Captain america comic book lot 8 issues first appearance of. Captain america is a comic book superhero in the marvel comics universe. To help him become a symbolic counterpart to the red skull, steve rogers was given the red, white, and blue costume of captain america. All stories are published exclusively by marvel comics under their standard imprint, unless otherwise noted. Captain america comics published by monthly timely publications, meriden, conn. The price of a comic book before the twentyfirst century was about 10 cents to start, and then the price grew. The storyline jumps around from during ww2 where majority of the captain america, the first avenger movie takes place, to 1930 when steve was a young kid. Two legend in the marvel universe, captain america and his young ally bucky barnes. Captain america is the name of several comic book titles featuring the character captain america and published by marvel comics, beginning with the original captain america comic book series which debuted in 1968. Marvel comics that were written by popular and acclaimed comic book creator and artists are also considered with a higher value. Letter to the editor from comics historian peter sanderson jr. The uniform is both water and fire retardant, citation needed it is made of kevlar, nomex, and light. The inaugural issue of action comics marked the first appearance of superman. Published in spring, 1940, this was the first comic book devoted to batman.
Most hard cover books published since the early 20th century were sold with a dust jacket. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. These days movies based on comic books have become the highest boxoffice earners. The book is only described as a second edition if significant changes are made to the copy. The green lantern made his debut in the issue dated july 1940. Gocollect can now put you in touch with highly respected buyers and sellers in the comic book industry. Find out the values of silver age captain america comic books. But how much are the comics where they first appeared worth on the open market. Creative talents such as jack kirby captain america, fantastic 4, the hulk, and the mighty thor and stan lee spiderman are among the acclaimed marvel comic writers that created many of todays most famous. Updated and added to every day, it will eventually list all significant british comics published and all marvel and dc comics that were either officially distributed or non distributed in the uk. Values of captain america free comic book price guide. In collecting terms, a general definition of 1st edition book would be a works first commercially available appearance in.
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Since 1941, he has starred in several ongoing series, as well as many limited series and specials. Captain america comic books marvel database fandom. The dust jacket is both the most decorative part of a book, and the most delicate. Next page number date titlenotes g vg f vf nm m 1 1963 spiderman spiderman vs. These are the most actively sold comics over the past couple months. We break it down issue by issue, and include the avengers and other appearances. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. Captain america comic books for salejohnsons collectibles. Marvel and dc comic books worth big money showbiz cheat sheet. Howard chaykin, daniel knauf, charles knauf, kyle higgins, alec siegel. 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 1984 and modern age comics published after 1991. What is the value of captain america comics issue 1 from. The caped crusader and his sidekick, robin, have been around since the late 1930s. What is your captain america special edition comic book worth.
The first appearances of iron man, captain america, thor and the avengers have doubled in value since 2011. Comic books for sale affiliate links appear on this page that i may earn a commission if a purchase is made at no additional cost to the buyer. Welcome to the comic book price guide that has been 25 years in the making. A piece of comic book history, this limited edition print, drawn by jackson guice, depicts the heroic captain america. A book that has significant damage is likely not worth much. Captain america 1968 1st series comic books mycomicshop. Others first surfaced in the pages of other heroes editions. Find the value of the marvel comic captain america special edition volume 1. Production quality is a little lower than marvels usual standards for hardcovers.
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Avengers movie hype drives record prices for the vintage. In the 1950s, there was a brief run of the captain america comic where, in keeping with the spirit of the times and the newly started cold war with communist russia and china, captain america. Captain america comics 19411949 74 issues captain america 19542018 389 issues. The 10 most valuable comic books in the world today. Hobbizine comic book value guides list prices in all conditions from good to mint. If you discover an old collection full of batman comics. Limited collectors edition at the comic book db archived from the original famous first edition at the comic book db archived from the original allnew collectors edition at the comic book db archived from the original kelly, rob n. Captain america issues rise in value comics price guide blog. Captain america 1st series marvel, 19681996, 200920, 20172018 and 1975 marvel entertainment group series continued from tales of. In publishing terms, a first edition book is all copies that were printed from the same setting of type as when first published.
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