Undervalued Spotlight #241
Avengers Annual #7, Marvel Comics, 1977 I was having dinner yesterday with the gang from the Big B comic shop in Hamilton. This is quite the brain trust of comic heads so I took advantage and asked “hey guys, what…
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Time Capsule: Marvel Requirer 3, May 1990
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: Marvel Requirer 3, May 1990.
Undervalued Spotlight #240
Giant-Size X-Men #1, Marvel Comics, Summer 1975. I’m told I have a gift for exaggeration though I don’t believe I’m exaggerating at all when I declare this week’s Undervalued Spotlight pick, Giant Size X-Men #1, to be the 3rd most important super-hero comic ever published!
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Time Capsule: Marvel Requirer 2, April 1990
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: Marvel Requirer 2, April 1990.
1946 and the Rotary Litho Company Of Canada
1946 was the twilight year of denouement for Canadian war time comic books. With their slick American counterparts back in the swimming pool, they had lost some of the lustre that the protection of the Canadian government had afforded them.…
Time Capsule: Marvel Requirer 1, March 1990
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: Marvel Requirer 1, March 1990.
Time Capsule: First Edition 67, March 1988
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: First Edition 67, March 1988.
Undervalued Spotlight #239
Kid Colt Outlaw #110, Marvel Comics, May 1963 Can there be anything more dead (deader?) than Marvel Westerns? Yeah! Non Marvel Westerns I guess! But they say the best time to buy is when the market is low and Marvel…
Time Capsule: First Edition 66, February 1988
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: First Edition 66, February 1988.
Undervalued Spotlight #238
Blackthorne 3D Series #30 (Star Wars in 3D #1), Dark Horse Comics, December 1987 This post started simply enough, I wanted to feature Star Wars Dark Empire #1. Dark Empire #1 was Dark Horse’s 1991 launch of their Star Wars…
Time Capsule: First Edition 64 December 1987
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: First Edition 64, December 1987. Thick paper stock, single colour, folded over three times to standard comic size. This was my first issue but by number 64 First Edition was…
Undervalued Spotlight #237
Fantastic Four #4, Marvel Comics, May 1962. I lucked into a nice collection of early Marvels a couple of weeks back. There was a Journey #83, a Strange Tales #110 and a few other big Marvel keys. For some reason though, and I’m not sure why, I was most drawn to the lower mid-grade copy of the Fantastic Four #4.
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ComicLink March 2015 Focused Auction Original Art
ComicLink wrapped up their March 2015 Focused Auction recently, with the original art section ending March 31st. The Focused auction features artwork worth less than $500 and is more a free-for-all of who-knows-what comic artwork. To be sure bargains can…
Time Capsule: Comico Attractions 17, 1989
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: Comico Attractions 17, 1989.
Undervalued Spotlight #236
Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions #1, Marvel Comics, June 1982 We owe this week’s Undervalued Spotlight to my Comic Culture podcast co-host Chris Owen. On a recent show Chris stumped me on the origins of Marvel’s Contest of Champions,…
WECA or Not
This is a two-part post containing first my own, kind of orthodox, view on what constitutes a WECA comic followed by fellow WECA collector Jim Finlay’s view on a finer and more porous line of distinction between the WECA period…
Time Capsule: Comico Attractions 15, 1988
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: Comico Attractions 15, 1988. Comico Christmas Special by practically every working artist and Gumby’s Winter Fun Special by Arthur Adams. Plus an Adam Hughes cover.
ComicConnect Event Auction XXVI Original Art
The original art portion of ComicConnect’s Event Auction XXXVI closed Monday March 23rd. The art offered is a mixture of high and low end material: anything could end up in the mix. This time around several pieces didn’t meet their…
Time Capsule: Comico Attractions 13, 1988
A continued look at pre-internet publisher’s comics solicitations, this time: Comico Attractions 13, 1988. Early Adam Kubert and announcing “new-comer” Adam Hughes as penciler on the upcoming Maze Agency.
Undervalued Spotlight #235
Starfire #1, DC Comics, (August/September 1976) This post started out featuring Doom Patrol #99, the book that introduced us to Beast Boy. Beast boy would later turn into the Changeling in 1980’s The New Teen Titans. As I was doing…