Author: James Jou
The most popular Spider-Man costume, outside of the original, is probably the black symbiote suit. It’s for good reason, as it is directly connected to another popular character Venom, and has been featured across the many Spider-Man movies and cartoons. For a collector that might be looking...
1st appearance comics seem to be all the rage; but what about 2nd appearances? Even after the 1st appearance of individual characters, the next largest emphasis is often on the 1st appearance of team names. In an effort to explore the market for 2nd appearance books, here...
Like petting a cat who purrs one second and attacks you the next, here we will be revisiting the idea of randomness. Due to the sheer number of characters that exist in the pages of comic books, perhaps featuring characters randomly is the best way for each...
The plethora of Psylocke’s key books separated across the first appearance of the character, first time gaining powers, first US appearance, and first time using heroic alias, is reminiscent to that of Carol Danvers/Ms. Marvel/Captain Marvel library of keys. Quite a lot to keep track of. On...
The 2018 animated Into the Spider-Verse movie featured seven unique Spider-People from different realities; which was a manageable amount to begin with, but hopefully some more Spiders will also get some screen time in the sequel. It shouldn't be too hard to come up with a few,...
Although much of the villainy focus has been on Thanos and more recently Joker, lets not forget about some of the earlier villains that brought their own type of menace to our favorite heroes; specifically, Whiplash and Baron Zemo. Here we will be following up on the...
It is rather disappointing that the Age of Ultron was shortchanged with a single movie; so much for an “Age,” which technically isn’t wrong with Ultron’s age being zero, but it is nevertheless very anticlimactic. Perhaps if Ultron ever gets rebuilt in the MCU, we might get...
With the surprise development and nearing release of an animated adaptation of the “What If...?” comic book series, two other similar series come to mind; specifically, “Not Brand Echh” and “What The--?!” While the chances of these two series getting their own animated adaptation are slim to...
Part 2 of looking back at the market performance of the 2016 Suicide Squad members’ key comic books; not part 2 as in the upcoming sequel movie. Due to that squad iteration having more members than a free pack of crayons that they used to give out...
Did you know Luke Cage was once a member of the Fantastic Four? In Fantastic Four #168, Luke Cage is hired by the team to replace the Thing, who has recently lost his powers. With the return of Luke Cage and the Fantastic Four to...