The digital download will give you instant value and pricing access to virtually ever comic ever published. Comic book price guide archives comic book secrets. Search our free comic book database and keep track of your comic book collection online with full comic details, cover images, and current market values. List of books and articles about great society online. The great society comic book and its companion book bobman and teddy are no more underground comic books than mad was in the 60s, but their. With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option. Arneson and tony tallarico author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
The value of comic books international policy digest. As the green lantern of the silver age of comic books, hal jordan captured the imagination of a spaceminded society of the 50s and 60s. The great society comic book and its companion book bobman and teddy are no more underground comic books than mad was in the 60s, but their irreverent satire depicting worldreknown political figures as superheroes and villains holds great attraction to many underground comic fans and collectors. Copper age comics are those published between 1984 and 1991, and on the timeline of comic book history, are bracketed between bronze age comics published before. The minimum price is not a real reflection of market value. Arneson briefly recalled the creation of the great society comic book in a 2006 interview with jamie coville.
The great society was among five comic books published by parallax comic books cofounded by a dell comics sales executive in 1966 before the company transitioned into the highly successful independent publisher, workman publishing. Overstreet price guide 2004present big big edition. The great society bobman and teddy 1966 is published by the parallax comic book company. Below are current values for this comic book and come from ebay data. We make every possible effort to only report on the price paid for individual comics. Finding information about a comic book is a good way to get an idea of a comics value, especially if you cant find it in a price guide or on an auction site. Want to know what the current value of your old comic books are. A graded book might rise in value from a few dollars to a few hundred.
In his first state of the union message, he called for a war on poverty and the creation of a great society, a prosperous nation that had overcome racial divisions. A great and often funny book, boy commandos were, in essence, a group of. Francesco mattina has a certain flair about his art. Welcome to the iguide comic book price guide iguide is proud to host the online comic book price guide by jon r. The series that launched the first superteam in the justice society of america.
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The great society comic book lyndon baines johnson sets up a superhero league called the great society to battle evil conservative forces, like richard nixon as the along. Dubbed the justice society of america, allstar set the standard for all team books. But he frequently adds these spectacular wisps of orange, lime green or red. Prasident johnson bei seiner reise durch armenviertel im mai 1964.
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Indicia colophon publisher parallax comic books, inc. The great society is the third verse of the american story of armageddon. As cultural artifacts, they can tell us a great deal about what is important in our culture and to whom it is important. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Open a comic book, and you can see america in the pages its.
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From the 1944 comic strip, up front to the newest version of the serious comic strip xmen, the messages behind their stories have been to look at the problems of society and find a way to incorporate a way of solving them or just plain exposing the problem to its readers. The cover is composed of very dark tones of black captain america issues rise in value. The comic book price guide for great britain marvel uk. Great society comic book 1966 comic books mycomicshop. Brian bolland gained his first award as best newcomer by the society of strip in 1977. In other words, it takes a dealer time to sort, bag, board and price any. While i have a number of wolverine comics from that era, i would have to scour through the entire price guide to find all of the particular valuable comics. Most of it is dark shadowy work that has you straining to see more details. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with. Stan interviewed a different comic book artist for each episode. These are the most actively sold comics over the past couple months. Apr, 2003 the great comic book heroes is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner, but without denying the iconic hold such works have over readers of all ages. Comics and graphic novels one of highest growth categories.
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