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Jul302021

Hyperion, Marvel’s Man of Steel

Action Figures, Comic BooksBy Chris WalkerJuly 30, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to My Hero, our weekly dip into the collection of the same name! A lone superfan spent years repainting, rescultping, sewing capes, and generally altering dozens of action figures to capture the likenesses of the most obscure characters in all of comicdom. We were so taken with his life’s work that we bought…

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Jul282021

This is the Way (or “First in Comics”)

Comic Books, TV & MoviesBy Chris WalkerJuly 28, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we look at realized prices to glean lessons about the business side of collecting cool stuff. And this is the second part of a crossover with our sister column Consigned, Cool, & Collected examining the unlikely relationship between recent hit series The Mandalorian and some nearly forty year old…

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Jul262021

The (Incorrect) History of Boba Fett

Comic Books, TV & MoviesBy Chris WalkerJuly 26, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we look more deeply into the background of the stuff sold by Back to the Past! Today, we’re looking at Star Wars #68, a key issue from the original Marvel series that made its way into our January 16th auction session. This is also Part One of…

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Mar242021

Piggy Cook’s Journey To The West

Action Figures, Vintage FindsBy Chris WalkerMarch 24, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we look back into the history of the cool stuff we see on the daily. Today, we’re looking at the Piggy Cook toy from our eBay store, an electronic toy from the 1950s that represents a proud legacy of Japanese toy making. Our Yonezawa Toys Piggy Cook…

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Mar92021

Licensing Horror Stories (Or “Rarity For Odd Reasons”)

Comic Books, TV & MoviesBy Chris WalkerMarch 9, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we expound upon what we’ve learned in our thirty plus years in the collectibles racket, using recent auctions for illustration and examples. Today, we’re looking at few recent lots of modern Horror Comics that sold at auction for between $45-65 a piece. Lot 14 from December 9, sold for…

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Mar62021

Lancelot Strong, The Short-Lived Shield!

Action Figures, Comic BooksBy Chris WalkerMarch 6, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to My Hero, where we put names to the faces of the custom action figures in the collection of the same name! This week’s focus on Private Lancelot Strong, the secret identity of the second Archie Comics hero known as The Shield! Our Private Strong figure! A Short-Lived Revival In 1959, the superhero…

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Mar22021

The Secret Origin of Roxy Rocket

Action Figures, Comic Books, TV & MoviesBy Chris WalkerMarch 2, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where your pals at Back to the Past pause to really appreciate the cool stuff we work with every day. Today has us looking at two items we’ve recently handled featuring Batman villain Roxy Rocket, her first appearance in Batman Adventures Annual #1 and her first action figure…

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Feb232021

Unforeseen Circumstances (or “Real Life & Value”)

Comic Books, TV & MoviesBy Chris WalkerFebruary 23, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to Hammer Drops, where we here at Back to the Past use our decades of experience and recent examples to guide you through the hazardous world of collectibles buying and selling. Today we’re turning our eyes to a somewhat sensitive topic: how real life events can change a collectible’s value. Black Panther #5,…

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Feb192021

Pollux, TV’s 1st Reverse-Flash

Action Figures, Comic Books, TV & MoviesBy Chris WalkerFebruary 19, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back our ongoing examination of the voluminous My Hero Collection of custom action figures! This one takes us away from the world of comic books, though not very far, as today’s hero is Pollux from the 1990 TV series The Flash! Our Pollux figure, as seen on eBay. The yellow showing through in some spots…

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Feb162021

Just What Is a Pickle Castor?

Vintage FindsBy Chris WalkerFebruary 16, 20211 Comment

Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected, where we stop to learn a bit of the backstory behind the cool collectibles we sell. Today sees us taking a step away from our usual pop cultural comfort zone by looking at Pickle Castors, a type of antique item that just came into the shop. Chris said…

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Feb132021

Red Raven: A Roy Thomas Favorite

Action Figures, Comic BooksBy Chris WalkerFebruary 13, 2021Leave a comment

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…

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Feb92021

The Human Flying Fish

Action Figures, Comic BooksBy Chris WalkerFebruary 9, 2021Leave a comment

Welcome back to My Hero, where the motley assortment of weirdo characters in the My Hero Collection get their moment in the sun! This week’s star is the Human Flying Fish, a (mostly) one-off Aquaman foe from 1960’s Adventure Comics #372. Our custom Human Flying Fish. I think his body comes from a Marvel Super…

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