2012-09-19 18:47
Boris Vallejo started painting at the age of 13 and by the age of 16 he started to get paid for it. After the Peruvian born painter immigrated to the United States in 1964 he began an extrao… Read More
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The tragic tale of a comic book nerd who must part with his collection of comics, action figures, trading cards, stamps, coins, and more.
2012-09-19 18:42
I have been a 49er fan ever since that time I watched Joe Montana throw a touchdown pass to Dwight Clark in the back of the end zone during the final minute of the 1982 NFC Championship Game… Read More
2012-09-19 18:41
From the hit animated show The Simpsons comes Radioactive Man, the Simpsons Universe’s own comic book superhero created by Morty Mann. As a parody of both DC’s Superman and Batma… Read More
2012-09-19 18:40
Originally intended as filler material before and after commercials for The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons came into their own in 1989 and took over America’s prime time television… Read More
2012-09-19 18:36
Point of No Return is a 1993 American remake of Luc Besson’s 1990 film Nikita. It tells the story of a drug addict, Maggie Hayward, who was found guilty of murdering a police officer a… Read More
2012-09-19 18:35
Before the tragic events of September 11, 2001 Sony Entertainment released a number of teaser posters for their upcoming Spider-Man film. The poster featured Spider-Man hanging on the side o… Read More
2012-09-13 20:22
Logging in to eBay today I noticed the view count on my vintage Leica IIIc to be well below average, with only 3 days left on the 7 day auction. It was a little surprising but I figured ther… Read More
2012-09-04 18:58
Here is another non-comic related collectible that has happened to fall in to my lap. I though about just chucking it at first but then after doing some research decided that I may want to h… Read More
2012-09-04 18:55
Arguably belonging somewhere in the top 3 of most iconic superheroes of all time along with Batman and Superman, Spider-man has found his way in to almost everything from school backpacks an… Read More
2012-09-04 18:52
Best friend of Charles Xavier and often worse enemy, Magneto the Master of Magnetism is one of the most iconic and compelling villains of not only the X-men but in all of comics. In almost a… Read More
2012-09-04 18:52
Does anyone still remember the Externals? In the early 1990s Rob Liefeld and Fabian Nicieza had an idea of creating a special and unique subspecies of mutants which along with their individu… Read More
2012-09-04 18:51
There is probably no other anime line more popular outside of Japan than Dragon Ball. The first series of the line Produced by Toei Animation, Dragon Ball retold the story of Akira Toriyama… Read More
2012-09-04 18:51
As a kid my favorite anime series featured a teenage boy who was cursed with becoming a buxom redheaded teenage girl every time he was doused with cold water. Yeah, it sounds a little sketch… Read More
2012-09-04 18:50
Though he is supposedly a genetically engineered humanoid from Mojoworld in the future, there is a great deal of mystery surrounding Shatterstar’s origins. Why did he share the memorie… Read More
2012-09-04 18:50
Suvik Senyaka, a former member of Magneto’s Acolytes has made a habit of being killed off. First Magento killed him with his own coils. Then he died in a battle with Cable and Lee Forr… Read More
2012-09-04 18:50
Named for the fact he has four arms, Forearm was one of the core members of the Mutant Liberation Front. In Wolverine vol. 2 issue 167 he apparently had his neck snapped by Serpent Society&r&hell…Read More
2012-09-04 18:49
It’s a little surprising to know that one of the greatest X-men villains of all time was almost absent from his initial debut in X-Factor #5. Bob Layton who had written the first five… Read More
2012-09-04 18:49
All they had to do was follow 3 simple rules:1) Keep him out of the light.2) Keep him away from water, don’t get him wet.3) Never, never feed him after midnight.Was that really so hard… Read More
2012-09-04 18:35
I have been told by many people in the past to “put it on eBay” under the notion that you can sell just about anything on eBay. While I believe it to be true to a degree, I&rsquo&hell…Read More
2012-09-01 20:42
From McFarlane Toys’ 1990s line of Spawn action figures here are four of Hell’s most infamous demons: Malebolgia, a demon lord from the Eighth Circle of Hell; and his demonic chi… Read More
2012-09-01 19:42
In an attempt to create the ultimate supersoldier the entity simply known as “The Agency”, sanctioned an unholy project which would combine man, beast, and machine into one. The… Read More
2012-09-01 19:41
From Image comic’s creator Rob Liefeld, Bartholomew J. Troll is a government agent who has been working on the side of American ever since the Revolutionary War. A former member of the… Read More
2012-09-01 18:47
Released in 1964, Goldfinger is the third film in the James Bond series and is considered by many to be the best Bond film of all time. This quintessential Bond film with its pre-credits seq… Read More
2012-09-01 17:59
The final conclusion to George Lucas’ epic sci-fi trilogy, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi brought the battle between the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire to the Endor system as th… Read More
2012-09-01 17:51
A Distant Soil is the work of writer and illustrator Colleen Doran. Since its creation the story has gone under a number of reversions as the title moved from one publisher to the next. Curr… Read More
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