Author: Norman Robinson
As recently as five days ago Todd McFarlane assured fans the "money is ready" for a new Spawn movie. However, trying to "agree on the script" is another matter. Previously, Spawn fans everywhere were waiting for news of a Spawn movie, and this tidbit will drive the...
The first appearance of any major Marvel character is usually the most sought after key book. But what about the second appearance is it worth anything? Further, will the second appearance hold value? Frank Castle a.k.a. The Punisher has seen a huge runup in his first appearance...
Bernard Albert Wrightson was an American comic book artist known for Swamp Thing and art for a novel about Frankenstein. He had many other credits to his name, though mostly horror hence his nickname "Master of the Macabre." His terrifying treatment of the genre is a great...
The story of Icarus is one of overreach that can be applied throughout life. Icarus was given wings by his father Daedalus to escape to Sicily. He was warned not to soar too high into the heavens. Icarus did not heed his father's warning. He flew close...
The Bronze Age for years has been dominated by Marvel. Last month DC Comics finally took the lead with the number one ranked Bronze Age comic in April. It had a major motion picture event, a Bronze Age key not seen since the Golden Age, and an...
Collecting autographs from comic book artists and writers is a product stunted by lack of credibility. Put simply as the buyer how do you know the autograph is authentic? These collectible autographs are ubiquitous. I run across a signature in the $1-bin every now and again. Up...
Interest in secondary key comics has been growing in popularity over the last several years. The secondary key hierarchy starts with the first (full) appearance being top-dog, the cameo (usually just one panel), the origin story, and then further down the list second and even third appearances....
Conan the Barbarian is a classic fantasy hero a cut above all others. Created by Robert E. Howard in a pulp magazine in the 1930s. This Cimmerian brute dominated the fantasy genre of the 1970s with none other than Frank Frazetta cover on small paperbacks. Marvel obtained...
The Hulk has been an Avenger, a Defender, a simpleton brute, Mr. Hyde, a fixer for the mob in Las Vegas, a galactic gladiator, totally awesome, a planetary ruler, a professor and now has a new incarnation: Immortal Hulk. Gone is any trace of the good guy....
The latest superheroes battling for the top Bronze Age ranking are Ms. Marvel and Shazam. Both of their first appearance books were at the top of the Bronze Age chart last month, "Sur-prise, sur-prise, sur-prise!"(Gomer Pile) The Bronze Age has not seen both books move up until...
