Author: Blaise Tassone
Spider-man’s comics top the charts in terms of the movers and shakers of the collectible comic world. Right now, Spidey has the second most popular Silver Age (Amazing Spider-man #50) and the second most popular Bronze Age title (Amazing Spider-man #252). Let’s take a look at...
Knowing when to buy a comic is just as important as knowing when to sell. Most of the time, we can get a good sense of when certain comics are in demand and so desired by many people. That is, we all know when such and...
Okay, so I’m going to go ahead and say that Jon Bernthal is probably the best actor ever cast to play the Punisher. He managed to bring the comic book version of Frank Castle to life, which is no easy task. Granted, given some of the...
Comic book buying and selling, just like a lot of other kinds of economic activity, is directly affected by the laws of supply and demand. However, in the case of comics, demand is far more important than supply. This leads to the real problem of how...
In this blog post I want to look at important comics connected to what the Marvel movies call ‘the quantum realm’. This quantum dimension in the MCU (due to copyright issues) is actually known as the ‘Microverse’ dimension in the comics. Containing sub-systems, such as ‘Mita’...
We all know that Galactus is one of the premier cosmic beings in the Marvel Universe. Galactus is so cosmic, in fact, that where other characters have lunch, he can only recharge his energies by feeding on the life force of entire planets. A bit of...
As we reach the end of yet another year (Goodbye 2018, we hardly knew you), it’s fun to try and predict what the most sought after comics of 2019 will look like. Which books will rise in value? Which will fall? Which will see the sharpest...
This post continues from my Comics that Rock (here). I ended with the late 1960s and the guest appearances of rock and pop singers and bands in mainstream comics. This trend, of course, continued into the 1970s and beyond. 1970s Glam Rock in Comics...
He-Who-Has-Died-Twice may soon be born again…no, not through Houngan magic, but in the MCU. I’m talking about the Marvel character Jericho Drumm, better known to comic fans as Brother Voodoo. Jericho is currently Doctor Voodoo, but as Brother Voodoo his first appearance can be found in...
The connection between rock music and comics is something not immediately apparent, but becomes more evident when you make the effort to notice the relationship. Whether it’s the appearance of famous rock bands and singers in comics (from Alice Cooper to the Beatles to Kiss) or...
