Undervalued Spotlight #332
Man from U.N.C.L.E. #7, Gold Key, July 1966 I’ve bought and sold a lot of comic books over the years and yet there are very few I regret selling. Yes, there was that nice tight Tales of Suspense #39 I…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Walter Durajlija
Walter Durajlija is an Overstreet Advisor and Shuster Award winner. He owns Big B Comics in Hamilton Ontario.
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Undervalued Spotlight #331
Marvel Super-Heroes #13, Marvel Comics, March 1968 This Spotlight came to me while I was arguing with someone about who was the best female superhero at Marvel. I’m not saying Captain Marvel is but I am presently this week’s Undervalued…
Undervalued Spotlight #330
Falling in Love #121, DC Comics, February 1971 Ahh, my favorite post of the year because I get to say, Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. I hope your day/year/life is filled with love. I honestly spend too much time on this…
Comic Culture February 8th 2017
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by Producer Shekky Feldstein for their annual Valentine’s show. So sit back and feel the love on this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you…
Undervalued Spotlight #329
Fantastic Four #113, Marvel Comics, August 1971 A few days ago I sorted all my Undervalued Spotlights alphabetically. I did this exercise to help me see if there were areas I was not adequately representing, the Spotlight mantra being all…
The Tardy Undervalued Spotlight
Wow am I ever embarrassed. I just wrote up my annual Valentines Undervalued Spotlight, and boy am I drained! I was about to post it when I realized that the Valentine’s post is next week not this week! I thought…
Comic Culture February 1 2017
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija get together and talk all kinds of comic talk. So kick back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you go out and support…
Undervalued Spotlight #328
Marvel Spotlight #2, Marvel Comics, February 1972 This week’s Spotlight came to me while I was chatting with some friends about Sherlock Holmes. We were talking about the latest BBC TV episodes starring Benedict Cumberbatch (the Marvel Doc Strange). We…
Undervalued Spotlight #327
Fantastic Four #12, Marvel Comics, March 1963 I was talking to a comic collector recently about the allure of those round 12 cent Marvels. We counted them up and came up with 45 super-hero Marvel comics that have them, remembering…
Undervalued Spotlight #326
Runaways #1, Marvel Comics, July 2003 The dominant back issue market segment for more recent comics has to be the variant issue market. It’s a tough market and one to enter into with lots of knowledge and a little caution.…
Comic Culture January 11th 2017
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija bring in the new year with all kinds of comic talk. So just sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you go…
Undervalued Spotlight #325
All Star Comics #51, DC Comics, February/March 1950 In Undervalued Spotlight #308 I introduced the now infamous Durajlija’s Equation for Iconic Golden Age covers (DEIGAC). Spotlight #314 contained the second book spit out by the equation and this week I’d…
Undervalued Spotlight #324
Journey into Mystery Annual #1, Marvel Comics, 1965 Marvel Comics certainly had a “way” with adapting fictional characters and making those characters their own. I can’t think of a bigger or better example than the Mighty Thor, introduced in Journey…
Undervalued Spotlight #323
Blackhawk #117, DC Comics, October 1957 This week’s Spotlight came to me while I was trying to convince the owner of a large Batman collection to sell, or at least trade his books to me. He’s looking for a Spider-Man…
Comic Culture December 21st
This week Comic Culture Shekky Feldstien returns to join hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija in an abbreviated Christmas themed show. So grab some nog, sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure…
Undervalued Spotlight #322
Comico Christmas Special #1, Comico, December 1988 The Christmas edition of the Undervalued Spotlight shines its festive light on the Comico Christmas Special of 1988. Talk about a gift that keeps on giving. Ho Ho Ho! Let’s start with a…
Comic Culture December 14th
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by young Max Chouinard to talk some comics talk. So just sit back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you go…
Undervalued Spotlight #321
Power Comics #1, Power Comics, 1977 (January? – a reprint of #1 exists dated March 1977) A seemingly random sequence of events led me to this week’s Spotlight. I’ll try not to bore you with the timeline but I have…
Auction Highlights #97
Comic Link Fall Featured Auction The comic book portion of the ComicLink Fall Featured Auction ended Thursday December 8th. I’m really enjoying these CLINK auctions. The selection is great from every era! Tops of keys, tons of high grade, tons…
Overvalued Overstreet | Daredevil 7
Daredevil #7, Marvel Comics, April 1965. I can’t tell you how many times lower to mid grade copies of this book has queued up in my back issue bins over the years. Mind you I don’t think I have a copy at this moment but I think that’s due more to “aggressive discounting” than it is to rampant demand. The problem all along must have been an overvalued Overstreet value.
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