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Undervalued Spotlight #347

Captain Marvel #26, Marvel Comics, May 1973. I was chatting with one of my pals at the shop the other day and he was telling me about a nice little comic pick up he had just made. War Is Hell #9…

Mike Huddleston
November 24, 2016
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This month we feature a classic bronze-age arc from the pages of Captain Marvel. The Captain Marvel #25-34 storyline is the highpoint Marv-ell’s comic career, and introduced us to the full mad cosmic villainy of Thanos. Captain Marvel was first…

Undervalued Spotlight #241

Avengers Annual #7, Marvel Comics, 1977 I was having dinner yesterday with the gang from the Big B comic shop in Hamilton. This is quite the brain trust of comic heads so I took advantage and asked “hey guys, what…

Toronto Comic Book Show Report

On July 6th I had the opportunity to attend the Toronto Comic Book Show (TCBS) for the first time. This was the second TCBS after its inaugural show in May. You won’t see any cosplay or signings at TCBS—the show’s organizers are 100% focused on serving those who just want to get their hands on books (both raw and graded). The admission person I spoke with said they expected over 400 people throughout the day. While that’s a far cry from some of the bigger Toronto shows or US shows, it’s a pretty respectable number considering TCBS is a collector-first show.

Anthony Falcone
January 30, 2014
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The early 1990s were all about lenticular covers, bagged promos, and rampant speculation. But they were also about trading cards. Upper Deck reigned supreme and we finally said goodbye to buying cards with super hard chewing gum. Traditionally we had purchased sports cards, but Marvel Comics had given us another option by issuing a series of collectible cards featuring their spandex clad characters.

R.J. Steinhoff
November 18, 2013
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Superhero movies have been on an incredible run. Ever since X-Men premiered in 2000 and Spider-Man two years later, superhero movies have been box office gold. Perhaps even more incredible is the fact that most of them have been well…

Anthony Falcone
September 26, 2013
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I have often found it a peculiarity of comic books that, unlike other media, the industry tries to discourage new readers by telling them that the stories are convoluted and incomprehensible. They don’t come right out and say that of course, but that is the general message when you declare a certain issue or a new number one to be “a great jumping on point”.

Clint McElroy
January 16, 2013

It’s time for another update from BIFF SOCKO, TWO-FISTED NEWSHOUND. Biff Socko covers Comic Book News like zits on the A-V Club. Faster than Perry White! Stronger than J. Jonah Jameson! He is…BIFF SOCKO! DATELINE: GOTHAM CITY – To…

Walter Durajlija
November 27, 2012
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Tales of Suspense #79, Marvel Comics (July 1966) Now this is a great Marvel Silver Age comic book! Tales of Suspense #79 kicks off a great 3 part Iron Man and Sub-Mariner battle story but more importantly I’ll argue, it…

mightykorgoofteegeeack on CosmiconMay 25, 2022
And since you asked... The influential artist just died. It was Neal Adams. He wrote on the internet that he…
Spider on CosmiconMay 24, 2022
Awesome share Ivan!!! Walt, I thought 20c run between cover-dates of December 1971 and April 1974. You're holding ToD#18 which…
Wayne Morgan on CosmiconMay 23, 2022
As a student of Steranko all these years I have not seen or heard of this poster or conference. And…
Walter Durajlija on CosmiconMay 23, 2022
You'll find that a lot Gerald, things you thought would go higher don't and things you thought would go cheap…
Ivan Kocmarek on CosmiconMay 23, 2022
Just copied this from Ron Kasman's post on FB on March 3 of this year which was the 50th anniversary…