Resources
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Some General Resources for Comic Book info
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)
Copyright Wars of the Superheroes
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
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
Aquaman 1 - 75 August 1994 - January 2001
Action Comics November 2011 - present
All Star Squadron 67 issues 1981 - March 1987
Amazing Adventures - Marvel - Nov 1970
comics amazing spider-man 1999+
Batgirl NEW 52 | November 2011 - July 2016
Batman Original Series
Batman New 52
Batman and Robin Nov 2011 - 2015
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
Daredevil April 1964 - October 1998
DC Comics Presents July-August 1978 - September 1986 - #1-#97
Dell Giant September 1959 - September 1961
Detective Comics November 2011 - Present
Flash Comics January 1940 - February 1949
Flash February-March 1959 - October 1985
Fantastic Four 1961 - 1996 461 issues
Frankenstein Marvel Comics January 1973 - September 1975
Green Lantern - July 2005 - August 2011
Guardians of the Galaxy 2015 series
Harley Quinn January 2014 - September 2016
House of Mystery 1951-January 1952 - October 1983
Huntress April 1989 - October 1990
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 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 of America April 2017 - June 2018 29 issues
Justice League Unlimited November 2004 - August 2008 46 Issues
Laugh 1946 381 issues Archie
Legion of Superheroes 1980-1984 | #259 - #313
Marvel Age 140 issues
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
ROM December 1979 - February 1986
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
suicide squad November 2011 - July 2014
Suicide Squad Oct 2016 +
Superman 2018+
Superwoman rebirth 18 issues October 2016 - March 2018
Tales to Astonish January 1959 - March 1968
Tarzan April 1972 - February 1977
The Shadow 1973 series
Tor 1975
Trinity 2008
Uncanny X-Men - February 1981 - 2011
Unexpected 1968+
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
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).
http://www.comicartcommunity.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
Original Page April 2018 | Updated Feb 4, 2022