Silver Age Comics Archives - Back to the Past Collectibles https://gobacktothepast.com/tag/silver-age-comics/ Your Source for Everything Pop Culture Tue, 16 Jan 2024 17:04:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 How Batman #189 Made Scarecrow an Invaluable Villain https://gobacktothepast.com/how-batman-189-made-scarecrow-an-invaluable-villain/ https://gobacktothepast.com/how-batman-189-made-scarecrow-an-invaluable-villain/#respond Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:30:13 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=43304 The late, great Stan Lee had a principle he built his writing on: “every comic book is somebody’s first issue”. While he meant that as a guide to how to write, it also applies to any given comic’s unexpected influence. Every comic fan has that obscure also-ran that holds a soft spot in their heart…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/how-batman-189-made-scarecrow-an-invaluable-villain/feed/ 0 Why Every Marvel Fan Needs The Incredible Hulk #1 https://gobacktothepast.com/why-marvel-fans-need-incredible-hulk-1/ https://gobacktothepast.com/why-marvel-fans-need-incredible-hulk-1/#respond Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:04:05 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=43077 Did you know that the Incredible Hulk wasn’t a hit right off the bat? It’s true! His original series was cancelled after only a year, possibly to make room on the schedule for Spider-Man.  But you can’t keep a good character down. Let’s look at why the Hulk got canned and how he returned to…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/why-marvel-fans-need-incredible-hulk-1/feed/ 0 Why is Showcase #4 Valuable? https://gobacktothepast.com/why-is-showcase-4-valuable/ https://gobacktothepast.com/why-is-showcase-4-valuable/#respond Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:59:11 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=42884 Showcase #4 comes to auction this weekend and we could not be more excited! And if prebids are any indication, our bidders are too. Comic collecting newbies might be wondering what all the hubbub is about, so we’re here to give you the rundown. It’s The First Appearance of The Flash! DC Comics first published…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/why-is-showcase-4-valuable/feed/ 0 Pop Culture Museum: 30s – 90s Toys, Comics, & More https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_pcm/ https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_pcm/#respond Tue, 03 Jan 2023 21:21:48 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=40601 This session features collectible treasures dating back to the 30s and as new as just a few years back! That includes comic books, stickers, toys, magazines, trading cards, and even more. Much of it is in museum quality and all of it represents childhood to SOMEONE alive today! Comic highlights include Sub-Mariner #1 (1968), Savage…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_pcm/feed/ 0 Treasure Chest: Golden & Silver Age Comic Books https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_treasure/ https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_treasure/#respond Thu, 22 Dec 2022 19:00:44 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=40537 Comic Books Coming to Auction January 7! Face front, True Believers! This is not an auction to overlook: it includes both Fantastic Four #1 (the birth of Marvel Comics as we know it) and The Avengers #1 (the first assembling of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes)! Those alone make this one not to be missed. But they are just two out of over 400…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_treasure/feed/ 0 Key Issue Cavalcade: Silver/Bronze Age Comics Pt 2 https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_cavalcade2/ https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_cavalcade2/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:33:01 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?post_type=mec-events&p=40407 Comics Coming to Auction December 17 Join us for 250 MORE lots worth of classic comics from the 60s and 70s! There are a ton of key and semi-key issues in this collection, which you got a taste of last week. This week is the is the finale for this collection, and we saved some of the best for last! Highlights…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/events/b2p_cavalcade2/feed/ 0 Who is Magicman? https://gobacktothepast.com/who-is-magicman/ https://gobacktothepast.com/who-is-magicman/#respond Fri, 10 Jun 2022 18:35:00 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=38230 Welcome back to My Hero! Each week, Back to the Past uses this column to tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/who-is-magicman/feed/ 0 Batroc The Leaper: Joke or Threat? https://gobacktothepast.com/batroc-the-leaper-joke-or-threat/ https://gobacktothepast.com/batroc-the-leaper-joke-or-threat/#respond Fri, 20 May 2022 12:00:06 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=37959 Welcome back to My Hero! Each week, Back to the Past uses this column to tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/batroc-the-leaper-joke-or-threat/feed/ 0 What Counts as a Low Grade Comic? https://gobacktothepast.com/what-counts-as-a-low-grade-comic/ https://gobacktothepast.com/what-counts-as-a-low-grade-comic/#respond Wed, 18 May 2022 10:45:19 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=37966 Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Each week, Back to the Past shares its voluminous knowledge of the collectibles market with you, the dedicated do-it-yourselfer. This week, we’re thinking about CGC graded comics. A ton of them are coming to auction this weekend, ranging in grade from a 3.5 to a 9.8. We don’t mean to…

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]]> https://gobacktothepast.com/what-counts-as-a-low-grade-comic/feed/ 0 When Did Captain America Come Out of the Ice? https://gobacktothepast.com/when-did-captain-america-come-back/ https://gobacktothepast.com/when-did-captain-america-come-back/#respond Mon, 09 May 2022 12:00:04 +0000 https://gobacktothepast.com/?p=37872 Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Each week, Back to the Past examines the wider significance of the stuff we handle every day – the very things that make them cool! This week is the penultimate entry in our examination of a comic collection that comes to auction May 19 through our live auction…

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