1948-1949 represent the peak years for the Promise Collection in terms of volume. The young fan who started collecting comic books at the age of eight years old in 1939 would've turned 19 in 1950 — a ...

According to this comic, by 2010, students would have intellectual freedom. (ll images via ChinaSmack, originally posted on Sina Weibo) LOS ANGELES — Ah, the 1950s. Here in America, it was the peak of ...

Step into the pages of comic book history, and you’ll discover a treasure that changed everything. August 2, 1950, marked a pivotal moment when DC Comics unleashed “Strange Adventures #1” in ...

During a televised hearing on April 21, 1955, U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver held up a comic book to the cameras. Its cover depicted an ax-wielding man holding a woman’s severed head. Kefauver, who was ...

Put on the spot by a New York Herald Tribune reporter in the aftermath of one of his comic book titles having been banned by the Detroit Police Department, Magazine Enterprises editor Raymond C. Krank ...

In 1951, EC Comics started stealing Ray Bradbury’s work. After three swipes, Bradbury sent a letter to editor Bill Gaines. Not a cease-and-desist order, though. Instead, he wrote, “Just a note to ...

Iconic denim brand Wrangler is going back to its roots with a reissue of some of its archival designs. The collection includes a colorful Cowboy Cut Comic Book jean and jacket that “takes inspiration ...