This past weekend was New York Comic Con.  This would be an event I would love to go to someday (San Diego being the other convention I’d love to go to).  Since I wasn’t there, and away from my computer all weekend, I spent the beginning of this week checking out the interwebs...

Very funny show this week. The Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija have a blast discussing potential movie properties including Hot Wheels and Double Bubble, Amazon’s foray into publishing, Hasbro’s latest successes, the new Batman Arkham City video game, Walking...

Recently Scott reviewed Holy Terror.  To sum up the review quickly here is the best line from his review “this book is crap: don’t buy it.  I want my money back.  End review.” Classic stuff. I got thinking more about Scott’s review and writers and artists we love, who...

This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss Classic Comics, the Conan movie, Wolverine movie news, Avengers movie news, Harvey Award winners, DC’s new #1s, the new Ultimates comic, this weekend’s Fan Expo convention and lots more so kick back, relax and...

Avengers #110, Marvel Comics, April 1973 For Marvel Comics the X-Men were THE comic story of the second half of the 1970s. The new team that launched in X-Men #94 (8/75) slowly but surely began taking over the comic book world. At one point years later Marvel’s ‘X titles’ owned the sales...

Pedigree Grand Auction, May 17th Thanks to Charlie’s egging in the comments field of my last ComicLink Auction Highlights I’ve decided to cover my first Pedigree Grand Auction. Pedigree has been around for a while and they’ve produced some record sales in the past so there’s really no...

Every week Comic Book Daily asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers; we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans Daily for the inspiration.  This week a great interview composition from Don Heck contained this...

very week CBD’s Editor in Chief Pete DeCourcy asks the question and the crew (and special guests) give their answers, we’ll be doing this for 52 weeks. Tip of the hat goes to the gang at Scans_Daily for the inspiration. This Week’s Q: What news are you hoping to hear out of C2E2 this...

Captain Marvel #50, Marvel Comics, May 1977 The Captain Marvel run is easy and fun to collect. Launched in the memorable month of May 1968, the same month that launched Iron Man #1 and Sub-Mariner #1. The series lasted 62 issues and featured the now classic Jim Starlin Thanos saga...

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis Artist: Alex Maleev Letters: Chris Eliopoulis Covers: Alex Maleev and Michael Avon Oeming Publisher: Marvel Icon What’s your breaking point? Really, sit back for a moment. Think about it. What would push you beyond the point where you sit comfortably in your...

So, let’s take a small perusal of just what looks good to me from Marvel’s Solicitations for December. ULTIMATE COMICS DOOM #1 (of 4) Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS Penciled by RAFA SANDOVAL Cover by BRYAN HITCH Variant Cover by Terry Dodson The enemy has revealed itself and the...

Early Marvel Keys are one of the most collected group of comic books in the hobby. A hobby wide consensus regarding a book's status as a legitimate Marvel key is enough to send it's value way up. The Tales to Astonish title had already given us Hank Pym, the Ant-Man a year and a half earlier. In Tales to Astonish issue #44 Janet van Dyne becomes...

I was scanning eBay results and I found some very strong sales happening this past week. I also found deals!

Marvel is proud to present your first look at Avengers #1, from superstar, award-winning creators Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita Jr! Kicking off the biggest launch of the decade, Avengers #1 ushers in a new era for the Marvel Universe as the world’s greatest heroes assemble once...

Marvel’s week-long series of Avengers reveals wraps with today’s promotional image featuring Thor declaring his status as a member of Earth’s Mightiest superteam. The God of Thunder will be joining his co-founder Iron Man on the team, with longtime Avengers mainstay Hawkeye...

Bendis hinted at it a while ago on twitter, but it looks like it’s now official. Bendis and JRjr will be relaunching Avengers with a brand new #1 issue. Here’s the cover: Not much is known about the new title, though it looks like Spidey will be in the Avengers, as Romita mentioned...

Avenger #71, Marvel Comics, December 1969, 1st Appearance the Invaders Avengers #71 is one of those comic books that is always missing from the Avengers bins. It’s a book I’ll always look for whenever I’m at a comic convention or visiting a new comic shop. More often than not this book...