The comic book medium of the 1980s was ruled by Marvel and DC Comics, just as it had been for decades prior. However, what made the decade different from what had come before was the content of the ...

Saturday, Aug. 31, is Marvel’s 80th anniversary, and the company is marking the occasion in a number of ways, including promotional partnerships with retailers like Disney Store, Box Lunch and Amazon, ...

The 1980s were a fascinating time for Marvel and DC Comics, producing iconic stories and bizarre ones in equal measure, from Watchmen to Doom Patrol and Doctor Strange. There was no shortage of weird ...

DC Comics Presents Annual #1 wasn’t exactly a regular comic; it was longer than the usual comics at 42 pages. It was split into six different chapters and ended with an essay about the history of the ...

If you're in need of a little escapism right about now, this week's Humble Comics Bundle by IDW is worth checking out. Explore your 1980s nostalgia with some excellent DRM-free digital comics starting ...

However, that doesn’t mean that everything was perfect. There were some great characters created back then, but there were also lots of very cringe characters, ones who played out of what was popular ...

Exactly 80 years ago this week, on Aug. 31, 1939, something new appeared on newsstands. The pulpy, 10-cent cover promised “action, mystery and adventure,” and depicted a flaming creature bursting ...

Over the past few years, we’ve read about some historic comics selling for crazy amounts of money at auction. Superman’s first appearance in Action Comics #1 went for $3 million recently, and Batman’s ...

A young man in a Guy Fawkes mask appears on TV to denounce his government as fascist and corrupt. Technocrats and spineless politicians run the United States government, more concerned with corporate ...