Category: Nostalgia
If there is one series with as die-hard a fanbase as G.I. Joe, I have not heard of it. But when Marvel took it to a new level with a comic based on the show, it was very well received. In fact, the show, toy line,...
These days everybody is downloading apps and searching for the hot-keys, or even future-keys. Where does that leave the non-key comic books? Are they only for collectors and completists to acquire? Do they have value? Is there a trick to sifting through the haystack of non-keys to...
[caption id="attachment_37123" align="alignleft" width="300"] A Sega Genesis[/caption] The Sega Genesis was always the edgier little brother of the more popular Super Nintendo. The Genesis wasn't afraid to push the boundaries of allowable content on consoles in the early Nineties. This is best exemplified by the...
I gently tap the button with the Avengers logo on it. One panel in the chest-high cabinet clicks as my request is acknowledged. With a smooth hiss and a puff of air the climate-controlled, humidity-free drawer glides forward. LED lighting along each side blinks on, banishing the...
This is the second installment of a deep dive into investment possibilities related to the introduction of a new Spidey suit and the 25 variations that are options. In Part 1, we took a look at trends and ROI when it came to the Black Suit Symbiote introduced in Amazing Spider-Man #252 and Marvel...
According to most of the Wall Street analysts, precious metals are the investment for our times. Everyone is buying gold like we are going to be thrown back to the Stone Age. Even Warren Buffet has given up his bank stocks for the precious metal. I prefer...
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...
