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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero No. 4
Mar 18th, 2026 by Rusty

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G.I. Joe, A Real American Hero #4

  • Date: October 1982
  • Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
  • Cover Price: 60¢
  • 2013 Price Range: $3 - $25
  • Stats: 22 color pages plus ads, "Postbox: The Pit!" letters page and Bullpen Bulletins
  • Writer: Larry Hama
  • Other Artists: Herb Trimpe, Jack Abel & Jon D’Agostino, Diana Albers, George Roussos
  • Notable Notes: The Joes foil a nuclear bomb plot!

A Sign Of The Early 1980s

After reading a review of G.I. Joe A Real American Hero #1 over at Comics Bronze Age I was in the mood to read me some G.I. Joe comic books! I had forgotten (or, more likely, didn't realize) that these books reflected the right-leaning political sentiments of the day. I had to smile at the contents, but it was a great walk down nostalgia's lane as I recalled not only one of my favorite comic books of my childhood but also my some of my favorite toys!

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Akiko On The Planet Smoo No. 1
Mar 11th, 2026 by Rusty

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Akiko On The Planet Smoo #1

  • Date: December 1995
  • Publisher: Sirius Entertainment
  • Cover Price: $3.95
  • 2013 NM Price: $5.00
  • Stats: 40 black & white pages
  • Story and Art: Mark Crilley
  • Notable Notes: 1st appearance of Akiko and friends

The Final Piece Of My Collection!

I started reading the Akiko comic series back in the late 1990s, and enjoyed it so much that I made an effort to get all of the comic books. It has taken me a long time, but with the purchase of this book I finally completed my collection! This one-shot was the first comic featuring Akiko and her band of misfit friends, then there was the regular comic series that ran for 52 issues. I must say, I've been please with all of them, and this issue is no exception!

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Daredevil No. 168
Mar 4th, 2026 by Rusty

Cover of Daredevil #168

Daredevil #168

  • Date: January 1981
  • Publisher: Marvel Comics Group
  • Cover Price: 50¢
  • 2013 Price Range: $11 - $200
  • Stats: 30 color pages plus ads and “Let's Level with Daredevil” letters page
  • Writer and Artist: Frank Miller
  • Other Artists: Klaus Janson, Dr. Martin, Joe Rosen
  • Notable Notes: Origin and 1st appearance of Elektra, 1st Miller scripts

An Excuse To Get This Issue!

I enjoy collecting comics - you know, the actual tracking down, haggling and finally obtaining an issue that I have long sought after. And creating this web site gives me the perfect excuse to get some issues I have wanted for a long time - like this one! To be honest ebay is the route I mostly take for used comics, and I put in many bids on many different DD #168 auctions before I finally won this one. It cost me $50 (that is 100 times its original price!) but I think it is in much better condition than advertised, and I was very pleased with the purchase. Hopefully one day I can sell it for at least a little bit of a profit - but if not then no big deal, because it was totally worth buying just to read the classic story inside!

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Captain America No. 6 (Vol. 3)
Feb 25th, 2026 by Rusty

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Captain America #6 (Vol. 3)

  • Date: June 1998
  • Publisher: Marvel Comics
  • Cover Price: $1.99
  • 2013 NM Price: $3.00
  • Stats: 22 color pages plus ads, Bullpen Bulletins and “American Graffiti” letters page
  • Writer: Mark Waid
  • Artists: Dale Eaglesham, Scott Koblish, Joe Rosas, John Costanza
  • Notable Notes: A fake Captain America causes quite a stir!

The Curse of The Empire State Building!

Is it just me or do only bad things seem to happen at the Empire State Building in all forms of entertainment? I mean c'mon - this issue aside the only time I ever see the famous NY building in a movie it is always being destroyed, used as a base for evil or breaking someone's heart! Surely there has to be some uplifting portrayals of the Empire State Building - doesn't there?

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Unknown Worlds No. 35
Feb 18th, 2026 by Rusty

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Unknown Worlds #35

  • Date: Oct-Nov 1964
  • Publisher: American Comics Group
  • Cover Price: 12¢
  • 2013 Price Range: $5 - $70
  • Stats: 25 color pages plus "Kisses and Hisses" letters column and ads
  • Writers: Lafcadio Lee, Pierre Alonzo
  • Artists: Edd Ashe, Pete Costanza
  • Notable Notes: An early appearance of a somewhat popular secret agent!

An Amazing Discovery!

The story of how I came to possess this comic book is an awesome one! So, in the late 1990s my oldest brother was remodeling an old house in a small, rural town. As he was gutting the kitchen area he found this comic inside one of the walls! Realizing that it might be valuable he carefully pulled it out from between the crumbling dry-wall and eventually brought it to me to see how much it was worth. Given its condition I told him it was worth about $10 - $20 dollars. Well, that didn't make his eyes light up with dollar signs, so he eventually gave it to me! I think it is a great comic book, and even if it is only worth $10 that is still 83 times its original value! Yay for old comics!

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Betty and Me No. 152
Feb 11th, 2026 by Rusty

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Betty and Me #152

  • Date: July 1986
  • Publisher: Archie Comics Group
  • Cover Price: 75¢
  • 2013 NM Price: $5.00
  • Stats: 23 color pages plus "Dear Betty" letters column, word search, hairstyles and ads
  • Writers: George Gladir
  • Artists: Stan G, Rudy Lapick, Bill Yoshida
  • Notable Notes: Betty tries her darnedest to snag Archie!

The Luckiest Man!

Ah, Archie - the envy of men everywhere! Is there any guy luckier than the man who has not 1 but 2 beautiful women chasing after him? I was jealous as a teenager reading these issues, and now as a middle aged man - well, I'm still a little bit jealous! Oh well, joining in on all the fun, hi-jinks and plain good luck of Archie is half the fun of reading these issues... right?

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Daredevil No. 20 (Vol. 3)
Feb 4th, 2026 by Rusty

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Daredevil #20 (Vol. 3)

  • Date: January 2013
  • Publisher: Marvel Comics
  • Cover Price: $2.99
  • Stats: 21 color pages plus ads
  • Writer: Mark Waid
  • Artists: Chris Samnee, Javier Rodriguez, Joe Caramagna, Paolo Rivera
  • Notable Notes: Daredevil battles Coyote while headless!

Heads In Jars?

Did you ever see the cartoon series Futurama? It features several famous, dead celebrities whose heads have been preserved in jars of fluid - and they are still sentient. It was quite funny to see some famous US Presidents chewing out people in the 30th century! Anyway, this issue has a bit of a different spin on the whole headlessness thing, and it is well played too!

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Meridian No. 2
Jan 28th, 2026 by Rusty

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Meridian #2

  • Date: August 2000
  • Publisher: CrossGen Comics
  • Cover Price: $2.95
  • 2013 NM Price: $3.00
  • Stats: 22 color pages plus recap page, house ads, "Delineations" letters column and "Milestones"
  • Writer: Barbara Kesel
  • Artists: Joshua Middleton, Dexter Vines, Michael Atiyeh, Dave Lanphear
  • Notable Notes: Sephie begins to question her uncle!

This Story Sounds Familiar

Even though I loved this book there were some elements of it that sounded kind of familiar: a princess in exile, a devious ruler with ulterior motives, a ruffian boy that is just so charming. Now where have I heard all this before? *Cough - Aladdin - cough* Hmm... I'm sure it'll come to me. :-)

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The Man of Steel No. 2
Jan 21st, 2026 by Rusty

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The Man of Steel #2

  • Date: 1986
  • Publisher: DC Comics
  • Cover Price: 75¢
  • 2013 NM Price: $4.00
  • Stats: 22 color pages plus "Meanwhile..." letters column
  • Writer & Penciller: John Byrne
  • Other Artists: Dick Giordano, Tom Zuiko, John Costanza
  • Notable Notes: Introducing... Lois Lane!

Early Superman Stories

I'm not sure how many other times the early Superman stories have been retold in comic form, probably a lot, but I sure enjoyed reading them in this series. Since I'm way too young to have been around during the Golden and Silver Age of comics, my main reference for Superman's origins came from the 1978 movie, so it was very fun to read about all those "big" moments in a comic book - and one that didn't cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to boot!

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Richie Rich GEMS No. 47
Jan 14th, 2026 by Rusty

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Richie Rich GEMS #47

  • Date: 2012
  • Publisher: KiZoic (an imprint of Ape Entertainment)
  • Cover Price: $3.99
  • Stats: 28 color pages plus one house ad
  • Writers: Sid Jacobson, Ralph Newman, Lennie Herman, Tom DeFalco
  • Artists: Ernie Colon, Warren Kremer, Sid Couchey, Armando Zanker
  • Notable Notes: An issue about aliens and robots!

New and Classic Richie Rich Stories!

I bought this issue along with Richie Rich: Rich Rescue #5 so that I could try out both new Richie Rich titles from KiZoic. While that one features the new look of the modern Richie, this one sticks with the classic style, and includes new, original stories as well as digitally re-colored old ones. I was impressed with the modern Richie Rich, so let's see how this one stacks up shall we?

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