It is once again Valentine’s Day, the day when millions of people the world over celebrate love! Back to the Past is celebrating by highlighting a few of the best superhero romances in all of comic bookdom. Did your one-true-pairing make the list? Only one way to find out… Cyclops and Jean Grey It was…
For over forty years, Uncanny X-Men has been one of Marvel’s biggest titles. Not even their ex-CEO trying to bury them could keep them from being a top seller. Heck, the multi-billion-dollar behemoth that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe would not exist without the first X-Men movie! And yet, there was a time when the…
For the last decade or so, Marvel’s kept the world of the X-Men and Avengers fairly separate thanks to fractious movie rights. That, however, wasn’t always the way things went – in fact, one of the most key issues in Avengers history is X-Men #4! We have a CGC 4.0 graded copy of this legendary…
August 28th is informally known as “Power Rangers Day”, the anniversary of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers first episode. This year’s anniversary is a big one, as the franchise turns 30! To celebrate this momentous moment in Millennial pop culture, we’re looking back at how the Power Rangers were tied to the X-Men – aside from…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Each week, Back to the Past chronicles the stories behind the nifty stuff that passes through our doors. Today’s installment concludes a series we’ve been running on the gorgeous CGC graded comics coming to auction May 19-21! This particular specimen will be part of our in-person grand finale…
Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Each week, Back to the Past gives you insight into the world of collectibles sales using our thirty-plus years of experience. This week, we’re sticking with comic books and looking at the effect variant covers have on value. That includes successive printings, retailer exclusives, and A/B covers. The Early Days…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every Monday, Back to the Past stops to gush about the cool stuff we see every day (or at least one item in particular). Today, as with the past few weeks, we continue to highlight comics from our upcoming May 21st comic auctions! Actually, a three night event…
Welcome back to My Hero! Each week, Back to the Past uses this column to tell you why the obscure characters from our custom action figure collection are great! Years ago, we purchased the life’s work of an artist and comic fan whose chosen medium was granting forgotten comic characters the action figure immortality denied…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we take a moment to appreciate the cool stuff that passes through our doors every day. Today, we’re looking at lot numbers one-hundred-and-thirteen and two-hundred-and-thirty-two from our Saturday May Eighth auction session: Very Good copies of Amazing Adventures #11 & #14! Rescues From Comic Book Limbo Amazing…
Welcome back to our weekly dip into the depths of the My Hero collection, one unidentified madman’s quest to immortalize in plastic the most obscure comic book characters ever created. That built up the collection of hundreds of hand-altered action figures that now reside in the Back to the Past warehouse and that I have…