Author: Blaise Tassone
The internet is all abuzz over yet another rumor. After weeks of speculation about whether or not Deadpool would appear in the new Spider-man standalone film: ‘Far from Home’, now the rumor has shifted to suggestions that, perhaps, Venom will appear. Should we believe it? ...
Many collectors are avoiding DC comics right now. One consequence of this 'lack of love' has been a noticeable lowering of demand, and subsequently of prices, on many key DC books. For the moment, at least, it seems like Marvel dominates the comic collectibles field -...
While there are many great Golden Age era artists who were masters of evocative and scintillating cover art; when it comes to pre-code covers that make an impact, one artist who immediately springs to mind is L. B. Cole. Lately Cole’s art has been seeing...
The 1990’s were not exactly the greatest decade for comic books. After the creative strides that expanded the medium in the 1980s, the early 90s witnessed cynical attempts by the industry to resell and repackage earlier titles and then gimmick after marketing gimmick followed by a...
It’s hard to understand the hype surrounding the anthropomorphic martial arts practicing reptiles known as the ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’, and why they are still around, unless - that is - you actually go back and read the original comics. Only by appreciating the vitality and...
Giant Size-Defenders #3 has witnessed some serious spec heat over the last week. What’s going on here? In one word: Korvac. Remember when Annihilius was supposed to be the next Thanos? Well, in case you’ve forgotten, see my previous post (Annihilus Annihilated?). Is Korvac...
Selected issues from Wings Comics, the aviation anthology title from Fiction House, has been selling for very high prices lately. In this post I’ll take a look at the Wings comic and speculate about what’s driving collector appeal for these books. From around 1940 to...
We all know that graded comics sell for much higher prices than equivalent raw copies. In this post I want to answer the following question: Have the grading companies blown up the value of our books to dangerous levels or was the standardization of professional grading...
Between 1980 and 1985 several DC titles included a 16 page ‘bonus’ comic book, billed as an ‘Insert preview’. Many of these insert previews have gone on to be more valuable than the original comics that introduced them. A number of them also featured the first...
It’s hard to think of a comic book writer with a more devoted following than Kentucky native Robert Kirkman. If he had only developed and published the Walking Dead comics, his would be an important voice in the medium. However, this storyteller extraordinaire is also a...
