The definitive guide to the most valuable, influential, and culturally significant comics of the 1970s and early 1980s. Welcome to the Bronze Age Archive Between […]
Most Valuable Comics Books of 1978 (Key Issues & First Appearances)
When Olivia Newton-John dressed in black leather purred, “You better shape up, ’cause I need a man”, America took notice of the number 1 movie […]
Most Valuable Comic Books of 1977 (Key Issues & 1st Appearances)
“A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” With the opening scroll of Star Wars, 1977 changed forever. That movie would be the […]
Mike Ploog – Bronze Age Storyteller and Artist
One of the great storytellers of the Bronze Age wasn’t a writer at all — it was an artist.Mike Ploog had the rare ability to […]
Most Valuable Comic Books of 1976 (Key Issues & First Appearances)
America spent most of 1976 celebrating the Bicentennial with hometown parades, fireworks, and a flood of red, white, and blue merchandise. The Summer Olympics in […]
Most Valuable Comic Books of 1975 (Key Issues & First Appearances)
What had once been a struggling title on the brink of cancellation suddenly became the centerpiece of Marvel’s future. In Giant-Size X-Men #1, Len Wein […]
Most Valuable Bernie Wrightson Covers (Top 25 Key Issues)
Bernie Wrightson was one of the defining artistic voices of the Bronze Age, blending Gothic horror, expressive linework, and a uniquely eerie sensibility that reshaped […]
Most Valuable Comic Books From 1974 (Key Issues & First Appearances)
Comic books and the escapism they offer do not exist in a vacuum, sealed off from real-world events. 1974 is a perfect example of how […]
Most Valuable Comics of 1973 (Key Issues & First Appearances)
1973: The Year Comics Came of Age If 1971 broke the rules and 1972 embraced the dark, 1973 was the year comics grew up. It […]
Most Valuable Comics of 1972 (Top Marvel & DC Bronze Age Key Issues)
1972: The Gothic Horror Revival at its Peak If 1971 opened the door to the supernatural, 1972 stormed straight through it—into the creaky halls of […]
Most Valuable Comics of 1971 (Key Issues, First Appearances & Bronze Age Highlights)
1971 was shaped by revisions to the Comics Code Authority (CCA), issued in January 1971 — the first update since the Code’s creation in the […]
Most Valuable Comics of 1970 (Top 25 Key Issues of the Bronze Age)
The seismic shifts of the late 1960s — from social upheaval to pop-culture revolutions — rippled into the panels and covers of mainstream comics. Gone, […]