George Lucas is a very successful filmmaker. He gave us Indiana Jones and Darth Vadar. However, this very same man gave us crystal skulls and Jar Jar Binks. His track record demonstrates that even with successes we can also experience failures. Here are a...
The original six Hulk issues are some of the rarest and most valuable issues of all of Marvel's major characters. But why were there only six issues? What happened back in 1962 and the years that followed that produced such scarcity and demand? When...
The Spider-verse ruled the collecting world this week. Four of the five biggest movers on this week's Hottest Comics list were Spider-Man key issues, and two of them were even Holy Grail issues. If ever there was a week that felt the impact of...
There are more places to buy graded video games than eBay. Here are some upcoming video game auctions you should be aware of. Each week, Heritage Auctions hosts a video game auction with WATA-certified video games. Here is what is on their list for...
Hero for Hire #1 is one of the most valuable titles of the 1970s and it should be. It is a cultural mirror and shows life in the 1970s, far beyond what you will find in most comics. Luke Cage...
Not too long ago, Marvel properties such as Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Jessica Jones were getting big-time exposure on the small screen. Specifically, these characters all had their own solo show on the Netflix streaming platform. Daredevil debuted in 2015 on the...
Dark Horse Comics is celebrating 35 years of generating some outstanding content for the comic collective to enjoy and speculate over! Since Dark Horse has A TON of Star Wars, Predator, and Alien titles that will see investment scrutiny over the...
If you have spent any time walking around any city in the country you have certainly seen a punk rock concert flyer. They typically appear posted together in groups on a board outside the local record store or a bulletin board on a college...
You have first appearances, and you have the first Silver Age appearance of a Golden Age hero. Under that umbrella, you get books like Avengers #4 for Captain America, Fantastic Four #4 for Namor, etc. Dig a bit deeper, sometimes...
In the first article of this series, I talked about some Golden Age gems locked away in hardback tomes. Next, I followed with Silver Age Bound Comics and illustrated the disparity...
Out of the nine upcoming Star Wars television series announced by Disney+, the most buzz surrounds The Acolyte. The show is set during the High Republic era, a time period a few 100 years before the timeframe of Star Wars Episode 1-The Phantom Menace. This show is...
With video games getting more popular to collect, many games are coming out of the woodwork for collectors. But which are the BEST? Here is my humble list of Holy Grail Video Games. Holy Grail Video Games Before I dive in, I want to make it...
Comic book fans and investors love Venom. Amazing Spider-Man #300, where Venom makes his first full appearance, plus Amazing Fantasy #15 (or Incredible Hulk #181) of the Modern Age. As of January...
The most overly printed comic book of all time was the X-Men #1 from 1991. This book has multiple prints and total published copies of 8.2 million (source: Wiki). "This is the single best-selling American (single issue) comic of all time." One of the...
The focus for this discussion is on the comic series called DC Comics Presents. This key series ran for 97 issues and mixed in a couple of annual books as well. The series was published in 1978 and presents many key characters from the DC mythos.
Somewhere out there, right now, there’s people searching for Strange Sports #1 and Plop! #4 as well as the first appearance of White Rabbit. It begs the question, who’s buying this stuff? Welcome to the most random comics of the week. Let's look at some...
There's no doubt that vintage concert posters are where the money is at. Old boxing style and psychedelic concert posters certainly bring in the highest dollar amount at auction. However, this doesn't mean that collectors should overlook more modern concert posters. So what constitutes a modern concert...
"With great power comes great..." well you know... Amazing Fantasy #15. Besides being a comic EVERYONE would love to have in their collection, it rises above all other Silver Age comics. The first appearance of Spider-Man is the...
If you are anything like me, this over-heated comic market is both exciting and discouraging. I am stoked to get my Darth Vader #3 (4th printing) back from CGC. I am bummed that I won’t be able to purchase a collectible...
I just finished watching the second episode of WandaVision on Disney+ last night (FYI, I wrote this blog on January 16th). Like all of you, I have so many questions, but I love how Kevin Feige continues to take bold risks -- this is...
