In 1998, frank miller shook the comics world with his groundbreaking series 300. Welcome to the best website for bronze age, silver age and golden age collectible comic books and original comic book art. There was, of course, also an epic film inspired by this modern classic. A force of men is assembled, so massive it shakes the earth with its march an army, vast beyond imagining, poised to devour tiny greece, to snuff out the worlds one hope for reason and justice. For links to all previous top 300 comic and top 300 graphic novel articles. The vast majority of comics from the 1980s and later have little, if any, value today.
If you love 300, its a different little thing to have. For those that need a little more of an obvious nudge, theres frank millers 300. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. The issues were titled honor, duty, glory, combat and victory. Batman is one of the worlds bestknown and mostloved superheroes. The differences in leonidas portrayal set the two apart. Here i have endeavored to collect as many of these as possible, now totalling over 300 full issues and stories, in one place.
Violent but gorgeous, 300 is a fantastic comic book based in the doomed mission of the spartans against the persians. Merikan, fettered by lyn gala, regretting you by colleen hoover, the kiss thie. Please visit 300 is published by dark horse comics. With each pricing update we compute and show here the 100 most valuable comic books. Thats the sound of comic book excitement coming to life and ebay has all the brands, genres and issues any fanboy or fangirl could ever want. With all the extra time at home i was able to scan a nice batch of bronze age books and ill continue to scan and add books for the next couple weeks so there is no rush. The total sales price is subject to applicable sales tax. Comic books are awesome comictom101 channel welcome video intro if playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. The closest ive seen in comics in terms of illustration is in the walking.
Lot includes titles like avengers, superman, batman, robin, xmen, iron man, thor, wolverine, fantastic four, spiderman, and more. Giantsized 300th anniversary with 3part booklength story, the last batman story. Rise of an empire isnt directly based on a frank miller comic like the original, it still has us reflecting back on miller. And if you want to invest in a copy of any of the 100, which grade should you seek out, and why. Frank millers 300 prequel to arrive in 2018 from dark horse. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. Marking millers first collaboration with watercolor artist lynn varley ronin, the dark knight returns in over a decade, 300 was a gritty reimagining of a battle in which three hundred spartan soldiers fought to hold back the entire persian army. And unlike torrents or scanned files, these comics are completely legal. Miller is intent on depicting and applauding the heroics of military sacrifice exemplified in the stand of leonidas and his 300 spartans at thermopylae, the hot gateway.
If you love comics this would go well in a comic collection. Clearly, some of these items may not, and probably do not exist in that grade. Batman and robin in gotham city of the future thwart the attempted attack by a band of bluecostumed men on a mobile surgical capsule being transferred to the columbia space station surgery. As in all comics heres one of those differences, the plot is simple and the message is straightforward. All the exclusive covers we can get our hands on from other great stores. The sequel to 300 is finally hitting theaters this week. Florida residents will pay all applicable taxes unless a tax exemption form is on file. Icv2s popular monthly top 500 comics and top 500 graphic novel top 500 starting in april 2018. Also, the heritage auctions archives contain high quality images of comics, so the archives are also an outstanding resource for identifying your comic books.
Top 100 prior lists have now been archived for your convenience. King leonidas leads a spartan army of only 300 men into battle against. Wonder woman, batman and superman comics abound, plus scores of others are only a few clicks away. Frank miller brings his unique style mostly known to me at least from the masterful batman. Not hot top 10 comic books on the rise comics that went down in value. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. A force of men is assembled, so massive it shakes the earth with its march. The big is a bit bigger than a4, more long than it is tall, and it is pretty much exactly as the film goes. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. This brilliantly executed graphic novel chronicles the legend of the battle of thermopylae in which 300 greek spartans held off an entire invading persian army.
Some people already realize the connection between comic book superheroes and greek myth. Top 300 comics numbers rise, but 2018 has lowest sales. While wed all like to hold out hope there is a nm 9. The dark knight returns and illustrates the legendary world from over 2000 years ago with panache. Berger books american gods hellboy dark horse manga. Frank millers 300 falls squarely in the former category. Which are the 100 hottest comic books on the planet right now. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. With this 300th issue, spawn becomes the longestrunning independent series in comic book history. No 300 comic book sequel to tie into movie sequels release.
When it comes to rare comic books, few are as important as the origin and 1st appearance of batman. King leonidas leads a spartan army of only 300 men into battle against the army of xerxes i of persia, a force. Dark horse placed 69,353 units in the top 300 comics, an increase of 7,897 units which is the best it has done in 2018 but still far below how the publisher has done in past years. Major comics companies have titles with histories that span decades of publication, and if you are new to a particular arc, it can be hard to even decide where to start. The illustrations, i feel are very detailed and more detailed than your average comic book. Many comic book creators and publishers have put their comics online, available as full issues and at absolutely no cost to the reader. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. Each box contains comics from the 1980s through today, however, occasionally comics from the 1970s are included.
Reed, pencils by walt simonson, inks by dick giordano. The visuals here are some of millers best, made even better by the painting done by lynn varley. To celebrate, legendary artists todd mcfarlane and greg capullo return with allnew interior pencils, with additional art provided by jason shawn alexander, j. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art.
Subscribe to marvel unlimited to access thousands of digital comics for one low price. Standing between greece and this tidal wave of destruction are a tiny detachment of but three hundred warriors. 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. There are certain scenes in the film that are exactly as they are in this book. Idw publishing increase of 45,083 units to 159,318 units. Frank millerdark horse comics the comic book that next years 300 sequel is based on will not be finished by the time of the movies release, according to reports. Starting or even just expanding an existing comic book collection can seem a little daunting. Naturally, the graphic novel follows the conventions of comic book heroes, while the movie employs magic realism to raise the spartans to mythical proportions. The comic is a fictional retelling of the battle of thermopylae and the events leading up to it from the perspective of leonidas of sparta.