Author: Matt Tuck
Anything you can do, I can do better. When it comes to Marvel and DC, this has always been the case. You’ve got the obvious ones, like Deathstroke/Deadpool, Namor/Aquaman and Darkseid/Thanos, but you could make the argument that Iron Man is a spinoff of Batman. The...
The first trailer for the “New Mutants” dropped, appropriately, on Friday the thirteenth, to a positive reception, and that’s going to drive interest in the old X-Men series. While this may be the first project with the actual title in its name, this is not the...
When it comes to eBay sales, the top 10, with a couple of exceptions, basically stays locked in. You’ve got your “New Mutants” 98 and 87, “Amazing Spider-Man” #300, and “Amazing Spider-Man” #361 and the like as the mainstays in the top-selling comics. However, if...
Teen Titans is about to explode into pop culture phenomenon. First off, there’s the Teen Titans live-action show (we can’t call it a television show because it won’t be on broadcast television; it will be part of a streaming service gearing toward DC...
No matter what anyone from Disney/Marvel says, the Fantastic Four have been on the backburner since Fox won’t make a deal to give back the film rights. And, no secret, that is why the Fantastic Four as we know it is no more, at least in...
Back in August, Netflix purchased Mark Millar’s publishing company, Millarworld. That came on the heels of Disney announcing that it would be starting its own streaming service, and that Netflix would no longer be the exclusive online streaming service of all things Disney, including Marvel. That...
Not all popular comics are produced by the top-two publishing houses, Marvel and DC. Ever since Image Comics put its first issues on store shelves way back in 1992, the independent, creator-owned publisher has been a mainstay at local comic shops. While Image isn’t the first...
I’ve been focusing attention on the writers this month, but it’s a superstar artist whose covers are seeing the most movement thus far in September. Name recognition helps sell comics, especially the variants. And there’s no other modern artists that have more name recognition with both...
This Saturday, Batman Day will be upon us. That means get ready for your social media to explode with all things Caped Crusader. But we’re collectors, so give us the comics and save the Batman-themed emojis for the kids. As we take a...
A lasting legacy. That’s what matters in the comic book industry. Some creators, whether writers or artists, spend their entire careers without adding to the pantheon and enamoring readers for years to come or setting the stage for a new generation of creators....