Category: Key Issues
Created by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake, the mobster villain known as the Black Mask made his first appearance in Batman #386 (August 1985). We now know he will be portrayed by Ewan McGregor in the upcoming film ‘Birds of Prey’ due out in February. How...
The top five Bronze Age comics for the month of June are both symbiotic black suit appearances (early Venom precursors), the first appearance of Wolverine, the Eternals, and the coming of Beta Ray Bill. All five have a catalyst of some kind, in order to be the top-ranked comics in the Bronze Age. The symbiote...
Sometimes a book can defy the market and make some amazing gains in a short amount of time. Recently, it seems that most value pops happen when a character is exposed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Comic pricing can be inconsistent, at best, due to...
Knull has been one of the most popular new characters for a year, and his first appearance is becoming increasingly expensive. But in the last two weeks, one edition is outshining the competition. Venom #3 has been a hot comic since last year, and it spawned four...
One of the flagship TV series announced for the upcoming Disney+ streaming service is an animated series based on Marvel’s comic book series “What If?” Comic books benefit from the MCU bump; what if, they also benefit from a Disney+ bump? Puns aside, it’s certainly possible, but...
As everyone scrambles for the first appearance of Morpheus, you'll want to find two of his sister's keys, Sandman #8 and Death: the High Cost of Living #1, before prices erupt. In the pages of Sandman #8, Neil...
Turok’s is a name you may have heard of, which is likely as he’s been around since 1954. Believe it or not, Turok still has fans today and those fans are willing to pay premium dollars for back issues of their primitive hero. Although some...
Mad Magazine is coming to an end, after 67 years of publishing. Mad created a comic and magazine that was a satirical romp through the last half of the 20th, and part of the 21st Century. This sardonic magazine skewered everyone in equal portions: politicians and pundits,...
With Black Widow’s first movie appearance having already occurred almost a decade ago (2010s Iron Man 2) and multiple appearances across the MCU, it’s safe to say that any instant bump in the value of Black Widow’s key books will likely be less pronounced than new...
If Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and John Carter had a baby, that baby would be Adam Strange. Created by legendary comic writer Gardner Fox, with help by artist extraordinaire Carmen Infantino and former Buck Rogers artist Murphy Anderson on inking duties, the original Adam Strange stories...
