A Slippery Slope in Three Steps
Last summer, my wife said she wanted a handful of strong female action figures to go on a shelf behind her in her office.
She chose a pretty cool mix and inevitably I’ve been sucked into collecting some too!
Last summer, my wife said she wanted a handful of strong female action figures to go on a shelf behind her in her office.
She chose a pretty cool mix and inevitably I’ve been sucked into collecting some too!
The news of DC’s new line of chunky paperback collected editions – DC Finest – has certainly got me excited. There has definitely been a bit of a dry spell for classic material from DC, particularly in paperback format. So the new line is really welcome news.
However, I’m sure I’m not the only one who is comparing the released details of the new books against what I’ve already got on my shelves.
I’m going to take a look at Batman and Superman below as there have been recent volumes from DC covering similar time periods.
(more…)What a catchy title for a book! A few months ago, I finally managed to track a copy of this Masterwork down for a not crazy price. As this was the final gap in the older volumes of the Masterworks in my collection, I’d thought I’d briefly celebrate snagging it Read more…
I wasn’t exaggerating when I said somebody’s lit a fire under DC with this line. Since publishing my last post there have been more details released and even more titles added to the line!
(more…)I don’t have any examples of the new line in hand, but copies are beginning to trickle out I believe. So, I feel fairly safe to follow up the Marvel ReMasterworks post with this from the DC side of things.
As this announcement from DC suggests, interesting things are afoot. My collector’s antennae are already twitching!
(more…)Interested in the Masterworks line but missed out on those early volumes? This could be just for you!
The news regarding “ReMasterworks” was announced way back in summer 2022 by Marvel but I was rather sceptical. Wouldn’t Marvel be cannibalising it’s own sales in what I presume is a pretty small niche? I decided to sit back and wait until I had some examples in my hands. Well, my scepticism was unfounded. I’m pleased to say the line has been going for at least a year now and the books look great.
(more…)Swapping out books for newer editions, “upgrading” from paperbacks to hardbacks and plain old sorting stuff out and down sizing! Between all that I’ve got quite a few listings on eBay. It’s a bit of an odd mixture over all, but the most recent listings are: All prices include postage Read more…
Ol’ Subby is probably my favourite from the early 1940s/Golden Age. Not only could Namor’s creator Bill Everett draw – and what lush inking! – he could write. Sure, this is primitive stuff compared to comics published now, but his characters packed plenty of personality! This is helped by this Read more…
It’s been (ulp!) over a year ago since I last posted anything about the twin lines of The Caped Crusader and The Dark Knight Detective books! There’s not been much movement in the months since, but there is some news. It looks like the sister line, the Caped Crusader is Read more…
Not long after posting about the Moon Knight Omnibuses last year, I tripped over this fun thing which I just had to have – a facsimile edition of Moon Knight #1! I am probably the last person to have realised that there’s a whole series of these published by Marvel Read more…