Fantastic Four #4 (1962) - 1st Silver Age appearance of the Sub-Mariner. I now have every issue of FF! Yes, it's slabbed... and buying an expensive book over the internet is my primary "that's what CGC is useful for" case. I know no pages are missing and there's no unrevealed restoration. I can't read this…

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16.01.2024

Mickey Mouse paintings by Floyd Gottfredson | ComicSpectrum – Bob's Blog

I recently got an auction catalog from 1993 that showed 24 Mickey Mouse paintings by Floyd Gottfredson which had been commissioned by a collector named Malcolm Willits. Lots of extra background on Gottfredson (interviews, analysis) and a great quote about collecting: "If you look at your collection as an investment, it would be better if…

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16.01.2024

Middle Class Fantasies | ComicSpectrum – Bob's Blog

Middle Class Fantasies was a pretty decent underground comic from 1973 by Jerry Lane that he published as part of his Masters thesis at Cal State Fresno. Lots of pop culture references, including the Marx Brothers, Cool Hand Luke, and (the standout for me) a story where they bring George Reeves back in an android…

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20.01.2024

Queen of the Damned #12 (1993 – Innovation) Unpublished | ComicSpectrum – Bob's Blog

Innovation was a publisher founded in 1988 with a focus on licensed properties, and I always thought they had excellent adaptations and new stories on the books, movies and TV shows they licensed. They became the 4th largest fourth publisher in the US before closing in the partial collapse of the direct market comics industry in…

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