Undervalued Spotlight #442
X-Men #14, Marvel Comics, November 1965. Some X-Men books are enjoying some nice value appreciation lately so I thought I’d scour the catalog and find us a sleeper. I was never a big fan of the X-Men movies but there…
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Undervalued Spotlight #441
Tales of Suspense #40, Marvel Comics, April 1963. Its funny but my current Covered, 365 project really got me to thinking about this weeks Undervalued Spotlight, Tales of Suspense #40. Tales of Suspense #40 features the second appearance of Iron…
Undervalued Spotlight #440
Star Wars: The Force Awakens #1, Marvel Comics, August 2016. My pal Chris is a life long Star Wars fan and him and I ended up talking about the 35 cent Star Wars #1 and how crazy the prices are…
Undervalued Spotlight #439
New York World’s Fair 1939, DC Comics, April 1939. My pal Mike and I were talking Superman the other day, we’d just picked up a nice run of Sups from #1 to #11 almost complete to sell on our I.C.E.…
Undervalued Spotlight #438
Fantastic Four Annual #1, Marvel Comics 1963. Ok here’s a first for Comic Book Daily (I think). After much deliberation I’ve decided to dust off Mike Huddleston’s old Overvalued Overstreet #14 featuring Fantastic Four Annual #1, which he posted almost…
Undervalued Spotlight #437
Solar, Man of the Atom #3, Valiant Comics, November 1991. I was set up at the Toronto Comic Con this past weekend and enjoyed talking comics will all sorts of comic fans. Cons are a great opportunity to get out…
Undervalued Spotlight #436
Sub-Mariner #8, Marvel Comics, December 1968. My buddy Dave and I were talking comics and were arguing about some of the toughest books to get in grade. We were being reasonable and talking late Silver and Bronze. I liked the…
Undervalued Spotlight #435
Amazing Spider-Man #113, Marvel Comics, October 1972. I’ve been buying up a lot of collections these past couple months, I’m getting my convention season game on and am aggressively trying to hunt down and buy quality books for the bins.…
Undervalued Spotlight #434
Dead of Night #11, Marvel Comics, August 1975. I just bought a nice little collection of late Silver Age to early Copper Age books with a lot of the key issues present. Luckily the guy liked his early Bronze Age…
Undervalued Spotlight #433
Showcase #1, DC Comics, March/April 1956. DC’s Showcase comics run was an extremely important title that was instrumental in transitioning comics from the pre-code comic book free for all to the post code re-alignment that led back to an eventual…
Undervalued Spotlight #432
True To Life Romances #11, Star Publications, May 1952. Happy Valentines Day everybody. This might be my favorite Spotlight of the year as it means I get to scour the deep and rich history of Romance Comics and pick one…
Undervalued Spotlight #431
Amazing Spider-Man #42, Marvel Comics, November 1966. We have not had a Guest Spotlight in a while so I’m thankful for this submission from my pal Carey. I like this pick and Carey is informative and passionate in his arguments.…
Undervalued Spotlight #430
Tales to Astonish #63, Marvel Comics, January 1965. Someone pointed out that I have not visited the Silver Age in a while. That same someone just picked up a CGC 8.5 Tales to Astonish #62 and was adamant that he…
Undervalued Spotlight #429
Infinity Inc #14, DC Comics, May 1985. This week’s Spotlight came to me as a friend and I were debating Spotlight #427 which I posted 2 weeks ago. The argument went something like this – in this day and age…
Undervalued Spotlight #428
Giant-Size Conan #1, Marvel Comics, September 1974. This week’s Undervalued Spotlight shines on Giant-Size Conan #1. Giant-Size Conan #1 features the first comic book appearance of Belit, the Shemite pirate known as the Queen of the Black Coast. Belit’s literary debut…
Undervalued Spotlight #427
Tally-Ho Comics #nn, Swappers Quarterly, December 1944. My friend Christian was so excited about a recent comic he picked up that he had to call me and tell me all about it. At about the 8-minute mark, I was starting…
Undervalued Spotlight #426
Krazy Komics #1, Timely Comics, July 1942. Happy New Year! I hope 2019 brings happiness, health and a few undervalued gems to everyone. This week’s Spotlight came to me when I read Marvel was doing Skrull Variant covers for their books…
Undervalued Spotlight #425
Frisky Animals #52, Star Publications, December 1952. Merry Christmas to all those celebrating this festive day. While I don’t observe the 25th I always seem to find myself caught up in the season, enjoying the festive mood and savouring the…
Undervalued Spotlight #424
Marvel Team-Up #62, Marvel Comics, October 1977. I’ve been spending waaay too much money buying gifts lately to even think about picking a big expensive book this week so I’d like to keep it light and fun AND leave Santa…
Undervalued Spotlight #423
Detective Comics #153, DC Comics, November 1949. I was sorting through a pile of old Golden Age a while back and came across a rat chewed Detective Comics that for some reason made me do a double-take. It honestly took…