Author: Norman Robinson
Arguably the biggest Silver Age success for Marvel is Amazing Fantasy #15 (1962) the first appearance of good ole Webhead. This launched a comic book character of incomparable achievement in the world of pop culture. Spider-Man is the high water mark for Marvel success. I believe it...
Writers are key to comic books, as vital as the artist, no more no less. One only has to look at the recent success of books written by Donny Cates to see why you should be buying the popular writers and following their work. Yes, I know...
The issue Daredevil #1 has shown upward price movement recently. This is probably due to the third season on Netflix being so visceral and right on the money. This show just gives the fans what they want, the Daredevil from the comics. The original backstory created for...
The top three Silver Age comics in October are the same three from September. The Silver Age moves slowly in turnover but the numbers (returns) are nonetheless staggering. I think the most unusual of these three comics is Iron Man #1. The last Iron Man movie was...
The Bronze Age is fun to collect because Marvel tried so many creative approaches to comic books. Many new types of heroes were created in this age, one such group is The Eternals. Now their first appearance is increasing value purely driven by movie hype. This movie...
Jim Starlin created the ultimate super-villain in the 1970's. This villain went on to be the 1990's cosmic bad guy in the Silver Surfer and Infinity War comic book series. Starlin's creation is none other than Thanos the disciple of death. Eventually, Thanos wound up as the...
The first comic book appearance of this savage warrior was in Conan the Barbarian #1. This issue has shown across the board uptick over 10,000 titles for the last ten months. The Cimmerian was first created by the brilliant but insane mind of Robert E. Howard in...
Punisher is a supreme anti-hero, perhaps one of the best created. This book is part of the five-part limited series, and the first Punisher series period. Issue number three says "four-issue series" but they went to a fifth book anyway. They took it a full five issues,...
Iron Man's armor has come in a multitude of colors, components, strengths, styles, and weapon types. Each time they change armor that comic issue becomes a key. The very first change of armor was from the MK I version grey armor (almost medieval in appearance) to the...
The United States Congress usually a cesspit of backbiting and political nonsense did something profoundly right on June 1st, 1954. They amended a bill that created Armistice Day and instead created Veterans Day to honor veterans of all American conflicts. Now we celebrate that holiday in honor...
