Author: Norman Robinson
The team of Stan "Excelsior" Lee and Jack "The Giant" Kirby created the Super-Skrull in 1963 for Marvel Comics. He first appeared in the Fantastic Four, one of the few books I could get from my general store along with Doctor Strange and The Defenders. I became...
The Overstreet Guide is a fundamental guide to comic collecting. Any serious collector, investor, or speculator will affirm this is the go-to book. The 2017 Guide to Collecting by Overstreet published an article last year suggesting the birth of a new age of comics. The Copper Age...
The Golden Age of comics was the beginning of the superhero genre. Three characters would dominate this age and beyond: Superman, Wonder Woman, and Batman. Though Superman and Wonder Woman were the progenitors for every superhero to come; Batman gave rise to a darker breed, the vengeful...
For many years I ignored reprints, never gave them a second thought. Then I found some copies very cheap in a second-hand store. They were from 1995 and I figured why not? It is so cheap compared to the original. This book probably isn't worth anything but...
Are you a Luke Cage fan? Then you should check out the recent trailer, it is phenomenal. One scene, in particular, has the villain Bushmaster open up on Luke Cage with a Capoeira spin kick move that flattens Power Man. Bushmaster is a little-known villain who first...
There are forgotten gems that need to be dusted off and put front and center as either potential investments, speculations or both. The biggest part of comic speculation is probably the tie in with either a movie or an upcoming TV series. That media explosion or...
The forgotten comics from the Bronze Age are finally turning a profit. Jack Kirby's creation The Demon #1 (1972) is such an issue. This book has languished in the $1 bin for decades. Finally, in the last seven years, The Demon #1 has escaped the bargain bin...
The Totally Awesome Hulk is still a force to be feared. Media hype from unrelated big box office movies sucked up all the oxygen in May, yet this comic book was not deterred. Totally Awesome Hulk #22 is the first appearance of Weapon H, perhaps part of...
The Amazing Spider-Man has dominated sales in May. The top four most popular new issues are: #795, #796, #797, and #798 (GoCollect). This virtual shutout proves Spidey is still Marvel's leader of the pack. There is something universal about Peter Parker that we all love. He has...
All of the top-selling Silver Age comics were from Marvel during May. Of those four, three of them are Fantastic Four books, huge keys. The FF books are true old-fashioned Marvel keys that have been slower to increase in value and hurt by several bad movies. These...
