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American Comics A History 592 Pages

Resources

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Comic Book Companies

Some General Resources for Comic Book info

Historical resources

Comics.org specific historical data - title, artists, dates, etc

Comic Book business specialty media - news (and an awful lot of promo for new Marvel/DC stuff)

Media Articles of note

Copyright Wars of the Superheroes


Batman-modern-shirt-logo

Batman Shirt Modern Logo – Amazon


Comic Book Resources

Word Balloons - audio podcasts with interviews and commentary.

Comic Readers - Guide to online web comic readers and Apps.

Diamond Distributors - The biggest middle man in comics.

Top Comic Book Companies - A simple list of who the major players in Comic Book Publishing.

Panel Syndicate - online comic book stories in "old school" format.

Comichron - Numbers and selling records

Quality Comix – Free online comic book pricing guide plus additional information.

Artists re-interpreting comic book covers


Historical Resources

Digital Museum - Copyright free comics public domain

Komikero Museum web site - dedicated to comic books of the Philippines

Will Eisner giving a talk on the Graphic Novel - at the Library of Congress in 2003


Media articles:

August 2021: Corto Maltese - History of the comic book island – Cinemablend

More Comic Book resources!


COMICS.ORG

Historical data on various series

The comics.org site has a huge amount of data. I found it faster to access certain titles by saving direct links to soecific pages instead of using the search tool on the site. Below is a list of series listed by title with a direct link to the comics.org database entry.

What's below is meant as a time saving link list.

comics.org - Main Page

52 - DC Series 2006

All American Comics 1939+

Aquaman 1 - 75 August 1994 - January 2001

Adventure Comics

action comics

Action Comics November 2011 - present

All Star Squadron 67 issues 1981 - March 1987

Amazing Adventures - Marvel - Nov 1970

Amazing Spiderman 1963+

Amazing Spider-Man 2015

comics amazing spider-man 1999+

Archies Pals-N-Gals 1952

avengers 1963+

batgirl 2000 73 issues

batgirl 2009-2011 24 issues

Batgirl NEW 52 | November 2011 - July 2016

Batman Original Series

Batman New 52

Batman and Robin Nov 2011 - 2015

Batman Eternal

Batman Family 1976

Batwoman - January 2011 - May 2015

Betty and Veronica - March 1950 - April 1987

Betty and Veronica - June 1987 - 2015

Black Canary - August 2015 - August 2016 #1-#12

Black Cat 1946

Birds of Prey January 1999 - April 2009

Bunny 1966 series

Brave and the Bold

Captain America 1968

Catwoman 2002 - 89 issues

Catwoman 2011

Conan

Daredevil April 1964 - October 1998

Daredevil

DC Comics Presents July-August 1978 - September 1986 - #1-#97

Dell Giant September 1959 - September 1961

detective comics

Detective Comics November 2011 - Present

Doom Patrol 1964

Flash Comics January 1940 - February 1949

Flash February-March 1959 - October 1985

Fantastic Four - 1996-1997

Fantastic Four 1961 - 1996 461 issues

Frankenstein Briefer

Frankenstein Marvel Comics January 1973 - September 1975

Green Lantern - 1960 - 1971

Green Lantern - July 2005 - August 2011

Guardians of the Galaxy 2015 series

Harley Quinn January 2014 - September 2016

Harley Quinn Rebirth 2016

Hero for Hire - 1972

House of Mystery 1951-January 1952 - October 1983

Hulk

Huntress April 1989 - October 1990

incredible hulk 1968

infinity inc 1984

inhumans October 1975 - August 1977

Joker 1975 9 issues

Jonah Hex January 2006 - October 2011

Jonah Hex - All Star Western November 2011 - October 2014

Justice league 1961

Justice League 1989 May 1989 - August 1996 #26 - #113

Justice League 2011 October 2011 - August 2016 57 issues

Justice League 2016 Mid-September 2016 - June 2018

Justice League 2017 [March] 2017 - [November] 2018

Justice League 2018 Early August 2018 - Present

Justice League 2006 September 2006 - October 2011 60 issues

Justice League AdventuresJanuary 2002 - October 2004

Justice League Europe

Justice League of America April 2017 - June 2018 29 issues

Justice League Unlimited November 2004 - August 2008 46 Issues

Kamandi 1972

Laugh 1946 381 issues Archie

Legion of Superheroes 1980-1984 | #259 - #313

Limited Collectors Edition DC

Lois Lane 1958

Mad Magazine EC 1952

Marvel Age 140 issues

Marvel Premier 1972-1981

Marvel Super-Heroes December 1967 - January 1982

Marvel Tales August 1949 - August 1957

Ms Marvel January 1977 - April 1979

Ms. Marvel May 2006 - April 2010 #1 - #50

Our Army at War August 1952 - February 1977

Powergirl

ROM December 1979 - February 1986

Sensation Comics

Spider-Woman 1980

Star Spangled Comics October 1941 - July 1952 130 issues

Star Spangled War Stories November 1952 - February-March 1977 204 issues

Strange Adventures - August-September 1950 - October-November 1973

Strange Tales - June 1951 - May 1968 - 1 - #168

Sub-Mariner - 1941

Sub-Mariner - 1952

Sub-Mariner 1968+

suicide squad November 2011 - July 2014

Suicide Squad Oct 2016 +

Superboy 1949 - 1977

Supergirl 2005

Supergirl 2011

Superman 1937+

Superman 1987 +

Superman 2006 - 2011

Superman 2011 - 2016

Superman 2018+

Superman / Wonder Woman 2013

Superman pal Jimmy Olson

Superwoman rebirth 18 issues October 2016 - March 2018

Tales to Astonish January 1959 - March 1968

Tales of Suspense 1963

Tarzan April 1972 - February 1977

The Shadow 1973 series

Tor 1975

Trinity 2008

Uncanny X-Men - February 1981 - 2011

Unexpected 1968+

Weird Mystery 24 issues

wonder woman original

Wonder Woman 1987 +

Wonder Woman 2006

Wonder Woman 2011

Wonder Woman 2016 (rebirth)

Worlds Finest Summer 1941 - January 1986

Worlds' Finest July 2012 - May 2015 #1 - #32

Zatanna - July 2010 - October 2011 #1-#16


Some other Comic Book web sites

Catwoman - Tumblr fansite

Fangirl - Catwoman timeline "The complete definitive Catwoman origin"

Show and Tell - comic online Ongoing Series - appears to have stopped

Scott McDaniel comic art – Christian | Comics Creator Writer/Artist | Freelance Artist

Graphix 01 - Graphics for everyone - Features comics creators: Faith Erin Hicks, Gene Luen Yang, Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham The Mcelroys The McElroys, Kiku Hughes, Mariko Tamaki, Brian “Box” Brown

neotextcorp – not just images, but some thoughtful text on images or on an artists career or work (for example, Frazetta).

Comic Book Herald

Heroes and Villains

http://www.comicartcommunity.com/

bristolboard.tumblr.com/

Comic Chron best selling comics lists

Digital Museum - Copyright free comics public domain

Comic X Aminer - Actions figures comics - Last update is from June 2020

DEAD 3/2021 – Comics Vault Tumblr - http://thecomicsvault.tumblr.com/

DEAD 3/2021 – Argo City - Supergirl Site – http://argocity.powermad.net/


Comic Book Specialty Media

Bleeding Cool

Bounding into Comics

CBR Comic Book Resources

comicbook.com

Comic Book Movie

Comics Continuum

Comic Watch

Cosmic Book

Daily Cartoonist

Den of Geek

Newsarama [Games Radar]

Polygon

Superhero Hype

Superhero News


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American Comics: A History – W. W. Norton & Company, November 16, 2021, 592 pages



Original Page April 2018 | Updated Feb 4, 2022