Category: Modern Age
With Marvel Studios looking to restart the X-Men franchise, one group of villains from the rogues gallery that never got the respect they deserved were the Hellfire Club. Despite an okay appearance in X-Men: First Class, the...
Of all the books in my comic collection, my silver medal favorite that I own came because of a relationship with Jason Stum and his online store, Certified Comic Shop (certifiedcomic.shop). Here's some insight into how he got...
A great group of characters that Marvel and Kevin Feige have been subtly setting up since Avengers: Endgame is a little group called the Young Avengers. With these characters looking to become a mainstay soon, I am...
Although many collectors would criticize the 1990s era of comic book collecting as being overproduced (e.g., huge print runs, use of gimmicks such as polybags and holograms on covers), nostalgia is still an important factor when investing in comics printed during this period of time....
Two books have declined precipitously and fallen from the Copper Age Top 100. This usually indicates a hit to the bottom line of profit in purged books. Aliens #1 and Wolverine #1 (first ongoing series) have been battered as if by hurricane IDA. Can these two books...
How do we figure out what comics are good investments? Amazing Spider-Man #300? It’s a buy. Incredible Hulk #181? Grab it. Strange Academy #1? Definitely. These are all Key Investments in the comic world based on my CDA formula – Character,...
Marvel Studios’ Phase Four is well underway thanks to the theatrical releases of Black Widow and the upcoming Shang-Chi, Eternals, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. Marvel Studios is also using its Disney+ shows...
Everybody loves a good cover. Whether it be for a DVD, a vinyl record, a novel, or a comic book. In some cases, people just buy the product based on the cover alone, thus the adage. In the comic book investment market, however… Covers have...
DC on film has been a rather unique experience, to say the absolute least. This year alone, fans were spoilt with Zack Snyder’s Justice League and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. Next year, we are set to...
Get your comics pressed. Easier said than done, right? That's why I'm here. I continue to get recommendations after posting my past articles on this topic. I only feel it's right to showcase additional people who press and clean comics regularly because their work is fantastic. ...
