{"id":3423,"date":"2008-07-02T20:24:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-02T20:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/02\/the-golden-age-of-comics-2\/"},"modified":"2008-07-02T20:24:56","modified_gmt":"2008-07-02T20:24:56","slug":"the-golden-age-of-comics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/02\/the-golden-age-of-comics-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Golden Age of Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldenagecomics.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">The Golden Age of Comics<\/a> promises to be the &ldquo;#1 site for downloading FREE copyright free golden age comics.&rdquo;  I certainly cannot confirm or deny that statement, but with over 4,500 scanned Golden Age comic books, it is the most impressive I\u2019ve seen.  Publishers include <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ace_Comics\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Ace Comics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toonopedia.com\/acg.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">American Comics Group\/ACG<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nedor_Comics\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Better\/Nedor\/Standard Publications<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toonopedia.com\/charlton.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Charlton<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelfire.com\/mn\/blaklion\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Comics House Publications\/Lev Gleason Comics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eastern_Color_Printing\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Eastern Color Printing Company<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fawcett_Comics\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Fawcett Comics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiction_House\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Fiction House<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toonopedia.com\/foxfeatr.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Fox Comics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hillman_Periodicals\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Hillman Periodicals<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toonopedia.com\/mlj_arch.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">MLJ Comics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quality_Comics\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Quality Comics<\/a> and many more. Scanned titles include multiple issues of <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Captain Marvel Adventures<\/span> (and his extended family), Simon &amp;amp; Kirby\u2019s <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Fighting American<\/span>, <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Crime Does Not Pay<\/span> and literally thousands of others.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.internationalhero.co.uk\/f\/fightame.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nIn order to access and download the comics, you must register.  Downloading can be a bit tricky at first, so make sure and read the <a href=\"http:\/\/goldenagecomics.co.uk\/forum\/index.php\/topic,399.0.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">Golden Age Comics Help FAQ<\/a> immediately after registering. <\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toonopedia.com\/uimages\/toons\/c\/crimepay.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\nWhatever the hassle, this is the finest resource of Golden Age comics available on the web.  To acquire a mere fraction of these stories would cost you in the tens of thousands of dollars.  So go forth and experience a bit of comic book history.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/f\/fc\/Captainmarveladventures18.JPG\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"tumblr-crosspostr-linkback\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/02\/the-golden-age-of-comics\/\" title=\"Go to the original post.\" rel=\"bookmark\" target=\"_blank\">The Golden Age of Comics<\/a> was originally published on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\" target=\"_blank\">The Geek Curmudgeon<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Golden Age of Comics promises to be the &ldquo;#1 site for downloading FREE copyright free golden age comics.&rdquo; I certainly cannot confirm or deny that statement, but with over 4,500 scanned Golden Age comic books, it is the most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/02\/the-golden-age-of-comics-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/07\/02\/the-golden-age-of-comics-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Golden Age of Comics - The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Golden Age of Comics promises to be the &ldquo;#1 site for downloading FREE copyright free golden age comics.&rdquo; 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