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Some of the most valuable comic books of the 1960s were the inspirations for the billion-dollar comic book movies we all love now. This was the Silver Age of comic books. Comic book characters like Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and the Avengers made their debut during this era.

Comic books require constant protection. You can’t just throw raw comic books into a long box, not unless you want them to fade and disintegrate over time. That is why comic book sleeves were created. Comic books fade and disintegrate when exposed to sunlight.

When I was a kid, protecting comic books was the furthest thing from my mind. It is a self-defeating mindset to have if you love comic books. Comic books depreciate in physical and potential investment value due to exposure to the elements. You should be aware of every option available…

We just got our new Superman film, but it may be a while before we get a new Batman film. Still, Batman is one of the most popular comic book characters ever created. Batman comic books usually sell more than Superman comics. With all due respect to the Man of…

As of this posting, the Thunderbolts* have barely made $381 million globally. Jump in the thread and tell me that is a success, please; then, also admit that Captain America: Brave New World is also a hit, since it made $415 million. Since the MCU retitled the film New Avengers,…

2023’s The Marvels was a bad film. However, there was one rumor at the time that made me desperately hope for an unannounced supporting superhero role in the film. Online fans at the time said Blue Marvel might appear. That did not happen. Blue Marvel is one of the most…

The success of MCU Black Panther is a lot like that of MCU Iron Man, if you think about it. People have short memory spans, but no one knew who Iron Man was before 2008. Most filmgoers had no idea who Black Panther was before his 2016 introduction in Captain…

In 2025, the world is craving representation, and not for its own sake. For almost a century, the template for a superhero was a white male or a white person in general. That was not a happy accident; that template was the result of race politics. (More on that later.)…

Edgar Allan Poe once said, “There is no beauty without some strangeness.” I disagree. Sometimes, strange is just downright strange. The first Avengers comic book came out in 1963. These characters are now globally ubiquitous thanks to the billion-dollar MCU machine. However, some comic book fans, like myself, will tell…