Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
In my Auction Highlights #43 I looked at the recent $21,250.00 ComicLink sale of a CGC 9.6 Amazing Spider-Man #11. This comic book has an Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide value of $2,400 in the 9.2 grade. ComicLink noted that the CGC 9.6 grade is rare for this comic book...
Charlton Comics took a run at the Blue Beetle title (issues #50 – 54) by displacing their long running Unusual Tales title (#1-49) but found the super hero racket crowded and tough. They switched back to the horror/mystery format with Ghostly Tales #55, a move that...
ComicLink August Featured Auction
The ComicLink August Featured Auction has ended. I really like these Featured Auctions because they are not dominated by Silver and Bronze Age Marvels. In last month’s ComicLink Focused Auction 94% of the top 50 comics traded were Marvels. This time around Marvel represents only 42% of the top 50 books. DCs came in at 26%, original art 14%...
For me Batman #1 delivers a lot. The comic outperforms two other notable title launches in several ways. A quick look at the credentials of Batman #1 vs. those of Superman #1 and Amazing Spider-Man #1 highlights just how important the first issue of Bats is. Pick up a copy of the Overstreet Price Guide and read up on the above issues, I’m sure you’ll agree that Batman #1 brings the most to the table. The Joker’s first appearance will trump J.J. Jameson any day. The first female villain...
This is the post Fan Expo Canada show. Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija discuss the show in general and all the crowd problems that plagued the show. The boys also discuss the Marvel/Disney merger and comicbookdaily.com's first birthday. Now just kick back...
Another great show this week!. Regular guest (and one of the producers of the show) Anthony Falcone joins Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija for lively discussions on Asterix and fast food, too many Thors, Fan Expo and a whole bunch of other comic type stuff! So now it's time to sit back, relax then click the link below...
What a cover! What an issue! "A Time of Titans" tells the tale of Thor fighting along side Adolf Hitler and the Nazis (all part of a Hitler scheme to get all the Gods of Asgard to help him to conquer the world). Thor is in Russia trying to kill Josef Stalin. Sub-Mariner and his Invaders somehow manage to save Stalin. Thor eventually gets wind of Hitler’s scheme (thanks to an in disguise...
Great show this week. Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija tackle issues like the new Spider-Man musical, the Scott Pilgrim movie, new comics releasing this week and so much more. Now just kick back, relax...
Comic Culture This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt welcome Hamilton artist Leon Robinson to the show. Mr. Robinson is a true Renaissance man, he’s in the rap group Crown A Thorns, he works as a photographer, he shoots…
Here’s the thing. I really couldn’t pick one over the other so I’m picking both of these comic books for this week’s Undervalued Spotlight.
In January of 1947 Avon Periodicals published Eerie Comics #1. Eerie #1 is credited as being the first true horror comic. Overstreet guide value for Eerie #1 is a healthy $8,200.00. Though the book is also credited as establishing the horror genre it really did not cause an...
Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt welcome that Comic Book Goddess Shelley Smarz. Shelley jumps right in and helps the guys tackle subjects like Deadpool #1000, Terry Pratchett novels, the re-boot of the Spider-Man movie franchise and...
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...
The ComicLink July Focused Auction has just ended. Much like last month’s ComicLink auction this one was dominated by Silver Age Marvels. Only 3 DC books cracked the top 50 in terms of price realized...
Big show this week as Chris and Walt try and sift through all the news that came out of the San Diego Comic Con. DJ Jizzy Chris spins some hot superhero tunes for everyone's enjoyment. So sit back, relax then click the link below, it will take you to...
American Comics Group (ACG) editor Richard E. Hughes contributed much to comic books. Hughes was already a veteran of the industry in 1958 (he was ACG editor at this time). The early 1940s characters Fighting Yank and Black Terror were among Hughes’ more popular creations. A prolific writer, Hughes used many pseudonyms. The most famous of these ‘pen names’ would be Shane O’Shea (though my favorite is Ace Aquila). It was Shane O’Shea that received the writing credits for the...
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...
Comic Culture's Walter Durajlija welcome's co-host Chris Owen back from vacation. This week Chris and Walt chime in on the San Diego Comic Con, Lady Deadpool, Scott Pilgrim Volume 6, the Mile High comic collection and a bunch of other comic book related boobery. So sit back, relax...
The Phantom was the brainchild of Mandrake the Magician creator Lee Falk. Mr. Falk’ brilliant twist to the character was that he made his Phantom the 21st in a line stretching back over 400 years. The Phantom always fought evil wearing the same costume, part of a ruse to get the bad guys to believe that the character was immortal.
Comic Culture host Walter Durajlija is joined by special guest Anthony Falcone. Anthony wears the co-host hat this week in absence of Chris Owen. This week the boys discuss the San Diego Comic Con, spin some good superhero tunes and discuss Anthony's controversial comicbookdaily blog entitled...
Four Color Comics was a Dell Comic anthology series that ran from 1939 top 1962. Often Dell introduced characters (original and licensed) in the Four Color run. If the character sold well Dell would launch a separate series devoted to the character. When we look at titles like Turok (original) and Bugs Bunny (licensed) we see that Dell published several issues within the Four Color run (actually more than...