Category: Old School

by Peter Carriveau | September 22, 2020

[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...

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by Ryan Kirksey | July 18, 2020

We have now seen 12 months pass since Marvel officially announced their Phase Four plans at 2019's San Diego Comic-Con, and boy what a 12 months it has been. Primarily due to COVID-19 and its effects on the economy and our general way of life, just...

by Ryan Kirksey | June 11, 2020

Summer for comic collectors is usually an extremely exciting time. Over the past 20 years, we have grown accustomed to seeing our favorite characters on the big screen, catching glimpses of teasers from movies still to come, enjoying free comic book day, or hearing...

by Ryan Kirksey | June 7, 2020

OK, so the original lyrics by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons were "late December, back in '63, what a very special time for me..." but you gotta work with me here. I think even the boy with the golden voice would agree that...

by Ryan Kirksey | May 31, 2020

After tallying the votes from Round 1 of the Superhero Team Leader Battle Royale, we are ready to move on to Round 2! Before we move onto the match-ups for Round 2 (or the Sweet Sixteen, a phrase I am thinking...

by Ryan Kirksey | May 31, 2020

If you've ever endured psychology or behavioral economics class, you've likely run across the phrase "endowment effect." You might have seen it as an "ownership effect" or something similar, but the basic meaning behind the phrase is that we tend to value goods or objects we...

by Ryan Kirksey | May 30, 2020

One of my favorite parts of comic book collecting has become procuring the Marvel comic books that were published in the month that I was born. Whether you are a Marvel fan, a DC fan, or love any and all types of comics, I...

by Ryan Kirksey | May 30, 2020

Perhaps you can help me with a mystery I am trying to solve. I can not for the life of me figure out why the first appearance of Matt Murdock, the Man Without Fear, in Daredevil #1 languishes so far behind other Marvel first appearances not...

by Norman Robinson | May 12, 2020

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...