Alter Ego Comics has listed 5 Golden Age comic books for auction on eBay. They are in remarkably good condition considering their age. The auctions are scheduled to end on Wednesday, June 25th:
Batman #9 Good/Very Good+ 1942
Superman #6 Good/Very Good+ 1940
Whiz Comics #12 Captain Marvel Very Good+ 1941
Detective Comics #41 First Robin Solo Story 1941
Look for more Golden Age comic auctions from Alter Ego Comics in the days and weeks ahead.
It’s been a few weeks since the last H&V post, so I’ve got a little catching up to do:
Villain: Diamond Select Toys – DST has announced a new partnership with Toys R Us which means that this formerly comic store exclusive company is spitting in the faces of the stores that helped build their business. Don’t get me wrong, I understand that DST is a business and has to do what it can to survive, but as a specialty store, we’re not happy with this announcement.
Villain: Hot Toys – The Hot Toys Dark Knight Batman, Joker and Bank Robber Joker were all supposed to be available in the United States before Christmas. We learned yesterday that all three of these highly anticipated figures are being allocated to retailers, shipping approximately 25% of their orders on Christmas Eve, with the balance of retailer orders shippping 2nd quarter 2009! Now we’re hearing rumors that the allocated shipment may not show up until January 2nd. Way to turn what should have been a Merry Christmas for retailers and consumers into Bah, Humbug.
Hero: Ethan Van Sciver – The comic book artist has a new weekly column at Newsarama that has the Alter Ego Comics staff doubling over with laughter. He’s done five columns so far, and each one is laugh out loud funny.
Hero: Santa Claus and the Baby Jesus – It is Christmas, afterall.
See ya next time!
Secret Invasion #8 came out this week, bringing to an end Marvel’s big event of the year. While I do think that it could have been done in 5 or 6 issues, a tip of the hat to Brian Michael Bendis for writing a solid story that was enjoyable to read. Many of the crossover issues were also worthwhile (New Avengers, Secret Invasion Thor), but there was still some fluff, too (Secret Invasion X-Men, Secret Invasion Spider-Man).
Not only was Secret Invasion good stuff, but it’s got me really looking forward to Dark Reign, and what comes next.
Sideshow Collectibles released their first 1/6 scale Indiana Jones figure this week, Indy from Raiders of the Lost Ark. If you’ve read my recent posts, then you know I’m a huge Indy fan. So this one is coming home with me, too. Cool accessories and multiple heads are just two reasons to own this collectible figure. You can still snag it at Alter Ego Comics for 10% below the retail price.
I took some time last weekend to go through the December Previews catalog and a number of things jumped out at me:
Agents of Atlas #1 – Really? Wasn’t there an Agents mini series like a year and a half ago that sold next to nothing?
Ultimate Wolverine vs Hulk #1 and #2 (new printings) – Oh my lord!
Astonishing Tales #1 – I’m all for a good anthology series, and this might be it.
Fantastic Four #564 – “a very special Christmas issue”…shipping in January.
Models, Inc. #1 – WTF!!!!
Wolverine Omnibus Vol. 1 – Even though I own nearly everything in this 944 page behemoth, I might just buy it to have a nice, giant hardcover collection of everything.
Toys/Statues
Hellboy II BPRD Ring – Nifty!
Captain America Fine Art Statue – featuring the new costume, (and new Cap).
I’ll be back next month with a review of the January 2009 Previews.
Welcome to the first edition of a little column that I like to call “Heroes and Villains of the Week.” In this (hopefully) weekly column, I’ll be giving a thumbs up or a thumbs down to items from the world of popular culture. Since “thumbs up and thumbs down” are copyrighted, and since I was looking for something that would work well with Alter Ego Comics, I’ve settled on heroes and villains. So, here we go…
Hero: Sideshow Collectibles, for their wicked cool Toht 12 inch action figure.
Villain: Master Replicas, for delaying most of their products, (including the Halo Energy Sword), until 2009.
Hero: Kotobukiya, for releasing their Incredible Hulk Movie Fine Art Statues ahead of schedule.
Villain: DC Comics, for the twisted mess that was Batman: RIP.
Villain: Diamond Select Toys, for going with a repaint, (Pilot Episode Sulu), instead of a new figure in their Star Trek TOS line.
See ya next time.
*The views expressed in Heroes and Villains are those of Marc Bowker, and do not reflect the views of Alter Ego Comics.
