Category: Investment Speculation
The Gym Heroes set marks the first time Pokémon were attached to a specific trainer, just as in the manga and television show. Prior to this set, Pokémon cards depicted each in their "wild" form, not captured yet in a Poké ball by a trainer....
Why should I invest in Pokémon cards? I'm an adult, and while I always enjoyed watching my friends comparing their collections with one another, it was always something I felt like I'd missed my chance at. Pokémon collectors have been collecting since they were children, everyone knows that. Now,...
When I recently wrote about the possibility of Vermin as a supporting character in the recently announced Kraven movie, it also occurred to me that there is a good chance of a big-screen appearance by Kraven's longtime partner and Torment antagonist,...
If you have been collecting comics for a while, you probably own a few foreign editions of American comics. While traveling outside of America, did you seek some four-color super-souvenirs of your travels? Maybe you have wondered how many different languages fill word balloons for your favorite...
The original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was a monster. Its 8-bit graphics blew the previous generations out of the water. It also signaled the resurgence of video games after the crash of 1983 and the success of the NES cemented Nintendo as a video...
Fossil is the third trading card set released by Pokémon in the final months of 1999. This set completed all of the first 100 Pokémon as the Base Set and Jungle sets did not have cards for all of them. This set famously printed all of the pre-historic, ancient,...
Rogue Squadron is the answer to the question: "What is the theatrical future of Star Wars?" Rogue Squadron will be the first movie of the new Star Wars film series. Set to be directed by Patty Jenkins, the director of the two recent Wonder Woman films,...
While Hawkeye may not be the most popular Avenger ever, he's been a mainstay of the team, served as the leader of the Avengers, and also founded the West Coast Avengers. In addition, he's played major roles in five MCU films and will star in his own...
Has anyone else watched the Netflix series "Spy Craft"? I have to say that I got sucked into it recently and I'm not much of a TV binge-watcher (which is strange for a comic book guy to say). Needless to say, it is both entertaining and informative,...
Black turtlenecks and shoulder holsters are not the only things that these spy characters have in common; they all have key books with the opportunity of appreciation if we see a renewed interest in the genre that is Espionage! If you read my last...
