Roy rogers golden age comics 19381955 for sale ebay. Boody rogers hey kids comics wiki fandom powered by wikia. Series was designed to cover groups of books generally understood as such see wikipedia. That first issue was, however, made up of basically a compilation of previously published comic strips. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. I recently did a ebay search and found that some comic books are going for hundreds to thousands of dollars. Featuring gunmans trail and roy ropes a tiger art on both by john buscema. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. Rogers comics roy rogers cowboy annual roy rogers stories total value for all issues of this title listed. Aaron albert, a collector of and an expert on comic books, has studied, taught, and written about the comic book genre for more than 20 years. Spiegelman printed rogers s work in raw magazine and recently it also appeared in the anthology book art out of time. The bizarre comics of boody rogers devoted to this cult comics hero, collecting rogers best sparky watts. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading roy rogers comic 33 roy rogers comics. Boody boody comic book sc by boody rogers order online.
As the daring deputy of pronghorn, roys life is one exciting adventure after another, dealing with everything from stampeding buffaloes to stopping range wars. Before there were underground comics, boody rogers dug deep into. Buck jones, cisco kid, durango kid, gene autry, hopalong cassidy, john wayne, johnny mack brown, lash larue, the lone ranger, rocky lane, roy rogers, tom mix, tim holt, zane grey, zorro, tv westerns, movie westerns and many more, go to this web site. We monitor the fire hose of online comic book sales across various marketplaces and report on the sales of cgc and cbcs graded books in our comics price guide. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the silver age began. Boody rogers, who studied at the chicago academy of fine arts and the chicago art institute, was one of the main contributors to the first american comic book, the funnies, that started in 1936.
The strip was created by 27yearold cartoonist and aviation enthusiast zack mosley, who had previously worked on the buck rogers. Whether you are an avid comic collector, a repeat offender one who once collected but fell by the wayside, are new to the industry, or someone who came across some old comics, welcome to the world of comics. The minimum price is not a real reflection of market value. The number 1 free online comic book community featuring a comic book price guide database, friends, lists, blogs, and more. Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. Why are comics shops closing as superheroes make a mint. The avengers comic books category for a complete list. Most valuable comic book list for key comic book issues that you can likely find at garage sales, pawnshopsetc. Rogers september 8, 1904, hobart, oklahoma february 6, 1996, better known as boody rogers, was an american comic strip and comic book cartoonist who created the superhero parody sparky watts. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free.
The best site for downloading free public domain golden age comic books. Your old comic books have value in case you didnt know. The easiest way to know how much your copy of a book is worth on the open market is to check on how much similar copies are currently being offered for. You can also connect with others in the comic industry to further and enhance everyones comic experience. Keep in mind that comic books are mass produced and then sold to a lot of people. Roy rogers comic 33 roy rogers comics kindle edition by comics, dell, moore, sarah. Spiegelman printed rogers work in raw magazine and recently it also appeared in the anthology book art out of time.
The bizarre comics of boody rogers begins with an epigraph by rogers himself which says, being nutty wasnt necessarily a prerequisite for being a cartoonist, but it surely helped. Roy rogers in death warrant for five, script by gaylord dubois, art by albert micale. Board precision cut certified acid free buffered with 3%25 calcium carbonate. Send us details of your comics for a free appraisal.
There are also a couple of teenage comics included. The iguide comic book price guide is maintained by warren and his board of advisors. The overstreet guide is a must have if you have a lot of comics, are already a collector or plan on having a lot of comics. The name boody rogers may not be familiar to the casual comics fan, but for dedicated collectors of bizarre humor, boody ranks right up there with basil wolverton, harvey kurtzman, and milt gross. The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the grand comics database under a creative commons attribution license. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Is that old comic you found in the attic worth something. Avengers for all the variations of the subject on the site. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. The legendary star of cowboy musicals leaves his mark on the fourcolor world of comics with these modernday wild west tales. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. Each page includes current market values in ten different grades, as well as a section for real market data, actual prices fetched at auction.
This has led to a great deal of afterthefact critical acclaim, but at the time, didnt lead to a great deal of longevity for the comic book. Truly rare comic books may come along once or twice in a lifetime. Since a picture is worth a thousand words, calkins shows rogers wearing an. How much is my comic book collection worth,comic book values. Unfollow roy rogers comic books to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Secret empire is a 2017 marvel comics limited series and crossover storyline. In general, the comics that have the most collectible value are those published between 1938 and 1979. This 144page softcover collection edited by craig yoe features some of the nuttiest comics youll ever read. However, do i refrain from calling them comic books because people consider. This book collects some comic books written and drawn by boody rogers between 1948 and 1950. I have been a comic book fan, collector, publisher pocket comicsmars attacks 1988 and graphic artist for years necessity is the mother of invention. The digital download will give you instant value and pricing access to virtually ever comic ever published.
The comic book price guide for great britain roy rogers. 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 roy rogers comics free comic book price guide. It can be difficult to know the value of a comic book. Welcome to the comic book price guide that has been 25 years in the making.
The first comic book appearance for buck rogers was in the october 1934 issue of. Well hindsight is 2020 and with that in mind, lets chart the ten most important comic books of the 1990s. Condition is very good, yellowing paper quality, light reading wear to covers. Comic book price guides, like overstreet, have a minimum price for comic books. Aug 25, 2014 check the value of your comics by searching our archive. Building a collection of comic books is a fun and rewarding hobby. Boody rogers produced many of his strips in the 30s and 40s before comics had an underground flag to rally under and when the comic arts still, for the most part, served the readers of.
Either that or steve rogers or something i am currently reading. While not as valuable as some o dcs books or even some other marvel books, this book like cap is timeless and in theory, could bump in value at a moments notice and is currently valued at best at 343 thousand. Comic book realm use our database to track your comic. Photo cover of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Roy rogers comic books sold more than 25 million copies each year, and his newspaper comic strip reached more than 65 million readers each week. Spiderman 2099 second edition1st printing 200 mint condition frank millers ronin book 6. Roy receives kiss from lady in text, but this is omitted in artwork, trigger takes a bow. Buck rogers platinum age comics 18971937 for sale ebay. Despite the launch of comic book apps such as the amazonowned comixology or marvels.
Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. These are all humor comics and they are strange but funny. Find the value of the dell comic roy rogers comics volume 2. Now some comics that contain first appearances from a less know characters at the time, that were not pushed had by marvel or dc, can actually get more on auction if they are in mint co. As chitauri forces launch a massive attack on earth, rogers is now head of s. The searchable database consists of more than 100,000 pages, each devoted to a specific comic book. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. This page will deal with the most valuable of all, golden age comic books. Comic book grading labels collectors condition comic book. Typically within that time frame, superhero comics hold the most value, with first appearance or origin issues being the most sought after. This book has 36 pages and was uploaded by efallov on march 17, 2020.
From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. The main characters here are babe a hillbilly girl and sparky watts a superpowered guy. Description boody rogers leroy splash page original art c. In other words, it takes a dealer time to sort, bag, board and price any comic book.
If youve stumbled across a find of vintage comic books and recognize one or more of the ones on this page, then stop whatever youre doing and contact us immediately for a free comic book appraisal. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. Fill out this form with enough information to get a list of comparable copies. The social stigma of comic book reading the artifice. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Boody rogers was a golden age comic book artist whose work was as bizarre as any underground comic that followed decades later.
Click here for the overstreet comic book price guide instant digital download. In 1940 the first full length covertocover comic book version of buck rogers was published, again by the same outfit that produced famous funnies. The adventures of smilin jack is an aviation comic strip that first appeared october 1, 1933, in the chicago tribune and ended april 1, 1973 after a run of 40 years, it was the longestrunning aviation comic strip. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. Top 60 most valuable comic books from the modern age. His first comic book though actually was a propaganda piece, releasing right in the thick of 1941, where the captain spends 45 pages beating up nazis. Artist boody rogers himself was one of the very earliest contributors to comic books, via dells the funnies as far back as 1929. Rogers had been active since the 1920s, working mainly on syndicated comics, and drawing gag cartoons for magazines like life, judge, colliers and the saturday evening post. How much is my comic book collection worth, comic book value anyone. Number of printed issues, where it can be verified. Roy rogers in the secret of thunder river, script by gaylord dubois, art by albert micale. Top 60 most valuable comic books from the modern age 1992date.
Born in hobart, oklahoma, rogers attended the university of arizona, the chicago academy of fine arts and the chicago art institute. Everybody knows hemingway drove an ambulance during wwi, nobody. If you have some sort of very rare and sought after collectors item such as a misprint that was recalled then it m. Fans of boody rogers s golden age comic book stories span generations of cartoonists, from robert williams to art spiegelman to johnny ryan. Part of the reason youre likely collecting comics is for the nostalgia and entertainment value. May 16, 2016 assuming you keep your comics in near mint condition prices for the infographic were determined assuming that comics were a 9. Top 100 most valuable comic books of the golden age 19381956 the 100 most valuable comic books from each age. Free comic book value and price resources comic book secrets jan 19, 2008 it walks you through finding comic book values and prices and helps you decide the best method for your situation. Boody rogers weird and wonderful babe comic book boing.
Like many concepts in the book world, series is a somewhat fluid and contested notion. You could be sitting on a goldmine without even knowing it. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community. Roy rogers comic 33 roy rogers comics kindle edition by. Presenting the firstever collection of golden age comic book visionary boody rogers s wacky, weird, wild and sexy yarns, culled from the pages of such forgotten classics as babe, darling of the hills and sparky watts. Key copper age, key bronze age, and key modern age comics with a few key silver age comics mixed in. Bizarre, wacky, weird, wild and sexy these are just a few of the adjectives that describe the cartooning of boody rogers. For each sale discovered, we match it to the specific comic in our massive database which also includes variant covers and printings. Comic book price guides are generally monthly, quarterly, or yearly publications which detail the changes in the resale value of a comic over a period of time. In 2009, dynamite entertainment began a monthly comic book version of buck rogers by writer scott beatty and artist carlos rafael. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. For a free download of comic books based on movie and tv western cowboy stars such as. We were all going to be rich because the generic hot book of the week was going to be the next big thing.
Price guides are also important tools for collectors looking to sell their collection or determine their collections worth for insurance purposes. Cbcs authentic sig yellow, cbcs authentic sig yellow restored. Jun 29, 2006 gimmick covers and variants were all the rage, but we loved them and dont tell marvel we still do. Photo covers of the famous singing cowboy, plus interior photos. Rogers 19041996, better known as boody rogers, was an american comic strip and comic book cartoonist who created the superhero parody sparky watts born in hobart, oklahoma, rogers attended the university of arizona, the chicago academy of fine arts and the chicago art institute. You probably dont need to include every word of the title and authors name. It was written by doug murray and later by don lomax and illustrated by michael golden. Get the best deals on roy rogers golden age comics 1938 1955 when you shop the largest online selection at. Rogers, tiring of the cartooning way of life, ended babe after only 11 issues. More details about this comic may be available in their page here disclaimer.
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