Undervalued Spotlight #360
All New Marvel Now! Point One #1, Marvel Comics, March 2014 and Captain Marvel #17, Marvel Comics, February 2014. We had a big sale at the shop this past weekend and I was stationed in the back, in the old…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Reprints: price versus quality
Last week a small corner of the comics internet exploded over an article on The Comics Journal about Craig Yoe Books. Here’s a salient quote that sets the tone. The hardcovers discharged monthly by the IDW imprint Yoe Books have…
Beast Mode: Jung Gi Kim
Not too long ago, Marvel released a set of connecting variant covers for their Civil War II mini series. These caught my attention because: 1. The Art: Clearly Asian, somewhere between traditional brush painting and manga. 2. The Design: Minimal,…
Web Arted #274
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Boring, Kane, Grell, Rude, Baker, Kaye.
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Overvalued Overstreet | Amazing Spider-Man #116-118
Today on Overvalued Overstreet we are traveling back in time, to my first post for Comic Book Daily – Undervalued Spotlight #145, January 2013. That post was about two books I felt were undervalued by the market and Overstreet –…
Heroes of the Home Front Kickstarter Week 1
Just over a week into the Heroes of the Home Front Kickstarter funding campaign and we are 40% funded at just over $10,000 with 77 funders. Extrapolating this, it looks like we will need about 200 funders pledging at the…
Undervalued Spotlight #359
Superman #30, DC Comics, September/October 1944. I remember having a solid copy of an old Sup a couple of years ago. I remember picking it up and loving the cover, a great love triangle cover with a sassy Lois snubbing…
Tyler Cross V.1: Black Rock
It’s 1950, and Tyler Cross has just robbed 17 kilos of pure heroin from the Mafia. He has 20 dollars in his pocket, a Colt in his belt, and he’s on foot, alone, in deepest darkest Texas. He’s heading for…
Web Arted #273
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Raymond, Burns, Perez, Gibbons, Kida.
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Finding Treasures at Fan Expo 2017
Well Fan Expo has once again come and gone, and this year I was only able to make it for the Saturday. I usually do a couple of days but alas, this year was not to be. Now usually every…
Heroes of the Home Front and Gerald Lazare
First bit of news is that the Heroes of the Home Front Kickstarter went live on Labour Day and will run through to October 4th. Let’s see if we can pull this thing off! Take a look when you have…
Undervalued Spotlight #358
Tim Holt #11 & #17 Published by Magazine Enterprises. It is double your pleasure today on the Undervalued Spotlight featuring the original Ghost Ride circa 1949-1955. Let’s get to it. The creation of the original Ghost Rider was rather unique.…
Fan Expo 2017
Another year, another Fan Expo. Like most of this decade, I hummed and hawed about going. In the end I decided it was worth the trip as my nine-year old son John hadn’t been before; he’s been to all the…
Web Arted #272
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: King, Reinman, Willard, Barry, Kubert.
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The Atlas Twins: Tales of Suspense & Tales to Astonish
Arcs & Runs #52. This is the third and final segment of the three- part series on Twins, featuring comic titles that began publishing at the same time and were in many ways bound together. It also fits well with…
Heroes of the Home Front Kickstarter
Ready to kick off the Kickstarter for my Book on the Bell Features artists called Heroes of the Home Front on or about Labour Day and was fortunate enough to get a write up by Jeff Mahoney in the local…
Undervalued Spotlight #357
Pink Panther #1, Gold Key, April 1971. I just noticed the last 11 Spotlights were either Marvel or DC! Time to fix that. This week I thought I’d shine the Undervalued Spotlight on an old favorite of mine, Pink Panther…
Kirby 100: My First Kirby
Jack Kirby would be celebrating his 100th birthday this year, today in fact, and as deserved it’s a comic book celebration. I started collecting comics in 1980 and lucked into finding a great back issue resource at a local flea…
Web Arted #271
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Godwin, McWilliams, Gray, Willard
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The Mighty Thor 145-152
Arcs & Runs #52. Our month-long celebration of Jack “King” Kirby’s 100th birthday continues in Arcs & Runs with a look at another one of Kirby’s long running characters the Mighty Thor. Thor has always been one of my favourite characters…
Bert Bushell
Edward Albert Bushell was probably born in 1917 and probably in B.C. We don’t know much about him except for the comic book work he did for Maple Leaf Publications in Vancouver during the Second World War. His first work…