TagsTagsCNN has the earth-shattering news that eternal teenage comic book character Archie and his pals Betty, Veronica, Jughead, and Reggie will soon have a new friend — a new gay friend. The story begins when Kevin comes to Riverdale and promptly beats Jughead in a burger-eating contest. This gets ...
Comic Books, Archie Comics, Betty and Me, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Published in August 1968, here’s issue #1 of The Silver Surfer, a 25-cent “book-length” comic that told the story of the super-powered goofy-footed silvery alien’s origin. The Lizard Collection’s copy of this key comic book is in terrific shape (with some minor wear along the upper spine). Inks are clear ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Silver Surfer, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection is a little more beat up than most of our comics, but that’s because it’s a little older — Tales of Suspense #47, published in November 1963, featuring Iron Man with his original (kinda clunky) armor design. The background for this cover is apparently ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Tales of Suspense, Iron Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection: issue #20 of The X-Men, published in May 1966. The story in this one involved a super-powerful alien who called himself (or itself) Lucifer, and who turned out to be the villain responsible for crippling the leader of the X-Men, Professor Xavier. Like most of ...
Comics, Comic Books, X-Men, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Art
Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection has one of the most dramatic covers ever drawn by John Romita Sr., in a story about Spider-Man getting a bad case of burn-out. Click to embiggen…
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In issue #55 of the Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer tried to move in on Ben Grimm’s girl, which of course led to a titanic battle scene. The Lizard Collection’s copy of this comic book from October 1966 is in near mint condition. Click to embiggen…
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Here’s the Lizard Collection’s copy of the Avengers King-Size Special #1, which sold for 25 cents in September 1967. Another very well-preserved comic book with bright inks and off-white paper (from spending 45 years in a sealed wooden box). Click to embiggen…
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Avengers, Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection is another Marvel Silver Age classic, issue #2 of The Avengers, published in November 1963. A few creases on the cover, but otherwise excellent condition with bright unfaded colors and nice off-white pages.
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Tonight’s cover from the Lizard Collection is issue #16 of Daredevil, published in May 1966, in which Marvel’s blind superhero Daredevil faces down a very upset Spider-Man in yet another case of mistaken identity (Spidey thinks DD’s a bad guy), and much to everyone’s surprise, wins. Click to embiggen…
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection is issue #67 of “Tales to Astonish” (one of Marvel’s “farm team” comics), published in May 1965, featuring the Incredible Hulk and one of Marvel’s lesser efforts, Giant Man. This cover’s cool because it’s probably where director Ang Lee got the inspiration for one ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Incredible Hulk, Giant Man, Tales to Astonish, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Psychedelia
Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection is issue #1 of Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., when Marvel Comics started to get psychedelic. Notice the Peter Max influenced op-art. There’s a small tear on the top, and some small creases along the spine, but apart from those flaws this book is in ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Nick Fury, Collectibles, Lizard Collection, Psychedelia
Another very well-preserved comic book from the Lizard Collection: Amazing Spider-Man #39, the first Spider-Man comic drawn by John Romita after the abrupt departure of Steve Ditko.
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Issue #35 of The X-Men, published in August 1967, featured Spider-Man battling the mutant superhero team when they mistake him for a bad guy. Basically, Spidey kicks all of their asses and they end up apologizing to him. The Lizard Collection’s copy of this book is in fantastic shape; better than ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, X-Men, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection is a tragic image indeed, issue #38 of The Amazing Spider-Man — with a cover that’s gone missing. (The interior pages are in nearly new condition.)
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Amazing Spider-Man #34, published in March 1966, featured a recurring Marvel villain who also appeared in other comic books, Kraven the Hunter. The Lizard Collection’s copy is very clean; 40 years in a sealed wooden box kept it looking almost new.
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Today’s photo from the Lizard Collection: issue #40 of The Amazing Spider-Man, published in September 1966, billed on the cover as “The End of the Green Goblin” (but it wasn’t, of course — super-villains never die). This issue actually told the story of the origin of the Green Goblin: industrialist ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, Spider-Man, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
The cover of this book isn’t one of the best preserved in the Lizard Collection, but the interior’s in excellent shape, the pages are still very white, and the inks are vivid — X-Men #2, featuring the Vanisher, published in November 1963.
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, X-Men, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Tonight’s photo from the Lizard Collection: issue #160 of “The Mighty Thor,” published in January 1969, in which the hammer-wielding Norse demigod encountered Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s version of the ultimate being, Galactus. They sure knew how to make their images jump out of the page; check out Thor’s hammer ...
Comic Books, Marvel Comics, The Mighty Thor, Collectibles, Lizard Collection
Tonight’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 ...
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