SUPERMAN VS THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN As I wrote back in our look at Great Superhero Battles; "Published in a joint venture between DC and Marvel Comics this oversized edition is the great grand daddy of the mega fights even though we've seen other … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2022
THE STRANGE CASE OF BATMAN #227
STRANGE CASE OF BATMAN #227 Ask any collector what makes a comic book valuable and they will tell you (besides condition) that it being a "key" of some sort is probably the #1 element. First appearance by a character as we see with most #1 … [Read more...]
CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERHEROES
CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERHEROES It's hard to describe to someone growing up today in this world of one big budget superhero movie after another on the silver screen that in the mid to late 1970s there was a superhero live action drought and we took … [Read more...]
FLASHBACK! MAY 1958!
FLASHBACK! MAY 1958 FLASHBACK! Let's take a look at the comics that share your birthday! Cover date and year of when you were born (note these were not necessarily the books on the stands since comics usually have a three month lead time for … [Read more...]
CONFESSIONS OF A BRONZE AGE COMIC-READER
CONFESSIONS OF A BRONZE AGE COMIC-READER Cue the Way-Back Machine, no it's not one of Teddy's Journey's back to the Depression era of buying comics and going to a first run Jimmy Cagney movie at the Picture Show. I'm not as crusty as Teddy Bear … [Read more...]