The Big Book
In the last couple of days I’ve been thinking about what the world of WECA comics (Canadian Whites) really needs and, besides the searchable index/data base and a price guide, what I think that this area really needs is a…
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Undervalued Spotlight #163
EH! #4, Charlton Comics, June 1954 One of the most important factors that make a comic collectible is the cover. Of course the character is the primary factor in determining collectability and it’s followed by a plethora of other factors,…
Market Trends
Splash page from Batman #1 gets $660 on eBay. Details here. I got an email from a friend about this. My buddy thought this was crazy but I’m going to try to look at it from a different perspective. This…
Texting Murray Karn
On Saturday, August 25, among many other winners, three Canadian comics creators will be inducted into the Hall of Fame category: Katherine Collins (Arn Saba) from more recent decades and Vernon Miller and Murray Karn from earliest days of Canadian…
Undervalued Spotlight #162
Fantastic Four #45, Marvel Comics (December 1965) The Fantastic Four is easily the most important of the original slew of Marvel titles. Most of the time we focus on the importance of FF#1 and how it changed everything. While Fantastic…
Canadian Comic Panel
Just wanted to do a quick report on the Canadian Comics panel that we held at Niagara Con this past Saturday (June 8). The panel was comprised of Hope Nicholson (producer for the upcoming “Lost Heroes” documentary which will air…
Tom Laing 1949-2013
On Monday May 27th 2013 Tom Laing passed away. That name might not right a bell right away, but he was the owner of Comic 1 Books in Stoney Creek Ontario. I don’t think I ever knew his last name…
How about a date?
By the end of 1942 all 7 main Bell Features titles were in place. These included Action Comics, Commando Comics, Dime Comics, The Funny Comics, Joke Comics, Triumph Comics, and Wow Comics. All but a handful had no date of…
Undervalued Spotlight #161
JLA/Avengers #1, Marvel Comics, (September 2003) This comic features the 1st meeting of the Justice League of America and the Avengers. Considering how big the Avengers are and how big the JLA will most likely be this is a book…
Another Way to Look at Comic Values
You’ve probably heard that Apple is the world’s most valuable company. But how do we know that, exactly? It’s actually a simple calculation: multiply the number of Apple’s shares outstanding by its current share price. Apple currently has approximately 940…
Canadian Comics Panel
Now would be a good time to remind everyone that a Canadian Comics Panel is being held at the Niagara Falls Comic Con on Saturday June 8th at 12:00 noon until 1:00 PM in room 205 of the Niagara Falls Scotiabank…
Undervalued Spotlight #160
Marvel Team-Up Annual #1, Marvel Comics, (December 1976) Here we have the 1st new X-Men team appearance outside the X-Men title. Better yet they make this appearance in a great little title called Marvel Team-Up, a Spider-Man title. Correct me…
Auction Highlights #77
Auction Highlights #77, Comic Link May Featured Auction The Comic Link Featured Auction has just ended, all results below ended between Tuesday May 21st and Wednesday May 23rd. This was a good auction with a nice mix of books. The…
Canadian Whites Collection Found
Yesterday marked 1 year and 6 months since my Undervalued Spotlight #103 post. In that post I put the spotlight on Maple Leaf Publishing’s Better Comics #1 and talked about the importance and the scarcity of the book. I remember…
Art for Art’s Sake
The quality of the artwork in the Canadian WECA books has often received unwarranted malignment for its primitive, almost amateur quality. Though it’s true that this was sometimes the case for the fledgling comic book industry of the early forties,…
Undervalued Spotlight #159
Classic Comics #33, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Gilberton Publications, (January 1947) I’ve often looked to Classic Illustrated (it was called Classic Comics for the 1st 34 issues) for a Spotlight but for some reason never posted one. I was…
What is a Canadian Comic? Part 2
The good discussion generated by my last post needs to be seen through little. Besides, I had a busy week and have nothing up my sleeve for this week’s post. The comics in the main graphic all came out in…
Undervalued Spotlight #158
Detective Comics #33, DC Comics (November 1939) Batman is one of the most important superheroes of all time, top three on everybody’s list and #1 on a majority of peoples list. Next to 1st appearances Origin issues are the most…
Review | Alex Raymond’s Rip Kirby Vol 1: 1946-1948
A solid look into “the first modern detective”, IDW’s Library Of American Comics presents a wonderful look into post war crime fiction. The first volume of Alex Raymond’s modernist classic reproduces, from syndicate proof sheets, every strip from the beginning,…
What is a Canadian comic?
Your friend and mine, Walter Durajlija, the “Big” in Big B Comics, has initiated a panel discussion of Canadian Comics that will take place at Niagara Falls Comic Con (June 8-9) at the Scotia bank Convention Centre.. The panel itself…