Today In Comics History

Events in comic book history that happened Today.

Friday, February 5, 2016

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Number of Comic Books Published Each Year 1933-2014 Since no one has done much quantitative data analysis of comic books over time, I tho...
Friday, February 8, 2013

Stan Lee predicted the Marvel SHIELD TV show back in 1965.

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As every Marvel Comic's fan knows, Joss Whedon is writing a S.H.I.E.L.D. pilot for ABC TV set to start in the fall of 2013.  As I un...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Jerry Bails - Media beginnings

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In the New York Times today in 1965, there is an article about the new phenomena of escalating prices of old comic books.  New Yor...
Sunday, January 29, 2012

DJ Art Roberts and Marvel Comics

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Daredevil #12 (January 1966) [Olympia Publications Inc. (Marvel)] Not sure when this story actually began, as it started sometime in m...
Sunday, January 22, 2012

Clean Up By Comics Czar Fallout 2

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After my series of posts on the beginning use of the comics code seal, researcher extraordinaire Frank Motler, sent me these scans of a shor...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Fandom's Forgotten Founder: Richard Hughes

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Unknown Worlds #6 (March 1961) [American Comics Group (ACG)] Today is an important day in comic book fandom, though not normally reco...
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Monday, January 16, 2012

The Comic Reader #81 and Comic Professionals

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Etcetera & The Comic Reader #81 (January 1972) Paul Levitz Yesterday in 1972, you probably would have received this issue of The C...
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