Have you stumbled upon this amazing package at the grocery store yet? I honestly don’t know why vintage Marvel artwork is being used for this box art but it certainly caught my eye! Among all the Photoshopped Avengers: Age of Ultron cereal boxes and potato chip bags, this beacon of retro goodness shines bright. The box […]
Yard sale finds – LEGO and comic books!
On Saturday morning, I rolled up to the a local church sale to find 120+ people lined up, waiting for the doors to open. I almost left right then and there, but I didn’t know of any other big sales, so I got in line. By the time I made it into the church, about […]
Action Comics #1, CGC 9.0 on eBay!
A CGC-graded 9.0 copy of Action Comics #1 is up for bid on eBay this week. If you plan to buy it, please do me a favor and click through my affiliate link here. Thanks in advance.
Original artwork of the first appearance of Wolverine up for bid at Heritage Auctions
Now this is cool. The original artwork featuring the first ever appearance of Wolverine, by artist Herb Trimpe, on the final page of The Incredible Hulk #180 (1974), arguably the most important debut of a comic book character in the last 40 years is up for bid at Heritage Auctions. “This is indisputably one of […]
Earliest Superman cover art known to exist is up for bid at Heritage Auctions
The earliest Superman cover art known to exist – Fred Guardineer’s thrilling visage of the Man of Steel from Action Comics #15 – may bring $200,000+ in Heritage Auctions’ Feb. 20-22 Vintage Comics Signature® Auction in New York. The rare work joins nearly 1,200 lots, including two Silver Age milestones: Amazing Fantasy #15 – the first appearance of Spider-Man – in 9.0 grade by […]
My life in a milk crate
While cleaning out the basement over the holiday break, I came across a milk crate full of items saved from my childhood — pretty much all that survived my formative years. I was a conflicted child — raised as a Cowboys fan but then moved to the D.C. suburbs and convinced that the Skins were […]