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Deadpool & Wolverine: Birth of a Bromance

Chris Walker — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:29:25 +0000

Marvel Studios’ latest blockbuster, Deadpool & Wolverine, opens this weekend! The highly anticipated flick teams the Merc With A Mouth up with The Best There is and sends them on a mission to save the multiverse. It comes fifteen years after the two last tangled on the big screen. But why these two? Why are…

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Which Modern Comics Are Worth Money?

Chris Walker — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 06:00:17 +0000

There’s a general rule in collecting: older is better. Age and value don’t perfectly correlate, but older items have a higher likelihood of being sought after. Mainly because the oldest items predate a robust collector’s market and high-quality specimens are rare. In terms of comic books, the “Modern Age” (around 1986 to Present, depending on…

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Top Four Independent Comics Heroes

Chris Walker — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 05:58:16 +0000

How was your Fourth of July weekend? The holiday got us thinking about independence, specifically independent comics! Without further ado, here are the top four most successful independent comics heroes! 4) The Crow Created by Detroit’s own James W. O’Barr, The Crow is probably the most successful character on this list with the fewest appearances.…

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Damian Wayne: The Best Robin

Chris Walker — Tue, 02 Jul 2024 19:13:02 +0000

Batman is one of the most popular (and profitable) superhero characters on the planet. People who’ve never read a comic book know him. And most of those people know that his sidekick is Robin, The Boy Wonder, thanks to decades of movies and TV shows featuring the Dynamic Duo. But what they don’t know is…

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Who is Mr. Terrific?

Chris Walker — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 18:28:00 +0000

Great Caesar’s Ghost, new photos from the set of James Gunn’s Superman film hit the internet yesterday! Coming courtesy of Cleveland.com, they gave us our first look at Edi Gathegi as Mr. Terrific. We love the costume, he looks like he stepped straight out of the pages of JSA. But if you found yourself wondering…

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Why Black & White Comics Magazines Exist

Chris Walker — Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:48:51 +0000

This weekend’s auction features the first issue of both Creepy and Eerie, the vanguard of the black and white comic magazine revolution! These are super cool pieces of comic history, but ones that newer fans might not be familiar with. Let your pals at Back to the Past explain why magazines like this came about…

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Where Do Transformers Come From?

Chris Walker — Tue, 11 Jun 2024 18:40:54 +0000

In the fictional world of the Transformers, both the Autobots and the Decepticons come from the robotic alien planet Cybertron. In real life, Transformers are simultaneously originally Japanese and All-American. How is that? Let Back To The Past explain! If you’re looking for some vintage Transformers toys, you will want to check out our June…

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What is an Art Toy?

Chris Walker — Tue, 04 Jun 2024 18:52:13 +0000

This weekend’s auction features a ton of great art toys (AKA Designer Toys AKA Urban Toys)! If you’re not hip to the more avant garde side of art, that might be a new term for you. For decades, toys were toys and art were art and never the twain shall meet. That changed at the…

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Who is Marvel’s Crystar, Crystal Warrior?

Chris Walker — Tue, 28 May 2024 17:51:11 +0000

A nifty collection of 80s era action figures closes this weekend on HiBid! One gem of that session comes from Remco’s 1982 The Saga of Crystar, Crystal Warrior line. The lot features the Crystal Castle playset, villains Zardath and Moltar, and Crystar himself! Like so many 80s toy lines, Crystar had a Marvel Comics tie-in.…

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What Was The Planet Hollywood Wall of Fame?

Chris Walker — Tue, 21 May 2024 18:21:50 +0000

Oh, the 90s. The dot com bubble was inflating, the Soviet Union had just fallen, and the world had just learned what we here at Back to the Past already knew: collectibles absolutely rule. This era saw the rise of the memorabilia theme restaurant, middle-class-fancy level eateries decorated with genuine, one-of-a-kind items. The king of…

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