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McFarlane Spidey 313 Original Cover Art on eBay!

With about a day left in the auction as we post this, the current high bid is about $57,000. UPDATE: Winning bid ended up being $71,200.

Per the seller’s auction description, “I was in the comic art, and toy collectable business for 35 years, and it is my opinion, based on . . . → Read More: McFarlane Spidey 313 Original Cover Art on eBay!

Akira House Ad, 1988

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New Universe “Heroes” House Ad, 1986

As opposed to the “Expect the Unexpected” one, that we’ve posted previously…

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Buckaroo Banzai

Man, could you even get this movie made today? Below is the ad for it that ran in some 1984 Marvel titles — what a great logo design! Love it. And then below that, not the trailer, but the very creative . . . → Read More: Buckaroo Banzai

Thoughts on CGC “slabbed” Copper Age Comics…

An excerpt from a letter published in the October 1989 edition of Overstreet’s Price Update, which we’ve had a past blog on:

“…I feel some impartial office or ‘council on grading’ needs to be established. I know if I’m buying a $500 or $1000 or whatever book, I wouldn’t mind at . . . → Read More: Thoughts on CGC “slabbed” Copper Age Comics…

Comic Images Promotional Poster, May 1990

New Jersey based Comics Images did a ton of licensed Marvel merch in the late ’80s into the ’90s — t-shirts, card sets, stickers, etc.

Below is a promo poster sent to comic shops in 1990, grabbed off of an eBay listing…

…and here’s an excerpt from the auction description:

These early 1990′s posters generally showed various . . . → Read More: Comic Images Promotional Poster, May 1990

Marvel Jackets House Ad, 1988

Spidey hawking some fairly pricey jackets (for the time), featuring a classic image by Todd!

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20/20 on Marvel’s 25th Anniversary

From 1986, amazing that this is almost 25 years ago! Videos part one and . . . → Read More: 20/20 on Marvel’s 25th Anniversary