Undervalued Spotlight #105
Avengers #8, Marvel Comics, September 1964 For this spotlight I though I’d go through the Avengers title and try to pick out a sleeper that no one seems to be focusing on. With the Avengers movie releasing next May a…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Broadway Success for Spidey?
Chris Owen and I have been pumping up Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark for well over a year on our weekly Comic Culture podcast. It looks like our media hype is starting to pay off as the show now seems…
Free Marvel Mondays
Here’s one for the “just in case you hadn’t heard” category: Marvel makes four digital comics available for free every Monday for one week. It only works in a browser and requires Flash 10 but it’s a wonderful way to…
Top Comic Strip Reprints
The year is winding down so Pick Five will be focusing on top items for the remainder of the year to aid in reading and Christmas shopping. This week: top comic strip reprint collections. 5. The Complete Johnny Comet The…
A Case for the Bronze Age
Would you be shocked if I told you this collection has experienced a devastating loss in market value over the last two years? In late 2009 a collection of key Bronze Age titles (list below) would have been worth approximately $65,000. Using the latest auction data, this collection would be worth around $36,000 today. A stunning 45% drop.
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Galloway Park 4 #6
Galloway Park by Dennis DePues part 4, exclusively on Comic Book Daily every Sunday.
Celerity Page 3
Beau Barbarossa AKA Red, as her blonde hair is naturally ginger. However, Beau claims the nickname comes from her emotional attachment to Italian sports cars. Mechanic Beau As a boy’s name (also used as girl’s name) pronounced boh and is…
First FCBD Hardcover
Diamond announced the Free Comic Book Day Gold sponsors today, and the one that jumps right out is Archaia. [quote]MOUSE GUARD, LABYRINTH, AND MORE HC FLIP BOOK Written by Jeremy Bastian, Nate Cosby, Royden Lepp, Jim McCann, Ted Naifeh and…
52Q | #57: Comic Shop First Look
Back by popular demand, Comic Book Daily asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers. Tip of the hat goes to Scott VanderPloeg for this week’s question.
What do you look for, specifically or metaphysically, when you walk into a new-to-you comic shop?
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Why comics are awesome – Reason #27
As you have read previously, I’ve been sorting and re-reading my comic collection. The other day I found a comic in my pile that made me think of why comics are awesome. That comic is Mr. T and the T Force. Mr.…
Little Guardians
Despite it being a hugely popular genre in fiction, comics have traditionally been a bit lean on fantasy stories. Webcomics are changing that. There is a wealth of fantasy material being produced, from dungeon crawls, to fairy tales. Little Guardians…
Holiday Gift Guide
It is December 1st, which means you’ve got 24 days to buy for your loved ones… assuming you celebrate Christmas… but let’s be honest here, no matter what your faith is or is not, if you are reading this column…
Action #1 tops $2 Million
Wow! A CGC graded 9.0 copy of Action Comics #1 has sold on ComicConnect’s Event Auction for $2.161,000.00. This CGC 9.0 copy has a Cream to Off-White page designation and is the highest CGC graded copy that exists. If you’ll…
My first digital purchase
This weekend I was checking the comic news to see if any of the publishers were taking part in Black Friday or Cyber Monday, big discount shopping days surrounding Thanksgiving in the United States. I came across Digital Dark Horse…
Comic Culture Nov 30th
This week’s show has hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss a whole bunch of stuff including this weeks batch of new comics, news from the comicconnect Action Comics #1 auction, more comic book auction news, Archie’s gay marriage cover,…
Smallville Season 10 on Bluray
Well Smallville fans, it is finally time. Season 10, the final Smallville season is now available on DVD and Blu-Ray. Season 10 will wrap up the complete series and will we see Clark finally wear the tights and cape? To…
Visit the library!
One of the greatest contributions to society as a whole is the invention of the public library. If it didn’t exist it would almost be hard to explain. There is this building, filled with books, and you can go in…
Undervalued Spotlight #104
Invincible Iron Man #47, Marvel Comics, June 1972 This week’s Undervalued Spotlight comes recommended by Mike Huddleston. Mike’s email notes that “…this story features great updated origin re-telling from Roy Thomas and artist Barry Smith. These two were in the middle…
Spotlight on Readers Den Comic Shop in Cape-Town
After almost 3 weeks with no access to comics, no sign of comics, no comics nerdery nor banta, no internet and no mobile device – my graphic, fictional requirements were boiling over and my (openly guilty) addiction to sequential…
Wolverine and the X-Men #2
Last week the second issue of Wolverine and the X-Men hit shelves. With a lackluster first issue behind it, I’m left to wonder how Aaron and Bachalo can recover. Let’s take a look at issue two of Wolverine and the X-Men.
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Retailer Q | #6: Halloween FCBD
Welcome to Retailer Q, spinning 52Q’s format at top Canadian comic retailers. Comic Book Daily asks the question and our retail friends give their perspective.
Diamond discussed at NYCC this year the possibility of a second Free Comic Book Day event in 2012 for Halloween. Can the comic industry, and more specifically comic retailers, support and maintain a successful second FCBD-like event?
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