Queen of the Damned #12 (1993 – Innovation) Unpublished
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2M ago
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 1994. After a successful adaption of Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Lestat” (12 issues from 1989-1991), Innovation moved on to an adaptation of the other 2 books in Anne Rice’s original Vampire trilogy with “Interview With the Vampire” (12 issues from Aug 1991-Jan 1994) and ..read more
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Kids do goofy stuff to their comics
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by comicspectrum
2M ago
As a 12-year old in 1974 I had the brilliant idea that if I 3-hole punched a bunch of my Spider-Man comics I could put them in a 3-ring binder and it would be easy to read as a longer continuous story. Yes! My home brewed invention of the Trade Paperback collection! If you look at the logo Spider-Man just below the price box, or Grizzly’s head in the page-spanning spread, you can see one of the punched holes. I also cut the Marvel Value Stamp out of several of these issues, if anyone was curious about what that looked like, I’ve included a picture. Several years later (thankfully be ..read more
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Key Comic
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by comicspectrum
2M ago
All three of the comic pictured above have been identified as “minor key” comics. To me, two are real minor keys and the other is what I call a “faux key”. MINOR KEYS: Amazing Spider-Man #7 (1963) has the 2nd appearance of The Vulture. Definitely a significant character who has spawned a number of new versions over the years. Ultimate Comics All New Spider-Man #2 (2011) has the 1st appearance of Miles Morales’ best bud Ganke. 10+ years later Ganke is still around, fans still like him, he made it into the latest Spiderverse movie, and was the template for the Ned Leeds character in thd MCU ..read more
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Completing a Run: Fantastic Four!
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by comicspectrum
2M ago
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 particular copy, but I have numerous reprints so I have read the story. Having an original is something only a collector can really appreciate. Also, this is a definite “buy the book, not the grade on the slab”. I looked at a of LOT of different slabbed copies. I bought this as a result of t ..read more
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Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) #1
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by comicspectrum
2M ago
The new Ultimate Spider-Man was REALLY good. Nothing whatsoever like the original Ultimate SM run. (Or the Ultimate Spider-Man reboot with Miles) It doesn’t even try to be. Hickman goes in a completely different direction and is a solid “What If?” type storyline. Very heavy on story this issue with no face-punching superhero action, so that will put off some fans who want that… I’m sure he’ll get around to action in an issue or two. I hope it’s a limited series/story with an ending, I’d like Hickman to tell the story and have it end with his exit instead of it taking a nose dive after some ot ..read more
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Middle Class Fantasies
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by comicspectrum
2M ago
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 body that really can leap tall buildings in a single bound! Nice job replacing the S on his chest with a G. Lane put out a 2nd issue in 1976. http://comicspectrum.com/By Fans who Love Comics For Fans who Love Comics ..read more
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Mickey Mouse paintings by Floyd Gottfredson
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by comicspectrum
2M ago
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 you purchased stocks and bonds.” “I didn’t even think about the future value of my collection. I liked it for what it was.” ….even though what he collected ended up being worth a LOT, that wasn’t the driving force behind his collecting. This pretty much s ..read more
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An example of CGC Grading gone wrong….
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by comicspectrum
2M ago
I’ve been looking for a copy of FF#4 to complete my run. One I WILL NOT be buying is shown above (seen on eBay). For the people who believe in the quality of CGC grading, I must again politely disagree. I know grading is subjective, but I would NEVER give something a 5.0 with a “Paper lift” (CGC’s name for this defect) like can be seen on the Human Torch’s arm. The Official CGC Guide to Grading Comics (page 191) says that a paper lift can be present in a book grading in the range 4.0 to 9.4…. This is kind of ridiculous to me. One of the main reasons I find the CGC guide to grading to be usel ..read more
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Sally Forth (1977 – Wallace Wood)
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by comicspectrum
3M ago
Created for a military male readership, Wood’s sexy action-adventure character, who is often seen nude, began as a recruit in a commando outfit. She first appeared in June 1968, in Military News , a 16-page tabloid. Sally returned July 26, 1971, in Overseas Weekly, a tabloid targeted at U.S. military men serving outside North America. With Wood getting an assist from Larry Hama, Sally Forth continued in Overseas Weekly until April 22, 1974. Wood collected the strip in a series of four oversize magazines (larger than regular comic magazine, but slightly smaller than treasury editio ..read more
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For Flaming Carrot completists
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by comicspectrum
3M ago
Visions #4 (1982) & #5 (1983) – This is the magazine of the Altanta Fantasy Fair. Issues #1-3 had full Flaming Carrot stories (#1 was FC’s 1st appearance). #4 has a 6 page section of FC art and #5 just a single pinup page. Like I said… completists only… but fans definitely need to get their hands on #1, 2, and 3 (I have mine!) http://comicspectrum.com/By Fans who Love Comics For Fans who Love Comics ..read more
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