Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija chew the cud on all kinds of comic book related stuff, movies, conventions, toys and of course comics too.
As always they are joined by producer Shekky Feldstein!
Hey and the tunes are back!
Amazing Spider-Man #37, Marvel Comics, June 1966. Recently I've been receiving some strong Spotlight suggestions from Juan from Rochester N.Y. These are good solid picks he’s sending in, I’m lucky he doesn't want to start up a website.
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija chew the fat on a ton of comic book related stuff, movies, documentaries, toys and yes comics too. As always they are joined by producer Shekky Feldstein! This week the…
Dazzler #1, Marvel Comics, March 1981. I’m pricing up books for the upcoming Toronto Comic Con and ran into a nice batch of X-Men. There was a sweet copy of issue #130 in there and I had to pick it up and thumb through it. I remember this book coming out and me being a bad boy rock and roller at the time I remember I hated the character.
The comic book portion of ComicLink’s February Featured Auction Ended Wednesday February the 26th and what a mammoth auction it was!
For the 1st time ever really a strong group of quality “Canadian Whites” were on auction and the results can only be described as historic. I’ll direct you to Ivan Kocmarek’s post covering that portion of the auction.
As I said above, this was a very strong auction.
The weakening Canadian Dollar got me to thinking about the effect it is having, if any, on the back issue comic book market. Comic books are like oil in that they are traded in U.S. dollars. The price guide is quoted in U.S. dollars, almost all the big internet dealers are U.S. based and all the major comic auction sites are U.S. and prices are quoted in U.S. Dollars. Basically holding a comic collection is like holding U.S. dollars.
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija get down to business by talking up all kinds of comic book related stuff, movies, documentaries, toys and yes even comics. As always they are joined by producer Shekky Feldstein!…
Flash Comics #86, DC Comics, August 1947
It’s been a while since we visited the Golden Age. It was Undervalued Spotlight #172 to be precise, not that I’m trying to plug that post or anything.
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk up the world of comics for your listening pleasure. As always they are joined by producer Shekky Feldstein! The Shekkster spins some cool tunes too. So why don’t you kick…
Young Love #104, DC Comics, June/July 1973. Happy Valentine’s Day, I hope yours is filled with Young Love! There are a lot of undervalued comics in the Romance genre but alas I’m faced with the same dilemma as our cover girl Theresa, I can only pick one.
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija say adieu to Slurpy Jones and sadly to our young buck Andrew Roebuck who has used his experience on our show to move on to bigger and better things. Good…
The Brave and the Bold #159, DC Comics, February 1980. I know we’re all saving up for Valentine’s Day so I thought I’d make this Spotlight another affordable one. Forgive me though because I’m still on this Ra’s Al Ghul kick.
Amazing Adventures V2 #1, Marvel Comics, August 1970 My kids and I watched the Avengers again recently and I found myself really enjoying the Black Widow character played by Scarlet Johansson. I think she’s one of the stronger characters in…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Slurpy Jones (who is making his last appearance on the show) are joined by producer Shekky Feldstein and sound engineer Andrew “Young Buck” Roebuck for an hour of comic book banter.
Marvel Tales #137, Marvel Comics, March 1982 We’ve featured a reprint book before on the Undervalued Spotlight. It was actually Marvel Tales #1 that got the nod and deservedly so. In 1964 Marvel Tales #1 was needed to satisfy the…
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Slurpy Jones are joined by producer Shekky Feldstein and sound engineer Andrew “Young Buck” Roebuck for an hour of comic book talk. The boys cover all kinds of stuff including New This…
Sub-Mariner #34 and #35, Marvel Comics, February and March 1971 Sub-Mariner #34 – dead. Sub-Mariner #35 – deader. Sub-Mariner the title – Deadest. There are comic books out there that are slower than they should be and Sub-Mariner #34 is…
It’s funny but in that 45 year gap between the Riddler and Bane I can think of only 2 new villains that should be counted among Batman’s greatest, Poison Ivy from 1966 and our featured villain this week Ra’s Al Ghul in 1971.
New Teen Titans #21 is indeed this week’s Undervalued Spotlight, it’s a great comic that comes out of a great title. Surely one of the best Copper Age titles was New Teen Titans. Marv Wolfman and George Perez created a powerhouse title that deserves a second look; there are other gems in this run.
Marvel Treasury Edition #13 was actually the 3rd Marvel Treasury holiday grab bag. Yes in 1974 Marvel released the 1st called Marvel Treasury Special Giant Superhero Grab Bag. That 1st release has my least favorite cover. Look at it! Where’s the Christmas spirit fellas? Actually the issue feels rushed, like someone at the House of Ideas had the good idea in late November. Inside you got a table of contents page highlighting the reprints included.