Comic Book Memorabilia

Comic Book Memorabilia really kicked into gear in 1938 with Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster’s creation of the first comic book super hero, Superman. Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in 1939, as well as scores of others from DC (National Allied Publications), Marvel and many more.

Comic book character merchandising soon followed, and continues to this day. The comics industry is now a huge source of characters and story lines for Hollywood, producing the Batman, X-Men and Avengers franchises, with movies already slated for production well into the 2020s. Marvel has created a huge movie web of Ironman, Thor, Captain America and Hulk, culminating in The Avengers. DC is doing the same thing with Batman, Superman, Aquaman, Wonder Woman and Flash to come together in The Justice League later in the decade.

It all started with comic books. Along with all of these comics and movies there comes hundreds of merchandising toys and collectibles. It’s a never-ending stream of collection.