Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
When I discussed Fuddle Duddle during last month’s column, I highlighted that the characters Captain Canada and Beaver Boy were the first attempt at creating nationalistic Canadian comic book superheroes since the end of the Golden Age. Despite Captain Canada…
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Star Spangled Comics #70 – DC Comics, July 1947 – Artist: Win Mortimer. I remember…
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. G.I. Comibat #69 – DC Comics, February 1959 – Artist: Jerry Grandenetti. The DC War…
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Fantastic Four #68 – Marvel Comics, November 1967 – Artist: Jack Kirby. US Marines #68…
The Phantom #67 – Charlton Comics, October 1975 – Artist: Don Newton. The Phantom #67 started a beutiful little run of painted covers, I always loved this one by the great Don Newton
Amazing Spider-Man #66 – Marvel Comics, November 1968 – Artist: John Romita. ASM #66 is the best Mysterio cover in the run. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with…
Belgium, 1940. The German army is spreading across Europe, and tiny Belgium is conquered in 18 days. During the four long years of the Nazi occupation, the women of La Louvière have to figure out some way to stay alive,…
Wonder Woman #65 – DC, April 2019 – Artist: Stanley “Artgerm” Lau. Artgerm is contagious people I’ve caught the bug in a big way – stunning. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365.…
Every week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk the comic book talk. So kick back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please make sure you go out and support your local comic book shop.…
What would a Canadian newsstand have looked like in terms of comic books during the summer of 1941? Well, there would have been a dearth of them to begin with because the war-time government ban on the importation of almost…
Captain Midnight #64 – Fawcett, June 1948 – Artist: Leonard Frank. I had Dogface Dooley and Sgt. Fury but this one really grew on me – great cover. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1…
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.…
Planet Comics #63 – Fiction House, Winter 1949 – Artist: Unknown. I hope I wasn’t too predictable with this pick. I’m a huge fan of the Planet covers and I’ve been a good boy and only picked two. And what’s…
The English idiom “don’t judge a book by its cover” is a metaphorical phrase which means “you shouldn’t prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone”. Thanks Wikipedia. Now you may be thinking that this doesn’t…
Detective Comics #62 – DC, April 1942 – Artist: Fred Ray. One of the iconic Joker covers, I love Robin popping the balloon! A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in…
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 61 – All American Comics #61, October 1944, Artist – Paul Reinman. This is…
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 60 – Y The Last Man #60, March 2008, Artist – Massimo Carnevale .…
Most comic fans have read Umbrella Academy, having been a big hit about ten years ago from Dark Horse. I read and enjoyed it when released but had no recollection of the story. News hit that Netflix was adding Umbrella…
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 59 – X-Men #59, August 1969, Artist – Neal Adams. Neal Adams is in…
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 58 – Catwoman #58, October 2006, Artist – Adam Hughes. I really liked Popular…