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Dollar Comics
Dollar Comics was a line of DC Comics comic book publications issued from 1977 to 1983 and revived in 2019. The 1977-1983 line included the titles '' The Superman Family'', ''House of Mystery'', ''G.I. Combat'', ''World's Finest Comics'', ''Batman Family'', and ''Adventure Comics''; as well as the series of specials with the umbrella title of ''DC Special Series''. The 1977-1983 Dollar Comics were notable for costing $1, having 64 pages, and being advertising-free. The 2019 revival consists of full-issue one-shot reprints of key DC issues. History 1977-1983 According to then-DC publisher Jenette Kahn, comics' price-per-page value had been declining since the "Golden Age". When superhero comics debuted in the late 1930s, they featured 64 pages of art for 10¢. As the decades passed, comparable publications like ''Time'' and ''Life'' raised their prices, while comics stayed at 10 cents and reduced their page-count. Finally in December, 1961, National Periodical Publications/DC raised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DC Comics
DC Comics (originally DC Comics, Inc., and also known simply as DC) is an American comic book publisher owned by DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, the first comic under the DC banner being published in 1937. The majority of its published stories are set in the fictional DC Universe and feature numerous List of DC Comics characters, culturally iconic heroic characters, such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Flash (DC Comics character), Flash; as well as famous fictional teams, including the Justice League, the Teen Titans, the Suicide Squad, and the Legion of Superheroes. The universe contains an assortment of well-known supervillains, such as Lex Luthor, the Joker (character), Joker, Darkseid, and the antihero Catwoman. The company has published non-DC Universe-related mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All-Out War (comics)
''All-Out War'' is an American war comics anthology series published by DC Comics from 1979 to 1980. It primarily featured characters created by writer Robert Kanigher with the Viking Commando being the lead feature. Publication history The first issue was published with a September–October 1979 cover date. Joe Kubert drew the cover art for the entire run and Murray Boltinoff was the editor of the series. The series was in the Dollar Comics format and the lead character was the Viking Commando created by writer Robert Kanigher and artist George Evans. Other features included "Black Eagle" by Kanigher and artists Dick Ayers and Romeo Tanghal and "Guerrilla War starring Force 3" by Kanigher and Jerry Grandenetti Charles J. "Jerry" Grandenetti (April 15, 1926 – February 19, 2010) was an American comic book artist and advertising art director, best known for his work with writer-artist Will Eisner on the celebrated comics feature " The Spirit", and for .... ''All-Out War'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warlord (DC Comics)
The Warlord is a sword and sorcery character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer-artist Mike Grell, he debuted in '' 1st Issue Special'' #8 (November 1975). The titular character, Travis Morgan, obtains the name "Warlord" as he fights for the freedom of the people of Skartaris. Development Grell described the Warlord's genesis "as a comic strip called ''Savage Empire''... ''Savage Empire'' was born of my admiration for Hal Foster's '' Prince Valiant'' and Burne Hogarth's ''Tarzan'', combined with my fascination with archaeology and lost civilizations". Grell described pitching his idea to DC Comics: "I completely revised the concept from ''Savage Empire'' into ''The Warlord''. The story of an archeologist who stumbles through a time portal and winds up in Atlantis became the story of US spy pilot whose SR-71 is damaged while on a mission over Russia and plunges through an opening at the North pole into the world at the center on the earth, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unexpected (1968 Comic Book)
''The Unexpected'' is a fantasy comics, fantasy-horror comics, horror comics anthology series, a continuation of ''Tales of the Unexpected (comics), Tales of the Unexpected'', published by DC Comics. ''The Unexpected'' ran 118 issues, from #105 (February–March 1968) to #222 (May 1982). As a result of the so-called DC Implosion of late 1978, beginning in 1979 ''The Unexpected'' absorbed the other DC horror titles ''House of Secrets (DC Comics), House of Secrets'', ''The Witching Hour (DC Comics), The Witching Hour'', and ''Madame Xanadu, Doorway to Nightmare'' into its pages. Horror hosts featured in ''The Unexpected'' included The Mad Mod Witch, Judge Gallows, Cain and Abel (comics), Abel, and the Witches Three. This title is not to be confused with ''The Unexpected (2018 comic book), The Unexpected'' published by DC Comics in 2018. Publication history Unlike the predecessor series, ''The Unexpected'' was a fantasy anthology at first, then turned into a weird/horror anthology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Warp (comics)
''Time Warp'' is an American science fiction comic book anthology series published by DC Comics for five issues from 1979 to 1980. A ''Time Warp'' one-shot was published by Vertigo in May 2013. Publication history In 1978, DC Comics intended to revive its science fiction anthology series ''Strange Adventures''. These plans were put on hold that year due to the DC Implosion, a line-wide scaling back of the company's publishing output. When the project was revived a year later, the title was changed to ''Time Warp'' and the series was in the Dollar Comics format. The first issue was published with an October–November 1979 cover date. Michael Kaluta provided the cover art for the entire run. The title featured a mixture of both established comics creators and new talent, such as Dennis O'Neil, Howard Chaykin, Mike Netzer, Arnold Drake, Don Newton, Steve Mitchell, Dick Giordano, Tom Sutton, J. M. DeMatteis, Scott Edelman, Vicatan, Paul Levitz and others. The writing team of Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superman III
''Superman III'' is a 1983 superhero film directed by Richard Lester from a screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman based on the DC Comics character Superman. It is the third installment in the ''Superman'' film series and the sequel to ''Superman II'' (1980). The film stars Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, and Margot Kidder. In the film, Superman battles a corrupt businessman who has constructed a powerful supercomputer to kill him. ''Superman III'' was released in the United States on June 17, 1983. The film proved less successful than its predecessors, both critically and financially, grossing $80.2 million worldwide. A sequel, '' Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'', was released in 1987. Plot The conglomerate Webscoe Industries hires computer programmer Gus Gorman, who secretly embezzles $85,000 from the company payroll. Gus comes to the attention of Webscoe's CEO, Ross Webs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superman (comic Book)
''Superman'' is an ongoing American comic book series featuring the DC Comics superhero Superman as its protagonist. Superman began as one of several anthology features in the National Periodical Publications comic book ''Action Comics'' #1 in June 1938. The strip proved so popular that National launched Superman into his own self-titled comic book, the first for any superhero, premiering with the cover date summer 1939. Between 1986 and 2006 it was retitled ''The Adventures of Superman'', while a new series used the title ''Superman''. In May 2006, it was returned to its original title and numbering. The title was canceled with issue #714 in 2011, and was relaunched with issue #1 the following month which ended its run in 2016. A fourth series was released in June 2016 and ended in April 2018, while the fifth series was launched in July 2018 and ended in June 2021. The series was replaced by '' Superman: Son of Kal-El'' in July 2021, featuring adventures of Superman's son, Jon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swamp Thing
Swamp Thing is a superhero and antihero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Len Wein and artist Bernie Wrightson, the Swamp Thing has had several different incarnations throughout his publication. The character first appeared in ''House of Secrets (DC Comics), House of Secrets'' #92 (July 1971) in a stand-alone horror story set in the early 20th century. The character found perhaps its greatest popularity during the original 1970s Wein/Wrightson run and in the mid-late 1980s during a highly acclaimed run under Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, and John Totleben. Swamp Thing would also go on to become one of the staples of the Justice League Dark, a team featuring magical superheroes. The character is often depicted as a swamp monster that resembles an anthropomorphic mound of vegetable matter seeking to protect nature and humanity from threats of both scientific and supernatural origin. These duties are often an expression of his designation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Titans
The Teen Titans are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, frequently in eponymous monthly series. As the group's name indicates, the members are teenage superheroes, many of whom have acted as sidekicks to DC's premier superheroes in the Justice League. The original team later becomes known as the Titans when the members age out of their teenage years, while the Teen Titans name is continued by subsequent generations of young heroes. First appearing in 1964 in ''The Brave and the Bold'' #54, the team was formed by Wally West, Kid Flash (Wally West), Dick Grayson, Robin (Dick Grayson), and Garth (comics), Aqualad (Garth) before adopting the name Teen Titans in issue 60 with the addition of Donna Troy, Wonder Girl (Donna Troy) to their ranks. Over the decades, DC has cancelled and relaunched ''Teen Titans'' many times, and a variety of characters have been featured heroes in its pages. Significant early additions to the initial quartet of Titans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
