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My dream-casting for the part of Cable in an X-Men movie is Rob Liefeld himself, in case anyone’s wondering. 27 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
So Mike L. asked about Uncanny X-Men #201, a comic for which there was a brief flurry of demand during the high-flyin’ Wizard Magazine-fueled comics market times of the early 1990s. For folks who may ...
There is still a back issue market. 26 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
Well, at least for us. We still sell plenty of back issues at our shop. Lots of them. Across a whole range of prices. Of course, after 30+ years in business, plenty of collectors in our area and envir...
And then there was the time the Mike of 1993 already priced a comic for the Mike of 2013. 24 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
This showed up in a collection on Friday…a copy of the Venom: Deathtrap The Vault one-shot, complete with our store’s old pricetag with the price in my handwriting. And now, according to the most rece...
Frankly, I’m not sure that’s even entirely true about Adam Sandler movies. 22 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
So I was asked, in response to my post on Monday in regards to DC’s 3D cover allocations, which title was the one I’m getting more copies than what I originally ordered. I probably should have noted i...
I can’t wait to explain to my customers why they can’t see the special 4D covers all at once. 19 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
So following up on my brief grumbling about DC Comics and their handing of the 3D covers for Villains Month…. To recap briefly: DC Comics is replacing their regular superhero series for the month of ...
Jack Davis is fine, thank you very much! 16 Aug 2013 | 08:03 pm
So a long time ago, shortly after I entered the high-flying life of comics retail, I decided to pick up a copy of this on New Comics Day: A coworker asked what exactly made me decide to pick up this ...
Hey, remember when I used to “watermark” pics on my site! That was a smart use of my time! 14 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
I’m not reading Infinity, but hell yes I’m down for some Infinity buttons: Look for ‘em at your shop today, but good luck finding that rare Black Bolt “chase” button. Of course, none of these are a ...
I’m trying not to be too angry about this. 12 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
So due to DC’s recent announcement that they’re allocating the 3D Villains Month covers, my position on my orders for the books has gone from “I’ve ordered way too many, I’m probably going to take a b...
Sluggo Saturday #121. 10 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
NEXT UP: HIS G-STRING from Nancy Eats Food (1989)
Frankly, this book has a lot of problems with hyphens. 9 Aug 2013 | 12:01 pm
So I purchased a comic collection Thursday afternoon, and among the assorted Iron Man issues and a reader copy of Sub-Mariner #1 (1968) and some British edition Freak Brothers comics and the one issue...
