Author: Doug Ohlandt
‘Tis the season! And what better way to celebrate the Holidays than taking a look at some of fandom’s favorite Christmas comics? Home Alone at the X-Mansion First up on our list of favorite Christmas comics is
With the success of indie horror comics in the Copper Age showing that fans were looking for good scares again, Marvel would jump back into the fray, bringing back some of their most popular monsters turned anti-heroes after a decade long hiatus. Ghost Rider...
While Marvel and DC had, for the most part, turned away from horror by the beginning of the 1980s, independent publishers were producing some truly frightening copper age horror comics that would attract the notice of fans then and collectors now. Pacific Comics The first independent...
When DC announced that the latest iteration of Superman – Jonathan Kent, Clark and Lois’ son – would be coming out as queer in the November 9 release, Superman: Son of Kal-El #5, it sent shockwaves through the collecting community that reverberated out to the general public. ...
We’ve now taken a look at how the changes to the Comics Code in 1971 affected three publishers – Marvel’s take on classic monsters, DC’s new original horror and occult inspired creations, and Warren’s output in their magazines,...
In part two of this series, we examined DC’s response to the change in the Comic Code in 1971. While Marvel and DC hurriedly rushed to capitalize on these changes, one publisher didn’t have to change one thing. They had been getting around the...
Last week, we took a look at the changes to the Comics Code that occurred in 1971 and how that led to a 1970s horror comics boom, as well as the investment potential in Marvel’s big three monster titles: Tomb of Dracula, Werewolf By...
It’s the month for frights and scares! In honor of our great national obsession with things that go bump in the night, let’s take a look at the comics that were such an influential part of the horror comic boom of the 1970s, and how those same...
With filming completed and anticipation building for the release of The Sandman on Netflix in late 2021 or early 2022, it’s time to take a look at some of the secondary characters who will be appearing throughout the series to gauge their potential as investments. Let's check...
With inflation rising at a higher rate than at any time since the 1970s and commodities prices rising due to a number of different factors, it’s important to know how all of these different pieces of the economy could affect comic book collecting and investing. Comic...
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