Web Resources for Comic Book Research

Web Resources for Comic Book Research
(I'm always adding to this list. If you discover a site that you think would be useful, pass it along to me here.)

Research Sources and Indexes

Comicsresearch.org
Comics Research Bibliography
Comics-Related Indexes and Bibliographies by Michael Rhode
Index to Political and Social Commentary in Comic Books
Fred Hembeck's Comic Art Links
The Comics Scholars Discussion List
ImageText - Interdisciplinary Comics Studies (online journal)
Comicartville -- See the Library section for articles and interviews

Comic Book History

The History of Superhero Comic Books!
The Comic Book in America
The History of DC Comics Timeline
The Dark Ages A History of Horror
The Katzenjammer Kids
Seduction of The Innocent by Frederic Wertham (excerpts)
Hays Code
The 1954 Senate Interim Report on Comics and Juvenile Delinquency (MS Word format)
The Forgotten Battles: Congressional Hearings on Television Violence in the 1950s by Keisha Hoerrner
The Original Code
The MPAA Code (for movie ratings)
Yahoo! Directory Comics Code Authority

Misc. Cultural History

Kingwood College Library - the 1890s
The 1939-40 New York World's Fair
World War 2 History
Fifties Culture
The Nifty Fifties
Bruce Hershenson Vintage Movie Posters & Books
Movie Poster Gallery
Sitcoms Online Photo Galleries
Nostalgia Central

Current News and Commentary

Comic Book Resources
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund - The spirit of Wertham is still alive, and the CBLDF is there to protect our 1st amendment rights.
Welcome to POVonline.com! - the online version of Mark Evanier's column for the Comics Buyer's Guide.
The Quarter Bin: Profiles - Excellent overviews of comic book genres -- Horror, Humor, War, Crime, Romance, Underground, Funny Animal, Monster, and Educational comics; serious and humorous topics alike, including "Weird Fandom Pages" and "The Coolest Bad Seventies Character."

Penny Dreadfuls, Dime Novels, and Pulps

Varney The Vampire - Full text of an early penny dreadful serialized story from 1847.
A Defense of Penny Dreadfuls by G.K. Chesterton
Welcome to Dime Novels
American Women's Dime Novels, 1870-1920
Pulp Magazines
Pulpworld.com: The History of the Pulps
ThePulp.Net Pulp.Links
ThePulp.Net
Weird Tales

Superman

Joe and Jerry
Kirk Alyn at Brian's Drive-In Theater
Legacy of Superman
Phyllis Coates - Cowboy and Serial Heroine
Superman Siegel and Shuster vs. DC Comics
Superman The Complete History (frames)
Superman Homepage
The Fortress of Solitude Super Network
The Superman Encyclopedia
The Original Superman Cartoons
The Super-Key to Fort Superman - Page 0 - by Jerry Coleman and Wayne Boring

Golden Age/Silver Age Comics

Golden Age Comics Online
Golden Age Heroes Directory
Marvel Character index (main)

Women

Classic Good Girl and Romance Covers
Sandra Chang's Site for Erotic, Pin-up and Comic Book Art
Friends of Lulu
Strong Women in Comics The Good Girls
Women in Refrigerators
Mutoworld - Women in the Pulps and Comics

Minorities

Welcome to The Museum of Black Superheroes
Pioneering Cartoonists of Color: Bio Links
Pioneering Cartoonists of Color Gallery
African American Review Comic book masculinity and the new black superhero
Comics and African-Americans Bibliography

Disney/Barks Ducks

Donald Duck - Wikipedia entry
DCML Disney comics
Online Comic Shop with only Barks Comics
The HTML BarksBase
A Visit to Yesterland - The Discontinued Disneyland
The Disneyland Source - Your source for Disneyland audio, video and information.
Carl Barks Tribute Website

Undergrounds

Tijuana Bibles by Susie Bright, Salon.com
Ug comix.info hub
Another Crumb Page

Fandom/Collecting

Comics Guaranty Corp.
Comics Guaranty, LLC - Census
Comics Grading Group
GPAnalysis Comics
ComicsPriceGuide.com - The Online Price Guide
Eclipse Paper Conservation
Comic-Con International, San Diego
Heroes Convention, Charlotte
Heritage Comics
G-Mart Comic Book Store

Cover Galleries

PulpGallery- Vintage Magazine Cover Art Gallery
The Pulp Gallery
The Batman Gallery
The Wonder Woman Gallery
The TIMELY-ATLAS Cover Gallery
Gallery of Crime Comics Menu
Classic Crime and Horror Covers
Comic Book Bondage Cover of the Day

The Bizarre

The Comic Book Periodic Table of the Elements
Comic Book Gorillarama
Oddball Comics by Scott Shaw!
TV Superheroes at Hollywood Cult Movies
Superman is a Dick (National Lampoon)

Miscellaneous Character, Fan, Business, and Info Pages

The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters
The Batman Who's Who
The Batgirl/Oracle Site: History
The Adam West Site: TV's Batman
Dick's MAD STUFF, The MAD Men Photo Gallery
OTHER D.C. HEROES
The Little Lulu Page
Blackhawk Comics Home Page
The Greatest Comics - Young Romance #1
The 100 Greatest Comics of the 20th Century
The Marvel Family Web - Home to Captain Marvel, Mary Marvel, and Captain Marvel, Jr.!
BLACK MOON - Barefoot Gen, the Anti-War Anime & Manga.
PureExcitementComics #4 - Golden Age Reprints
Balloon Tales - Comicraft's Guide to Comic Book Lettering and Production
The Comics Get Serious - Graphic Novel Review Archive

Online Comics

PvP Online
Online Comic Strips at Comics.com
Scott McCloud's Online Comics

This page last updated 1/26/05