Category: Comics
The Bronze Age has been surging over the last two years. Horror comics, superhero comics, and even fantasy comics have all blown up. However, investors, collectors, and speculators get flooded by everything else in the marketplace. Often they overlook or forget these once-hot comic books. This might...
Cobra Kai’s YouTube/Netflix series has rekindled the love for the 1980s Karate Kid franchise. However, Daniel LaRusso was not the first Karate Kid; that distinction belongs to an obscure DC character from the Silver Age. WHO IS THE KARATE KID?
The Modern Age seems to stretch on forever, even if you remove the Copper Age from the equation. This amorphous age seems to continue to grow. This is the one age I don't entirely trust as a collector or an investor. I do believe as a...
It's not exactly a New Year's resolution, more like a New Year's activity. I resolved to exercise on the elliptical every day while watching every episode of Star Trek in order. You understand the regimen. Personally, I'm not tabulating, but supposedly Gene Roddenberry and company produced 797...
From albums to comics, covers help make sales. We saw this recently with the Amazing Spider-Man #55 with the Gleason cover. Most comic book lovers can pick out covers easily in the Silver and Bronze age, but what about the sweet Golden Age? Take a trip with...
Welcome to the Blogger Dome! Here, bloggers will argue different topics involving the comic book market and industry. This will be a combination of the Big Bang Theory meets the WWE. Smack talk mixed with comic book debates. This week's battle is the investment prospects of original...
Vincent Deighan, a.k.a. Frank Quitely, has quietly built an impressive portfolio. The Scottish artist caught my attention as a candidate for 21st Century Da Vinci. To be nominated, I'm looking for artists whose primary works originated since the year 2000. Generally, I like to see abundant credits...
The year 2000 forever changed comic book collecting and investing. While many people were distracted by Y2K, the year also saw the first-ever graded comic books by a third party, CGC in particular. The comic book market would never be the same. Steve Borock, who was a...
Shortly after Chadwick Boseman's tragic death in late August 2020, the value of Shuri's first appearance in Black Panther #2 rose dramatically. For example, in early August 2020, CGC 9.8 copies of Black Panther #2 generally sold for less than $250 on eBay. A month later, copies...
I just finished watching 2018's Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors on Disney+ and felt immediate regret for not watching them sooner! As I viewed the animated film, I realized it likely served as a means to test new characters before Disney brought them to the MCU. The film...
