Author: Blaise Tassone
With Veterans Day having arrived it’s fitting that we salute an artist whose most inspired art was produced for war comics. With a career that began in the Golden Age, Joe Kubert (1926-2012) was a tremendous talent. Influencing artists the caliber of Steve Bissette, Neal Adams...
Hawkman is a cool super-hero and not really given the love he deserves. Since, I posted on 'Batman day' [here] I’m going to say something about DC’s Bird Man especially as November 10 was declared “Hawkman Day” (it’s also possible that these super-hero themed...
Scarcity of a given comic, we are told, can contribute to value. This is, in fact, the reason why I mainly choose to invest in high grade Silver and Bronze Age comics over most modern books. The print runs of the Silver or Bronze Age comics...
Did anyone else notice the recent spike in prices on some key Copper Age (c. 1983-1991) books at the beginning of the month? On November 4, 2018 Amazing Spider-man #238 (Feb, 1983) sold for $1, 225.00 and then, on the same day, Batman #428...
Some comic book titles change their format and begin publishing stories from different genres without actually being anthology or tryout books. The perfect example of this is the classic EC title Crime Patrol , which began featuring horror stories after introducing the character of the...
While we wait for the ‘Captain Marvel’ full length movie and the highly anticipated sequel to ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, I can’t help think that the unfolding of this expanding cosmic phase of the MCU will have a pronounced effect on more than just Captain Marvel comics...
Neal Adams is one of my favorite comic book artists. Given the prices on his iconic cover work, apparently I’m not alone in thinking his art is of high quality. In fact, I would rank Adams in the top ten of all-time great comic book illustrators,...
Although it’s too early to make any reliable predictions, there is analysis suggesting that the Warner Bros./Time Warner Inc. movie ‘Aquaman’ will probably be a success at the box office. I’ve already blogged about DC’s fish-man (here) but here I want to take a...
I was only vaguely familiar with Miss Fury when a good friend of mine (thanks John!) pointed out to me that there’s a Facebook community devoted to this Golden Age Heroine. That alone made me want to dig deeper. Sure enough, Miss Fury is a notable...
The Avengers were in the news yet again. Katherine Langford has been cast for Avengers 4 (the Infinity War sequel) and may perhaps play Kate Bishop (Hawkeye 2) or, maybe, one of the Eternals, possibly Circe. In any case, since the Marvel movie 'Avengers' is...
