Welcome back to Pure Speculation! The first episode of Ms. Marvel debuts in just two days, so we’ll get straight to the point: Chris thinks that Kamala Khan will be the wielder of the fabled Marvel Comics artifact The Quantum Bands on the new show. Why? Read on! What Are The Quantum Bands? Technically, what…
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 Hammer Drops, where the experts here at Back to the Past answer your questions about collectibles sales using our decades of experience in the field. Today we’re looking at the thorny question of when it is best to sell a key issue. Specifically, we’re looking at the Hype Curve that surrounds new…
Greetings, friends, fans and family. I’m back with a brand new Fabulous Find this week. And once again digging through my fanzine collection, I bring you Heroes’ Hangout # 5, dated in 1967. My best guess it was sent out late spring or early summer of ’67. This fanzine was published by Rudi Franke. Earlier…
Welcome back for the new Fabulous Find. As promised, this week I’m looking at the second, and last, The Steranko History of Comics 2 book from Jim Steranko and Supergraphics Publications. It came out in 1972, following the success of the first book. You can find my write up of that issue here: https://gobacktothepast.com/fabulous-find-the-steranko-history-of-comics/, if you…
Okay, I decided to be nice and not make everyone wait for two weeks, for the second half, of this continued RETRO REVIEW. For those looking for my regularly scheduled Fabulous Find column, well, check back next week, as I’ve pushed it back so that I can offer up this column instead. So without further…
This week’s RETRO REVIEW is Marvel Comics’ Captain Marvel # 17. The comic is cover dated October, 1969, and features a very nice Gil Kane and Dan Adkins cover. Not only does it show the good Captain Marvel front and center, but it also gives the reader another Captain, Captain America, that is, plus Bucky, well not exactly Bucky, it’s Rick Jones in…