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Not Brand Echh #1: Who Says a Comic Book Has to Be Good?

Sun, May 22, 2011 at 6:50 pm PDT

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

Captain America #103, July 1968: The Weakest Link

Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 4:21 pm PDT

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

Fantastic Four #72: Where Soars the Silver Surfer!

Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 5:53 pm PST

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

Captain America #107: If the Past Be Not Dead

Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 6:21 pm PST

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

Betty and Me, with Handcuffs

Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 6:53 pm PDT

Published in December 1967, issue #11 of "Betty and Me" was just bursting with double entendre goodness. Click to embiggen

Comic Books, Archie, Betty and Me, Silver Age, Handcuffs