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It’s hard to believe it’s almost five years since the retail part
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We are still selling early comics on eBay weekly
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Reviews
It Came From the Back Room #21
Standard recap: I’m slowly going through AABC’s one-million-plus back-issue room, restocking the boxes on the sales floor and pulling stuff to sell as discount/overstock/special items. I’m going through the alphabet backwards (don’t ask), and at my speed, this amounts to a two-year project. This week, we’re continuing the letter “I,” and featuring the second half of The Invincible Iron Man. In our last episode, we got up to the end of Shellhead’s first run, which ended with issue #332, in 1996. If you’d like to see some high-end offerings of those early issues, check our stock here, here, here and … Continue reading
Posted in Comics History, Marvel, News & Promos, Reviews
Tagged Heroes Reborn, Heroes Return, Iron Man, Kurt Busiek, Matt Fraction, Mike Grell, Salvador Larroca, Warren Ellis
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Fresh Eyes on Old Books #21
Another day, another review of pure 60’s insanity. Let’s do this! Action Comics # 318 from 1964 So apparently there’s a planet named Lexor that absolutely worships Lex Luthor… news to me! Luthor attempts to return to it by sleeping on a cot in a spaceship (you heard me), and it totally works. He, obviously, has the entire planet turned against Supey and that makes things extremely difficult when Superman comes to the planet to get him back. Superman punches Lex in the face so hard he dies, again not kidding, so he’s put on trial for the murder of … Continue reading
The Latest and (Mostly) Greatest #21
Let the records show, I finished this early. It’s going to be a very busy weekend, but I can’t fail you humble readers! Let’s do this! My Top Five (The Five Best Comics of the Week) Dark Horse Presents #1 writers/artists: Various So yeah, this was really, really rad. It starts with a pretty good Concrete story, “heads” to a strange Howard Chaykin story, and “leads” to a weird Neal Adams story. And that’s just the first 25 pages. AND THERE ARE 80 TOTAL. The Adams story is, of course, weird cuz’ he’s written it (oy vey.) There were also … Continue reading
Phil’s Reviews: Stuff I Bought #194
Journey Into Mystery #622 — Writer: Kieron Gillen; Pencils: Dougie Braithwaite; Colorist: Ulises Arreola This title takes over the numbering of the old Thor, since series writer Matt Fraction is leaving to helm the new Thor the Mighty (you’d think some sort of media event starring the Asgardian Avenger was coming…). Gillen handled a few Thor stories last year, and did a good job, and here delivers a young-Loki tale that’s layered, lyrical and actually makes you like the complicated little trickster; it’s a sign that, with a crossover mini-series and a movie all throwing a big spotlight on the … Continue reading
Posted in New Comics, Reviews
Tagged Ba, Bendis, Birds of Prey, Butcher Baker, Casanova, Dodson, Flash, Geoff Johns, Hellboy, Kieron Gillen, Kirkman, Matt Fraction, Moon, Nowlan, Simone, Spider-man, Thor, Walking Dead, X-men
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Fresh Eyes on Old Books #20
So based on the math, when I get to #26, we will have been doing this for a year. How time flies! Avengers #40 from 1967 So this is a pretty straightforward comic. If you ever want to look for quality, just go with the Roy Thomas and Don Heck run of the Avengers. Namor gets all uppity about some big misunderstanding with the Navy, so he starts (of course) attacking the Earth. However, Hercules literally keeps throwing him out of the picture. Then it becomes an entirely separate story about the Cosmic Cube. Namor finds it and proceeds to … Continue reading
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Tagged Avengers, Golden Age, Silver Age, Underworld, World's Finest
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