Author: James Jou
Before the Marvel Super-Heroes series came to be known by that name starting with issue #12, the first eleven issues in the series were an anthology of reprinted stories from Marvel’s Golden Age. These issues were titled: Fantasy Masterpieces. The Golden Record reprints usually...
Hot take on New Mutants #98, Ultimate Fallout #4, or some other modern book that keeps soaking up all the Modern Age attention. Not. That was in Borat’s voice. Here we check out a few other modern age books that have...
Marvel this, Disney+ that… but what about the Mouse himself? How’s he doing? Here we look at two of the most popular modern books that feature covers with Mickey Mouse. MARVEL COMICS #1000 (RAMOS, DISNEY D23 EXPO VARIANT) This variant of Marvel...
You have first appearances, and you have the first Silver Age appearance of a Golden Age hero. Under that umbrella, you get books like Avengers #4 for Captain America, Fantastic Four #4 for Namor, etc. Dig a bit deeper, sometimes...
From out of nowhere, a Bronze Age book that sold for the $50 level has jumped up to over $1000 in the last few months. It could have easily flown under the radar, but luckily we have come upon it. The book of interest...
Once upon a time, CGC 9.8 slabs of Nova #1 sold for the low $100s level. It’s now easily valued at around $1,050. How did this book rocket to its current power-packed value? Let’s take a look back at the roller...
With all eyes on the who’s who of Spider-Man 3 returning characters, we’re going to look in another direction. The niche category of Amazing Spider-Man crossover books with the Human Torch have been quietly been on a hot streak in the market. Makes sense...
Sometimes when looking at a bundle of books, the main thing observed in common is that they all happen to be underperforming. Here we look at some lower-numbered DC Comics’ Showcase issues that are not doing so well in the market. They all can’t...
From Tony Stark using Nebula for parts to fly back to Earth to the Soul Stone being in Wakanda, the MCU has had many rumors that didn’t pan out. Here we look back on some of them and their associated books. ...
Villains that show up in movies always seem to have that sliver of possibility that they might show up again in a sequel, but unfortunately the same cannot be said of the ones from the TV shows. One and done, never to be...