Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
This week Comic Culture host Chris Owen tries out a new co-host in Marty Birthelmer. Marty jumps into the co-host chair putting Walter Durajlija into the producers chair. Walt had some dental work done that involves a retainer limiting his…
Fantastic Four #45, Marvel Comics (December 1965) The Fantastic Four is easily the most important of the original slew of Marvel titles. Most of the time we focus on the importance of FF#1 and how it changed everything. While Fantastic…
JLA/Avengers #1, Marvel Comics, (September 2003) This comic features the 1st meeting of the Justice League of America and the Avengers. Considering how big the Avengers are and how big the JLA will most likely be this is a book…
Now would be a good time to remind everyone that a Canadian Comics Panel is being held at the Niagara Falls Comic Con on Saturday June 8th at 12:00 noon until 1:00 PM in room 205 of the Niagara Falls Scotiabank…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk things Captain Canuck, Man of Steel, the Niagara Comic Con, Star Wars at museums and so much more. Producer Shekky Feldstein opens up the Comic Culture mailbag and as…
Marvel Team-Up Annual #1, Marvel Comics, (December 1976) Here we have the 1st new X-Men team appearance outside the X-Men title. Better yet they make this appearance in a great little title called Marvel Team-Up, a Spider-Man title. Correct me…
Auction Highlights #77, Comic Link May Featured Auction The Comic Link Featured Auction has just ended, all results below ended between Tuesday May 21st and Wednesday May 23rd. This was a good auction with a nice mix of books. The…
Yesterday marked 1 year and 6 months since my Undervalued Spotlight #103 post. In that post I put the spotlight on Maple Leaf Publishing’s Better Comics #1 and talked about the importance and the scarcity of the book. I remember…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija welcome back show producer Shekky Feldstien. Shekky was AWOL for a month but does a great job diving back in. The gang discuss all the talent leaving DC Comics lately,…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss the 4 titles DC Comics is cancelling, the record run of Iron Man 3 at the movies, Laura Vandervoort being cast as the voice of the Blue Fox on…
Classic Comics #33, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Gilberton Publications, (January 1947) I’ve often looked to Classic Illustrated (it was called Classic Comics for the 1st 34 issues) for a Spotlight but for some reason never posted one. I was…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about the big opening for the new Iron Man movie, Free Comic Book Day’s big triumph, the Toronto Comics Arts Festival happening this coming weekend and a whole lot…
Detective Comics #33, DC Comics (November 1939) Batman is one of the most important superheroes of all time, top three on everybody’s list and #1 on a majority of peoples list. Next to 1st appearances Origin issues are the most…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija chit chat about the new Superman movie, the new Iron Man movie and they discuss industry news coming out of the C2E2 convention in Chicago. The boys also open up…
G.I. Combat #138, DC Comics, (November/December 1969) DC War comics are a very active collecting strain. I’ve features two DC War comics here on the Undevalued Spotlight. Spotlight #7 featured the 1st Sgt. Rock while Spotlight #2 featured the 1st…
In the mid 1950s the U.S. Senate forced comic book publishers to adhere to the guidelines of a Comic Code Authority. The ‘Code’ was brought in to protect America’s youth from what was then deemed disturbingly graphic and blatantly sexual…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about what makes comic books valuable, they also talk new comic book themed video games, Chris answers the Comic Culture Mail Bag. Rfee Comic Book Day is also discussed.…
What are the key factors that drive demand and thus values in comics? What should be on your checklist when looking to invest in a comic book? Basic Economics 101 tells us it’s all about supply and demand and I…
Solid show this week sees hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen duke it out with producer Marty Birthelmer on a number of topics including FCBD Halloween, February sales, Age Of Ultron and lots more including New This Week, Mail bag…
Crime Does Not Pay #22, Comic House Inc (July 1942) Here’s another Spotlight I’ve been sitting on for a while, not sure why I haven’t posted it yet? Put simply Crime Does Not Pay #22 is one very important comic…