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Auction Highlights #90

Walter Durajlija
September 11, 2015
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Comic Link Summer Featured Auction The comic book portion of ComicLink’s Summer Featured Auction ended Wednesday September 9th and it produced some results worth talking about. Two Marvel Silver Age CGC 9.0s fought it out for top spot with a CGC…

Should Comics be in an Art Gallery? These guys think so.

Ivan Kocmarek
September 9, 2015
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Comics as art “Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.” ― Dr. Seuss Doing this column, with its necessary research and the knowledge gained from that research, has, by default,…

Undervalued Spotlight #257

Walter Durajlija
September 8, 2015
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Brave and the Bold #34, DC Comics, February/March 1961 Fan Expo Toronto was both a lot of fun and a lot of work. The fun always wins out though because you get to see lots of old friend, and make…

Time Capsule: DC Releases October ’86

Scott VanderPloeg
September 2, 2015

A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases October '86. John Byrne's The Man Of Steel gets the cover and Batman 400 the back.

Undervalued Spotlight #256

Scott VanderPloeg
September 1, 2015
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Violent Cases, Escape Comics, 1987. Gaiman. McKean. In 1987 neither of these creators had done much of anything, yet together they created a fourty-eight page original graphic novel for a small imprint of Titan, Escape Comics.

Time Capsule: DC Releases September ’86

Scott VanderPloeg
August 26, 2015

A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases September '86. The Watchmen gets the cover, and justly so, using Gibbon's first ad image for the series. The History Of The DC Universe gets the back cover, and lots of interesting items in between.

Undervalued Spotlight #255

Friday Foster #1, Dell Publishing, October 1972. So I’m pricing up comics for a big con coming up and I unearth this little gem in a long forgotten box. I leafed through it, liked it so much I’ve decided that this week’s Undervalued Spotlight should shine on Friday Foster #1.

Time Capsule: DC Releases August ’86

Scott VanderPloeg
August 19, 2015

A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time DC Releases August '86. Some real gems here including Heroes Against Hunger, The Dark Knight Returns and The Shadow, but Angel Love gets the cover...

Undervalued Spotlight #254

Star Wars #7, Marvel Comics, January 1978. There is a heck of a lot of spec on Star Wars comics going on right now. So where to get in on this Star Wars bandwagon? If you had $20k kicking around you could go the 35 cent variant #1 route or maybe a nice high grade Boba Fett #42? It’s hard to play the Star Wars spec game without dishing out some serious coin. Which segues me nicely into this week’s Undervalued Spotlight pick, Star Wars #7.

Gerald Lazare Canadian War Time Comic Book Artist

Ivan Kocmarek
August 12, 2015

Gerald Lazare was born in Toronto on September 25, 1927 to parents who lived in the Junction and operated a millinery. As a four or five year-old , when his older half-brother visited on weekends, he would watch him making…

Undervalued Spotlight #253

Amazing Spider-Man #39, Marvel Comics, August 1966. Story by Stan Lee, Art by John Romita Sr. Inking by Mickey Demeo (pseudonym for Mike Esposito). Mike Huddleston takes the reins of the Spotlight this week and anyone who’s read some of…

Time Capsule: Eclipse Extra! No. 39, March 1988

Scott VanderPloeg
August 5, 2015

A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time Eclipse Extra! No. 36, December 1987.

Undervalued Spotlight #252

I was offered a copy of Archie’s Madhouse #22 last week by a very sharp comic head. Of course I did a bit of research on the book because a) he was asking way too much money for it and b) I wanted it. As of this writing we still haven’t made the deal so I’ll keep insisting its way too much money, at least until I can snag it from him at a discount. The more I read up on the book the more I realized Archie’s Madhouse #22 had to be this week’s Undervalued Spotlight.

Heritage Sunday Internet Comics Auction #121530 Original Art

Scott VanderPloeg
July 30, 2015

Heritage wrapped up Sunday Internet Comics Auction #121530 a few days ago and some unusual items came and sold at record prices. Heritage runs this weekly auction and averages 100 pieces of original artwork and seems to dole out collections one at…

Johnny Canuck

Rachel Richey’s new collection of Johnny Canuck pages from the 28 issues of Bell Feature’s Dime Comics is a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any Canadian comic book collector and the libraries of anybody interested in Canadiana or Canadian…

Time Capsule: Eclipse Extra! No. 36, December 1987

Scott VanderPloeg
July 29, 2015

A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time Eclipse Extra! No. 36, December 1987.

Undervalued Spotlight #251

Fantastic Four #48, Marvel Comics, March 1966 Young Mike Huddleston and I have been exchanging a few fun filled emails lately. We’ve been sending each other mini lists of books we think are overvalued. Mike and I both think this…

Time Capsule: Eclipse Extra! No. 34, October 1987

Scott VanderPloeg
July 22, 2015

A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time Eclipse Extra! No. 34, October 1987.

Undervalued Spotlight #250

Marvel Two in One #30, Marvel Comics, August 1977. Can there be a more maligned title than Marvel Two in One? I mean you know you suck as a collectible title when the most sought after book in your run is an Annual (Two in One Annual #2 of course). Is there any hope for this title?

Time Capsule: Eclipse Extra! No. 20, August 1986

Scott VanderPloeg
July 15, 2015

A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time Eclipse Extra! No. 20, August 1986.