Christian comic books from the 70's

The comic book version theres a new world coming by hal lindsey. Comic books published by spire christian comics mycomicshop. Revell company which was founded originally in 1870. Moody had established a sunday school publication and convinced revell to take it over. There was another popular comic book scheme of the dayamerican seeds. Free christian superhero comics featured comic book.

It was a sad occasion for all of 3 days when i was 11 years old and i had to go to hospital to have my appendix removed. The idea of the rapture had been floating around various christian. Either song of solomon or gravitys rainbow are known as the best novels of the 70s. Nine glorious christian book covers of the 70s and 80s. This collection beautifully illustrates all of the new heroes marvel launched and it gives us a thorough look at the imaginative and ground breaking titles that tried to.

With silver age 1956 1969 comic books demanding such high prices, one way of making a shrewd investment is to look for books that fall within the next age of comic books the bronze age 1970 1980. The 12 craziest moments from archies christian comics. The walking dead season 10 premiere ratings hobble to series low. Comic books from the 70s, 80s and 90s do you remember.

The spire christian comics were first published by in the 1970s by the fleming h. Mike warnke in december 2001 born michael alfred warnke 19461119 november 19, 1946 age 73 evansville, indiana, u. In 1970, after convincing management to buy the rights to robert e. In archies date book, the always lovely betty cooper gives tips on how to go about dating without it leading to. Howards conan the barbarian, he wrote the resulting comic book of the same name for. Why my mother threw out my comic books part 1 of 3 webages by adam blatner reposted november 18, 2009 this is based on a talk given on 61209 to the summer session of the senior university georgetown. Bear in mind, superhero comic books will generally fetch better prices than nonsuperhero comics, but there are still collectors of nonsuperhero comics. List of christian comedians clean christian comedy acts. This is the third article in our series, following from most valuable golden age comics and most valuable silver age comics here are the key issues to look for when youre at garage sales yes, they do turn up.

See more ideas about romance comics, comics and romance. In addition to the bestresearched pricing in the hobby, youll find market reports, key sales, indepth historical information, tips on grading, and the most complete record of comic books from the 1800s to the present. Landry, coach of the cowboys football team through one of. They were printed on 812 x 11 paper and handed out for free to anyone who would receive them.

The christian book covers of the 70s, 80s and even 90s are the gift that keep on giving if you find more great examples on your bookshelf, please tweet me and well see if we can produce another round of these. In the 1970s, archie and marvel comics artist al hartley who became a. Back then, books seemed almost magic, opening doors to strange, wonderful and frightening realities. These are christian themed comic books from the 1970s and early 80s. Sold by big robs books and ships from amazon fulfillment. After seventeen issues of steadily declining quality and basically the same story over and over, this series was limping to an end by 1970. Enter a new era of collecting with the overstreet comic book price guide. These are excellent condition comic books averaging very fine or better, but some are in fine. But youd rather read about outerspace comedies and rabbits that can talk. Hence christian heavy metal, rap, romance novels, and comic books and todays christian. Archies one way, a typical comic book by al hartley. They include comic book versions of books like brother andrew s god s smuggler, elisabeth eliot s through gates of splendor, corrie ten boom s the hiding place, and david wilkerson s the cross and the switchblade, plus the life stories of tom skinner, chuck colson, johnny cash, tom landry, and more. Besides the action super heroes and the creepier gold key books, i really loved the simplistic and funny character comics like sad sack, richie rich, and other simple cartoon characters.

There were some important books released during this period with some important characters making their debuts and also the subject matter of comics was allowed to become a bit. Nutty was a reguler weekly comic that ran in the uk from 1980 to 1985 there were 292 issues until it merged with the dandy. Science fiction sunday school comics from the 1970s were. That phase is no better characterised than by this strange american bookslashcomic, which in todays context makes almost no sense, but presumably made the christian faith seem uberappealing in 1971. See more ideas about childrens books, books and vintage childrens books. First, a brief history of comic books from their origins to the late 1940s. Nearly five dozen fulllength comic books by al hartley on a range of topics, published in the 1970s by fleming revell and barbour. First editions of wellloved books can become the most prized in literature. Beginning of a dialog window, including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. In the 70s and 80s, as the number of evangelicals grew, so did the amount of media targeted to that audience, and. Apr 9, 2015 from al hartleys famously cheesy spire christian comics series of the 70s. Just kids by patti smith, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adams, watership down by richard adams, carrie by stephen.

Before being debunked by the christian magazine cornerstone, he was viewed as an expert on satanism in the 1980s. Top five christian comic books the scriptorium daily. They advertised in pretty much every comic book and would send a kid the seed packets on the honor system. Chick tracts are short evangelical gospel tracts, originally created and published by american. Popular british comic books of the 70s and 80s brit life. There was a brief period back in the 1970s when evangelical christianity became strangely cool, or at least, groovy. Spire christian comics from the 1970s the idea of the rapture had been floating around various christian denominations for decades but christian comics brought it to the masses. Brave and the bold normally teamed batman up with some unlikely heroes and sometimes even villains. On my 3rd day a friend from my neighborhood came to visit me with a box of chocolate orange matchsticks and a copy of the latest beano. The list of the most valuable bronze age comic books. In that timespan marvel introduced many new super heroes and genres. The top 20 comic book stories of the 1980s berkeley place. You could either keep a 10 cent gratuity per seed pack sold or earn points toward a fabulous prize like a chemistry set. The gospel tracts that people actually like to read.

Also, if you try to sell these to a comic book dealer, be warned. The post office and other shippers are behind schedule and some shipments may experience multiday delays. If the rapture is apon us i sure hope its as groovy as this. His comedy magic show is packed with feats of the impossible, audience participation, smart humor, and tricks no others perform. Evangelist lindsey is still about and a giant in the world of bible prophecy. Most comic book lovers pledge allegiance to either dc comicsfeaturing that famous alien from krypton and aquaman, among many othersor marvel comics, which gave us the webslinging spiderman, the new mutants and patriotic captain america. It is a positive, inspiring, and unforgettable experience. Tom landry and the dallas cowboys 1973 comic books. Michael alfred mike warnke born november 19, 1946 is an american christian evangelist and comedian who was exposed in 1992 for inventing stories of a satanic past.

Without ever leaving the safety of our bedrooms, we were able to explore all kinds of new terrain. You will get no duplicates in any single box of 70 comics, but if you purchase multiple boxes you might some duplicates in different boxes. The first big hit was the brave and the bold which had been in print since the 50s. I am new to selling on ebay, i have sold maybe 15 auctions, and i just dont seem to be getting nearly what they are worth. A comic book shop dealer may not want what you have, and if he does, he will generally offer you less than 10% of their. The cartoon character bananaman first appeared in it before going into his tv series. These gospel cartoon tracts are available in over 100. Arthur delivers skillbased, fastmoving, intriguing, and astonishing sleightofhand magic and mentalism.

I started with music, then added some humor and miscellany, and now also write extensively about comic books. So the concept of christian archie comics was born. He is succeeded by his longtime friend, julius schwartz. The material is written in comic book format, with the front panel featuring the title of the tract and the inside back. Bestselling christian books for january 2020, based on the top 50 list from evangelical christian publishers association ecpa. Spire christian comics was a line of comic books published. And one thing that no one knows is that who ever was drawing the christian comics in the 70s always drew the hippie girls super sexy. Read the script pages for felicitys superhero debut. With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option. If you have one of these rare books sitting on a shelf somewhere, get ready to cash in. Oor wullie is a comic strip, set in scotland, in the d. Some of these evangelical funny books starred jughead discovering jesus. Anyone have an insight, tricks, or any ideas on how i can get more attention to my items or attract the right buyers below is a list of what i have left.

Archies one way was the worlds introduction to a truly bornagain riverdale. Heres a great collection of images from christian comic books of the 1970s and early 80s. If you own one of these rare books, youre sitting on a. Morris cerullo world evangelist 2017 trade paperback.

At the start of 1973, spire introduced the first christian archie comic plus a total of twenty more christian comic books, all written and illustrated by hartley. If you want to submit your music or art for consideration, please email me here. In particular, i was crazy about jerry lewis comics. Jack kirby leaves marvel comics to work for rival dc comics. Nationality american education rim of the world high school alma mater san bernardino valley college occupation christian evangelist, comedian known for discredited expert on satanism, christian comedy spouses sue studer m. If you were a child growing up in the 1970s, chances are these are some of the books you remember. The spiritman daily dose spiritman daily dose 345 martin is looking right at a figure emerging from the fog. Chick publications is best known for chick cartoon tracts.

The early 70s was a great time to be a comic book reader and collector. In 1971 rick also created two christian comic tracts featuring a character named holy ned. In 1974, the book was loosely adapted to a comic book format. The endings may feature a recycled scene in which jesus christ portrayed as a giant, glowing, faceless figure. The ratings for the season 10 premiere of the walking dead have broken a new record, though not a record amc was banking on. The silver surfer was one of the best known comic book characters of the sixties and seventies despite having a comic book that only lasted 18 issues. I had four or five of them growing up and although i didnt completely get it, i always enjoyed them, even if only for the dirty drugged out hippies.