Author: Norman Robinson

by Norman Robinson | March 30, 2018

New Mutants The New Mutants were a brilliant creation by Chris Claremont. The premise is teenagers with the powers of the X-Men, and it played pretty well back in the 1980's. These teenage mutants first appeared in their own titles series in

by Norman Robinson | March 30, 2018

Back in January, we took a look at a promising new key that hit the shelves last summer, Totally Awesome Hulk #22. Now it is time for a quick review of TAH #22's status as an investment. What has the big green giant...

by Norman Robinson | March 28, 2018

Despicable Deadpool #287 The issue Despicable Deadpool #287 (Espin Lenticular Variant Leg) has had 56 sales over the last six months on eBay. It is ranked third among all recent graded sales of comics (eBay). This comic is part 1 Deadpool Kills...

by Norman Robinson | March 27, 2018

X-Force #1 has finally engaged the booster rockets with the drop of the Deadpool 2 movie trailer. Fabian Nicieza and Liefeld wrote the comic X-Force #1 (1991 First print purple cover). Liefeld did all the pencil work on this piece. It makes...

by Norman Robinson | March 25, 2018

Back in October, Dark Nights: Metal #2 (Bulletproof Comics & Games Edition) debuted with art by the team of Greg Capullo and Jonathan Glapion. By January, it had reached its peak of 10th ranked most popular recent comic (GoCollect). This comic book...

by Norman Robinson | March 24, 2018

The top three most popular Bronze Age comics are Amazing Spider-Man #129, Secret Wars #8, and Black Panther #1. These three characters all have one thing in common; each has had their self-titled series or movie debut in 2017-18. These superheroes are incredibly popular all with...

by Norman Robinson | March 22, 2018

Modern speculation or mod-spec is a current buying and selling strategy that focuses on "in early-out early" tactics.This is not the same as buying the Amazing Spider-Man #361 (1992) done by the team of Michelinie and Bagley. This would be considered "old...

by Norman Robinson | March 20, 2018

Frank Cho created the cover of Jungle Girl #4 (Season 2). Sexy in distress is Frank Cho's mastery, and his version of Jungle Girl is a bombshell. These books are worth reading, but the art is off the hook. As a collector,...

by Norman Robinson | March 18, 2018

Horror comics surged in popularity in the 1970's during the Bronze Age. "The 1971 revision to the Comics Code has seen relaxing of the rules on the use of.." horror monsters such as "... vampires, ghouls, and werewolves in comic books. This allows...

by Norman Robinson | March 15, 2018

Over the last thirty days, five comics have reached the pinnacle of price. Can you guess the characters that rank in the top five? Which superhero will dominate the highest sales price in comics? Is Spidey the most expensive? Can the Flash out...