Tag: Wolverine

Undervalued Spotlight #240

Undervalued Spotlight #240

by | May 12, 2015 | | 5 |

Giant-Size X-Men #1, Marvel Comics, Summer 1975. I’m told I have a gift for exaggeration though I don’t believe I’m exaggerating at all when I declare this week’s Undervalued Spotlight pick, Giant Size X-Men #1, to be the 3rd most important super-hero comic ever published!

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1st Brief Appearance Vs. 1st Full Appearance: Which Is Better?

1st Brief Appearance Vs. 1st Full Appearance: Which Is Better?

by | Sep 29, 2014 | | 19 |

If we only look at the Wolverine example, we would assume that the value of a character’s first full appearance always trumps the value of the first brief appearance. It would stand to reason that a comic book reader gets more of the character in the first full appearance issue and this would increase more buying demand (and value) for the first full appearance issue. However, as I sifted through and compared first brief appearance and first full appearance values in this year’s guide, I found that this wasn’t always the case. Here are examples of comics showing both cases: examples where the first brief appearance issue is more valuable, and examples where the first full appearance issue is the more valuable of the two.

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My Summer Reading: Astonishing X-Men 44-47

My Summer Reading: Astonishing X-Men 44-47

by | Aug 25, 2014 | | 0 |

It has been a while since I’ve followed the Astonishing X-Men comic book series. I hadn’t really followed this series since the great early issues by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday, so I decided to read up on Astonishing X-Men issues # 44 to 47, which was the “Exalted” storyline done by the creative team of Greg Pak, Mike McKone, and Rachelle Rosenberg.

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