Covered 365: Day 111
Captain America #111, Marvel Comics, March 1969 – Artist: Jim Steranko. Poster art at its finest, this cover is so in the zone and of the time, its great stuff from Mr. Steranko. That Unexpected #110 was a nice surprise…
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Covered 365: Day 107
Strange Tales #107, Marvel Comics, April 1963 – Artist: Jack Kirby. Simplicity can be overwhelming when executes nicely and Jack Kirby hit a nerve with this cover. Strange Tales #107 is one of the most iconic covers of the early…
Covered 365: Day 104
Incredible Hulk #104, Marvel Comics, June 1968 – Artist: Marie Severin. Such a stand out cover here, great colors, great scene and great demand for this baby. Young Love #104 is a must have and I liked the X-Men #104…
Covered 365: Day 100
Ultimate Spider-Man #100, Marvel Comics, November 2006 – Artist: Mark Bagely. I hate being predictable, remind me never to play a poker game with Meli, but I just can’t ignore this mesmerizing wraparound cover, my goodness. I tried to count…
Undervalued Spotlight #440
Star Wars: The Force Awakens #1, Marvel Comics, August 2016. My pal Chris is a life long Star Wars fan and him and I ended up talking about the 35 cent Star Wars #1 and how crazy the prices are…
Covered 365: Day 94
X-Men #94 – Marvel Comics, August 1975 – Artist: Gil Kane. I love the combination of key issue and iconic cover. Sometimes I’m not sure if it’s the keyness of the issue that makes the cover seem iconic after but…
Covered 365: Day 87
Avengers #87 – Marvel Comics, August 1959 – Artist: John Buscema. Another striking cover from the mighty, mighty John Buscema. A few days ago I was lamenting how hard it was finding a cover, today I’m lamenting how hard it…
Covered 365: Day 80
Tales of Suspense #80 – Marvel Comics, August 1966 – Artist: Jack Kirby. I’ve always loved this cover, great stuff from King Kirby. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in…
Covered 365: Day 78
Avengers #78 – Marvel Comics, July 1970 – Artist: John Buscema. The mighty mighty John Buscema at it again, I love this cover. A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in…
Covered 365: Day 68
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Fantastic Four #68 – Marvel Comics, November 1967 – Artist: Jack Kirby. US Marines #68…
Undervalued Spotlight #434
Dead of Night #11, Marvel Comics, August 1975. I just bought a nice little collection of late Silver Age to early Copper Age books with a lot of the key issues present. Luckily the guy liked his early Bronze Age…
Covered 365: Day 53
A great comic book cover matching each day of the year, 1 through 365. Please chime in with your favourite corresponding cover, from any era. Day 53 – Daredevil #53, June 1969, Artist – Gene Colan. I also liked Shocking…
Undervalued Spotlight #411
Incredible Hulk #2, Marvel Comics, July 1962. I’ve always been a fan of second appearances! Have I not mentioned that Undervalued Spotlight #79 is the most read Spotlight ever? I think others like second appearances too. His week I turn…
Undervalued Spotlight #410
Marvel Spotlight #5, Marvel Comics, August 1972. Oh my goodness, the back issue market has been on fire recently. Bronze Age keys from Marvel have fared particularly well with Incredible Hulk #181, Amazing Spider-Man #129, Giant Size X-Men #1 and…
Undervalued Spotlight #406
Amazing Spider-Man #102, Marvel Comics, November 1971. Bronze baby, bronze! Thanks to last week’s post I’m all stoked for Marvel Bronze Age so I found another nice bite-sized book that would look good in everyone’s collection, actually I think it’s…
Undervalued Spotlight #405
Defenders #8, Marvel Comics, September 1973. It’s been over a year since the last early Bronze Age Marvel has been featured on the Spotlight. I’m not sure how something like that happens but one is long overdue an I think…
Undervalued Spotlight #390
Invaders Annual #1, Marvel Comics, 1977. Over the past couple of years I’ve written way too much about how comic book covers have enjoyed a growing influence on comic book values. I’ve noted that graded comics essentially become postage stamps…
Undervalued Spotlight #382
Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1, Marvel Comics, April 1968. I was at a small local comic show this past weekend and a sequence of events pointed me towards this week’s Spotlight pick. First off there was this lower grade Tales of…
Comic Culture October 18th 2017
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris Owen and Walter Durajlija talk all things comics. So sit just kick back, relax and enjoy this week’s Comic Culture. Oh, and please, please make sure you go out and support your local comic…
Undervalued Spotlight #364
All New Ghost Rider #1, Marvel Comics, May 2014 We were talking movies and TV shows at the shop recently and someone mentioned Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and how much they liked it. The show’s Season 5 air date was announced…