It gives off enough of the classic pulp feel without stagnating in the genre. She is associate professor of communication at rider university. The origin of sheena, jerry iger and will eisner had created sheena for an english tabloid called wags in 1937, and meskin was one of the staff artists on their payroll. The minimum price is not a real reflection of market value. Sheena, queen of the jungle is a fictional american comic book jungle girl heroine, originally published primarily by fiction house during the golden age of comic books. Get the best deals on sheena comic book collections when you shop the largest online selection at. Phantom lady, comic book cover, february 1948 cover art. The original sheena comic book character obviously owed its inception to burroughs tarzan, and burroughs themes and stock situations set out in his books and their subsequent movie adaptations, have carried through as conventions that sheena takes up with only superficial updating for the 21st century. When the studio got the contract to package a monthly comic book for fiction house, an american publisher of pulp magazines, they imported sheena back to her country of origin but her first few. Also featuring vintage ads for products that both increase the figure and reduce it. Make offer bad girl comic book lot of 22 tomoe, dollz, tsunami girls, sheena, darkchylde tell us what you think opens in new window or tab side refine panel. Sheena howard, an associate professor at rider university and the author of black comics. But sheena is not the only one hunting for the missing man.
View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. In other words, it takes a dealer time to sort, bag, board and price any comic book. Values of sheena queen of the jungle free comic book values. Between sheena and jungle girl i would lean more to the first omnibus for jungle girl, but this was a great read on its own. Minnesotas only blackowned comic book store celebrates. Prior to 1937, the jungle girls may have existed in the pulps and movies, but not in the comic book world. The first comic artist to illustrate sheena was mort meskin below. In fact, some credit sheena as the first heroine to star in her own comic book, as she predates wonder womans debut by several years. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the. Featuring digitallyremastered classic artwork by will eisnerjerry iger studios and over 10 of the best sheena stories from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s, this collection is a musthave for fans of classic comics. Sheena queen of the jungle 1942 fiction house comic books. Top 100 most valuable comic books of the golden age 19381956 the 100 most valuable comic books from each age.
This with the twist of being in the modern era with advents of. Terrific cover by maurice whitman is the very definition of goodgirl art. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Doll man, blackhawk and many other characters, sheena originally appeared in a british tabloid called wags, in 1937.
She is also the past chair of the black caucus national communication association and the founder of the nerdworks project. See more ideas about comic covers, comic books and comic book covers. Turns out that those were different stories, newly converted, that ray zone did the 3d color separations for. Challengers of the unknown 1958 1978 challengers of the unknown was one of the very. Which are the 100 most valuable comic books from the golden age. Open a comic book, and you can see america in the pages its people, its values. The librarys vast trove of comic books exposes a unique and revealing history of american popular culture. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the silver age began.
Sheena was ranked 59th in comics buyers guides 100 sexiest women in comics. This isnt the most desirable comic out there, but its hard to find this issue and its a nice strange piece to add to an eccentric collection, at a very affordable price. As hundreds of thousands of fans gather at new york comic. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database.
She was the first female comic book character with her own title, with her 1937 in great britain. Adventures of the fearless jungle warrior sheena, one of the earliest female heroes with her own. Ana ishikawa is a half japanese half american woman. Politics of race and representation winner of an eisner award, the comic book. Free file downloads, online comic viewer, plus a helpful, knowledgeable community. Comic book price guides, like overstreet, have a minimum price for comic books.
Sheena, queen of the jungle vintage comic books, comics. Before sheena, there had never been a comic book heroine like her. Howard is the recipient of the 2014 eisner award for her first book black comics. Jungle woman comic book postcard created by alleycatshirts. Sheena is a legacy character and despite being a sex symbol she is also a powerful and devoted to her cause. Started as an adventure themed book, brave and the bold became one of dcs tryout books, and introduced the justice league of america, suicide squad, and the teen titans. In the great comic book heroes, jules feiffer said that wonder woman. Matt baker matt baker was one of the first africanamerican comic book artists. Sheena is a nice diversion into the classic jungle tropes you want from a jungle fiction. The best site for downloading free public domain golden age comic books. She was trained to be a sohei warrior by her japanese grandfather. For each sale discovered, we match it to the specific comic in our massive database which also includes variant covers and printings.
Swing into the golden age of comics with this spectacular collection of classic sheena. We include new 20192020 record sales and minimum values. This page will deal with the most valuable of all, golden age comic books. There is a lot of stuff teasing us in this issue that promises a fishoutofwater story much like tarzan was. Find out what your matt baker romance, crime and western comics are worth in this comics price guide.
See more ideas about comic covers, comic books and comic book. Jumbo comics fiction house comic book plus vintage comic books, vintage. First black woman to win eisner award is conquering the. We monitor the fire hose of online comic book sales across various marketplaces and report on the sales of cgc and cbcs graded books in our comics price guide. Dynamite entertainment please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. This book has 36 pages and was uploaded by k1ngcat on may 9, 2016. I have the 1985 blackthorne sheena 3d comic, which i had always assumed was the same stories, underneath a new dave stevens cover, but no. Whether you are an avid comic collector, a repeat offender one who once collected but fell by the wayside, are new to the industry, or someone who came across some old comics, welcome to the world of comics. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Sheena queen of the jungle continues to be a joy to read. Howard is an american academic, author and producer. Includes record sales and minimum values for each book. The jungle fiction genre is criminally neglected in the comic book world. The artist of the first few episodes was mort meskin vigilante, black terror.
We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. Swing into the golden age of comics with this spectacular collection of classic. With her first american comic book appearance in 1938, she was the oldest character to make the list. Sheena now must find a way to stop both the creatures and cadwells men before the unthinkable happens and the forest she calls home is forever destroyed. Sell my comic books presents the 60 best horror comic books by value. A comic titan, professor, and mother to a newborn, dr.
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