Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Dark Horse Presents #1, Dark Horse Comics, June July/1986 Back in February 1935 a guy named Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson published a comic called New Fun Comics. New Fun contained funny animal stories and western stories that are of no real significance…
Twilight Zone #84, Gold Key, June 1978 There are many collecting strains within the comic book collecting hobby. First appearances, first issues, publishers, titles, battle covers, love triangle covers, risqué covers, comics mentioned in SOTI, variant prices on covers, variant…
Comic Culture Hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk about a wide variety of comic book related stuff this week including the New York Comic Con, Stan Lee teaming up with the NHL, DC Comics cutting the prices of their…
Amazing Spider-Man #1 I was rummaging through a bunch eBay auctions when I came across some interesting activity around Amazing Spider-Man #1. Amazing Spider-Man #1, Marvel Comics (March, 1963) Graded by CGC at 2.5 with Off White to White pages…
Comic Culture This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija welcome very special guests Brimstone, writer Marcello Carnevali and artist Sajad Shah. The New York based trio’s new Borderhounds project is discussed (as are lots of other cool comic book type stuff).…
Conan the Barbarian #1, Marvel Comics, October 1970 Conan the Barbarian was an important comic book in many ways. Some argue the book ushered in the Bronze Age while others look to Marvel’s first major licensing effort (actually only $200…
I was poking around the auction sites and noticed some very sporadic activity around the Star Wars #1 comic book. The regular edition (30 cent cover) of Star Wars #1 is a very popular book. The thing is also as…
Comic Culture This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija are joined by Comic Culture producer Anthony Falcone and by the new Comic Culture engineer James McIntosh. The guys explore a whole range of topics this week including DC’s new…
ComicLink Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Auctions are never as exciting as the Comic Link Features Auctions. Still, some very interesting things transpired. Let’s have a peek at what went down. Tales to Astonish #57, Marvel Comics (July/1964) Graded by PGX at…
Comic Culture This week hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija welcome cartoonist and artist Leif Peng. Leif and the guys discuss this weekend’s cartoonist show and seminar taking place at Hamilton’s Mohawk College. Please visit ncscanada.blogspot.com for more details. Now…
Millie the Model #2, Timely Comics, October 1946 When most of us think of the Blonde Phantom we think of the attractive blonde crime fighter that first appeared in Timely’s All-Select #11, we think of secretary Louise Mason, we think of…