Invincible Iron Man #47, Marvel Comics, June 1972 This week’s Undervalued Spotlight comes recommended by Mike Huddleston. Mike’s email notes that “…this story features great updated origin re-telling from Roy Thomas and artist Barry Smith. These two were in the middle of...

Better Comics #1, Maple Leaf Comics, March 1941 Over the years I’ve owned many “Canadian Whites” the cool Canadian black and white comic books of the early to mid 1940s. These books are hard to find especially in higher grades. As a reseller I’ve never had to sit on one of these comics...

ComicLink October 2011 Focused Auction The ComicLink Focused Auction has just ended. OK I thought September’s ComicLink Auction was Marvel heavy but boy this was even worse! There was only 1 DC in the top 75 and that of course was our old standby Green Lantern #76. A nice CGC 9.6 GL #76 went...

There’s nothing to fear except fear itself. In this case, the characters of the Marvel universe are faced with their worst fears as the Serpent slithers into their lives. Those fears are made reality as one by one they lose their own, and one by one they realize they may not win this battle. The Serpent has risen, and the tide of the battle may have swung forever against their favour.

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...

Much like Ed and Scott did this week, I’m kind of going off the beaten path of my regular comic book subjects… ok, I know I’ve spoken about pro wrestling a few times in here but that doesn’t count because pro wrestling is pretty much living breathing comics… sort...

Fear reigns and some of Marvel's physically strongest characters now carry mystical hammers, using them to strike fear in the hearts of their former allies. How can they stand to fight when their worst fears are coming to life? Even more, can they?

Pick Five | Shot Glasses Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. A few days ago Chris Owen and I recorded this week’s Comic Culture radio show. Our producer Anthony Falcone...

Welcome to another installment of Pick Five, where one of our writers picks five of whatever comic related “fill in the blank” that tickles their fancy. Superheroes have always been at the forefront of style. I mean look at all the guys walking around with tight colorful spandex suits....

Iron Man #118, Marvel Comics, January 1979 This comic boasts a crack creative team that includes Bob Layton, John Byrne and David Michelinie (David Michelinie also figures prominently in my Undervalued Spotlights 16 and 62). The 17 page “At the Mercy of my Friends” story in Iron Man #118...

So after our podcast this week, a listener wrote to me talking about how he was thinking about why the Iron Man comic hasn’t really translated into huge sales, given the enormous success of the movies. Ian Warren writes: The comic itself was further ostracizing. The movie “Iron Man”...

So two Batman topics came up this week that I think might need discussing. To warn you now, the second topic towards the bottom will be filled with spoilers of the latest issue of Batman and Robin. So after the bit about The Dark Knight Rises. We cool? Alright then. The Dark Knight Rises So...

Soldier Zero is the first of three new books coming from the Poobahs at Boom! in association with Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment. Does the first’s pow lower the boom on readers and offer a great read? Let’s gander this bad boy.

What kind of features should we demand of a principle Marvel key? This group of comics is one of the most important investing blocks in the hobby. People are buying up high grade Marvel keys as a group and you can’t really have one without any of the others and call yourself a true high end collector...

I honestly was working on a great column for this week…and then I honestly ran out of time to finish it (you will see it eventually, it’s another 101 piece much like the Grendel one that ran a while ago). E3 is currently on and due to being an avid gamer (to make it clear, I love...

Have you seen Iron Man 2 yet? Good chance most of you have. Don’t worry, nothing even remotely spoilerish here but I will say I rather enjoyed it. So given the occasional retro appeal of subject matter that comes and goes in the column, I’m using Iron Man 2 as an excuse to take a...

Iron Man seems the obvious theme this week. Make sure you check out the Iron Man 2 movie, and then jump on the net and buy up a bunch of old Iron Man comic books!

This Week In Panels includes spoilers, and plenty of them. So consider this your warning. You’ve been warned, so don’t read it unless you’re willing to be spoiled. Got it? Context is for the weak here, so just sit back and enjoy some beautiful art, and some wonderful moments...

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...

Matt Fraction has been doing some amazing work on Iron Man. He’s taken him from the lowest the character has ever been in comics (Everyone loves a drunk – no one loves a Nazi) and brought him back – not only in terms of sales and accolades, but to making him a vital part of...