Week 31: Stay Calm
What is it about Batman and guns, Bob Kane knew it was an irresistible combo and used it well in this splash for Detective Comics #72. Rich Buckler and Klaus Janson give us a very unique two page splash in…
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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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The coming of The Defenders
This week in Arcs & Runs we turn our attention to the early beginnings and formation of the super-hero team: The Defenders. I used to think of this team as the group of super-heroes who weren’t invited to be an…
Web Arted #286
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Heck, Wood, Kubert, Everett, McManus, Outcault.
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Web Arted Apr 8th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Romita, Giacoia, Ross, Lee, Kirby, Everett, Sienkiewicz.
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Web Arted Mar 4th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Ditko, Miller, Rubinstein, Everett, Kirby, Colan, Moebius.
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Nick Fury and Doom’s Folly: Strange Tales 159-168
This is our first look at Marvel’s long running title Strange Tales (well, we did do the annuals). It actually started as an Atlas title in 1951 as a horror book. It ran for an incredible one hundred issues in…
They Call Me Mellow Yellow: Daredevil #1-6
We will begin this month with the start a new series in Arcs & Runs focusing on the first six issues of some of Marvel’s long-time super-heroes. There is no order here, these will be sprinkled intermittently amongst other posts.…
Web Arted Mar 27th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the Heritage 2015 February 19 - 21 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction.
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Web Arted Feb 27th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the Heritage 2015 February 19 - 21 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction.
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Web Arted Nov 21st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the Heritage Comic & Comic Art Signature Auction November 20-22 2014.
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Barry Smith’s Ka-Zar
A few months back, I wrote a column called “Barry Smith, On the Road to Windsor“. I recently revisited this column and noticed that I had, except for a one word mention, given his work on Ka-Zar in Astonishing Tales #3-6…
Web Arted Aug 8th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the Heritage Signature Auction #7097.
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Marvel Super-Heroes 12-20: Hits & Misses
When DC comics re-energized the super hero genre in the late 50’s and 60’s they had two titles that they used to introduce and re-introduce characters, namely Showcase and Brave & the Bold. The new Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Teen…
Undervalued Spotlight #204
Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, First Funnies Inc., April 1939 Please don’t yell. I’ve been called out in the past for picking books that are impossible to find and I’ve been real good about it for such a long time…
Web Arted Jun 13th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly from the collection of James Halperin, founder of Heritage.
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Web Arted May 23rd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly from Heritage’s 2014 May 15 – 17 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction.
Web Arted Sep 6th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
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Web Arted July 26th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
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Web Arted June 21st
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
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Web Arted Mar 22nd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last seven days.
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