Its sometimes also called the iron age of comic books, to follow the goldsilverbronze progression, but dark age is the much more common term usually characterized as a darker and. What are the most valuablerare image comics and their. Darker image print runs cgc comic book collectors chat. Image comic books, rare image comic books, image, image. 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 next generation begins somewhere around 1986, when alan moores watchmen and frank millers the dark knight returns came onto the scene. The comic book, starring an eponymous purple hero, spawned. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. It was founded in 1992 by highprofile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the s to the characters they create d, as creatorowned properties. Tracing the evolution of comic books by looking at the pictures, panels, and text that brought them to. View market values for books, store your collection, and. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. Abramss third cancellation this season arrow, revolution, the big bang theory and more comiccon panels announced. With the success of sports illustrateds annual swimsuit issue, marvel decided to jump on the bandwagon and release its own version, with 100% less real people and 100% more fictional people.
Well let you know right away if the books are not of interest to us. Population statistics grade universal signature series restored qualified. Overstreet comic book price guide 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. Image comics is a united states comic book publisher founded in 1992 by highprofile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish creatorowned properties. The video and resources below will help you find the best way to get current prices and values of your comic books, whether you own only a couple or thousands here we go. More 1shots a sampler comic, with 3 stories of images top titles at the time deathblow, the maxx and bloodwulf. Why use the quick list method to sell old comic books. Get the best deals on image modern age comics 1992 now when you shop the largest online selection at. According to kieth, darker image was meant to be thee maxx title but. Variant cover a different cover image used on the same issue. Upgrade to obtain another copy of the same comic book in a higher grade. The maxx is an american comic book series created by sam kieth in 1993 and originally published monthly by image comics, then collected in trade paperback by dc comics wildstorm imprint. The 100 most influential pages in comic book history.
Starting in november 20, it has been republished by idw with new colors and improved scans of the original artwork by sam kieth and jim sinclair. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. The series was intended as 4issue miniseries, serving as an introduction to three grim and gritty characters. Comic book series nobody wants to admit owning cbr. We saw a turn to darker themes in the bronze age, but starting in the mid 80s the comic book scene was getting a gritty reboot, and aiming toward more mature audiences.
This was originally pitched to be about 4 issues long and was intended as a character exposureintroduction title. Get the best deals on darker image 1 when you shop the largest online selection. The series, however only had one published issue, published in march 1993. Batman first edition special issue comic book mint old dealer store stock never distributed est. Darker image was an american comic book published by image comics.
Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Collection of stories about various image characters, most notably the maxx. Its bestknown series include spawn, savage dragon, witchblade, the darkness, invincible, and the walking dead. Most of the comic characters in the image universe however are originally individually creatorowned from when the company was established. It has been graded by mycomicshops experienced graders.
Locate the book in the list of books you might need to change the drop list to go to another page. Scan is for reference purposes only and does not reflect the actual edition number that will be received. There were several image crossover miniseries in the 1990s, such as shattered image, altered image, big bruisers, deathmate, darker image and splitting image, along with the eclipse comics satire spittin. Find the value of the image comic darker image volume 1. Incorrect book the list contains an incorrect book please specify the title. It was immediately successful, and remains one of the largest comic book publishers in north america. The dark age of comic books was the culmination of a gradual move towards an older audience for comic books, particularly those featuring superheroes, that had started in the bronze age of comic books. I started blogging about rare teenage mutant ninja turtles comics in 2011, then created a blog for rare spawn comics and rare savage dragon comics with these characters ranking among my favorite alltime comic book superheroes outside of the marvel universe and dc universe the format of those blogs has been to profile specific rare and. Batman first edition special issue comic book apr 09.
T and the tforce 1st issue collectors item comic book. Victorian age comics published from approximately 18281899. The result is a comic book that leads to incredibly strange scenes. The series was intended as 4issue miniseries, serving as an introduction to three grim. Image comics was founded in 1992 by a group of highprofile comic book writers and artists, as a way to publish stories owned by creators rather than the company itself. If you are unsure what the title is, look at the indicia small block of text inside front or rear cover. In the example above carnage part one is not part of the title. When a comic book is priced at a value less than guide list.