Today, the Mickey Mouse Club often brings to mind images of fresh-scrubbed teens singing and dancing their hearts out on T.V. But did you know that the club actually began in 1929?
Did you know that the first cartoon character to really become famous on a national scale was R.F. Outcault's Buster Brown?
It looked like the amazing Space Patrol “Terra V” Rocket Ship, but it was actually a dual-purpose film projector and flashlight...
Did you know that in the spring of 1934, Good Housekeeping magazine introduced a feature that totally revolutionized both art and marketing - and later proved significant in the history of both pop culture and comic character collectibles?
Did you know that science-fiction novels and pulp magazines with science-fiction themes, such as Amazing Stories, started to spring up in the early days of the 20th Century?
Did you know that almost exactly 10 years after Snow White and her seven singing pals burst onto the scene in 1937, another charming Disney character made his debut? And the timing was perfect.
Did you know that Jack Kirby's first signed work was one that he really wasn't terribly proud of?
As if Halloween didn't already have enough of a ghostly, eerie aura about it, did you know that this Halloween will mark 76 years since the death of the great Houdini?
Since the early days of space heroes, characters such as Buck Rogers have always carried around trusty flashlight guns...
Did you know that among the numerous books that have been graded by CGC are Platinum Age Comics? And one such is the socially telling Barker’s “Komic” Picture Souvenir...
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Today, the Mickey Mouse Club often brings to mind images of fresh-scrubbed teens singing and dancing their hearts out on T.V. But did you know that the club actually began in 1929?
Did you know that the first cartoon character to really become famous on a national scale was R.F. Outcault's Buster Brown?
It looked like the amazing Space Patrol “Terra V” Rocket Ship, but it was actually a dual-purpose film projector and flashlight...
Did you know that in the spring of 1934, Good Housekeeping magazine introduced a feature that totally revolutionized both art and marketing - and later proved significant in the history of both pop culture and comic character collectibles?
Did you know that science-fiction novels and pulp magazines with science-fiction themes, such as Amazing Stories, started to spring up in the early days of the 20th Century?
Did you know that almost exactly 10 years after Snow White and her seven singing pals burst onto the scene in 1937, another charming Disney character made his debut? And the timing was perfect.
Did you know that Jack Kirby's first signed work was one that he really wasn't terribly proud of?
As if Halloween didn't already have enough of a ghostly, eerie aura about it, did you know that this Halloween will mark 76 years since the death of the great Houdini?
Since the early days of space heroes, characters such as Buck Rogers have always carried around trusty flashlight guns...
Did you know that among the numerous books that have been graded by CGC are Platinum Age Comics? And one such is the socially telling Barker’s “Komic” Picture Souvenir...
