If you have been collecting comics for a while, you probably own a few foreign editions of American comics. While traveling outside of America, did you seek some four-color super-souvenirs of your travels? Maybe you have wondered how many different languages fill word balloons for your favorite...
Once again, the MCU’s influence was felt throughout the land of comic collecting, beginning with an iconic Jim Lee portrait of Magneto. Welcome to this week’s Hottest Comics. Remember that the Hottest Comics rankings are not based on fair market...
The original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was a monster. Its 8-bit graphics blew the previous generations out of the water. It also signaled the resurgence of video games after the crash of 1983 and the success of the NES cemented Nintendo as a video...
Ah, The Defenders. Marvel’s non-team. Nothing epitomizes the Bronze Age zaniness of Marvel Comics in the 1970s – all of the weird, offbeat characters and mystical or occult storylines - better than the Defenders. Initially banded together by Roy Thomas to...
The hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan found themselves in the middle of Marvel's recent King in Black event. The group was part of the plot of Deadpool #10. Deadpool made several references to the group. Their lyrics were even used as a plot device. This...
Fossil is the third trading card set released by Pokémon in the final months of 1999. This set completed all of the first 100 Pokémon as the Base Set and Jungle sets did not have cards for all of them. This set famously printed all of the pre-historic, ancient,...
When it comes to bright, eye-catching poster designs one name stands out. Jose A. Mercado, better known as “Munk One”, is one of the best working illustrators out there. Munk One has created incredible gig posters for bands like Mastodon, Slipknot, Metallica, and the Foo Fighters. So...
THE ultimate Spider-Man collection is up for sale and it makes me realize that perhaps I never dreamed big enough as a collector. Steve Levine has been collecting all things Spider-Man for the past fifty years, including every comic book that even hints at the web-slinger (like...
Admittedly, I'm UNfamiliar with dozens, hundreds, thousands(?) of remarkable artists currently working in the comic book industry. I happened across Simone Bianchi as I perused auction listings for this Sunday at HA.com. Two original art pieces soon to be sold featured the X-Men and...
Rogue Squadron is the answer to the question: "What is the theatrical future of Star Wars?" Rogue Squadron will be the first movie of the new Star Wars film series. Set to be directed by Patty Jenkins, the director of the two recent Wonder Woman films,...
While Hawkeye may not be the most popular Avenger ever, he's been a mainstay of the team, served as the leader of the Avengers, and also founded the West Coast Avengers. In addition, he's played major roles in five MCU films and will star in his own...
Has anyone else watched the Netflix series "Spy Craft"? I have to say that I got sucked into it recently and I'm not much of a TV binge-watcher (which is strange for a comic book guy to say). Needless to say, it is both entertaining and informative,...
Is Spider-Man 3 moving the MCU franchise away from the Homecoming films and toward a “Brand New Day?” The clues are all around. WHAT ABOUT THE SPIDER-VERSE? I had read the Brand New...
Black turtlenecks and shoulder holsters are not the only things that these spy characters have in common; they all have key books with the opportunity of appreciation if we see a renewed interest in the genre that is Espionage! If you read my last...
Welcome back 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. Bloggers going at each other to amuse and...
The Amazing Spider-Man is the headliner and underpinning character of the Marvel Universe. It is rare to see huge Silver Age keys in the top most popular comics for this week. But, none-the-less, that is exactly what happened to Amazing Spider-Man's #1 as it mounted the top-tier...
Have you been priced out of keys? Daunted by the price appreciation of your buy list? Don’t get discouraged. And don’t overreach. Shift your focus, stay calm and enjoy hunting for books using comic collecting strategies like these. "It was the best of times, it was...
Hot take on New Mutants #98, Ultimate Fallout #4, or some other modern book that keeps soaking up all the Modern Age attention. Not. That was in Borat’s voice. Here we check out a few other modern age books that have...
There are a lot of posts sifting through the WandaVision tea leaves (and Easter Eggs) trying to figure out the next big push into the MCU. There have been some great posts. Vision and the Scarlet Witch comic min-series (both of them) are heating...
According to GoCollect's list of Most Popular Comic Books, one of the hottest books in the country right now is The Uncanny X-Men #211 (UXM #211). As of January 30, UXM #211 shot up 984 spots to #15 on that list. Yes, that's right...
