Category: Nostalgia
Turning boxes of comics into an actual "collection" means I have to organize things. When I had three boxes of comics that simply meant putting each title into numerical order. This was a pretty simple task. It was slowed down only by me agonizing over missed issues,...
"We are... only what we are, darling... I tried... to be worthy of you... of the Avengers... but... like Kang... I was doomed... from the beginning... I'm a failure... I'm just... one of those people... who doesn't count." With those final words, Jacques DuQuesne - the Swordsman,...
It came today. Star Wars #59, aka the Imperial Biker Scout, arrived in the mail and I could not be more excited. Let's look at the Star Wars action figure variants. Star Wars Action Figure Variants One of the joys of collecting is completing a...
Comic books are a vehicle we use to temporarily escape our reality. They take us to a place where good guys get to win. A place where doing the right thing is the norm, not the exception. Comics can make us laugh and make us cry. Great...
The Modern Age of comics started with the advent of Image Comics. This commercial concern was the first viable alternative to Marvel or DC in the 90s. It's predecessor, my beloved Bronze Age was about change and upheaval leftover from the 60s; it was ushered in by...
If you are a fan of 1980s nostalgia, then you should add the Marvel Saga and its epic wraparound covers to your collection. As a comic fan of the 1980s, there is so much to love about The Marvel Saga, but in terms of investing, there is...
The next generation is forging ahead toward true investment diversification. Up until now, portfolio diversity has been a good mix of index funds, or bonds, stocks, or gold and the like. All of these have had fantastic runs in the market over time. Another...
Spider-Man has collectability like no other Marvel comic save perhaps the Fantastic Four. Every student in elementary school I have ever talked to knows who Spider-Man is (I was a teacher at one time). Doctor Strange not so much, Iron Man (if...
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