Category: Nostalgia

by TheWolfOfYorkville | November 24, 2020

For years, rumors of a Kraven movie persisted and fans demanded they come to fruition. With the announcement of a Kraven project by Sony this past August, it looks like they will finally get their wish. The Kraven's Last Hunt comics were some of...

by Norman Robinson | November 24, 2020

Fantastic Four has been a staple of Marvel Comics going back to the '60s.  It seems like most Marvel fans back in the day were either Spidey fans or fans of the FF. I was a big FF fan. This was mostly by accident as I would...

by Jeff @ TakeRoot | November 22, 2020

Synonymous with comics for many, Marvel and DC have most likely taken up the vast majority of your collection. At least, that is the conclusion I came to as I browsed my personal catalog in an attempt to brainstorm ideas for this article. Flipping through book...

by $Rico$ | November 21, 2020

A lot of sales are happening each and every week in our hobby.  The only time where comic book sales are recorded for the public to take notice happens during online sales. In-person comic shop or Comic-Con sales are rarely recorded on 3rd party websites.  So this...

by dgagnon | November 16, 2020

Klaw, the Master of Sound, has battled a long list of Marvel heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and the Black Panther.  He is featured in the mega-hit movies Avengers: Age of Ultron and Black Panther.  Additionally, the villain played a major role in Marvel's original...

by Peter Daddone | November 16, 2020

There is ONE Tweet this week that Trumped them all (I know, I know...I couldn't resist the pun though!) and that is, of course, centered around the Presidential Election.  How will the comic industry depict Joe Biden over the next four years?  Past Presidential Appearances in comic...

by Peter Daddone | November 14, 2020

Walking into your safe place...your happy place...(insert the name of your local comic shop here), what do you see?  Well,  you see lots of things!  There are familiar smiling faces.  There's the girl behind the counter with different-colored hair every week that knows your name and everyone...

by Joseph Overaitis | November 11, 2020

Life has a way of forming unions we never dreamed possible. Superman teamed up with Muhammad Ali. Japanese monster Godzilla appeared on screen with American creation King Kong. Sadly the story I will tell is how a San Diego Comic-Con worker could have prevented the greatest possible...

by Joseph Overaitis | November 6, 2020

Frank Frazetta. To many, he is the greatest fantasy artist of all time. To others, he was the man whose talents lifted the comic book art form. To a young lady named Sara, he was something more…Frank Frazetta was her grandfather. Gatekeeper to the...

by Norman Robinson | October 31, 2020

One of the funniest reruns back in the 70s was "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein." It was a fun and very campy horror comedy that pits a vaudevillian comedic duo against the classic Victorian monsters we all know and love. It was also during the 70s, that...