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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Culture: November 29th, 2009
Hey guys, welcome back to another fine installment of Comic Culture with Walter Durajlija and Christopher Owen. We apologize for getting the show up so late this week, but we had some technical snafus. But the important thing is that…
Crazy Comic Covers: Action Comics #434 "The Krypton Connection"
The Cover: What do we know about Superman? Well, according to this cover, he’s a total wuss when it comes to a visit to the dentist. Look at the dentist put his back into it as he’s trying to pull…
An Open Letter To DC Comics
Hey DC Comics…er DC Entertainment. How have you been? I’m doing okay, I’m not part of a multi-million dollar corporation or anything but I get by. Listen, I’ve been wanting to tell you something. It might be a little hard…
Auction Highlights #13
This week I thought we'd have a look at someone who's been getting a lot of press lately. Archie's making headlines with his imaginary weddings to Betty and Veronica (not at the same time). Not surprisingly I found
Read MoreAuction Highlights #13Gossip: Hawkeye to appear in Thor?
As someone with his finger on the pulse of what is hip and happening I spend lots of time on gossip websites. Sometimes this is good, as I’ve become like a 26 year old Encyclopedia Brown when it comes to…
Just A Thought: Deadpool
Deadpool is everywhere. Okay well maybe not everywhere but everywhere in the comic rack. Deadpool seems to be this year’s flavor of comic book. Created in the early 90’s as a villain for the New Mutants/X-Force, his current rise began…
Today(ish) in Twitter – Wednesday November 25th, 2009
Today(ish) in Twitter is a regular column wherein our staff troll through the best of the 140 letter updates of the comic book world. ComicBookDaily is not responsible for the content of these tweets, but we will admit to laughing…
Afternoon Time Waster: Batman Uses Google
Special thanks to Neil Gaiman’s twitter for the link. Pretty funny stuff – you know.. for a commercial.
Jonathan Hickman's Shield Miniseries
Yesterday we reported it.. we even guessed that it was going to be a ROM relaunch.. boy we were ever wrong. Though, not as wrong as this guy. So, it appears that rising star of comics and the man Brian…
Collecting and Investing Tips #13
Vacations, business trips, sporting events, seminars and family functions are just some of the reasons we find ourselves visiting other cities. If you’re a comic collector like me odds are you’ve pulled out the local yellow pages
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #13A brief tour of the Toronto Fall ComiCon
Greetings and salutations, dear readers! This past weekend was the Fall Toronto ComicCon; a one day show put on by the folks at Hobby Star who put on the big Fan Expo show in August in Toronto each year. The CBD…
Harvey wins Two Governor General Awards!
canadacouncil.ca Montreal, November 17, 2009 – The names of winners of the 2009 Governor General’s Literary Awards were announced today by the Canada Council for the Arts. The seven English and seven French awards are given to authors, illustrators and…
Sneek Peek: Jonathan Hickman’s Secret Marvel Project
Marvel Comics released a teaser image for writer Jonathan Hickman’s “Top Secret New Project” today. “They’ve been around since the dawn of time….how do they impact the past, present and future of the Marvel Universe?” writes Marvel mysteriously in a…
Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths Trailer
DC has been killing Marvel with their animated films (though, I’ll be honest when I say I kind of look forward to Planet Hulk) and the trailer for Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths really backs this up. It looks…
Today(ish) in Twitter – November 23rd, 2009
Today(ish) in Twitter is a regular column wherein our staff troll through the best of the 140 letter updates of the comic book world. ComicBookDaily is not responsible for the content of these tweets, but we will admit to laughing…
Comic Book Links For Monday November 23rd, 2009
It’s been a pretty busy weekend here at Comic Book Daily Head Quarters, we’ve been scowering the interwebs looking for fun links to get your through the usual monday blahs. As always if you come across an interesting link or…
Von Allen and the Road to God Knows…
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (November 21, 2009) – Mental illness remains one of Western society’s greatest taboos. Those who suffer from various mental health disorders often suffer in silence, with very little support from society. Family members and other loved ones…
Antony Johnston: Co-Writes Without Fear
Although the current solicitation was written before it was all signed and sealed at Marvel, Wasteland’s Antony Johnston will start co-writing Daredevil with current ongoing writer Andy Diggle from issue #505 until #507. Anthony Johnston has carved out a niche…
The Justice Society on TV
“I quit watching Smallville in it’s __________ season” is probably one of those things comic book store employee hear all the time*. Everyone has an opinion for when it jumped the shark – and now it seems like everyone has…
Undervalued Spotlight #13
One of the best Bronze Age Marvel runs lies within the Incredible Hulk title. Issues like #141 (1st Doc Samson), #144 (Doc Doom battle cover), #161 (Beast battle), #162 (1st Wendigo), #172 (Juggernaut origin) and not to mention Wolverine’s appearance in issues #180 - #182 are all highly prized by collectors. Hiding amongst these standouts is
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