Category: Key Issues
Like the randomness in timing of when the McRib is on the menu or the random reasons why it isn’t just in stores permanently, here is another installment in the spotlighting of random comic book characters. A quick refresher of the rules: Never been in...
Ghost Rider's first appearance isn't the only Marvel Spotlight you want for your collection. Here are three more from the classic series that are currently flying under the radar. MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #12 The Son of Satan has been thrust into the mainstream...
Nope, not another article about Moon Knight. This article will be focusing on the title character “Werewolf by Night,” also known as Jack/Jacob Russell. The protagonist to Moon Knight’s antagonist. The original reason why Moon Knight wore all that anti-werewolf silver. Surely, the upcoming Moon Knight series...
With the recent news that our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back with the MCU for at least one more solo movie, several questions have been answered as to how Kevin Feige & Co. will move forward with the character. We know the MCU will be able to...
Comic rarity is a key element to the value of ephemera, especially in the Golden Age. Take the first printed appearance of Sub-Mariner and his origin story in Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 (1938). Sub-Mariner has been around a long time, he goes back to November 30,...
As the MCU keeps expanding, so does the popularity for Marvel Spotlights. Although there are already major keys in this important series, there are plenty of other issues you'll want to add to your collection. Marvel Spotlight is a great series for collectors considering the number of firsts you'll find in those pages. When the...
Zombies! With Halloween just a few weeks away, here we showcase a few zombie-themed comic books. The Walking Dead usually gets all the zombie attention, and examination of their issues can easily encompass entire articles on their own; so the focus here will be turned towards the...
Despite the fact that it doesn’t look like Doctor Octopus will make his way to the MCU, could the Superior Spider-Man appear on screens? Into the Spider-Verse opened the gate for so many possibilities in the Sony-verse. After the multiverse was established in the animated...
While everyone is looking in the direction of Silver Surfer’s keys, we’re going to look in a different direction, his enemies. The purpose isn’t to guess who might win the silver screen lottery, but rather, to examine the long-term market outlook of their key first appearance books....
When I think of Marvel Comics in the late 1960s and early seventies, I think of one artist more than any other. That artist’s name is John Buscema. Buscema started out as something of a ‘Jack Kirby clone’, more due to the business model of Silver...
