to mint) condition; the paper is so bright and the ink so unfaded, it looks and ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare
Published in December 1966, tonight's cover image from the Lizard Collection is issue #57 of Fantastic Four, another classic Stan Lee-Jack Kirby work from the Silver Age of Marvel. Click to embiggen
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Fantastic Four, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare, Doctor Doom
Here's another amazingly well-preserved comic book from the Lizard Collection: Spider-Man #62, published in July 1968. Our copy is in near mint condition, with unfaded inks and white pages, and a beautiful cover by the great John Romita Sr. (I guess Aunt May never told Spidey he shouldn't get a redhead ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare
Tonight's cover image from the Lizard Collection: a "very fine" to "near mint" copy of Captain Marvel #1, originally published in May 1968. Wikipedia has some interesting details on the unique history of this book: Captain Marvel (Marvel Comics). Following a trial in which DC Comics sued Fawcett Comics for ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Captain Marvel, Collectibles, Rare, Lizard Collection
Tonight's near-mint condition cover from the Lizard Collection: issue #102 of the new Captain America series, which began with issue #100. It's especially relevant in light of the many sleepers we have seen awaken at LGF since the "Ground Zero Mosque" nontroversy began. Click to embiggen
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Tonight's action-packed cover from the Lizard Collection: issue #2 of Jim Steranko's Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., published in July 1968 with the low-key title "So Shall Ye Reap Death!" Steranko wrote the script, drew the pencil artwork, and according to some sources did much of the inking as well. There's ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Nick Fury, Collectibles, Rare, Lizard Collection, Psychedelia, Pop Art, Steranko
Another classic cover from the Lizard Collection's Marvel section: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers at the height of their talents, originally published in January 1966. This great team of artists would re-imagine the same concept two years later, on a smaller scale, in Captain America #104. Click to embiggen
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Avengers, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare, #24
Tonight's image from the Lizard Collection is not the most valuable book in our collection, but it's probably the rarest. Published in September 1963, here's the first issue of one of Marvel's most successful titles: The X-Men. I bought this used at a small locally owned bookstore on King Street in ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, X-Men, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare, #1
Tonight's cover from the Lizard Collection is in incredible near-mint condition: Captain America #104, published in August 1968, the fifth issue of the resurrected Captain America series. This is an illustration Quentin Tarantino would appreciate -- a circular firing squad by a mob of Red Skull cronies. This book will soon ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Captain America, Red Skull, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare, CGC
Since the New Black Panther Party has been the race-baiting rage lately, here’s a related cover image from the Lizard Collection: issue #52 of Fantastic Four, a classic released in July 1966, an arguably more innocent and open time. This book featured the first appearance of African superhero Black Panther, ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Fantastic Four, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare, Black Panther
Today’s classic cover from the Lizard Collection is issue #11 of Fantasy Masterpieces, an anthology series in which Marvel reprinted some of their earlier comics. After this issue the title was changed from “Fantasy Masterpieces” to “Marvel Super-Heroes.” Click to embiggen The inside back cover is another type of classic, an advertisement ...
Comics, Comic Books, Fantasy Masterpieces, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Art, Rare
Tonight’s classic cover from the Lizard Collection: issue #5 of Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD, published in October 1968. The gorgeous psychedelic cover is by the great Jim Steranko, who also wrote the story and pencilled the interior artwork. Our copy of this book is in very fine to near mint ...
Comics, Comic Books, Nick Fury, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Art, Rare, Jim Steranko
Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Dick Ayers — Marvel’s A team — created this beautiful piece of pop art in May 1964. The Fantastic Four’s Human Torch and the X-Men’s Iceman squabble over girlfriends and beat the hell out of some pirates. What’s not to like? The Lizard Collection’s copy shows ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Strange Tales, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare
Here’s one of the more oddball comics in the Lizard Collection: The Adventures of Bob Hope, issue #106, published in September 1967. The series began in February 1950; according to Wikipedia: In the early 1950s, with sales for superhero themed comics on the decline, National Periodical Publications began licensing the ...
Comic Books, DC Comics, Bob Hope, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare
Tonight’s cover image from the Lizard Collection: issue #30 of The Amazing Spider-Man, published in November 1965, a classic Stan Lee-Steve Ditko-Artie Simek work of art. Click to embiggen
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare
Tonight’s cover image from the Lizard Collection is another rare edition of The Amazing Spider-Man: issue #41, published in October 1966, featuring the first appearance of The Rhino. The Lizard Collection’s copy is in great shape, with some marks on the cover but with bright unfaded inks and white pages. ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Rare