Comic Link’s November
I just received an email from ComicLink highlighting their inclusion of a CGC 9.9 copy of Iron Man #1 for their November auction. Wow, now that is an impressive book. I jumped on their site to read up on the…
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.
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Comic Culture Oct. 5th
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by professional cartoonist and artist Lief Peng. Join the three as they discuss a whole bunch of stuff including the Watchmen on Kindle, Chevrolet at the NYCC, the…
Undervalued Spotlight #97
Alpha Flight #106, Marvel Comics, March 1992. The history of comic books could easily serve as a rich resource for any anthropologist. Studying comic book history can shed light on the behavior, the social and cultural development of humans in…
Auction Highlights #57
ComicLink September 2011 Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Auction ended last week. I cannot remember a more Marvel heavy auction! Of the top 33 comics only 1 DC cracked the Marvel dominance. DC’s Green Lantern #76 graded a CGC 9.6…
Comic Culture Sept 28th
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by comic book fan and Blue Beetle authority Brian McGinley. The three amigos touch on a whole bunch of stuff including, the sex controversy surrounding the new Catwoman…
Comic Culture Sept. 21st
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about the success of the DC reboot, Marvel’s Fear Itself, DC’s new gay superhero, printing defects, the Montreal Comic Con and in honor of the Montreal Con we have…
Undervalued Spotlight #96
Batman #139, DC Comics, April 1961 I’ve honestly had this book on my “future undervalued’ file for at least 6 months and have just never pulled the trigger and posted it. In light of the new Batgirl #1 comic released…
Comic Culture Sept 14th
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about Hulk vs Dracula, all the new superhero DVD’s hitting the stores, the Wolverine Gold Team, a Walking Dead talk show, DC’s New 52, the top 10 reasons comic…
Can New Comics be Long Term Collectibles?
It’s been busy in the shop today, really busy. I have never seen so many people buy “one of each”. There were 13 new DC #1s today (the 1st wave of this month’s 52 new titles basically re-launching the whole…
Undervalued Spotlight #95
Police Comics #1, Quality Comics, August 1941 This is a great Golden Age key that just does not get the respect it deserves. Thanks to DC’s acquisition of many of the Quality characters back in 1956 most of the characters…
Fixing CGC Grading
Now I have no idea what it says in the CGC grading manual so this will be my opinion only, totally based on me having absolutely no facts! All I will go on is the many discrepancies in grade I’ve…
Comic Culture August 31st
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija old comic books selling for tons of money, the new Ghost Rider movie, the new Sin City movie, comic book “pressing”, as well as a complete recap of the just…
Comic Culture August 27th
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss Classic Comics, the Conan movie, Wolverine movie news, Avengers movie news, Harvey Award winners, DC’s new #1s, the new Ultimates comic, this weekend’s Fan Expo convention and lots more…
Undervalued Spotlight #94
My Love #14, Marvel Comics, November 1971 This is a bit of a deviation from my standard Undervalued Spotlight format. I’m featuring Marvel’s entire November 1971 line up using the worthy My Love #14 as the ambassador book. I’ve chosen…
Comic Cuture August 17th
The boys are back from their summer holidays rested and ready to talk comics. This week our well rested hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija tackle news about the new Batman movie, the new Avengers movie, Wizard conventions scaling back…
Undervalued Spotlight #93
Blue Beetle #1, Charlton Comics, June 1967 Steve Ditko is one of the true giants of comic books. Ditko’s two major contributions, co-created with Stan Lee, were Dr. Strange and the Amazing Spiderman. In subsequent interviews Ditko has downplayed Lee’s…
Undervalued Spotlight #92
Avengers #110, Marvel Comics, April 1973 For Marvel Comics the X-Men were THE comic story of the second half of the 1970s. The new team that launched in X-Men #94 (8/75) slowly but surely began taking over the comic book…
Comic Culture July 27th
This week host Chris Owen welcomes Marty Birthelmer as fill in co-host (Walter Durajlija has the week off). Chris and Marty discuss Daniel Champion’s Batman Live interview, the boys also pick a few new comics to highlight, fill you in…
Comic Culture July 13th
Great show this week as hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss Batman Live scoops dug out by Daniel Campion, Comic Culture’s own intrepid London report, TinTin movie news, troubles at Archie Comics and much more. Our regular features include…
Undervalued Spotlight #91
Astonishing Tales #25 features the 1st appearance of Deathlok the Demolisher. The Frankenstein inspired character, a Cyborg reanimated from the corpse of American soldier Col. Luther Manning, was created by Rich Buckler. Doug Moench gets script credits and co-creator credits…