Comic Culture March 21st
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they discuss tons of new trailers in their Trailer Trash feature, the guys also tackle news on Wonder Con, a possible Y the Last Man movie, the new Spider-Man’s…
Comic Book Daily
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.
Read MoreComic Culture March 21st
The Rise of Golden Age Comics
The recent Billy Wright comic book auction set all kinds of price records and for me it confirmed a trend I’ve seen developing over the last couple of years. It seems we’re in a comic book Golden Age revival. There’s no…
Diamond Posts February Stats
Diamond Announces Top Products For February 2012 DC Entertainment had February’s top selling comic book with Geoff Johns and Jim Lee’s Justice League #6 and, for the second month in a row, the publisher swept the month’s top ten best-selling…
Comic Culture March 14th
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they discuss the new Walking Dead Facebook game, The under-performing John Carter movie, the passing of Moebius, the potential Dark Tower movies, more Avengers movie news, the latest trailers…
Undervalued Spotlight #117
Flash Comics #1, DC Comics, January 1940 This week’s post brings another first to the Undervalued Spotlight. This is the first time I’ve featured the same character in back to back posts, granted there are 70 years separating the two books! Flash is…
Auction Highlights #63
ComicLink Winter Featured Auction The March 2012 ComicLink Winter Featured Auction has just ended and boy were there ever some nice books available to purchase! I’m going to call this auction the “Thank you Billy Wright” auction. If you’ll remember…
Comic Culture March 7th
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they put on their pledge drive hats and rally their listeners in support of CFMU 93.3 FM, Hamilton’s best radio station!! Listeners are encouraged to call 905-928-9888 and pledge.…
Undervalued Spotlight #116
Flash Vol. 2, #164, DC Comics, September 2000 Did DC’s New 52 save the print comic book industry? Or did it just stave off the demise of the brick and mortar comic book stores by 3 or 4 years? Time…
Comic Culture Feb 29th
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they talk the talk on subjects that matter including the new Avengers poster, the new Asterix movie, Marvel’s AVX, London’s just past Super Con, Toronto’s upcoming comicon, Diamond Comic…
Undervalued Spotlight #115
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories #31, Dell Publishing, April 1943 What a difference 3 short decades can make. Back in 1982 in the 11th edition of the Overstreet Price Guide it was Donald Duck who ruled the roost. Of the…
Auction Highlights #62 Billy Wright Collection
I can’t remember an auction event this awesome! The Billy Wright collection has just been auctioned on Heritage Auctions and the A list lot of 300 plus books broke all expectations. Pre auctions estimates pointed towards the $2 million mark…
Undervalued Spotlight #114
Detective Comics #32, DC Comics, October 1939 As far as I’m concerned there is no greater comic book title than Detective Comics. The iconic cover to the March 1937 1st issue is one of the most identifiable covers in the…
Comic Culture February 22nd
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they answer the comic culture mailbag and discuss the possibility of comic book trade deadlines, the also tackle news on the new Ghost Rider movie, the new John Carter…
Undervalued Spotlight #113
For Lovers Only #78, Charlton Comics, April 1975 You can’t press love nor can you assign it a grade, and as much as you’d like to you can’t “Buy it Now” either. If you’re making an offer then it’s simply not…
Undervalued Spotlight #112
American Flagg #1, First Comics, (October, 1983) I received a nice email after I posted Undervalued Spotlight #111 last week and the jist of it was ‘how come you pick books that are almost impossible to find’? First off, I…
Comic Culture Feb 8th
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they discuss January comic book sales, some Super Bowl trailer trash, the new DC Watchmen prequel and Alan Moore’s opinion of it (not good), Image turning 20 and Diamond…
January Comic Book Sales Figures
Diamond Comic Distributor sales figures for the month of January have been released and the data shows Marvel Comics winning the Retail Dollar race by the narrowest of margins with a 35.17% share over arch rival DC Comics’ 33.55% share.…
Comic Culture February 1st
This week join our hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija as they talk up some new Avengers movie news, Spider-Man movie news, Oscar nominations, Marvel Kids comics, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Free Comic Book Day and a whole bunch…
Undervalued Spotlight #111
World’s Finest #71, DC Comics, (July/August, 1954) World’s Finest #71 was printed at both an historic low point for superhero comics and a major turning point for the American comic publishing industry. Though crime and horror comics ruled the day,…
Auction Highlights #61
ComicLink’s January Focused Auction. This is my first Auction Highlight of 2012 and I think it’s a good time to try to take stock of the market, to see where some of the most heavily traded “blue chip” comic books…