Week 34: A True Marvel
Week 34 already !!! Time is flying folks, lets try and slow it down a bit by taking our sweet old time to enjoy some great comic book splash pages. Incredible Hulk #107 was on my eBay auction pile for…
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Comic Book Daily
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Week 28: Trace to the Rescue
I think I’m starting to get a bit paranoid now, I think I may have posted one or two of the below pages, remember I’m not keeping track so call me out if you find one and I’ll add an…
Covered 365: Day 181
Incredible Hulk #181, Marvel Comics, November 1974. Artist: Herb Trimpe with John Romita getting credit for some alterations. I had to do it guys, I had to go with Hulk #181. It’s nice when a mega key like this can…
Covered 365: Day 144
Girl’s Romances #144, DC Comics, October 1971, Artist – Nick Cardy Incredible Hulk #144, Marvel Comics, October 1971, Artist – Herb Trimpe I’m excited to announce Covered 365’s 1st tie! I just could not pick a winner here so I…
Web Arted #352
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Kirby, Trimpe, Buckingham, Faucher, Jetter, Harris.
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The Society Of Illustrators
On my trip to New York, New York earlier this month I had the chance to visit the Society Of Illustrators and see two exhibits. The Art of The Avengers and Other Heroes and Tales from the Crypt: The Revolutionary Art…
The coming of The Defenders
This week in Arcs & Runs we turn our attention to the early beginnings and formation of the super-hero team: The Defenders. I used to think of this team as the group of super-heroes who weren’t invited to be an…
Review | Herb Trimpe’s The Incredible Hulk Artist’s Edition
Herb Trimpe was one of the premier artists working for Marvel in the 1960s and 1970s. His extended run on The Hulk is a high point for many fans of Bruce Banner’s rampaging alter ego, with masterful inks by both…
Sub-Mariner #1-15 “Diamond Head”
In this week’s Arcs & Runs we will follow up our Human Torch piece from last post with another of the most popular and highly sought after characters in the Marvel stable of super-heroes – Prince Namor the Sub-Mariner. This…
Web Arted Jun 24th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Byrne, Austin, Trimpe, Kida, McNiven, Pacheco, Townsend, Lee.
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Web Arted Mar 18th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Kirby, Royer, Trimpe, Giacoia, Romita Jr, Janson, Raymond
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What Happened To Your Head?
I recently picked up the 18 issue run of the great Silver Age Silver Surfer series! Now, I was ten years old when this book came out and that was right after I really discovered the comic collecting bug and how can you not…
Web Arted Jan 8th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Anderson, Wrightson, Green, Poplaski, Trimpe, Kane, Sutton.
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Bronze Age Hulk: Part 2, #163-182
We continue our look at Bronze Age Hulk with Part 2 of this forty issue run. There are some similarities to the first twenty issues. The Hulk fights the Rhino/Abomination combo once again, and we have return trips to Counter-Earth…
Bronze Age Hulk: Part 1, The Incredible Hulk #143-162
It looks like we are heading for green Christmas this year, so in this months Arcs & Runs we will get into the spirit and feature Old Green skin himself the Incredible Hulk. The Hulk is a mainstay of the…
Web Arted November 6th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days: Severin, Elder, Gogos, McLeod, Trimpe, Eisner, Buscema, Giacoia!
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Web Arted Feb 27th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the Heritage 2015 February 19 - 21 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction.
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Young Robots In Love: Marvel Two-In-One & Machine Man
We’re closing in on Valentines Day and a little tale of love lost and found is in order. The Players: Jocasta – An exotic beauty lost and lonely with no place in this world to call her own. She has…
Web Arted May 23rd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly from Heritage’s 2014 May 15 – 17 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction.
ComicLink December 2013 Featured Auction Original Art
Another hot auction ended this week with ComicLink's November 2013 Featured Auction, our focus here on their original art. A reoccuring pattern seems to be emerging: Ditko Spider-Man pages command the highest bids, followed by Kirby early Marvels and then everything else.
A lot of bargains to be had for those with an eye to the long term investment. As always a few items caught my eye and six are discussed below. Please chime in with your comments.
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