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 […]
Neal Adams and the Birth of Bronze Age Realism
In 1967, when Neal Adams began producing cover art for DC, he was assigned to titles like Adventures of Bob Hope and Adventures of Jerry […]
Saturday Morning Cartoons in Bronze Age Comics
Updated for current market trends (January 2026). Saturday morning cartoons were as much a part of my childhood as playing in the streets with the […]
50 Most Valuable Comic Books of the 1970s: The Patterns Behind the Prices
Updated for current market trends (January 2026). A value-ranked Top 50 list doesn’t just show what’s expensive—it shows what the Bronze Age became: outsiders, art-driven […]
Most Valuable Comic Books of 1979 (Key Issues and First Appearances)
Updated for current market trends (December 2025). 1979 was a year defined by unease, as crisis after crisis battered American confidence. On March 28, a […]
Most Valuable Comics Books of 1978 (Key Issues & First Appearances)
Updated for current market trends (December 2025). When Olivia Newton-John dressed in black leather purred, “You better shape up, ’cause I need a man”, America […]
Most Valuable Comic Books of 1977 (Key Issues & 1st Appearances)
Updated for current market trends (December 2025). “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” With the opening scroll of Star Wars, 1977 […]
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)
Updated for current market trends (December 2025). America spent most of 1976 celebrating the Bicentennial with hometown parades, fireworks, and a flood of red, white, […]
Most Valuable Comic Books of 1975 (Key Issues & First Appearances)
Updated for current market trends (December 2025). What had once been a struggling title on the brink of cancellation suddenly became the centerpiece of Marvel’s […]
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)
Updated for current market trends (January 2025). Comic books and the escapism they offer do not exist in a vacuum, sealed off from real-world events. […]