Comic History EVERY COLLECTOR Must Know | Golden and Silver Age

[@mightycomicsandcollectibles]

❤ We need more of this

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Laurence! Thank you, brother.

[@roywatson7916]

Great video. Very informative and well done.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Roy! Appreciate the kind words.

[@nowherebound2908]

Excellent overview, Keston! 🔥🔥🔥

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, NWB! Always good to hear from you.

[@upnorthcomics]

Awesome video Keston. This is right in my wheelhouse.. good ole fashion knowledge and history lesson. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom, and can’t wait to see more content correlated to this topic 👍

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, UpNorth! Glad you enjoyed it. This is a modified presentation I've been giving in person at community clubs. Thought I'd convert it into a video.

[@upnorthcomics]

@@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 I would love to attend something like that someday. The history of comics is fascinating to me and pushing me more to get into golden age in the future

[@Taso_Velis]

Great video, really enjoyed the history.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks for commenting, Taso!

[@yaboythealien]

You said it like, Time Lee 👽🍻

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Good to see ya, Alien! I think that's my southern roots coming through.

[@doctorshawn3461]

I love how you put Eerie comics 1 in there🧛‍♂🧛‍♂🧛‍♂. Maybe would have started the video with Famous Funnies 1 (FF1) or Funnies on Parade, but I am biased because I own a copy of FF1 😀

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks Dr. Shawn! Heh, heh. Yeah, I was trying to tell the story of golden and silver-age in under 10 minutes. I LOVE Famous Funnies and Funnies on Parade. In this case, I left them on the cutting room floor b/c of scope. nevertheless, two books that do NOT get enough love in my opinion. Thanks for commenting, my friend!

[@RedRockShane]

I have a friend that thinks I'm crazy for spending so much money on Golden Age comics. I shared your video. :)

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Haha. Thanks, Shane. My collecting mentor says -- buy quality items that are rare and sought after by sophisticated collectors. In comic books, that's golden age books to me. First appearances (for the few folks who can afford them) and great covers are the coin of the realm! Thanks for sharing the video :-)

[@creativecatproductions]

Excellent overview

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thank you, my friend! BTW: Checked out your channel. Really cool!

[@creativecatproductions]

@@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 thank you very much! this really was a great video btw

[@omegacollects]

Excellent video

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, my friend!

[@BrianLCS]

Thanks for the info!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Brian. Great to hear from you.

[@arthurtripp6922]

The first meeting held at Comicon in 1964 in New York City.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks Arthur! Were you there by any chance?

[@seltaeb9691]

British comics are the best, from post WW2 until the 1980s. They had lots of different characters in each comic & we were the only nation to have these. Superheroes from the US were beyond our pocket money. Beano Dandy Victor Hotspur Lion Topper Beezer Eagle (pricey!). That was the 60s.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks Seltaeb. I just looked up several of the characters you mentioned. They're fun. Thanks for leaving a comment!

[@raleighcomicbookcollector]

Ya left us with a cliffhanger 🤷‍♂️

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Heh, heh...in true youtube fashion :-). Thanks for commenting, my friend!

[@VaryingViewpoint]

Great video!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, VV. I appreciate how quick your responses are :-). I hope you have a great week. BTW: I am thinking about your comment re: comic cover art. It may be a while, but I like your idea. Will likely do a video on it later in the year!

[@VaryingViewpoint]

@@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 No worries. As much fun as it can be to pick out your favourite covers it 's also a daunting task.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

No doubt.

[@christophertomasello1227]

I agree with most everything you said with the exception of the census. I think that it is inaccurate due to the resubmissions of collectors (not informing cgc)

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, Christopher. Thanks for the comment. I've been thinking about making a video about how much folks can trust the CGC census. There are factors that inflate the numbers and also factors that deflate them relative to how many books still exist.

[@christophertomasello1227]

Specifically, I collect pre-code horror from the EC line from 1950 to 1955- with fewer than 100 books on the census for each issue, I can tell you that one person could totally mess up those numbers-​@@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842

[@reprintranch]

Head-scratcher trivia question that I *think* I know the answer to - what was the LAST well-known comic book title to cease putting a 10-cent price on the cover? When did this occur? Scroll down for answer… It was Treasure Chest, the variety comic published by the George A. Pflaum company and sold via subscription to kids attending parochial schools, ie. “Catholic school.” Last ish that said “10 cents” on the cover was Volume 24, No. 2, cover-dated September 26, 1968. (Treasure Chest published approximately one issue every two weeks during the school year, hence the month and day designation.) Subsequent issues did not list a price.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

That’s awesome! Never heard of that book before. A deep pull in trivia lingo!!

[@reprintranch]

Treasure Chest is high on my list of “underappreciated titles.” It was published for about 30 years, employed some great talent (notably Reed Crandall) and offered a very wide range of material. And because collectors tend to overlook TC, it’s easy to find ‘em cheap.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Very cool.

[@cnote729]

Actually Prince Namor the Submariner debuted April 1, 1939 in Motion Pictures Funnies Weekly #1

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Good eye! That is true. I was careful to say 1st official appearance in the video re Marvel 1 :-). In fact, I made a video about his first unofficial appearance, which CGC calls his "first printed appearance" in Marvel Picture Funnies Weekly #1. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fF7YZoWwgbmtb5o

[@cnote729]

@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 my dad use to see his brother working at movie theater he had a copy and had all these books,but grandma thru them away...lol

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Oh my God! And, that book is SOOO tough. Sorry to hear, but cool to know someone who owned a copy.

[@cnote729]

@@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 sigh...lol...yea

[@arthurtripp6922]

Rember there.was.Massive Comic Book Burning on the 1950s.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Arthur. That's a good addition.