Category: Nostalgia
With the holidays just around the corner, I thought it might be fun to take a look at one of the longer traditions in comic books. The Christmas Comic Covers! You'll Have to Narrow it Down The great thing about this...
The Bronze Age hailed the return of true artistic freedom in comics. It was an age when the undead rose from the grave, warriors crushed the earth under sandaled feet, avatars of all types came to life: wendigos, wolverines, and every manner of...
I recently wrote about Captain America #272 in another post which got me thinking about other timeless Mike Zeck covers. I am not the first person to write about Mike Zeck's epic run of 80s Marvel covers, but with the Covid boom...
It seems to me that there is a very fine line separating what makes someone a Collector in a hobby versus what makes them an Investor in the hobby. I suspect that many of us in the comic book realm are often a...
Welcome to blog #2 of What Were They Thinking! Submitted for your approval are two more head-scratching, hands to cheeks in disbelief, OMG covers. Exploring these covers in detail also asks the question, "should you invest in them?" A Schomburg For The Ages!
Investing in comics is kind of like taking the Log Ride at Disney. It is fun, full of twists and turns, ultimately harmless and in the end, it is a 50/50 chance whether you get drenched during the log drop. That is to...
So there is a comic book phenomenon taking over the hobby in case you haven’t noticed. One can’t help but notice as there are amazing sales that are happening each and every week for “key” comic books regardless of comic book age. What I am about to...
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...
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...
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...
