All right, Gene, ya got me. To put that into context, about two years ago, I met Gene in person for the first time at the Baltimore Comic-Con. As we spent time comparing notes on who we met, who we talked to, and what we bought, he handed me this pile of Quasar comic books. …
Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
I am a sucker for a good rockumentary (do they even use that word anymore?). To this day, The Last Waltz is one of the few Scorsese films I've seen in its entirety, and even though I don't have much love left for Metallica, the tour doc "A Year and a Half in the Life of …
Justice League America #99
The only reason I have this comic is that I once thought I was going to spend episode 99 of Pop Culture Affidavit going over 9 #99 issues from the 1990s. I already owned one of those and bought a couple more, this among them. Otherwise, I wouldn't have touched this issue. It's the epitome …
Secret Origins #19, 20, 22, 23, Annual 1
I continue to make my way through this pile of 1980s Secret Origins books that I accumulated via Shortboxtober a couple of years ago. Right now, I'm still in the first half of the series where Roy Thomas was still the driving force behind it and was ensuring that the origins of classic DC superheroes …
Uncollecting Update June 2019
As always, let’s start with the numbers. Media consumed # (remaining/total) Movies Watched 3 (149/156) Books Read: 9 (115/149) Comics Read: 24 (469/738) Podcast Episodes Remaining: 110 June was a bit of an odd month for all of this, and you'll notice that I didn't post very much. I spent about half the month on …
X-Men: Mutant Genesis
So this was a digital graphic novel from one of Amazon's deep-discount Marvel sales that I got for about $1.99 a while ago and I had been saving it for when I was completely done with my Essential X-Men volumes (and had read what was in between). But I am only up to the first …
Fighting the Indepdendents, 6/5/19-6/12/19
So here's my first week of sorting through that big box of independent comics in my closet. I wasn't discerning as to what I decided to read--I just picked the comics that were in the front of the box and grabbed the first handful. Here's what I read and the verdict for each (in case …
What if it Won’t Sell?
The tale is as old as collecting and collectibles--you had something that mom threw away or gave away and years later, it's worth a mint. Even I have wondered, over the years, what type of money I would have made from my old Masters of the Universe Toys (which are the only toys that I …
First Strike: The Invasion! Podcast
Invasion! was a DC Comics crossover event that I wasn't present for and out of the four that were published before I jumped on with Armageddon 2001 in 1991, it was the one I probably read the least when I did own the issues back in the 1990s. I thought it was fine but was …
Barb Wire: Ace of Spades #1
I honestly can't remember how I got this comic. Either it was in the box of random comics that a woman gave to me after a PD session some years ago or Professor Alan sent it my way. Either way, I never paid for it and I'm honestly glad that I didn't. My love of …
The Uncollecting 