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The full page ad, followed by a zoom-in on some specific titles. Note the low McFarlane Amazing Spidey prices (for issues 298 to 305), as this was just before his work on the series REALLY took off… . . . → Read More: East Coast Comics Back Issue Ad, Mid ’88 Scanned out of the same 1989 New England Comics catalog that had the Batman back issue “disclaimer,” here’s what Animal Man back issues were going for at . . . → Read More: Animal Man Back Issue Listing, NEC Fall ’89 Okay, with this post, we’re gonna introduce what we call “echo nostalgia.” That is, nostalgia for someone else’s nostalgia. To better explain: Sure, this blog focuses on nostalgia for the Copper Age of Comics (1984 – 1991). However, one of the predominant trends in back issue collecting during the mid to late ’80s, was the rapid escalation . . . → Read More: Gerry Ross / Robert Crestohl – Silver Age Back Issue Ad, Early 1988 Part one of seven videos from 1986, that Manhattan’s Forbidden Planet posted on YouTube. Not that entertaining, but definitely fun in parts when we catch glimpses of what’s on the new comic racks at the time, such as the Dark Knight trade paperbacks at about 52 . . . → Read More: Forbidden Planet NYC, 1986 Okay, the above pretty well represents what I remember a Great Eastern dealer having on his wall at shows circa 1990: The Killing Joke first print, on display with all the subsequent printings that had been released, at that point in time. (Can’t remember if The Killing Joke was actually up to its sixth print at . . . → Read More: Killing Joke first print…and second…and… Coming off of the “Batmania” of the Summer of ’89, NEC explains on the inside front cover of their Fall ’89 catalog, the continued fierce demand for key Batman back issues and their difficulties keeping them . . . → Read More: New England Comics’ “Batman Back Issue Disclaimer,” 1989 Delta Tenn #1, from 1987. Believe it or not, pretty sure I bought this off the rack NOT at my comic shop, but at a local stationary store! Shows you how during the Black & White indie boom of the mid ’80s, even stuff like this found its way into “civilian” stores. What caught my eye about . . . → Read More: Delta Tenn |
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