Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Anyone actively following internet comic auctions has most likely noticed a few books sporting those little CVA stickers at the top left corner of the CGC casing. CVA. What the heck is CVA? CVA stands for the Comic Verification Authority…
Again let’s all congratulate CFMU-FM 93.3 for being chosen Hamilton’s best radio station. That’s two years in a row. CFMU! CFMU! CFMU! This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt talk Zack Snyder and the latest Superman film… and how…
Tales of Suspense #79, Marvel Comics (July 1966) Now this is a great Marvel Silver Age comic book! Tales of Suspense #79 kicks off a great 3 part Iron Man and Sub-Mariner battle story but more importantly I’ll argue, it…
First off we want to congratulate CFMU-FM 93.3 for being chosen Hamilton’s best radio station. That’s two years in a row. Take a bow CFMU! This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt plug this Sunday’s Toronto Comicon, they also…
The Pedigree Grand Auction has just wrapped up, all results below ended Wednesday November 14th. I don’t know how Mr. Schmell does it but he sure puts up a lot of very high grade Silver Age comics! Many of these…
Comic book collectors and Walking Dead fans are abuzz after yesterday’s two record breaking sales of Walking Dead #1. Two CGC 9.9 copies of Walking Dead #1 were posted on eBay as of yesterday morning. One of the copies was…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt tackle some interesting topics including Tony Harris’ recent rant, the October comic book sales numbers, good news on the Goon movie front, Michael Arndt’s new gig as screenwriter for Star Wars Episode…
Wonder Comics #1, Fox Features Syndicate (May 1939) This is such a beast of a Golden Age comic. I’ve had Wonder Comics #1 in my scopes for a while but eased up on it after Undervalued Spotlight fan Warren contributed…
This week hosts Chris and Walt talk about how Neil deGrasse Tyson discovered the “real” Krypton, Alan Moore’s new song for Guy Fawkes day, the Art for Sandy Relief art auction, Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin and Jamie Foxx’s Electro. Other topics…
Amazing Spider-Mam #583 Obama Variant 1st Print, Marvel Comics, March 2009 I’m posting this Undervalued Spotlight early on November 6th 2012, Election Day in the United States. Regardless of who wins the White House I’m arguing that the Amazing Spider-Man…
The Halloween show has hosts Chris and Walt talking about what local comic book shops should be doing on Halloween. The guys also discuss the big Disney buys Lucasfilm. There’s also lots of convention news and movie news and the…
Disney is buying Lucasfilm for a reported $4.05 Billion. Disney gets Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light and Magic, and Skywalker Sound. George Lucas, who owns Lucasfilm privately, gets payment in Disney shares and in cash. George Lucas in a statement said…
True Crime Comics, Vol. 1 #2, Magazine Village (May 1947) There was this great crime comic collection I bought back in the late 1980s. The collection consisted of 300 or so crime comics, much of the stuff I’d never seen…
The Comic Link October Focused Auction has just ended, all results below ended between Tuesday October 23rd and Wednesday October 24th. C-Link produced a rare dud with this auction. Sure there were some solid books but when your top book…
It’s another pre-Halloween themed show this week. Chris and Walt get all excited about the Justice League movie news and about the new Iron Man 3 trailer. The new DVD on on Stan Lee is discussed as is news of…
Archie Comics #7, MLJ Magazines (March-April 1944) I heard through a contact that a CGC graded 6.5 Pep Comics #22 (1st appearance Archie Andrews, Dec 1941) sold for around $120,000. The deal apparently went down at a dealer booth at…
It’s another Halloween themed show this week. Chris and Walt talk about the great ratings the Walking Dead TV show is getting and they discuss the scary attendance numbers that were put up by the New York Comic Con. The…
Omega Men #3, DC Comics (June 1983) Now and again Undervalued Spotlight fans will email me with suggestions for future posts. Last week I received an email from Dave with a list of 3 books he felt should make the…
In November of 2011 I posted Undervalued Spotlight #103 featuring Better Comics #1. The book was published in March 1941 by Vancouver’s Maple Leaf Publishing. I picked the book for several reasons: it is extremely rare, it is Canada’s 1st…
This was the 1st of our Halloween themed shows for 2012. Chris and Walt talked all things spooky including comic book sales numbers for 2012 and Peanuts movie news (maybe it will be the pumpkin patch one?). Some scary video…