
Batman
#433 · 1989
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Copper Age comics from 1985 to 1991: Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, the independent boom and the last keys before the speculator crash.

Batman
#433 · 1989

The Atlantis Chronicles
#4 · 1990

Armageddon: The Alien Agenda
#2 · 1991

Armageddon: The Alien Agenda
#1 · 1991

Armageddon
#1 · 1991

Arion, Lord of Atlantis
#35 · 1985

Aquaman Special (1988) Aquaman
nn · 1988

Angel and the Ape
#4 · 1991

Angel and the Ape
#3 · 1991

Angel and the Ape
#2 · 1991

Adventures of Superman Annual
#3 · 1991

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
#9 · 1989

Adam Strange
#2 · 1990

Action Comics Weekly
#601 · 1988

X-Factor
#6 · 1986

Web of Spider-Man
#32 · 1987

Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge Adventures
#5 · 1988
Gladstone · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories
#545 · 1989
Gladstone · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

Uncle Scrooge
#241 · 1990

Uncle Scrooge
#219 · 1987

The Uncanny X-Men
#266 · 1990

The Uncanny X-Men
#251 · 1989

The Uncanny X-Men
#221 · 1987

The Sandman
#8 · 1989

Power Pack
#22 · 1986

Predator
#1 · 1989

The New Mutants
#87 · 1990

Little Archie Comics Digest Magazine
#16 · 1985
Archie Comics · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
#96 · 1990
Marvel Comics · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

Ghost Rider
#1 · 1990

Donald Duck
#268 · 1988

Archie Giant Series Magazine
#612 · 1990
Archie Comics · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

The Amazing Spider-Man
#306 · 1988

The Amazing Spider-Man
#324 · 1989

Dark Horse Presents
#36 · 1990

Web of Spider-Man
#31 · 1987

Vault of Horror
#4 · 1991

The Uncanny X-Men
#267 · 1990

The Uncanny X-Men
#191 · 1985

The Uncanny X-Men
#241 · 1989

Tales from the Crypt
#4 · 1990

Omaha the Cat Dancer
#4 · 1987

Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD
#11 · 1990

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
#94 · 1989
Marvel Comics · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
#48 · 1986
Marvel Comics · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
#45 · 1986
Marvel Comics · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
#32 · 1985
Marvel Comics · Copper Age
Raw · Not graded

Count Duckula
#1 · 1988
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Collecting
Collectors divide American comics into eras: the Golden Age (1938 to the mid-1950s), the Silver Age (1956 to about 1970), the Bronze Age (about 1970 to 1985), the Copper Age (about 1985 to 1991) and the Modern Age (1991 to today). The boundaries are conventions rather than official dates, but each era has its own print runs, survival rates, paper and pricing, which is why listings and price guides always state one.
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Collecting
From the late 1970s to around 2013, most Marvel and DC comics were printed in two editions: newsstand copies sold on returnable terms through news outlets, and direct editions sold non-returnable to comic shops. They share the same interior; the difference is on the cover, where newsstand copies carry a UPC barcode and direct editions show a logo, a blank box or a different barcode. Newsstand copies from the 1990s onward are scarcer in high grade and often sell at a premium.
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Characters
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, cover-dated May 1984, self-published by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird as Mirage Studios in Dover, New Hampshire. The first printing was a black-and-white, magazine-sized comic of about 3,000 copies. Later printings from 1984 and 1985 look similar but are clearly marked, and only the first printing carries the high value.
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Characters
John Constantine's first full appearance is The Saga of the Swamp Thing #37, cover-dated June 1985, by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette and John Totleben, who modelled his look on the musician Sting. He can be glimpsed in background cameos in Saga of the Swamp Thing #25 (June 1984). Constantine's own series, Hellblazer, began in January 1988 and ran 300 issues.
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The Copper Age is the bridge between newsstand comics and the direct market. Prestige formats, creator-owned independents and mature-readers lines changed what a comic could be, and books such as Watchmen #1, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 and the early Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issues remain the era's headline keys.
Copper Age books were printed on better paper and bought by collectors from day one, so the market is concentrated in high grade. We focus on 9.6 and 9.8 copies with white pages and on the early independents, where small print runs make even mid-grade copies genuinely hard to find.
Every book ships double-boxed, signature-required and insured to full value, and you have 14 days from delivery to inspect it. Undisclosed restoration is refundable with no time limit under our authenticity guarantee. Have Copper Age books of your own to grade or sell? Start a grading submission or request an appraisal.