Category: Nostalgia
I gently tap the button with the Avengers logo on it. One panel in the chest-high cabinet clicks as my request is acknowledged. With a smooth hiss and a puff of air the climate-controlled, humidity-free drawer glides forward. LED lighting along each side blinks on, banishing the...
This is the second installment of a deep dive into investment possibilities related to the introduction of a new Spidey suit and the 25 variations that are options. In Part 1, we took a look at trends and ROI when it came to the Black Suit Symbiote introduced in Amazing Spider-Man #252 and Marvel...
According to most of the Wall Street analysts, precious metals are the investment for our times. Everyone is buying gold like we are going to be thrown back to the Stone Age. Even Warren Buffet has given up his bank stocks for the precious metal. I prefer...
Turning boxes of comics into an actual "collection" means I have to organize things. When I had three boxes of comics that simply meant putting each title into numerical order. This was a pretty simple task. It was slowed down only by me agonizing over missed issues,...
"We are... only what we are, darling... I tried... to be worthy of you... of the Avengers... but... like Kang... I was doomed... from the beginning... I'm a failure... I'm just... one of those people... who doesn't count." With those final words, Jacques DuQuesne - the Swordsman,...
It came today. Star Wars #59, aka the Imperial Biker Scout, arrived in the mail and I could not be more excited. Let's look at the Star Wars action figure variants. Star Wars Action Figure Variants One of the joys of collecting is completing a...
Comic books are a vehicle we use to temporarily escape our reality. They take us to a place where good guys get to win. A place where doing the right thing is the norm, not the exception. Comics can make us laugh and make us cry. Great...
The Modern Age of comics started with the advent of Image Comics. This commercial concern was the first viable alternative to Marvel or DC in the 90s. It's predecessor, my beloved Bronze Age was about change and upheaval leftover from the 60s; it was ushered in by...
If you are a fan of 1980s nostalgia, then you should add the Marvel Saga and its epic wraparound covers to your collection. As a comic fan of the 1980s, there is so much to love about The Marvel Saga, but in terms of investing, there is...
The next generation is forging ahead toward true investment diversification. Up until now, portfolio diversity has been a good mix of index funds, or bonds, stocks, or gold and the like. All of these have had fantastic runs in the market over time. Another...