Author: Matt Tuck
After years on the shelf, Marvel’s first family is set to get a relaunch. It’s about time. Around 2015, the Fantastic Four gradually faded away. The original series, which had been renumbered a couple of times, came to an end with FF...
Good Lord. I’ve commented before about the number of variants being produced these days. Virtually every other comic on the shelf has a variant, and if Marvel or DC really wants you to buy it, they’ll put out multiple variants. Action Comics...
Silver Surfer is on the cusp of absolutely blowing up the comic scene, and if you don’t have those classic Surfer keys, you’d better act quickly. If you haven’t noticed, the Silver Surfer is making a bit of a comeback. First, he’s the...
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...
