Author: Blaise Tassone
Is ‘Avengers: Endgame’ the most eagerly awaited super-hero movie of all time? It certainly feels that way. With two and a half weeks till its premiere, we can be sure of one thing. Between now and April 26 many comics will rise and fall in value,...
What accounts for the recent price spike on Daredevil #7? It’s not like there’s a movie in the works and, in point of fact, Netflix just unceremoniously cancelled their DD show that starred Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio. First let’s look at the data; then maybe...
We all want the blue chip key comics in our collections. Whether it’s to show them off, earn premium returns or just to own a piece of history. When the majority of comic collectors set out to buy comics, most of the seasoned comic hunters keep...
Many people like to emphasize the social allegory aspect of the X-men stories. The Marvel mutants, we are told, were a metaphor for the burgeoning civil rights movement, with mutants standing as symbols for unfairly treated minorities in society. We know the X-Men will eventually make...
Marvel’s Symbiotes (the Klyntar) are everywhere these days. Did you pick up on the allusions to All Black the Necrosword in Hela’s character (when she uses her powers) in 2017’s ‘Thor Ragnarok’? If you saw ‘Venom’ (I did and can admit I actually liked it!) it...
Everyone knows DC and Marvel, and for some people Image or perhaps IDW comics might complete their set of ‘comics worth buying’. When you think of older companies, however, maybe you think of Charlton or Goldkey – both now defunct- but there were many other comic...
Once upon a time there was a space-policeman named Hal Jordan. Hal was a good guy - a ‘straight arrow’ you might say and brave as they come. He had a power ring and orders to protect the Earth in the name of the blue-skinned Guardians...
While some might not consider the illustration work of George Perez to be classic, I would argue that he is a modern master. Moreover, I think time will vindicate my assessment of his work and Perez’s detailed and powerful drawings will eventually become heralded as some...
Once in a while, it’s a good idea to take stock of the nature of the hobby we all love. That hobby is comic collecting and affiliated activity. Luckily, some interesting events happening in the pop culture world can, I think, shed light on the current...
What a strange situation is on display with the data from X-Men #101. This is a major key in the Bronze Age run of Marvel’s X-Men, not to mention a book having the fortuitous situation of a major motion picture based directly on its central character...
