I may be in the minority these days, but I love anything to do with the Wild West — except the Will Smith movie, the Wild Wild West, that was garbage — I just can’t get enough of the old Sonoran scenery, saloons, and shootouts. There have been so many great “recent” Western movies, but they just don’t seem to […]
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V is for Viper Launch Station
Okay, I admit that the letter “V” had me stumped. Sure, I could have gone with something like “villains” or “vintage,” but those topics were too broad for my headache-challenged brain today, so I looked around the cave and found this… The Battlestar Galactica Viper Launch Station toy from Mattel! Isn’t this just the greatest box art […]
U is for the Uncanny X-Men
When I was a kid, I was all about the Uncanny X-Men. This series had me enthralled with its perfect mix of complex characters and universe-spanning adventures, and just looking at these covers brings back fond memories of reading them and dissecting the stories with my friends. I may have had a half dozen long boxes filled […]
T is for 12-Cent Comics
When I was a kid, I would walk right on by the bins of old comics, only interested in the newest titles and stories. I stopped collecting comics in 1990, the year I went off to college, but in the last few years, I was infected with the 12-cent bug — I just can’t pass up a comic sporting the 12-cent price in […]
S is for Spider-Man
Okay, I’m picking the low hanging fruit for today’s topic, but I’m three days behind so gimme a break. Spider-Man is one of the “Big 4” for me when it comes to collecting. I focus on vintage Batman, Superman, Hulk, and Spider-Man items, but will occasionally pick up a random Captain America or Green Lantern […]