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How a Calendar Can Help Your Comic Book Collection

Sep. 30 Comic Book Collecting no comments

I know this might surprise you, but a calendar can help with your comic book collecting. Keeping a calendar for a particular purpose can also help to make your comic book shopping experience more pleasant.

Comic Book StorageWhat to Use the Calendar For

Every time I get the new issue of Diamond Previews and the new issue of Marvel Previews, I mark the comics I am interested in picking up outside of my regular pull. I then take the dates those comics are being released and place them on the calendar. That way I know when the comics are coming out.

Avoid Missing a New Comic

Many (if not most) of us have missed the release of a new comic we want to read. Maybe that premiere issue was the start of a great new series. Maybe it was one which skyrocketed in price because of the demand being higher than the supply. Either way, we missed out and have to hope for a second printing. Of course, this does not help with the price of the issue we missed. Keeping a collection calendar can help to avoid this situation. With new trades coming out each week, a collection calendar also helps with remembering when those trades are coming out.

Remember All Your Pulls

I have helped get pulls together for reserve customers, and I will be the first to tell you that mistakes can be made. The workers at Wonderworld Comics are great at getting all of the needed reserves together, but they are only human (at least that is what I have been led to believe). By keeping a calendar of releases, you can double check to make sure your pulls are correct each week.

Prepare Thy Pocketbook

As someone who reads a ton of comics, I know that the register receipt can add up quickly. My calendar reminds me when my cost-heavy and cost-light weeks are going to be during a month. I can plan ahead to make sure that I will not be short on a Wednesday when I really want the money.

Yet Another Push

I have spoken in the past about the importance of Diamond Previews and Marvel Previews. They open your eyes up to new series which you might not have considered otherwise. At the same time, they help you to prepare for your shopping months in advance. How can you go wrong for $4.50 for the two of them combined?

Being prepared for a new week of comics is important. The more prepared you are, the more pleasant your shopping experience will be.

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Coming Comics: Why I Am Looking Forward to November

Sep. 27 Comics no comments

Everyone is talking about the September War, but I am finding myself looking forward to November the most. For me, November is shaping up to be the best month of the year. Christmas is coming a month early for me.

Harley Quinn will have her own New 52 title.

Harley Quinn will have her own New 52 title.

Harley Quinn #0

Harley Quinn #0 will finally be hitting store shelves in November and one of my favorite characters will finally have the chance to shine on her own. At the same time, Diamond is offering three new Harley t-shirts and is rereleasing four more. I am already adding some of these to my Christmas list.

Shahrazad #1 From BDI

Big Dog Ink is offering up the first issue of Shahrazad during November. I am looking forward to reading the title by Kim Hutchison as I love when women write about strong female characters. Shahrazad follows the famous female character from 1001 Arabian Nights. I am hoping it lives up to my expectations.

Ghost Launches from Dark Horse

I have been awaiting the launch of Ghost from Dark Horse for a long time now. I want to see how the company does with the title and am hoping it will be successful to distract fans from simply talking about how the company may or may not lose the Star Wars rights. Hopefully, the company can gain some successes away from the Star Wars genre. I have been a fan of the past iterations of Ghost. Hopefully, this iteration will live up to the past.

Nightcrawler

How can I complain about a month in which Nightcrawler comes back to the Marvel Universe? I can see myself counting down the days until I can read new stories invoving my favorite blue mutant.

Cataclysm

We have not seen a universe-ending crossover in a long time. Yes, I fully believe the Ultimate Universe is done for. I am looking forward to seeing how everyone gets knocked off. Yes, we have seen the Ultimate Universe destroyed before, but I could take seeing another run at it.

Thanksgiving Dinner

Granted, this has nothing to do with comics – but I love Thanksgiving dinner.

X-Men Gold #1

Join some of the top X-Men writers of all time with some of the greatest artists? Yes. Dennis – take my money.

Justice League Dark

The formation of the new team begins. While I will be sad to see some of my favorites go, I like the new additions we have heard about to this point.

Batman and Carrie Kelly

This was the teamup many of us have been waiting for. I wish they would stop beating around the bush and either make Carrie Kelly the new Robin or bring Damian back from the dead. Yes, the teamups have been good, but it is time to end the cycle and bring some permanance. This was the last teamup I was waiting for. Seeing that they are pushing Batman and Two-Face for December, I guess my hope will continue to be ignored.

Manifest Destiny #1

An interesting offering comes out in November from Image. Manifest Destiny follows Louis and Clark as they discover the horrors of North America. I love mixing horror with history and will at least be picking up the first issue.

Strangeways #1

Image has another interesting premiere with Strangeways #1. A detective who specializes in the paranormal stumbles over weird creatures. With The X-Files and Kolchak: The Night Stalker being among my favorite shows of all time, I am popping with the idea of a new dark offering along those lines.

Two Trades To Pick Up

There are two trades which I will be picking up in November. Miss Fury and Mark Waid’s Green Hornet are comics which I have wanted to start reading but have not been able to fit into my stack. The first trades from each will be the perfect starting point for me.

Thor: The Dark World

I can forget about the BIG premiere of the month. How could I? My wife has been reminding me everyday for months. She loves her some Hemsworth.

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Why Did Creators Use Pennames in the 1960s?

Aug. 14 Comics no comments

I was asked an interesting question yesterday which many of you might not know the answer to. I am paraphrasing by saying the question was, “Why did so many creators in the 1960s use pennames instead of their own names?”

pencilsThe History

Before we had comics, we had the pulps. These short story magazines paved the way for the medium we have grown to lover over the years. While many adults and children read pulps, there was a certain stigma which hung over the heads of the writers and artists used in these magazines. Publishers outside of the pulp market believed that pulp writers wrote schlock which was simply used to fill the pages of the pulps. These publishers grouped writers such as H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith with the people who popped out whatever they could simply to make a paycheck.

This stigma continued for short story publication writers into the 1950s and 1960s. Writers such as Philip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke and Fritz Leiber were overlooked for a long time because they wrote for these smaller publications.

Enter Comics

When comics first came out, they were geared towards children. The “funny books” gained the same type of stigma as the short story magazines which were disappearing each month for newsstands. Many comic book creators did not want the chance of losing out on a job opportunity at a non-comics company so they used pennames. According to the book The Ten Cent Plague, many creators kept their work from their families so they did not have to deal with the social stigma at home.

The Congressional Investigations

Don’t forget, the comic book market gained another stigma during the congressional investigations. If you were a creator who was looking for money, would you want to be associated with a market which Congress kept a watchful eye on?

What Changed?

By the late 1960s and early 1970s, the comic book market had taken off and on their way to becoming a respectable form of entertainment and learning. The pennames were dropped in many cases as creators realized they had a future in the medium or could at least show off what they could do in the confines of the printed pages.

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Who Are the Giant Books Best For?

Aug. 02 Comic Book Collecting, News no comments

For some reason, the comic book market is becoming inundated with giant books! They are taking over and have the chance of clogging shelves across the country! Who are these books best for??

WTF Certified

WTF Certified

What Are You Talking About?

There is a new omnibus for this comic, and a new “master collection” for that one. There is a new “complete collection” for this comics, and a new “giant-sized essential” for that one. From Chew to Villain Month, to Grimm Fairy Tales, the giant books with 500-1,400 pages are taking over.

Now for Tester Readers

Outside of the giant Villain Month book coming out by Christmas, the giant books don’t appear to be the best purchase for new readers. You know what you are getting into with the Villain Month book, but what about with comes you have not read yet? Let’s say you want to give a particular comic title a try. Let’s say all of your friends are saying that you are going to love it. You should fight the temptation are try it out with a few issues or with a smaller trade than investing $50-$150 off the start. If you drop all of that money and don’t like the comic, how many times are you going to drop a ton of money on one book in the future?

Not for New Readers

By new readers, I am talking about people who are just starting out in comics. They might be on their first trip or second trip to a comic book store. Dropping $100 or more for one book is a little silly to me. Many people will disagree on this with me, but hear me out for a second. If new readers drop $100 or more on a book and don’t like it, why would they come back to comics? A huge hit like this might discourage them in the future.

Who These Books are For

These books are perfect for readers who want to eliminate a hefty number of books from their collections. These are also for people who know a particular title and are comfortable with it. Would I purchase one of these giant books if it were for Batman? Probably. Would I purchase one of these books for a character I just began to follow? Probably not.

Interesting Future

These giant books are not going to go into huge production, so some might see a decent increase in value. Also, since they are so big, they are going to take excess damage over time. This could drive up the collector’s market on them. How many copies are going to look like they are in mint condition after two or three years? Very few.

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What To Do With Those Scrap Comics – Don’t Toss Them

Jun. 21 Comic Book Collecting Comments Off on What To Do With Those Scrap Comics – Don’t Toss Them

A comic book collector asked me the other day about what he should do with scrap comics in his collection. He wondered if it was worth keeping them, or if he should simply toss them out. I suggested other options to tossing them.

Scrap comics

Scrap comics

Use Scrap Comics for Crafts

If you have young children around to give you scrap comics to, you have done something better than simply tossing the scrap comics out. I remember doing different crafts with scrap comics when I was a kid. Of course, if you do not have children to give them to, or children in the neighborhood or your family to give them to, consider donating them to a school district. They can put the scrap comics to good use through a school project.

Donate to a Military Group

Some military groups will be happy to send your unwanted comics to our service men and women overseas. A friend of mine served in Afghanistan and he talks about the scrap comics someone sent over to his platoon. The comics were a simple distraction from the fighting and he told me that reading them invigorated him because he was able to return to his childhood for about twenty minutes a day.

If you have scrap comics laying around the house, think about interesting ways to use them. Don’t simply toss them as someone else might gain enjoyment from them.

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What Could Cause Comics to Devalue?

Jun. 03 Comic Book Collecting no comments

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No Comics Pulls This Week – What to Do?

May. 15 Comic Book Collecting no comments

I am facing a very odd week this week as I do not have a single comic book issue in my pull. As someone who reads over twenty comics on a regular basis, it is a conundrum when I don’t have anything waiting in the pull box at the store. What to do…what to do?

Graphic Novels

I have some graphic novels waiting for me, I can get a jump on some of those since I have a week without comics. If you are like me, you push off graphic novels to weeks when you have nothing else to read, or very little to read. This would be a perfect week to do so.

The Red SkullOrganize the Collection

Even though I keep my comic book collection well organized, there are always little things which need to be done. I can go through my database and see if any of my top comings have gone up or down. I could make sure everything is filed and organized.

Back Issues

There are some special back issues in my collection I have not read or have not read in a long time. Weeks like this are always good for pulling out a comic book encyclopedia or a Who’s Who or even an Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe just to brush up on a little useless trivia to pop out on someone in the near future.

Try Something New

I could also try a few new titles I have not looked into yet. Out of three titles, I will usually find at least one to add to my pull list.

Of course, these are suggestions I have to myself. What do you do during weeks when you have few or no pulls?

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Free Comic Book Day: Most Important Comic of the Day

May. 02 Comics, News Comments Off on Free Comic Book Day: Most Important Comic of the Day

What is the most important comic being given away on Free Comic Book Day?

Free Comic Book Day

Free Comic Book Day

The Publisher’s Answers

I am sure if you were to ask someone at Marvel about the most important comic being given away on Free Comic Book Day, he or she would answer “Infinity” since it is the official launch of one of the biggest crossovers in years. DC Comics would push Superman Special Edition. Image would remind you about The Walking Dead Special coming out while IDW would probably talk about TMNT New Animated Advenures. Essentially, each publisher would talk about whatever book their team is giving away. They would all be partially right and partially wrong.

A Fan’s Choice on Free Comic Book Day

A child might believe the most important comic on Free Comic Book Day would have to be Spongebob Comics Freestyle Funnies while a seasoned collector might also point to Infinity. A Star Wars fan would look at the Dark Horse offering as being the most important to her. Again, they would all be partially right and partially wrong.

What is the Most Important Comic of Free Comic Book Day?

The most important comic book of Free Comic Book Day is the one which opens your eyes to something new. You might be a DC Comics fan who gives Infinity a try and decides to give Marvel another chance. You might be a devout Marvelite who decides to try the DC Nation Super Sampler. You might decide to try something from one of the smaller presses and realize it is a perfect fit for you.

If you are new to comic books, or have not read one in years, any comic book you pick up on Free Comic Book Day is the most important. Any comics you read with help you realize why there are so many people who love comics and find them to be the best entertainment medium on the market. When you are leaving the comic book store on Saturday (hopefully our Detroit area comic book store), look down in your bag. Whatever is inside is the most important to you.

To learn more about Free Comic Book Day, please follow this link.

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Pairing the Right Superhero and Supervillain is Harder Than You Think

May. 02 Characters Comments Off on Pairing the Right Superhero and Supervillain is Harder Than You Think

Matching the right supervillain with the right superhero in a comic is an important task which is often overlooked or taken for granted by comic book readers. A strong pairing between a supervillain and a superhero can increase the importance of both characters and make for memorable battles which can have us talking for decades.

Pairing the right superhero and supervillain is often taken for granted.

Pairing the right superhero and supervillain is often taken for granted.

Supervillains as a Display of Power

Sometimes, supervillains have to be made to appear miniscule against a superhero to nightlight the superhero’s strength. From time to time, a comic book publisher might want to show how powerful a superhero is by having him or her face a supervillain which has given less powerful superheroes a run for their money. Images from the late 1970s come to mind when Doctor Strange had a fight with Porcupine which only lasted a few frames. While the quilled-villain was a tough battle for some superheroes, he could not hold his own against the Sorcerer Supreme for more than a moment.

Supervillains as an Equal Threat

Joker has proven over the years that he is a perfect match for Batman and Magneto has always made for interesting battles with The X-Men. Typically, supervillains are paired with superheroes which are only a notch above their level. Only the aspects of good make Spider-Man greater than Vulture or Lizard. This type of paring makes a villain a character to be feared by comic book readers. It is this type of pairing which help sell comics and keep us coming back for more each month.

Pairings to Teach a Lesson

Sometimes, we have pairings which are meant to teach us a lesson. These should be rare, but happened quite often over at the House of Ideas. At one point, Marvel thought it would be good to encourage kids to be everything they could be and teach a lesson about how kids can do anything they put their minds to. The negative part of this lesson was how Power Pack defeated characters such as Dr. Doom and Galactus. Really?

Pairing to Show Ethics

In all honesty, Superman should have done away with Lex Luthor decades ago. With one punch, the Man of Steel could send ol’ Lexy into orbit. The pairing of a human with a superpowered alien proves Kal-El’s humanity. Instead of crushing the thorn in his side, he respects the life of even the most evil human.

The next time you pick up a comic, think about the pairing of the supervillains and superheroes. You might be surprised by how you have overlooked the importance of these parings for so many years.

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All Superheroes are Failures for a Reason

Mar. 29 Characters no comments

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WWC March Madness Finals Are Set!

Mar. 27 Detroit Area Comic Book Store, News no comments

The votes have been cast and the Final Four Round in the WonderWorldComics.com March Madness Contest has ended. It was a heavy day for voting. If yesterday is any indication of how today will turn out – it will be epic!

The Finals are set in the WonderWorldComics.com March Madness Contest

The Finals are set in the WonderWorldComics.com March Madness Contest

March Madness Final Four Match 1: Young Avengers vs. The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead 63% Winner

Young Avengers 37% Loser

The Marvel bracket went head-to-head with the 5%ers, and Image Comics’ The Walking Dead was able to pull out the victory in the March Madness Final Four Round. This was one of the most contested matches of the tournament. Young Avengers had the early lead, but fans of the zombie thriller were able to come back and rally in the last half of the day. Marvelites tried to pour it on in the last few hours, but stalwart fans of Rick and his crew stayed online until the bitter end to fend off the attack.

March Madness Final Four Match 2: The Legend of OZ: Wicked West vs. Batman

The Legend of OZ: Wicked West 60% Winner

Batman 40% Loser

This matchup pitted the winner of the DC bracket against the winner of the Independent bracket. Batman was the favored winner as many people had the headlining title making it to the Championship. Big Dog Ink fans declared that scenario was not meant to be as they were rallied by the publisher throughout the day. The Legend of OZ: Wicked West has had one upset victory after another and ended up winning the most contested matchup – there were 9,500 votes cast in this matchup alone. Sorry Batman, but it is time to return to the Batcave because Big Dog Ink made you it’s bichon!

The Walking Dead vs. The Legend of OZ: Wicked West

Voting is open for the Championship Round and fans of The Walking Dead are at war with the fans of The Legend of OZ: Wicked West. Will today’s voting cast a shadow on the record set yesterday? Will Big Dog Ink continue to rile their fans until the bitter end? Will Image rile their fans in an attempt to have their headlining title win it all? Will Cinderella be eaten by zombies before the clock strikes 12? Will the power of OZ be too much for Rick and his companions?

The Discount

For making it to the March Madness Championship Round, The Legend of OZ: Wicked West and The Walking Dead will both receive a 25% discount on 3/27/2013. The winner of the final matchup will be granted a 25% discount for the next week!

The Bracket Winner

Tomorrow (Thursday), I will go through the large stack of brackets to tabulate the winner. I should have an announcement sometime tomorrow evening about which bracket posted the most points and who won the Wonderworld gift card!

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DC Comics On Wrong Path Already This Year?

Mar. 14 Comics no comments

Bleeding Cool is reporting a rumor that DC Comics’ big September event will result in 16 titles being eliminated with four weekly titles which will feature the four main company “families.” Speculation is sure to run rampant in the upcoming months about which titles will get the axe, but this article is not meant to speculate. It is meant to poke DC Comics in the ribs a few times and maybe cause them to wake the [Censored] up and smell the [Censored] coffee.

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WTF is DC Comics Doing Now?

According to the rumors in the report, the sixteen titles will be replaced by four weekly titles with one each revolving around the families in the Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and Justice League lines. The issues will have revolving creative casts. To make room, DC Comics will eliminate 16 titles, mostly from the bottom of the barrel and some (potentially) from the middle of the barrel.

Let’s Do Math

If DC Comics is going to eliminate 16 titles and replace them with four weekly titles, what the Hell are we gonna call it? The Newer 40? Note we are subtracting 16 from 52 to equal 36. When we add 4 more titles, we arrive at 40. Some company execs might be reading this and execs often prove they don’t know [Censored] about math.

Gravitational Pull

Does DC Comics honestly believe people are going to want to fill their pulls with weekly comics? The story style and artwork will be different with each issue, so there is little for fans to latch onto outside of the characters involved. Comic book readers gravitate towards comics which have creators they like and have become familiar with. This was proven years ago by such teams as Stan Lee and Jack [Censored] Kirby! One week, a strong team might be placed on the comic and a horrible one the next.

Market Stability

You cannot secure a place in the market if your purchase rate is going to go up and down week after week. Wake up! The market needs stability right now – not more ups and downs. DC Comics (Marvel you should listen up too), do you remember the up and down spikes in the 1990s? What happened to the [Censored] market when people got tired of the purchasing spikes? I kinda remember a market which got inundated with [Censored] and schlock which can’t even sell in $0.25 boxes today. Don’t do that to the market again.

What DC Needs to Do

Instead of simply axing sixteen comics, figure the[Censored] out why those comics are failing and breathe new life into them. National Allied Publications was founded in 1934 and was later rebranded as DC Comics. In almost 80 [Censored] years, the company has not learned how to resurrect a comic? Instead of shifting around the lines, DC should be focusing on getting readers involved again in their comics. I spent my entire life as a Marvelite, but the New 52 has won me over with most of my weekly pulls coming from DC instead of Marvel. Hey DC, if you can win me over, you can win over anyone if you just [Censored] try hard enough.

My Hope

I hope the elimination of titles and the introduction of weekly revolving comics is a rumor. Of course, nothing has come out from DC as contradicting it, so I am stuck being [Censored] [Censored] off about DC Comics going in the wrong direction. I just hope the rumors are wrong and DC Comics does not drop the [Censored] ball again.

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Why Expensive Comics Should Fit Into Your Comic Book Collection

Mar. 07 Comic Book Collecting no comments

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Fan Fiction vs. Property-Based Comic Books

Mar. 03 Comics no comments

I found myself in a conversation yesterday in the store about comics which are based on TV shows or movies and fan fiction. The customer believed comics such as Dr. Who, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Star Wars were nothing more than glorified fan fiction. I explained how this could not be further from the truth.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

What is Fan Fiction?

Fan fiction is comprised of stories which the fans of a show or movie have written in the hope of bringing themselves and readers closer to the characters. Typically, fan fiction does not have the approval of the original creators of the characters and typically do not make money. A simple search of Google will turn up thousands of fan sites for everything from “Firefly” to “Dr. Who” to “Bladerunner.” I do not wish to talk down about fan fiction, but most of it is pretty bad. You can find a diamond here and there, but most of the fanboys and fangirls who write fan fiction have no experience whatsoever.

Difference of Comics Based on Established Products

The comic books on the market based on established properties from outside of the typical realm of comics, such as Star Wars and Buffy have the blessings of the original creators. While the content might not be considered as complete canon law when it comes to the characters being portrayed, don’t you think Disney would speak up if Dark Horse took an established character from the Star Wars Universe down the wrong path? If Yoda became an alcoholic or Ben Kenobi was portrayed as a pedophile, there would be major disruptions in the force and potentially in court.

Sometimes, the original creator of a property gets directly involved in the comic book based off of his or her property. Just think about how the Firefly comic might be different if Joss Whedon had not taken the lead on the title.

The storylines in these comics are developed over months and have the input of many different creators. Fan fiction is usually the work of one person who does not have the blessings of anyone involved in the original project. If you ever hear someone making an analogy between fan fiction and comics, make sure you set him or her on the right path.

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Comic Book Stores are Like Casinos

Feb. 26 Comic Book Collecting no comments

I love walking into comic book stores and casinos. As a comic book reader and collector, there are very few places that give me the charge that I get when walking into a store and seeing shelves lined with comic books. Ok, walking into a casino can come close – but not close enough. A comic book store is a lot like a casino and I doubt there have ever been many people who have made the association between the two. For those who know me, you should have expected me to compare two of my favorite types of locations.

Comic book stores are like casions

Comic book stores are like casions

Bright Colors

One of the first things you will notice when walking into a casino or a comic book store is the bright colors all around. The casino owners use the bright colors to bring your attention to the slots, the table games and to the entertainment. Comic book companies use bright colors and visually-enticing covers to draw you in in much the same way. If a slot machine looked bland and devoid of flashing lights, would you stop and play? If a comic had a bland cover, would it catch your eye?

Location of Shared Interest

Walk into a casino and listen to the conversations patrons are having. With all of my trips to Las Vegas, I have heard the full gambit of possible conversations over the years, but the majority of people are talking about gambling, particular games, or winning money. If you walk into any of the comic book stores in the world, chances are good that most of the conversations will be about reading comics, particular comics, or the shared experiences of comic book readers. Casinos and comic book stores are hubs for people who share common interests.

The Big Gambles of Comic Book Stores

Chances are good that you might not actively think about gambling when you are in a comic book store, but you are – and others are as well. When you pick up an issue, you are taking a gamble that you are going to like it. When you purchase a variant cover for the collectability factor, you are betting on the issue increasing in value over time. In fact, I have heard more about comic book speculators in the last few months than I have about sports betting speculators.

Don’t forget that comic book companies are speculating with every title and storyline. They are betting on you buying each title they have. Sometimes they win and sometimes they lose. Owners of comic book stores are speculating when they place their orders. Sometimes they order the correct amount of a title, sometimes they get burned, and sometimes they wish they ordered more.

Leaving with Anticipation

Every time I have entered a plane leaving Las Vegas, I have anticipated my next trip to Sin City. Leaving comic book stores gives me the same feeling. I wonder about what types comics or merchandise they will have the next time I arrive and what types of conversations I will have while there. Now if I could only get free drinks in comic book stores…

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Why Hoax Hunters is One of My Favorite Titles

Feb. 18 Comics no comments

Hoax Hunters is only on issue #7, but has quickly become one of my favorite titles on the market right now. If you have not checked Hoax Hunters out yet, you really should as it has a great mix of interesting characters, strong writing and artwork, and puts a unique spin on a current genre from TV.

Hoax Hunters

Hoax Hunters

The Story of Hoax Hunters

In the comic, the Hoax Hunters are the cast of a popular reality TV show which outwardly debunks popular myths and monsters each week. Behind the scenes, though, the characters attempt to either protect the creatures they are hunting after or they attempt to destroy them.

The Fit

“Ghost Hunters,” “Destination Truth,” “Ghost Adventures,” and the myriad of other paranormal/reality shows which explore the “What if?” questions of the world’s mythos have countless fans who wait to see the “evidence” presented each week. There have been rumors for years about these shows being fabricated. The creators of Hoax Hunters put a spin on this type of reality TV show by having the stars fabricate their lack of evidence of the existence of cryptids and paranormal creatures or entities.

The Hoax Hunters

Jack is the leader of the group and a former government agent. He is a strong African-American character who is not born of stereotypes or clichés found in many African-American characters. He is a no-nonsense kinda guy who can think his way, or fight his way, out of a situation.

Reagan is the pretty girl on the show, but can wield mystical power. She is a quick thinker who (so far) knows when to expose her powers and when to keep her tricks up her sleeve. She is a character which almost any comic book title could be built around

There is a member of the Hoax Hunters for zombie fans. Ken is an intelligent undead creature. He is in constant battle with his past but tries to do what he could to help the group whenever possible. Two of the few comforts in his unlife are the comfort of the group and the protection it provides.

I could write an article on Murder, but I will keep my statements to a few lines in order to tease you into reading Hoax Hunters. He is a floating space suit filled with crows. The crows are sentient and will help the crew. He is the most original character in the title and one of the more original characters in years.

Hoax Hunters is on my weekly pull list and I have found myself reading it first when I get home. Give it a change – you will be happy you did.

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Comic Book Dividers: Start Using Them Already

Feb. 18 Comic Book Collecting no comments

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Why The Defenders Comics Failed

Feb. 10 Comics Comments Off on Why The Defenders Comics Failed

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Religion in Comics: Is There a Place?

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