Author: Matt Tuck
Uh-oh. I’d imagine that’s what the Fox executives were saying after the test screenings for Deadpool 2 came back negative. And if the rumors are true, the feedback was not just negative but downright awful. Fox is denying that the test screenings were...
To paraphrase Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park, eventually you do plan to have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour, right? This sums up what many collectors are feeling at the moment: when are we going to see the Red Goblin? True, we’ve seen Norman...
Superhero movies shake up the collector’s market; that’s a given. With the premier of Black Panther and the rave reviews it’s gathering, what we’re seeing is that it’s a different ballgame when a studio puts out a good movie. Case in point:
Are you part of the Red Goblin madness that’s taken over mainstream comics? I’ve been a Spider-Man fan since I was a child, and my favorite villains were the symbiotes. Next to them, I love the original Norman Osborn Green Goblin. So you’d...
The Red Goblin is holding the comic market hostage these months, and his grip isn’t going to loosen anytime soon. With all the Goblin talk, I’ll change things up a bit and go back to one of my favorite, under-appreciated Spider-Man villains, Kraven...
In case you’ve been sealed off in a nuclear bomb shelter for the past year, Batman and Catwoman are getting married. I will admit that I was wrong about this. I figured DC would not let Batman, the perpetual bachelor in the DC...
Movies and television shows spur the comic book market. This is a given. But what we’re seeing with Black Panther is the massive effect that a good movie can have on the market for a particular set of characters. Ever since the first...
For current issues of Amazing Spider-Man, it’s not love that’s in the air - it’s old fashioned hate from an upgraded classic enemy. I’m referring to the Red Goblin, Marvel’s latest revamped character that’s driving sales. In case you aren’t aware, the Red...
I’ve written about it before, but Marvel has its “cash cow” for every decade. In the 1960s, it was the Fantastic Four, specifically the Human Torch and the Thing. By the 1970s, that transitioned to Spider-Man. In the 1980s and into the 1990s,...
There are so many variant covers on the shelves these days that it’s hard to decide which one to buy. Back in November, I hit up my local comic shop for Doomsday Clock #1. I had my choice of the regular edition...