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The GCD catalogues information on creator credits, story details, reprints, and other information useful to readers, collectors, fans, and scholars of comics and comics publications.
Famous Funnies #138, 150, 162, 174
Eastern Color, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949

New Year covers by Stephen Douglas featuring Jitter (138), Oaky Doaks (150, 162), and Napoleon (174).
January 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Action Comics #27, 28
DC, 1940

Covers by Paul Cassidy.

Superman stories by Jerry Siegel, Cassidy, & Dennis Neville (27) and by Siegel and Jack Burnley (28), under the Siegel and Joe Shuster byline.
January 24, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The Avengers #158-159
Marvel, 1977

Jim Shooter, Sal Buscema, & Pablo Marcos. Covers by Jack Kirby & Joe Sinnott and by Gil Kane & Frank Giacoia.
January 24, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #306, 318, 330, 342
Vol 26 No 6, Vol 27 No 6, Vol 28 No, Vol 29 No 6
Western, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969

Covers by Carl Barks, Larry Mayer, Tony Strobl & Mayer, and Barks.
January 23, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Real Fact Comics #5
DC, 1946

Cover by Jack Burnley.

Batman and Robin story by Bernard Breslauer, Jack Schiff, Mort Weisenger, and Win Mortimer. Tom Mix story by Breslauer, Schiff, Weisenger, and Ed Smalle ?
January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The Amazing Spider-Man #240-241
Marvel, 1983

By Roger Stern and John Romita Jr. Inks by Bob Layton (240) and Frank Giacoia (241).

Covers by Romita & Layton and by Romita & Terry Austin.
January 23, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Pep #38/1968, 49/1968
Geïllustreerde Pers, 1968, Netherlands

Covers by Morris featuring Lucky Luke.
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
The Daredevils #1
Marvel UK, 1983, UK

Covers by Paul Neary.

Features Captain Britain by Alan Moore and Alan Davis; Daredevil reprints (1979) by Roger McKenzie, Frank Miller, & Klaus Janson; and Spider-Man reprints (1967) by Stan Lee, John Romita Sr, & Mike Esposito.
January 22, 2026 at 5:56 AM
40 Big Pages of Mickey Mouse
Western, 1936
January 21, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The Avengers #154
Super-Villain Team-Up #9
The Avengers #155-156
Marvel, 1976-1977

Avengers covers by Jack Kirby & Al Milgrom (layouts by Milgrom); Super-Villain Team-Up cover by Gil Kane & Dan Adkins.
January 21, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Mutt and Jeff The Big Book #1, 2
Cupples & Leon, 1926, 1929

Compendiums, each collecting three regular volumes of the Bud Fisher strip collections.
January 21, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Bringing Up Father The Big Book #1, 2
Cupples & Leon, 1926, 1929

Compendiums, each collecting three regular volumes of the George McManus strip collections.
January 21, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Detective Comics #110-112
DC, 1946

Covers by Win Mortimer

Batman and Robin stories by Don C. Cameron and Mortimer (110, 111) and by Joseph Greene and Mortimer (112); Air Wave by George Roussos; ...
January 21, 2026 at 7:23 AM
Archie Giant Series Magazine #17, 22, 27
Archie, 1962, 1963, 1964

Second cover by Samm Schwartz.

Creators unidentified on most stories. Known work by Dan DeCarlo, Vincent DeCarlo, Joe Edwards, Rudy Lapick, Harry Lucey, Tom Moore, Schwartz, Terry Szenics, and Bill Vigoda.
January 20, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Detective Comics #107-109
DC, 1946

Covers by Dick Sprang, George Roussos, and Jack Burnley.

Batman and Robin stories by Don C. Cameron and Win Mortimer (107, 109) and by Cameron and Sprang (108); Air Wave by Roussos; "Three-Ring" Binks by Jack Farr; ...
January 19, 2026 at 7:33 AM
The Adventures of Foxy Grandpa
The Further Adventures of Foxy Grandpa
Foxy Grandpa Company, 1901

Foxy Grandpa was an American gag-a-day newspaper comic strip created by Carl E. Schultze drawing under the name "Bunny." The strip lasted from 1900 to circa 1918.
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 AM
The Fortunes of Ferdinand Flipper
Wilson and Company, 1851

The first comic book created solely in the United States and not reprinted from elsewhere.

Comic book put together by stringing 145 independent single illustrations and cartoons into a sequential story.
January 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #270, 282, 294
Vol 23 No 6, Vol 24 No 6, Vol 25 No 6
Western, 1963, 1964, 1965

Covers by Tony Strobl, Carl Barks, and Strobl.

Featuring Donald Duck by Barks; and Mickey Mouse by Paul Murry (270), and Dick Moores (282, 294), ...
January 18, 2026 at 9:11 AM
The PreHistory of the Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit
Andrews McMeel, 1989

Contains commentary on individual strips, letters from angry readers, unpublished cartoons, and some of Gary Larson's personal favorite Far Sides.
January 17, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Captain Marvel #25-28
Marvel, 1973

By Jim Starlin (plot, pencils) and Mike Friedrich (scripts). Inks by Chic Stone, Dave Cockrum, Pablo Marcos, and Dan Green, respectively. Covers pencilled by Starlin and inked by Joe Sinnott, Frank Giacoia, Starlin ? or Marcos ?, and Marcos.
January 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
The Avengers #152, 153
The Avengers Annual #6
Marvel, 1976

Covers by Jack Kirby & Dan Adkins, Kirby & Al Milgrom, and Kirby & Adkins.

Stories by Gerry Conway, John Buscema, & Joe Sinnott (152, 153) and Conway, George Pérez, Mike Esposito, Duffy Vohland, & John Tartaglione (6).
January 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 8:01 AM
New Fun Vol 1 No 5
DC, 1935

Cover features Jack Woods by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson and W. C. Brigham.

After a three-month hiatus, New Fun returned with publisher Wheeler-Nicholson taking over the editorial duties as well.
January 16, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The DragonLance Saga #1-3
TSR, 1987-1988

The first two are adapted by Roy Thomas and Tom Yeates from Book 1 & 2 of "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" and Volume 1 of the "DRAGONLANCE Chronicles" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
January 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The Amazing Spider-Man #238-239
Marvel, 1983

The introduction of the Hobgoblin by Roger Stern and John Romita Jr. Inks by John Romita Sr (238) and Frank Giacoia (239).

Covers by Jr. & Sr. (238) and Jr. & Al Milgrom (239).
January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM