The First Six – Iron Man & Tales of Suspense #39-44
It’s time to take a look at the early beginnings of Iron Man. I took a very long time deciding if I was going to post this, as I found these early books to be amongst the weakest of the…
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The First Six: Sgt. Fury #1-6
Remembrance Day has just past so in this week’s arcs & runs we will take a look at the first six issues of Marvel’s World War II comic title Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos. War comics were very popular…
Strange Tales #101-106: The Human Torch
In the early days of Marvels return to super-hero comics, old horror titles all gradually turned the page to the new genre. New characters were introduced in Tales of Suspense (Iron Man), Tales to Astonish (Ant-Man), and Journey in to…
The First Six, Part Two: Journey Into Mystery #83-88
In today’s installment of “The First Six” we will take a look at the start of The Mighty Thor in the Journey Into Mystery title. About a month ago I was researching Marvels early beginnings and use of Norse Mythology…
Web Arted Feb 20th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the ComicLink January 2015 Focused Auction.
Marvel 1960s Annuals: Part Two, Spider-Man
Part 2 of this series on Marvel silver age annuals continues with the Amazing Spider-Man. I thought I had better get to this group of books in a hurry before Walt shines the Undervalued Spotlight on all of these books.…
Web Arted Sep 19th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the ComicLink Summer Featured Auction.
Web Arted Aug 15th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly at the Heritage Signature Auction #7097.
Web Arted Mar 7th
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Heritage 2013 Nov 21-23 Auction Beverly Hills
Another high profile Heritage auction ended over the weekend in Beverly Hills, with a large selection of original art going for record prices. No iconic pieces this time around but an excellent collection of material ranging from Alex Raymond Jungle Jim to Wizard Spider-Man.
Web Arted Nov 22nd
A gathering of wonderful art spotted by yours truly these last few days.
Spectacular Spider-Man #1 Magazine 1968
Spectacular Spider-Man #1, for those not familiar with it, was Marvel's first entry into not only a Spider-Man spin off, but in a B&W magazine format aimed at a more mature market.
Heritage 2013 Feb 21-23 Art Auction: Silver Age
Continuing our look at Heritage 2013 February 21-23 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction (7073), this time at the bountiful Silver Age material offered. Avengers issue 55 cover by John Buscema and George Russos, 1968, sold for $35,850.00. Source. A…