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The Phantom Stranger

It’s been a very long time since I posted here, but tonight I had some time, so I thought I would take a look at this title, one of my favorites from the Bronze Age – Phantom Stranger. In this book, you … Continue reading

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Every Once in a While…

…you come across an artist that, in your opinion, hits it out of the park.  The last time that happened for me it was Tomas Giorello on Conan.  His work on the title is just stunning.  Well…while maybe not quite … Continue reading

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Edge of Spider Verse #2 – Total Madness

This is insane.  $4500 for a CGC 9.9 book that is basically a manufactured collectible??  Don’t get me wrong…I really like Greg Land and his work.  I was looking at some of his Spider-Woman stuff the other day and thought, “Oh…hey…this … Continue reading

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The Beginning of the Comic Collecting Hobby

It’s a pretty well known fact that comic collecting began sometime in the 1960’s.  Sure…there were people collecting before then, but it really got going in this time frame.  At least, that is what the anecdotes say.  But is there … Continue reading

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Marvel Silver Keys – What’s rarer?

First off, let me admit to a Marvel bias in the posts I have put up on the blog so far.  I guess looking at my own collecting habits, I have tended to lean toward Marvel more than any other … Continue reading

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Atlas-Seaboard #1 Issues

News flash!  Someone over on the Collector’s Society boards has indicated that there was a warehouse find of these books back in ~2000.  In his words: There was a warehouse find of these books for sale on eBay back around … Continue reading

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Early Disney Four Color Comics

It’s been a little while since I have had a chance to post on the blog here.  Tonight I wanted to remedy that with a quick look at some early Disney Four Color comics. As you probably know, Four Color … Continue reading

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Amazing Spider-Man 35-50

Hi folks!  I am headed out on vacation tomorrow, but wanted to put up a post before I left with the remainder of the Amazing Spider-Man data that I put together the other day.  This set of data is for … Continue reading

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Amazing Spider-Man Issues 20-34

One of the things that I have learned in writing this blog is that there is an enormous amount of data out there to draw from.  I have only touched on a few titles so far, and there are many, … Continue reading

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Fantastic Four Issues 20-29

This is the third in a series of posts on Fantastic Four CGC data.  I wanted to continue this exercise for the sake of completeness.  I am not really sure what to expect out of this run of books, so … Continue reading

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