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Why Every Marvel Fan Needs The Incredible Hulk #1

Chris Walker — Tue, 21 Nov 2023 19:04:05 +0000

Did you know that the Incredible Hulk wasn’t a hit right off the bat? It’s true! His original series was cancelled after only a year, possibly to make room on the schedule for Spider-Man. But you can’t keep a good character down. Let’s look at why the Hulk got canned and how he returned to…

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Why Fantastic Four #1 is Important

Chris Walker — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:43:11 +0000

We here at Back to the Past are pleased as punch to have a copy of Fantastic Four #1 coming to auction this weekend! While the Fantastic Four have been a lil out-of-focus in the Marvel Studios era, they are poised to get their due pretty soon. Which is good, because the Marvel Cinematic Universe…

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5 Biggest Reveals from SDCC 2022

Chris Walker — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 12:00:44 +0000

Hey there, comic book and pop culture fans! The legendary San Diego Comic Con wrapped up its 2022 session over the weekend and, as usual, it came with a whole pile of major comic book movie and TV reveals. A surprising theme we detected? Golden Age characters on the silver screen! Without further ado, here…

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Ms. Marvel: Protector of the Universe?

Chris Walker — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:00:48 +0000

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…

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Obi-Wan Kenobi’s First Solo Adventure!

Chris Walker — Mon, 30 May 2022 12:00:01 +0000

Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Each week, Back to the Past stops to share the cool backstories behind the great things we handle every day. Today, in honor of Obi-Wan Kenobi’s new show on Disney+, we’re looking at his first ever solo adventure from Star Wars #24. It comes to auction this weekend…

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Were There Battlestar Galactica Comics?

Chris Walker — Mon, 11 Apr 2022 12:00:38 +0000

Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Every week, Back to the Past stops to give you a closer look at the cool stuff coming through our doors. Today, we’re sticking the gorgeous key issue collection we introduced you to last week. It comes to auction the weekend of May 21st, so until then we’re…

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1st Appearances in Oddball Places

Chris Walker — Wed, 02 Feb 2022 11:45:42 +0000

Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Every Wednesday, Back to the Past applies our combined decades of collectibles experience to recent auctions, telling you the reader the whys and hows of realized prices. This week’s example is an obscure video gaming magazine from 1983, the first issue of which sold for $250 at a recent auction.…

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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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Doc Savage: An Early Superhero

Chris Walker — Fri, 05 Nov 2021 12:00:51 +0000

Welcome back to My Hero, wherein we here at Back to the Past 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 to them…

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Nighthawk, Marvel’s Dark Knight

Chris Walker — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 12:00:54 +0000

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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