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…
Halloween is imminent and pop culture aficionados’ thoughts are turning toward the spooky! Comic bookdom is full of spooky titles, including plenty of monster superheroes using their terrifying abilities for good. You’ve probably already checked out movie and TV stars like Ghost Rider and Swamp Thing, so who else is out there? Let us tell…
Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Each week, Back to the Past chronicles the stories behind the nifty stuff that passes through our doors. Today’s installment concludes a series we’ve been running on the gorgeous CGC graded comics coming to auction May 19-21! This particular specimen will be part of our in-person grand finale…
It looks like spring/summer has finally arrived here in Michigan! And to celebrate here is a new Fabulous Find for you. This week I’ve got another pretty rare find, it’s the Marvel Comics Super 8 films from Ken Films. I only own two of the Marvel ones, but doing my due diligence online, I’ve identified…
Welcome back to a new Fabulous Find. This week I’ve pulled out another terrific fanzine from my collection, it is The Golden Age # 2, published in 1966 by G.B. Love. Love was very involved in comic fandom during the early days and through the sixties. He is probably most well remembered as the publisher…
Welcome back to my column; Fabulous Find. This week I will have to re-share one of my earliest Fabulous Finds a second time, as I am in the midst of a big move and not able to dig out anything cool. Everything is packed in so many boxes that I can not count them all, and I…
Welcome back for a new RETRO REVIEW. Anyone following the Back To The Past auctions know that last Saturday, December 13, 2014, we auctioned off a CGC graded, 9.8, Hulk # 181 for over Eighty-two hundred dollars. So I decided I’d pull out my own copy of that issue and use it for this week’s…
Hey gang, sorry to have missed posting last week, but it couldn’t be helped, as I found myself with an unexpected hospital stay. Everything is cool now, but could have been very, very bad. But with that said, let’s get right into this week’s Fabulous Find. This week I want to look at the 1970’s…
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…
Welcome back to another Fabulous Find. This week I’ve brought out a slightly weird item from my collection. A Marvel Comics finger puppet! I only own the Thor finger puppet, but I’ve got my eye out for the other three in the set. I don’t remember exactly when I bought my Thor, but it was…