Author: Blaise Tassone
Last time I was looking at how demand drives value up on collectibles, and especially how different kinds of comics grab the attention of collectors at different times, leading to premiums regarding prices for select genres and titles that the same collectors fervently desire. ...
Alright comic book lovers, Halloween is upon us once again. In the spirit of the year, I want to take a look at five relevant comics that evoke a ‘Halloween mood’. If you have these books in your collection they can boost your bank account, and...
Ever since the post-credit scene at the end of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2’, all Adam Warlock related comics have been spiking. However, even after the cosmic adventure that was ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Part One, Warlock fever has still not reached its peak. In...
Having just finished watching the third season of ‘Marvel’s Daredevil’ on Netflix, I can’t help but think about possibilities for future Marvel live action stories including (if it happens) upcoming plots for the next Daredevil season. So, be forewarned, a spoiler alert is in play for...
In my last post I was looking at the various factors that make comics desirable and valuable to collectors. This post picks up from where I left off. This time I want to turn attention to the difference between fads, or short-term impulse buys, versus...
Blogging for the “GoCollect.com” website I’ve noticed something peculiar about the collecting community. While generally an accepting and open bunch (and I’m focusing here on collectors of comic books), there are some within the community who have very strong opinions about how to collect, which books...
Since 1977 Marvel has been publishing counter-factual stories in the series What if…? This series features hypothetical or virtual history scenarios that are thrown out about everything from, what would have happened if Spider-man had joined the Fantastic Four (in Amazing Spider-man #1) to how would...
The Phoenix story arc (X-Men issues #101-138) is so compelling it's been adapted for film not once (in ‘X-Men: the Last Stand’ from 2006) but two times; it will form the basis of the soon to be released, perhaps final Fox X-Men film, ‘Dark Phoenix’ in...
Created by cartoonist Matt Groening and premiering as an animated short on the Tracy Allman Show in 1987, ‘The Simpsons’ (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie) have been a part of the American pop-culture landscape for over 30 years now. Throughout that time there has been...
Everyone knows Nick Fury today from the movies. These days he’s played by American actor Samuel L. Jackson and has appeared in multiple Marvel films. But there’s another Nick Fury. Before he joined S.H.I.E.L.D. and became head of a spy organization, before he became black: Fury...
