Category: Comic Collecting 101
Introduced in 1950, the comic strip Peanuts has gone on to become an iconic representation of modern America. Featuring Charlie Brown and his friends (including his beagle Snoopy, who has become synonymous with ‘Peanuts’ comics’ as a whole), Charles Schultz’s strip is one of the most...
If you’ve been collecting comics for even a brief period of time you’ve no doubt heard the term “key”. For example: “Giant Size X-Men #1 is a major key” or “Incredible Hulk #181 is the most important Bronze Age key comic”, etc. Maybe you’ve heard this...
With Marvel’s announcement that the next Doctor Strange movie (colorfully titled: ‘Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness’) will take a turn towards the horror genre, and with Blade now officially part of the MCU, this raises the possibility that the Midnight Sons might be on...
Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the Surfer has been a fan favorite since his first appearance in the pages of the Fantastic Four in 1966. At some point we know that Marvel's sky-rider of the space-ways will join the MCU; when that happens his...
One of the best Saturday morning cartoons of the 90s was hands down Batman Beyond; the intro sequence alone screams nostalgia. Created by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Alan Burnett, the story centered on the teenage Terry McGinnis who takes up the cowl of Batman under...
Although war comics haven’t completely disappeared, they have certainly declined in popularity in the modern age. In this post I want to look at one of the more interesting war series from the Silver Age: Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert’s Enemy Ace. Throughout the later...
The Eternals continues to be all the rage this summer, with select issues selling for all-time record high prices. Currently the Eternals is one of the most sought after Marvel Bronze Age comic books. Yet, there was another cosmic saga penned and drawn by Jack Kirby...
Let's be real; origin stories can be complicated. Most heroes have had changes, updates, erases, redos, and all sorts of disruption from the norm. These complications happen to deepen a character's appeal, fix missing plot holes, and perhaps make their origin more fitting for the modern...
After much murmuring and grape vine whispers, Amazon seems all set to adapt Brian Vaughan’s Paper Girls comic to the small screen. Will it happen? As my trusty Magic 8-Ball is telling me: “Outlook good”. Well, my Magic 8-Ball in tandem with this ‘Nerdist’ article (...
In the comic book universes where superheroes manipulate matter with their minds, travel through time, and fight off alien invasions, it is interesting that there is still room for characters such as Lucifer, the bringer of light and OG antagonist. With various depiction of his abilities,...
