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Why is Showcase #4 Valuable?

Chris Walker — Tue, 03 Oct 2023 19:59:11 +0000

Showcase #4 comes to auction this weekend and we could not be more excited! And if prebids are any indication, our bidders are too. Comic collecting newbies might be wondering what all the hubbub is about, so we’re here to give you the rundown. It’s The First Appearance of The Flash! DC Comics first published…

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Who’s The First Quicksilver?

Chris Walker — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:00:36 +0000

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…

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Pollux, TV’s 1st Reverse-Flash

Chris Walker — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 13:00:00 +0000

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Strange Times & Places: Stan Lee’s Just Imagine, Part 1

Chris Walker — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 13:00:22 +0000

Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re honoring the legacy of Stan Lee by looking at one of the most elaborate alternate realities ever conceived for comics – Just Imagine Stan Lee Creating the DC Universe! How’s It Different? By gadfree, this one’s hard to classify. Imaginary Story is probably the best…

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RETRO REVIEW: Flash # 131

Greg Turner — Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:00:52 +0000

Welcome back for another RETRO REVIEW and this week I’ve gone into the comic book vault and pulled out Flash # 131 published by DC Comics, or National Comics, as it was known in those days. Here’s the cover, dated September 1962: This is the second of the ‘famous’, or at least very collectable Flash/Green…

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Strange Times & Places: No Rules to Follow

Chris Walker — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:00:23 +0000

Welcome back to Strange Times & Places, where today we’re taking an active detour into the realm of poorly executed Elseworlds with Justice League International Annual #5, “No Rules to Follow”. How’s It Different? It’s a For Want of a Nail story, in which a world lacking in Men of Steel has a rocky relationship…

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RETRO REVIEW: Flash #131

Greg Turner — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 12:00:18 +0000

Greeting friends, family and followers, it’a time yet again for a new RETRO REVIEW, and this week I’ve pulled out one of my first reviews from way back in 2010; The Flash #131, cover dated September 1962. It’s been such a busy week, I’ve not had time to do a new review, so I went back…

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RETRO REVIEW: Flash # 155

Greg Turner — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:00:50 +0000

Time to delve into the DC Comics section of my comic vault. After digging around for a while, you know what happens when you start searching around in your comics, you end up reading a few dozen, but eventually I selected Flash # 155 from the vast array of comics for this week’s RETRO REVIEW.…

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