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Is There Value In Obscure Comics?

Chris Walker — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:45:22 +0000

Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Each week, we illustrate what we’ve learned in thirty years of selling collectibles using examples from our recent auctions. This week, our attention is drawn to an unexpected result from our December 11 auction session. Imagine you were presented with three comics. Two are among the most iconic Spider-Man issues…

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The Red Scare’s Red Skull

Chris Walker — Fri, 01 Jan 2021 13:00:00 +0000

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Devil-Slayer, A Bronze Age Atlas-Turned-Marvel Hero

Chris Walker — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000

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1971 King Kirby Portfolio or Kirby Unleashed

Greg Turner — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:00:22 +0000

Welcome to this week’s Fabulous Find, I hope you all are doing fine. This week I’ve pulled out of the vault the “King” Kirby Portfolio, dated 1971. This treasury size portfolio also goes by the name Kirby Unleashed. Why the two names? I’m not really sure. As you can see from the cover reproduced below, it simply…

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RETRO REVIEW: Planet of Vampires # 1

Greg Turner — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 12:00:18 +0000

Hey ho folks! This week it’s time once again to dig into the independent comic section of my collection. And I’ve come out with Planet of Vampires # 1, published by Atlas/Seaboard Comics and it has a February 1975 cover date. As most of you know Atlas/Seaboard was Martin Goodman‘s response to Marvel Comics for firing…

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