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Happy Birthday Stan Lee!

Wishing you a Happy 90th Birthday! Thank you giving us so many wonderful heroes... You are The Man! http://omg.yahoo.com/news/happy-90th-birthday-stan-lee-003900468.html http://www.therealstanlee.com/Therealstanlee.com/Home.html To see old comments for this Journal entry, click here. New comments can be added below.
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It's a Fair Deal! Take It!

AKA... Two of a Perfect Pair!   AKA... Sometimes Losing at Auction is Actually Winning!I am not sure what possessed me to do it! Is it mental illness or some kind of addiction? Or is it some kind of mania which has befallen me? I didn't need to make these purchases... they were not must haves or buys. In fact, I already own them... so these are dupes. So why did I buy them? Do I need to enroll in CGC Anonymous? Is someone out there planning an intervention? Do I need therapy? no!Earlier this
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A Very Rare Find! ACA Comix No. 1

AKA... John Byrne's First Published Comic Book!   AKA... Thank you Marvel Comics and Dan Slott for the Distraction!I went to Midtown Comics Grand Central yesterday during my lunch break. It was busier than normal, and I just assume everyone was there buying up the sickening glut of variant covers of Amazing Spider-Man #700... the last issue and "death" of Peter Parker... well lots of them were, but some shoppers were lucky recipients of X-mas gift cards looking to redeem and take advantage of
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Moving up in the Ranks

Just in Time for Christmas... A New Welcome Arrival! The first graded comic I ever purchased was a CGC 9.2 of Swamp Thing Volume 1, Number 1. I purchased it from an eBay seller back in 2006. I remember I was estatic when I received it. I beheld it, firmly held between my outstretched hands... raised high and into the light... enchanted by the radiance of its purple cover and the iconic image of the Swamp Thing rising from the bog as can only be illustrated by the master: Bernie Wrightson. My h
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Jumping on the Movie Bandwagon: Redux

AKA... Predicting the Next Big Comic Book Investment!   AKA... Gold Fever: Mining Robert Kirkman on the Yukon Trail!With the phenomenal success of AMC's The Walking Dead, and after the incredible price haul a CGC 9.9 of The Walking Dead #1 recently commanded, $10,000.00, I asked myself, what will be the next big thing? What will be the next comic book gem waiting for investment heaven?We all know the Mad Titan, Thanos is burning hot due to the Avenger 2 movie to be released in 2015. As for Iro
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Speaking of Judge Dredd... Judge Dredd Unmasked!

AKA... Only a Face a Mother Could Love!   Not to steal Mikelutes thunder, but I was meaning to post this for sometime now, so his journal posting seemed liked the perfect segue......I have been a fan of Judge Dredd, ever since I first read the Eagle Comics reprint of the mini-series: The Judge Child Quest. Inspired by the release of Dredd 3-D (which was pretty good considering it was filmed on a low budget; Karl Urban rocks as Dredd!), I went on my own quest to find and purchase a high grade c
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How I Wish... How I Wish You Were Here

Wally Wood... I Wish You Were Here! I don't know exactly why, but this afternoon I was singing the lyrics to Pink Floyd's timeless rock classic "Wish You Were Here", which was a song and musical composition written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour, partly inspired by themes of alienation, and most assuredly inspired by founding member and lead singer, Syd Barrett. Barrett hails from the band's early incarnation prior to the Floyd's commercial success, but was kicked out due to erratic behavio
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Two of a Perfect Pair: The Silver Surfer and Adam Warlock

Whilst rummaging through my collection this evening, in search of a particular comic, I came across a 32 year old blast from the past... the pairing of two of Comicdom's most iconic cosmic heroes: The Silver Surfer and Adam Warlock. Marvel Comics was generous in reprinting one of the greatest comic runs in its rich history: The Silver Surfer, Volume 1, No.'s 1 - 14. This was gifted to us all in Fantasy Masterpieces Volume 2, No.'s 1 - 14. On top of that, beginning with issue 8, Adam Warlock wa
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Bats in the Belfry! The Pitfalls of Buying Raw Ungraded Comics Sight Unseen

...AKA...   CGC Means Buying with Confidence!I'm into collecting keys: First Appearances, Previews, Deaths, Return of, Origins, First Costume, First Crossovers or Meetings, First Published Works (by Artist or Writer), Scarce or Low Print Runs, First Issue, Last Issue, Recalled Issues, and Anniversary issues. Why? Because to me they represent a significant event... a special place in comic history... and history is worth collecting. Recently, while looking through my collection, I came to reali
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Will the Real Phantom Stranger's First Silver Age Appearance Please Stand Up?

...Showcase 80 Vs. Phantom Stranger Volume 2, Number 4...   ...OR...   ...Phantom Stranger in the Silver Age: The Lost Years...Int. - Theatre - Night:It's opening night in a packed house bristling with the energy of excitement and anticipation. As the theatre lights dim, a lofty backlit trail of white light pierces the ebony darkness, spotlighting an empty stage. The audience falls silent as a lone figure whose face is impossibly cloaked in obsidian, graces the stage. He stands before closed
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When Music Makes the Scene... It's Seldom a Gold Record!

Why Music Comic Book tie-ins generally suck! I'm a big fan of music... you name it... Rock, Rap, Popular, Club, Classical, Disco, Jazz, Easy Listening, R&B, Country, Soul... if it sounds good to my ears... I'm into it. And I love reading comic books, which also includes a wide range of genres: Superhero, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Western, Funny Comics, Underground, and, on some rare occasions, even Romance Comics. However, when these two diverse examples of popular cultures
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Batman Presenta: Linterna Verde

Batman Presenta: Linterna Verde   Codo a Codo Con Las Mas Sensacionales y Nuevas Superestrellas! Los Hombres Omega!   Translation:   Batman Presents: Green Lantern   Side by Side with the Most Sensational and New Superstars! The Omega Men!When you travel domestically, do you buy comics? I do. And when you travel abroad, to foreign lands where they speak another language... Do you buy comics as well? I do too. My love of comics and natural curiosity compels me to see what comic books loo
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A Bar Code Trick Revealed!

How to Identify First Print Editions and Variant Covers Using the Bar Code Here's a little trick that was revealed to me by the good people at Midtown Comics. I asked the question: How can I determine if a comic is a first print edition versus a second print edition and if it's a standard cover or a variant cover? His answer: Check the bar code. Now let me explain what he meant. Take the two available covers of Hero Worship Issue 1 published by Avatar Press. One cover depicts Zenith sa
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Variant Covers... Just Another Gimmick!

...When Too Much of a Good Thing is a Bad Thing... What's with all the variant covers? Is this really helping the industry grow? Is there a genuine reason why a comic, with a listed cover price of $2.99, needs to be marked-up to $10 or $25 bucks by your local specialty shop, solely because it contains a variant cover? And just because these covers are considered rarer than they're standard cover brethren, does it really deserve a higher price valuation? BFD! It's a gimmick... a commer
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Speaking of Crazy... Hey DC!... What's with the gun?

...Does this cover offend you? Really? An Arab-American with a gun? This cover reeks of an unnecessary racial stereotype in an already sensitive and uptight world... ...And... ...In light of a number of domestic and international tragedies where gun toting psychopaths have orchestrated mass murders... Did we really need an image of a Green Lantern, who, by the way, already wields the most powerful weapon in the universe, aiming a gun at us? Really? Maybe DC stands for Dumb Covers? (Well
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Jumping on the Movie Bandwagon...

...aka... Buying Comic Books as investments...   ...or Selling OutI must make a confession, one I am not too proud of. I am not a saavy investor. I don't have a stock portfolio. I don't own equity. Nor do I have a Wealth Manager on speed dial. All I own are my comics... and I don't know their economic worth... just the intrinsic value they hold for me. But that's not my confession. I'll get to that in a minute. Comics are collectables and there's a market for it... obviously. They, like other
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Where were you when you first read Marvelman?

Where were you when you first read Marvelman? Hey you! Yeah, you know who you are! You love Alan Moore's take on the one-time rip-off of the Big Red Cheese, who became a god and ruled a utopia after the near destruction of London. Where were you when Micky Moran uttered the word Kimota? I know where I was... it was 1985 and I was in a dingy and cramped comic book store called Bishop Comics in Kew Gardens, Queens, NY, which smelled ferociously of paper oxidation. I was an aimless 16-year old bo
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Calling All Warrior Magazine Fans! Can I enlist your help?

Calling All Warrior Magazine Fans! Can I enlist your help? Call me crazy. Perhaps I am going about this the wrong way. Perhaps this isn't the platform or forum for such an enormous undertaking... but I need your feedback and opinions... and ultimately your help. I'm a big fan of Alan Moore... I mean who isn't. Do I need to mention how this force of nature changed the landscape of graphical storytelling forever?... No, but i will. The author, illustrator, and modern day shaman, ushered in the
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