Category: Old School
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me A Sunday Comic Dick Tracy. We'll take a stroll down Christmas Memory Lane in a series 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...
[caption id="attachment_92748" align="alignleft" width="300"] Wata graded games[/caption] The evaluation of collectibles is nothing new as anyone who's seen Antique Roadshow or Pawn Stars can attest too. Comic book grading took this a step further by having professionals grade an item and then encase it in a hard plastic...
Remember when Ryan Sook was the definitive artist for Spectre? Someone slightly older chimes in. "Excuse me, the definitive 3rd Series came out in 1992 featuring the artistry of Tom Mandrake." A...
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...
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...
When the names of the great comic book artists are mentioned he is absent. Rarely does his work shine because he did not think it to be significant. Instead, he was happier contributing to others' work through his inks and pencil work. Even though he would not...
Mention FOOM to most comic book buyers and the first thing they think of is Fin Fang Foom, a dragon appearing alien from Marvel Comics. If that is what you thought then you too may be missing out on what others know. A New Source for...
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,...
Vampirella is storming the ranks of the top 100 most popular Silver Age comic books (GoCollect.com). Recently, her popularity soared sending her book up 365 rankings to the 95th most popular Silver Age book. Who is this beauteous bloodsucker? Is she worthy of cultlike speculation worship or...
