Gcd comic book covers

These range from promotional comics to comics published by large mainstream comic companies such as marvel comics godzilla vs. Oct 20, 2005 has a database with info on just about every know comic there is with accompanying pic in high res. On a serious note, does anybody know how you can contribute money to the gcd. He is best known for his work in the 1970s at charlton comics, where he became american comic books first series creator known to be credited on covers, with the horror anthology midnight tales announcing created by wayne howard on each issue a declaration perhaps unique in the industry at. Suicide squad dc comics volume 1 comic book covers 167. This book came out in the latesummer of 1946, the final year of our weca comics, and the war had already been over. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building a database covering all printed comics throughout the world. See more ideas about comic books, vintage comics and comic book covers. The grand comics database gcd is a nonprofit, internetbased organization of international volunteers dedicated to building an open database covering all printed comics throughout the world.

Comicconnect the online marketplace for comic buyers. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use my. Comic book covers from other sources web sites or compilation cds are not allowed to be used unless you have obtained their permission. See more ideas about christmas comics, comics and comic covers.

New teen titans volume 1 textless covers, new teen titans volume 1 textless covers, comic volumes. At this point, i had enough to build a database with three tables. That id is used to construct urls that access the publication and contents information for the issue. The very first comic book addition to the ghostbusters franchise was the real ghostbusters. Give our search a try, take a look at the menu to the left to see how you can help us improve the site, or use to track and manage your comic collection. The grand comics database gcd is an ongoing international project to build a detailed comicbook database that will be easy to use and understand, and also easy for contributors to add information to it. For sale luke cage power man 17 marvel comics first issue hero for hire iron man comic book emorys memories. One of the reasons that i chose a time frame instead of going for the best of all time is because the art of the covers, the methods of creating them, and the role that covers play has changed drastically over the history of the comic book industry. All time best comic book covers viewers choice duration. This book has 36 pages and was uploaded by darwination on january 7, 2011.

John byrne and terry austins image of an older wolverine and an adult kate pryde being caught in a spotlight against a backdrop of posters showing the rest of the marvel mutantverse either dead or captured is not just one of the best covers to feature wolverine of alltime, but also it is one of the best comic book covers of alltime period. So in honor of the san diego comic con which i am not attending boo. The grand comics database project gcd is a volunteer project with the goal of documenting and indexing all comics for the free use of scholars, historians, researchers, and fans. If you have some comics that we have no info about, you could become an indexer.

See more ideas about comic book covers, comic books art and jack kirby art. Explore galleries of 450,000+ covers, from comic books to pulp to magazines. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Heres five more comic book covers with mermaids on them. Well, the conan cover features a cecaelia instead of a mermaid and a very odd cecaelia, with no human torso, just a human head, shoulders and breasts. Wayne howard 29 march 1949 9 december 2007, usa was an africanamerican comic book artist. The amazing covers of mac raboy cgc comic book collectors. The series protagonist, tor, is a prehistoric cave man who has fantasy adventures set in a realistically drawn setting. The original series only ran for five issues and ended in 1954. Although we appreciate large scans, there is no real need to go beyond 200 dpi, and a sweet point between quality and size lies at around 150dpi. In 1952 the first tom corbett, space cadet comic book was published by dell as part of their four color tryout series.

Lightning comics v3 01 ace magazines comic book plus. Tom corbett, roger manning and astro continue their training at the space academy as detailed by two major comic book publishers of the 1950s. The gcd acknowledges that the allencompassing research nature of the project may result in the posting of cover scans for comics with images that some may find. And it is possible, because the gcd includes cover scans.

A press release from member mike catron announces that gcd contributors make 300,000 comic book covers available online. Comic book covers comic books great stories cool photos empire fiction author around the worlds classic. Meanwhile, in 1940, republic pictures produced the 12 chapter serial adventures of red ryder starring donald barry, ever after known as red in the title role. Mar, 2017 john byrne and terry austins image of an older wolverine and an adult kate pryde being caught in a spotlight against a backdrop of posters showing the rest of the marvel mutantverse either dead or captured is not just one of the best covers to feature wolverine of alltime, but also it is one of the best comic book covers of alltime period. These ran the gamut from backup stories in anthology titles, to oneshots, to miniseries, to an ongoing series, as well as various reprints in the trade paperback format. Please comment see more ideas about comic book covers, comics and comic books. See more ideas about comic book covers, comic covers and comic books. It was difficult on deciding which examples to show you, but in the end, i. Apr 12, 2020 a collection of some of the best underwater comic book covers.

Tor is an american comics series, created by joe kubert and norman maurer in the story 1,000,000 years ago. Rounding out my suggestions for the top five collectible weca covers is ed furness image for angloamericans freelance 33 with its iconic, fistswinging hero in jodhpurs levelling a neonazi trooper in the middle of an enemy munitions factory. Action comics is nothing less than the comic book that introduced superman, the first major superhero character as the term is commonly defined. New teen titans volume 1 new teen titans volume 2, new teen titans volume 1, new teen titans volume 2. This focus can, of course, overlap with other collecting strains such as good girl art gga, keys, seduction of the innocent soti books, nazi covers, runs of a specific character, title.

Feb 06, 2019 a recent movement that has risen to the surface in comic book collecting seems to be a focus on impactful coversespecially impactful golden age covers. Dec 30, 2018 at this point, i had enough to build a database with three tables. To be clear about the terminology, what im calling the issue number is the number printed on the cover of the comic. From 19551973, dc comics printed falling in love, a romance comic aimed towards teen girls and young women, that was ridiculous and. I know you can register as a member havent yet, but do they have a paypal account you can donate money to like. John, september 1953, tor immediately went on to become one of the first comic book characters to star in 3d comic books. Where most covers show cars racing and doing other car shit, some scenarios appear purely quentin tarantinoinspired. This book has 68 pages and was uploaded by jvj archive on september 24, 2017. The previous entries are here and here and here and here. The fastest way to get all the issue ids for a comic book series is to go to the web page for that series and scrape it.

Soon, all the covers were devoted to an original comic book superhero called the owl, just one of a flood of superheroes dominating comics after the appearance of superman in 1938. I took a little trip down memory lane, searching out all my favorite comic book covers over the years. Its the number used by most people when referring to a comic, e. Tomorrows wallpaper recent cover scans i added to gcd.

In 1953 dell claimed to be the worlds largest comics publisher, selling 26 million copies each month. He was created by jack kirby and joe simon, serving both as patriotic us propaganda symbol as well as entertainment. At its peak, it was the most prominent and successful american company in the medium. In 1987, dark horse comics acquired the rights to godzilla and for the next 12 years published various comic books and trade paperbacks based on the character. Now comics had the rights for publication in north america, while marvel had the rights in europe. Captain america aka steve rogers is a marvel comics superhero possessing enhanced strength and reflexes given to him by an experimental serum in order to defend the us. This is my list of the 100 best comic book covers from the period 1980present. This was a shortlived comic book series created in an effort to take advantage of every possible marketing tiein for the toys. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. Information on what books can be added to the database can be found at non qualifying. Image of our youth the comic book coveralong with her stylistic antecedent, the pulp coveris one of americas most instantly satisfying pictorial entertainments.

Articles, covers, and comic strips from 1960s comics fanzines, along with current interviews with prominent fans of that era. All efforts should be made to scan your own covers. The first godzilla comic published in the united states was actually a small. Batman comic book cover by jim aparo brave and the bold series dc comic books we have been serving collectors since we have an outstanding record for integrity and service. Godzilla comics through the years since 1976, there have been various godzilla comics published by different comic book publishing companies. The top 50 most memorable covers of the marvel age. The team consists of several marvel universe characters and was created by stan lee and artist jack kirby, among others. An indexer is a person who has contributed the information about a comic to the gcd. In the local high school, a ballroomsized space was filled with about 60 comic book makers. It was a comic series based on the animated series of the same name. From 19551973, dc comics printed falling in love, a romance comic aimed towards teen girls.

We are always interested in buying quality collections of comics from the and earlier. Volume one volume two annuals vol 1 annuals vol 2 see also textless covers. The other easiest way to contribute is to upload scans of covers we dont have online. Listed isbn in book is 964566966, which is invalid. If you look around the comic book museum website, there are lots of. Precisely because of their need to appeal to an unsophisticated audience, they are often shocking. This past sunday, my fellow windmill comics cronies and i including gcd indexer rik van niedek journeyed down to aarschot, belgium, to attend the tweede grote internationale signeerdag second great international signing day. Now comics and marvel comics shared the comic book rights to the property. Suicide squad dc comics volume 1 comic book covers 1.

Gcd has foreign language comics that we dont have yet. Jul 24, 2009 i took a little trip down memory lane, searching out all my favorite comic book covers over the years. What im calling the issue id is a number internal to the gcd, unique for every individual issue in their database. Im not a certified expert on macs work, but ive studied it in depth for years and did a fair amount of research for the overstreet article. Dec 31, 2018 the key to getting information on a particular issue from the gcd is to know the id number the gcd has assigned to that issue. The avengers are a team of marvel comics superheroes. A descriptive listing and ranking of the 25 greatest american comic book covers. There is more info about that on our indexing page. He is best known for his work in the 1970s at charlton comics, where he became american comic books first series creator known to be credited on covers, with the horror anthology midnight tales announcing created by wayne howard on each issue a declaration perhaps. Vintage comic books vintage comics old comics tarzan comic book covers comic character fantasy art action figures journal alberto pentangelo tarzan. Official marvel index to the avengers 1994 comic books. If you need to reference covers that one has an extensive list of ga covers from dc, timely, quality, fawcett etc. And since ive got this blog and it needs content i thought id regale you all with my 100 favorite comic book covers of all time.