250's for 250th

Send us Fan Mail PODCAST DESCRIPTION: On 250's for The 250th, we pull Conan the Barbarian #250 (cover-dated November 1991) off the shelf — "Chaos Beneath Kutchemes," a landmark anniversary issue with founding writer Roy Thomas back in the chair. Conan rides with the warrior women Red Sonja and Zula near the end of a quest for untold riches, but first they must cut down the warlord Z...

Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we pull Iron Man #250 (cover-dated December 1989) off the shelf — "Recurring Knightmare," by the definitive team of David Michelinie and Bob Layton. A sequel to the beloved "Doomquest," it flings Iron Man and Doctor Doom forward to the year 2093, where the wizard Merlin and a young King Arthur draft the armored rivals into a war aga...

Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we pull The Uncanny X-Men #250 (cover-dated October 1989) off the shelf — "The Shattered Star," Part 2, from Chris Claremont and Marc Silvestri. Deep in the Savage Land, the sorceress Zaladane has captured several X-Men: she drugs Havok, manipulates Polaris into turning on her own teammates, and moves to drain Polaris's magnetic powers,...

Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we pull Daredevil #250 (cover-dated January 1988) off the shelf — the issue that kicks off John Romita Jr.'s celebrated run as regular penciller alongside writer Ann Nocenti. An ecology group is taking on the chemical company Kelco over its toxic spills, Matt Murdock lends legal aid from his Hell's Kitchen clinic, and to "clean up"...

Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we pull Justice League of America #250 (cover-dated May 1986) off the shelf — Gerry Conway and Luke McDonnell's "Return of the Justice League of America." It's less a money key than an editorial hinge: a distress call from the original Secret Sanctuary brings Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, and Black Canary back to res...

Send us Fan Mail America turns 250 this year — and we're celebrating with 250's, a series spotlighting the 250th issues from our favorite comic runs. This week: Fantastic Four #250, cover-dated January 1983. It's a milestone issue that lands right in the middle of one of Marvel's greatest creative runs. John Byrne — writing, penciling, and inking solo — had been quietly rebuild...

Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we spotlight Archie #250 (Archie Comics, cover-dated February 1976) — the only humor book in our countdown and famously the title's last 25¢ issue. The cover is by Dan DeCarlo with inks by Rudy Lapick, and Frank Doyle scripts a classic Riverdale outing starring Betty, Veronica, Reggie, and Jughead. A common Bronze Age book with no key status, high...

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Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we launch the countdown with Detective Comics #250 (DC, 1957) — the Silver Age title that gives DC Comics its initials, with cover and art by Bob Kane ghost-artist Sheldon Moldoff. In "Batman's Super-Enemy," small-time crook John Stannar loots a crashed alien ship and briefly out-guns the Dynamic Duo, forcing Batman to out-think a foe he...

Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we spotlight G.I. Combat #250 (DC, 1983) — a giant-size Dollar Comic war anthology fronted by a Joe Kubert cover. The lead tale, "Hero of the Haunted Tank," from Robert Kanigher and Sam Glanzman, follows Lt. Jeb Stuart and his crew through WWII under the watchful ghost of Confederate general J.E.B. Stuart. We cover the creators, where G.I. Co...

Send us Fan Mail On Day 14 of 250's for America's 250th , we break down The Avengers #250 (December 1984) — the double-sized anniversary classic by Roger Stern , Al Milgrom , and Joe Sinnott . The East Coast and the brand-new West Coast Avengers unite to stop Maelstrom , reborn in a cloned body and out to siphon the kinetic energy of Earth's rotation itself. We cover the Vision&apos...

Send us Fan Mail Step out of the cape-and-cowl world and into Riverdale on this episode of 250's for America's 250. We dig into Archie #250 (1976) — the only humor book in our countdown and often called Archie's last 25-cent issue, with a classic Dan DeCarlo cover and a Frank Doyle script. Plus a tour through Archie's history: his 1941 debut as a backup feature in Pep Comics #2...

Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we spotlight Wonder Woman #250 (DC, 1978) — the first appearance of Orana, the red-haired Amazon who defeats Princess Diana and seizes the Wonder Woman mantle.  Written by Jack C. Harris with art by José Delbo and a Rich Buckler cover, this quiet key is the conceptual forerunner of Artemis. Raw copies run $2–$25, with NM- near $71 and a CGC 9.8 estimat...

Send us Fan Mail On 250's for The 250th, we spotlight The Flash #250 (DC, 1977) — the debut of the Golden Glider, Lisa Snart, Captain Cold's vengeful sister. Writer Cary Bates and artist Irv Novick send Barry Allen into an icy trap in a true Bronze Age first-appearance key. In NM- it runs around $80, with CGC 9.8 copies near $379. See more at http://epic-panels-comics.com #250sForThe250t...

Send us Fan Mail Batman #250 (July 1973): "The Batman Nobody Knows" — Story, Creators & Collector Value In this episode, we crack open one of the most memorable milestone issues in Batman's publishing history — Batman #250 , cover-dated July 1973. This landmark issue is best known not for its main story, but for its unforgettable back-up feature: "The Batman Nobody Knows,&q...