Grimm never looked so GOOD!

Horror!  You want Horror then this is it, Gold Key's Grimms Ghost stories came out in 1972 and unlike Twilight Zone it was true gore at its finest! However that was 1972!  NOW ITS MODERN DAY and Zenescope is bringing the Gore back in Fashion!

Enter Grimm Fairy Tales a comic dedicated to your youth and memory of those great movies your parents took you too.  Well, thats kind of right?  The only thing that you will remember from the movies is the title.  Other then that strap your boots on and get ready for your mind to say W.T.F! (WHAT THE FAIRY!) 

There are so many players that are involved in one of the Best Indies out there from Joe Brusha, Ralph Tedesco,David Seidman, and, of course fan favorite, Raven Gregory and many more that have contributed to this awesome comic. Even the spin offs run rapid and are just as great!

Well it comes to this in a nutshell! Everything you find wholesome with family values you won't find to much here.  Yes there is a time I might ERRRR I mean you might cry for instance, The Last Unicorn issue 43, last couple of pages.  However, most the time your on the edge of your seat drooling for more! 

Speaking of Drooling, if you don't know how to find the comic in your L.C.S just look for some of the greatest Comic Covers of all time! The covers are like when you see something a far on the side of the road and you tell yourself "I'm not going to look" but when you get to it you peak real fast! Well theres no peaking here you will be memorized by the richness of colors and WELL the women they but on the covers.  (I hope they do a story on Star Wars one day with Princess Leia in that.........hmmm what was I talking about?)  

Need a break you can check out this video on some of the GFT covers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKu1Ic3tMeU

Okay back to the story line. Imagine if Luke Skywalker said to Kenobi " I want to be a Dark Lord like my father" (wow back to back Star Wars flash backs) or Stan Lee laughing at Jack Kirby's character ideas and saying "NO way, its all about  fluffy cuddly characters! Thats the direction Marvel is going!"  Each issue is based on the orginal story line premise. However, Hansel and Gretel ends just a tad diffrent from it original ending. From Cinderella, Three Little Pigs and Snow White your minds are warped in following Sela, whom seems to be doing the right thing, but NO ONE freaking pays her Heed!  They just create unneeded havoc and you LOVE it! 

Now every issue you read there is a lot of imagination involved and you get to travel all over the place.  The back ground art is FANTASTIC.  Its main character Sela is easy to relate with and comes across as your friendly neighborhood country girl who is dressed quite, well..... lets just say you be the judge of that. (I think of Mary Ann and Daisy Dukes a lot when I see SELA) 

Now the series is getting up there 46 issues and counting. You might have some problems finding some of the early issues.  The print runs are not that big and they are trying to get as many print runs out as possible with out tarnishing the books collectability. And, of course you can always get the trades as well.

Now there is the Following as well...

Return To Wonderland:

Beyond Wonderland:

Escape From Wonderland:

Tales From Wonderland:

The Piper:

Neverland:

Now, these all have limited series runs. Most are 0-6 and are one story ARC and I highly recommended all of them. These are also much easier to find. Cover art is just plain Rockstar.

Now,believe it or not, this is the ONLY series I know in the history of comics that has a collector base of collecting the covers only. Some put it at 15%. Thats right they DON'T read the story at all.  Crazy, but again check out a couple of covers and you'll know why!   

Now, those of you that have read any off my blogs know normally I talk quite a bit about the story line.  However in G.F.T there are just to many. I can just tell you try them all. They are keepers every one of them!

Now when you got Raven Gregory in the mix it just gets better.  Yes, he is a local and might have some favortism in this blog!  However, Drink a Pepsi and get over it!  He is quite humble about his success but you wouldn't know it when you see his work.  You would think this guy is up for HOURS and never sleeps. You might think he is always holding a pad of paper in his hand and all the needed items to create a masterpiece in his pocket 24 hours a day. (well except when Wrestlemania is going on) He keeps his phone on speed dial to tell Zenescope hs new rave!!  Oh wait, I think he does all this already!

Raven  brings it to us no hold barred!  Steel cage match and a lot of chairs and trash cans to throw around.  Look for him to always be in the forefront!

Now a pre-warning this Zenescope is a VARIANT juggernaut. So any dreams of getting them all, try the common comics first. Then their one shots and then limited editions. Some web pages offer every cover scans.  I recommend http://www.comicspriceguide.com/ as one and there are some cool free sites as well.

I also highly recommend if you are at a Comic Con stop by their booth.  Check out Raven Gregory on facebook. I think he is there 23.5 hours a day!  lol  (he has a great page check it out) Of course http://www.zenescope.com/ Tell them The Six shooter Jesses James send you!

Okay on my six shooter chart I give a 5.5.  What holds it back from a 6 is the usual harder distrubution and some stores don't stock all the titles. Would like to see some higher print runs on the common issues.  Help out and tell your LCS to stock this comic deeper including back issues. 

Keep in mind Zenescope is just getting start! However, THEY NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD!

Six Shooter Jesse James

Zenescope 2005 to present

$2.99 to $3.99

Many Variants  from $3.99 to $15.99

Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco founders

http://www.zenescope.com/home.htm

    

A Boy and a Con!

I lived the hard comic book collectors life growing up!  I mean come on I had to get out of school and go to work at the Friendly Neighborhood Comic Book Store 3 day's a week! The horrors of not getting a paycheck and getting paid in Comic Books, Bags and Board was unbearable.  This was at the hard working age of 12!  

It got worse! At 13 I decided to borrow $75.00 to set up my own booth at the Las Vegas Comic Con. Oh what a disater that was. I made over $900.00 and my booth was by that Green Alien Chic from Star Trek.

That same year the Friendly Neighborhood Comic Book Store had this guy .....hmmm what was is name...Jim, no Jerry, no that wasn't it either Oh Jack Kirby!  Imagine a 13 year kid being forced into helping him set up his table for signing and watching the line so no one would cut.  Then I had to figure out what stack of comics I would have him sign when everybody left. I had to sit there and gringe as he signed my comics and asked me Why I liked Hawkeye.  Then ,if that wasn't hard enough, I had to go out with the owners (Tom and Mary Heiner) and Mr. Kirby for dinner and sit next to him while he told these crazy comic book stories. 

NOW THE WORSE thing I havn't told you yet! In between 12 and 13 I was thrown in a truck and driven to San Diego for this thing call SDCC!  The letters alone at 12.5 years old was scary enough! I mean what did SIDCEEE mean it wasn't in the dictionary.  Oh! As we pulled up and I saw the banner SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION!!!! So the big guy on campus goes to his first S.D.C.C in 1982! (on a side Note Malve Atomics Comics owner his first was 1985 Bang Bang got you Mike!) 

Malve (287) to Me (1) on the things we did first before the other person chart)  

So we checked in. I go to sleep that night just wondering what I'm going to find at the Con. I think there has to be at least 15 to 25 tables? (because Vegas Con had about ten its first couple of years!) I knew San Diego would have a tad bit more) OOPS forgot a part! Before I went to sleep I started to watch SDCC tv show and it was hosted by this Vampire woman telling us about how big the CON was going to be.  So I wake up throw on my O.P shirt, slide on my bermuda shorts and have my pocket full of hard earned, mowing the law, cash!  My $35.00 is going to get me something really cool! So I go into the elevator and Bang Bang there is that Vampire lady in the elevator.  So I walk in and she says;

"Hi" and I say "Hi"! 

She then says "Are you ready to have some fun at the con?" I smile and say "Yes Mam!" 

She then Says "I'm the host. My name is ELVIRA!"  I say "Cool!"

She Says "Do you know who I'm?"

I say "Yeah your that Vampire lady on TV!"

Conversation ends! I made a Vampire lady mad at me.  I could see the nightmares when I go to sleep that night already. 

Okay so I go to the front of the Con. The owners hand me my badge and say "Go through that door we are going to do some buying in another room."

So in 1982 at 12.5 years old I turn the corner to these double doors.  I remember it as I'm writting this Blog like it just happened this morning! "WOW" (now to this day I can't remember if I yelled it out loud or said it in my mind) its disneyland no rides just comics!  HUNDREDS of tables and Thousands of people!  Now theres a point in the Lord of the Rings when the Fat Hobbit says "One more step this will be the farthest I have ever been from the shire"  Well, I remember my first step through the doors a Bolt of lighting hit me and I could feel the energy of a new world and life I had just entered!  It was the sound of music with the family on the hill dancing it was like eating my first piece of pizza in Italy! It was like trying to figure out how to pronouce Thano's correctly! (well maybe not the Thano's thing)  I will never forget it.  The rest of the con was a blur.  I remember seeing George Perez (with hair) but everything else was just too much for my brain to handle.  

Ah the hard life of 12 and 13 years old as a comic book collector!

Hence its 2010 I'm now a director of Phoenix Comicon. I'm now looking at it from the inside and trying my best, with a great group of leaders, to make it great for the fans.  Now your going to see me running around like a comic with out a cover (I'm sly like that get it? Like a Chicken with its head cut off!) 

Every once in awhile though, you will see me glance at the front entrance. For there will be a kid walking into the Con for his first time, and I'm guessing, that his first word will probably be "WOW!"

Six Shooter Jesse James!

P.S. Comics I bought at that Con;

1.   The Heap #1

2.   New teen titans #2 sign by Perez

3.   Elfquest #1 first print

4.   E-man #10

5.   Rip Hunter #29

6.   Avengers #99

7.   X-men  #46

and the rest I can't remember!

God Bless CHEW!

This is one comic you don't blow your nose too! 

If I gave you a piece of paper and said "Okay you have 1 year, and I need EVERY idea you can come up with for a new comic story line" You would NOT have come up with this one! In fact its probably best not to know how Writer Sensation John Layman came up with this feasty idea.  Let alone how Artist Rob Guillory said "Oh I get it and made the art in sync with story line!   

Its about a Cipopath (no its not in the dictionary I looked) Tony Chu (love this last name so symbolic with the story)who uses Cipopathy (looked that up too NADA!) to solve crimes.  How you ask? By eating the remains of victims!  Not just the thought, but, he can see how the victim becomes a flavor and seasoned food additive.  

Now, because of a massive outbreak of Avian Flu the goverment announces a Poultry Prohibition.  You know how well this went for the US in the 1920's, you can just imagine what's going on late at night behind closed doors.  He is hooked up with my favorite character Agent Mason Savoy of the F.D.A. 

hmmmmm off the track ADS!!!!!

1. Take a Chew out of CRIME!

2. Chicken fingers where the fingers are 100% human!

3. What do you call a American, Russian, and a German?  International Flavoring!

Okay back to the book! (make sure to tip your waitress)

The story is simply breath taking and of course you crave more.  The art work is somewhat tasty in a sense that it just works with the characters.  If you Love purple as a color this is a book for you almost every issue uses this color to grab your imagination.  As you know, I love back ground art and surprisingly they got that right too.  Brick walls actually show the bricks lining the wall! SWEET! 

As Agent Chu evolves into that wholesome character you all want to be, (except the eating victims part)  you start to appreciate his skills. As I got to issue #5, I simply forgot about how unusual his talents are and just went with the story.  Of course you can't mistake the most elaborate covers out there. (still don't want to know how they come up with this art ideal)

What I love is the fact that it takes place everywhere and not just in his home town of New York!  Now #10 just came out and you get into a more personal view of Chu's all out toughnest but of course like some tough guys he is shy around the ladies.

So lets just say if you like Buffets then Chew is for you! There's always a lot to look at, but you'll always get the same thing becauses its just always GOOD!

On the Six Shooter Chart I Give it a 5.5 out of 6.  The only thing holding it from a 6 at this point is distrubution. "Please, Image get some more of this out to the public as fast as possible".  Right now you can get CHEW #1 reprinted copy for $1.00 at your nearest comic book store while supplies last.  

Final note, if your planning on going to Phoenix Comicon his table (JOHN LAYMAN) is definetly a stopping spot! (if he offers you food just say "I just ate!" )

Image 

$2.99

Written and Lettered by John Layman

Drawn and Coloured by Rob Guillory

P.s. Did I mention the comic is up for a Eisner Award for "Best New Comic"
this year! 

     

   

Captain America "Who Will Rock the World"

Hey Steve Rogers grab your boots and your shield its time to Rock! Your vacation time has ended and its time to take the reigns. Now honestly your about 4th in ranking among the Elite.  Going against Spider-Man, Wolverine and Marvel's bread winner DEADPOOL is going to be a hard road ahead.  But hey its not like your a rookie at bat.  Though THE Siege is Thor's dance it looks like you might be butting in and sheding the lime light.
Now there was that "Who Will Wield the Shield" issue but it looks like thats in the past once Bucky takes care of the 1950's Captain America, then you can take back your own comic book dynasty.  Though Reborn in my mind was a distrubution error by getting #6 out so late, you still have all the eyes set on you!
So your hitting the big screen soon and your making your moves.  However like I said your going against the likes of Deadpool whom seems to be in every freaking book out there.  I think he was in Blackest night #8!

So heres some thoughts.,,, 

1.  Stop fighting  the RED Skull

2.  Don't turn into a werewolve again

3.  If you find a beta tape of your first movie from the 70's burn it

4.  Tell bucky to get a modern gun.

5.  Stay away from water and Ice you always seem to be laying dead around them.

6.  How about some rigid edge spikes sticking out of your shield

7. Black Panther and Falcon are cool but how about hanging with some other cool cats as well

8. Instead of yelling "avengers assemble" how about "Check out my blog at "Capt "A" Kick ass"  

9. At the end of every cliff hanger No more RED SKULL

10.  Tells some Jokes like Spiderman and Deadpool.  It has been pretty good for them

Okay I'm excited to see how far Marvel takes Captain and of course its up to us to buy his stuff to keep him near the top. However he is just a guy in a suit trying to make it a better world!  Or are we talking about Kick-ass right now?  (no soldier serum so I guess not)  

You stand for a lot Loyalty,Respect, and of course your word.  I hope thats enough to have a box office smash and some huge record sales with the Avengers. At the end of the day though Wolverine and Deadpool rock because they kill and Spiderman well he just rocks! What are you bringing to the table?

So the fans wish you luck and hope we can support you of course with our Wallets, LOYALTY,RESPECT and of course our WORD!

Six Shooter Jesse James

Kick-Ass H/C

Simply the Hottest H/C to come out in decades!  My store is sold out but don't be left out!! Get it now before they run out!

Story is great, the characters are greater,and thisis one comic that will be part of comic book lore for ever!

Dark Horse The Terminator 2029

How do you duplicate over and over the same story line with the same characters.  You Don't and you shouldn't.  Well I thought I would see something new and fresh in Terminator 2029 but I didn't. The fact they didn't even appear to create a plot until the last two panels made it hard to finish the book.

It really starts off with two people on guard.  These two are soon to be lovers it seems in further issues.  However in Terminator that should only matter with Sarah Conner anything else is a waste of space. Their post time is over and they head back to camp on the way they meet up with Kyle Reese and enjoy some canned peaches with him.  The camp is then attacked and the survivors escape.  There is really no action involved. Reese blows up one terminator. You would think that some people would be getting fried or something. But they go back to the escape.

One truck breaks down, of course its the one with the two lovers and Reese.  The can't fix it and have to go into the woods were there is a brigade of Terminator's waiting for them.    

Now there is a new Terminator who can become human like but I think they did that in a Terminator movie before?

Over all at $3.50 if your buying this its for the long haul.  Its bound to get better. Zack Whedon  Who wrote Dr. Horrible is bound to bring the fire power in the next two issues. Andy Macdonald does some decent art work but again most is during the night time so not too much background art work (which I love)

Now there is a lot of mainstream press on this so I expect there to be something that floors me on issue #2!

On the Six Shooter chart I give this a 3.5 out of 6.  All I can say is "I'll Be back!!!"

Chip #1 Antartic Press Richard Moore

Every once in a while I travel down the indie side of the track!  Now Yes Im a Elf Quest,Cerebus, and Pacific comics type of guy and have been known to sling me some Lady Death, but by my 28 year comic collector status I'm a Marvel type of guy!  However EVERY once in a while I pick something up and say well lets take a looksy!  This time it was a comic by Antartic Press called "Chip" #1. Richard Moore creates a great character who is a baby gargoyle named Chip.  Chip is like any other boy growing up who dreams the BIG dream.  He day-dreams about being a Gargoyle guarding the great cities of Paris,London, and of course New York in reality he is just on a big rock over looking a farm. He spends most of his days on the prowl and sneaking up on his family and getting his Roar ready for the big game.
The book is funny as can be and even Elvira gets mentioned in the story line.  Chip is constantly harrashed by the farm cat in a loving way through out the story.  It brings you back to realizing he is just a little gargoyle with growing pains.  He hooks up with a Fairy and they decide the best way to prove his readiness is to explore a hauted house He finally gets the courage to go in the house and finds out the old stories of the hauted house are true.
Now for some reason this is classified as a manga genre.  I believe it can be a modern store line and enjoyed by everybody. The art work is awesome.  Where it lacks some background art it makes up with its characters who almost embody every panel.  Making a stone character into a beleivable human isn't that easy but they did a great job of it thoughout the story.
This for sure goes into my first read stack. On the Six Shooter chart I give it 5 bullets.  I think it can get a 6 if they continue this great story line and include some back ground art.  Its most likely a very low print run.  However worth the search! Of course any comic that can get Elvira in the story line is a for sure WINNER!

Happy Hunting!
Six Shooter Jesse James   

Deadpool Video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptOJqvDMaAs

Batman Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR6kYQO8Neg

Blackest Night video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4W3W-V_CY0

Hellllooooo John Byrne Where art Thou?

You kicked some butt through the 80's a little in the 90's and poof you were gone!!! I don't mean from the comic scene but just gone from the good old boy rock and roll comic book universe. You have chosen somewhat to be a hobbit in a time where the fans from the 80's are craving your work again. I know you like to sit on your lounge chair and dream and read but hey how about one for the team! One last at Bat! One fa.... never mind that one but bring it on!!

Now John Byrne Robotics is cool don't get me wrong but I want to shake the cantalope and see if its ripe to eat. I want it sliced up on a plate and ready to be digested with a desire to have more.

So this 80' boy is saying MR Byrne time to get back on the horse and do what you do best make us shiver with you Fantastic art work and story lines like its the 80's all over again!

Six Shooter Jesse James

R.I.P=Resurrected into Present!

Do you remember when R.I.P meant "Rest In Peace"? Well, hello!Welcome to the 21st century! No longer does DEAD,KILLED or Blasted into little bitty particles means a Hero won't be back beating the bad guys again in a new comic book store near you. Now granted, I love that Ol' Capt Rogers is back (OCR for you text freaks) and he is so anxious not to Wield the Shield. In fact he came back into the Siege of Asgard, even before he came back in his own series Capt America Reborn #6 and in sense the present world. Here's a thought Steve, if you're watching TV in your uniform I think you want to be Captain America still (Siege 1 last page) just a hunch on that one though.

Of course Bruce Wayne will be sneaking back in a comic book store near you as well. Now if your new in collecting, keep in mind if Batman (B.W., "for you text folks again") really died in Final Crisis #6 I'm sure that it would be worth more then cover just a hint for you. Wow the first series he comes back in is titled The Return of Bruce Wayne HOLY COW. Must have took them months to get that title! Now the list goes on and on of those who have died and and come back and in some cases died again. Heck Marvels Ares dies in two mini series (sales wise) and also is killed in Siege #2. Hm. "Ares the Mighty War God Resurrection" coming in a comic book store in the near future; I'm guessing right near you?

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Now theres Blackest Night......................no I'll just skip that one.

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So it comes down to this THE GREATEST COMIC I EVER READ WAS "Death of Captain Marvel" 1982 Marvel Graphic Novels. Captain Marvel makes his final journey while on his death bed. He travels his path fighting those he has fought many time before and struggles he has had in his life as well. He struggles at the end to find his nemesis Thanos who at this time is encased in stone (killed by the Avengers) but travels with him along the path of death. However at the end its a simple kiss by lady Death (not the Chaos character, but I knew Death was a lady anyways) and him and Thanos walk off into eternity. Oh by the way Captain Marvel dies on his death bed surrounded by all his friends from, hey heres a new concept, CANCER!

So just maybe one day this decade R.I.P.will mean REST IN PEACE but I simply doubt it. Oh, by the way, Thanos was resurrected in 1990 in Silver Surfer (vol 3) #34 and has a new book in May 2010 of course in a comic book store near you!

"Six Shooter" Jesse James

How MUCH?

Okay I grew up in the comic book world in 1982 (12 years young) and the magic cover price for a issue was .60 cents. Coolness .60 whole cents for a full pages of excitement, thrills and get this a sweet story line. I listened patiencly in line as box holders would be paying for their comics grunting the whole time .60 for a comic they are out pricing the customer. I would joyfully hand my favorite comic book store owner my 1.00 for my issue of Avengers. I would race home on my Huffy Pro sport bike making sure to hold the comic just perfect not to bend it. Of course I just spent .60, I must take care of my new comic to add it to my mounting stash of almost 10 comics.

Then it happen the dreaded April 1985 is when my life changed. I got some extra money for my birthday so went to pick up my issue of the Avengers #254 but something isn't right. The cover says .65 cents. "Whats this!" I yell in my mind ARE they crazy I'm just a kid for crying out loud!!! Now I slowly recovered but not even as the Bronze age ended it happen again "BANG BANG" issue #264 comes out and it says .75 cents I look up and say to my friend they are out pricing the customer how could they do this? I found myself in my circle of huge comic book fans (because of course I now owned almost 30 comics ) saying "do you remember when comics were just .60 cents"?

So you hunker down and drop a few titles but that last for about 3 months and your mind just starts to say you need more. You mow more lawns you get a paper route. You do everything you can do to get one more copy a week. But it simple doesn't end. You hit your breaking point for me it was $1.00. (or was it High school and girls?) No Mas I said and took a chapter of my life and said no more comics. MMMM how did that turn out I'll let you know after I do my Taxes for my comic book store I own.

So you all know the story over the decades prices have rising to a astounding average of $2.99 a issue and as they sneak the $3.99 issue out more and more every week I Now hear a rumble from that 12 year old saying to his click of groupies "remember when comics were only $2.50?

Boy they are just out pricing the customer aren't they?

Six Shooter Jesse James

The Cross Over

IN the real world "Cross over" can mean a lot of things. Michael Jordan did it ever night. Sammy Hagar did a "Cross Over" to Van Halen and even good ole well mannered Anakin Skywalker did a Cross over to the Dark side!

But in the Comic book world it means one thing Money! There is a lot of it to spread around as well! Take for instance Civil War, Fall of the Hulks, The Siege and of course the grand daddy of them all Blackest Night!

Now back in time a MINI -series meant just that. (yeah yeah all you transformer fans I know about your mini series) Tales of the Corps came out in a Blockbuster fashion and in three quick issues Bang Bang Nekron Bro you've been beat! Marvel Secret Wars was a cool 12 part series but no crossover there either (now don't get fiesty I know each hero was in their comic on the last page getting transported to the Beyonders playground) and lets not forget about Crisis on Infinite Earth.

However now its HMMMMMMMM.... Green Lantern! WHO is a good cross over to the arc OHH Yea Weird Western Tales and the Question!! (don't get me wrong I like both series) C'mon get with the program collectors shouldn't have to make a decision on new issues like they would have to buying a Avengers #1. They do now and no one should be happy about it either. Hey I own a store and I have to buy tons of it 2 months ahead.



Now This comes from a guy that owns EVERY VARIANT of Lady Death and who's favorite comic is Millie the Model. I still would like to see some sense of crossover compasion from the Big Guys! keep some change in our pocket! Because at the end of the day Big Guys a collector can always CROSSOVER to something else!



Six Shooter Jesse James

It Took ME.......

There was a time in your comic book life when you busted your tail off to get a comic to complete a collection. Now it could be major drek. However it didn't matter you had to get it. Finding a Ambush Bug #2 or a Nfl Super pro #4 (yes it made it past #1) sometimes is harder then finding a New mutants #98. Logic says the seller is going to be putting up his demand items not his supply items. So a simple ebay search isn't going to help you.



MOST store are going to have it in their sale areas and if asked to look for it well good luck. But you are a determined collector and MUST have it. You might pass up a great comic in a long box because you have to find that cover springing out of the box at you and you hug and yell in gleam... I've got it!! You rush it home showing all your friends who seem to say the favorite "great" but you don't hear the sarcasm in their voice. You get a bag and board because you aren't going to use the bag it came in or the board because you Have to pamper that new comic to your collection. You run to log it into your book, you sharpen your pencil and BANG you marked check!! Your body fills with joy, you smile ear to ear. Years of the search is over. You spread out your collection on a table gleaming over NFL Super Pro 1 thru 12. ITS ALL YOURS. The Holy Grail is found the crusade is over.



Now as dramatic as it sounds in my 28 years of collecting I have done this over and over. I love the story telling of how I found it and where. Or the trade I did or the anticipation of the mail man dropping off to me. Now this isn't about Action #1 but tangible comics that anybody could afford. So next time you see that collector rummaging through a drek box it just might be someone on a crusade searching for his Holy Grail. When he finds it try not to say "great" but join in his glory for NO ONE likes to celebrate this GRAND moment by them self.



Six Shooter Jesse James

As most of you know by now Action #1 and Dectective #27 sold for a cool Million each this past week!

Okay again 1 Million each! Now granted these were graded comics both 8.0 and very rare at that But 1 million each? I think NOT! Here is why I DON"T feel this is good for the market.

A large amount of non comic book collectors will now flood the market and take up key issues in hope of a big pay day and won't care about story line or artwork. Us working folks will sit back and just wonder WOW if I had a million I could fill my X-men, Superman, and Avengers run and so forth in the sense of accomplishment.

Comics will continue to be over bought like the New Mutants #98 that just sold for $12,500 yet when you

calculate a 9.9 grade it only comes out to $720.00. How do you calculate your trade or selling value against gaps that big?

Auction house will now be were you will find the better stuff as private collectors send their product there instead of you Local Comic Book store. Creating higher prices because of commision owed to the house for the sale. Which means less chance of us getting the chance to buy at least Book Value.

Auction houses will get more exposure from the press then the local everyday guy trying to pay his rent.

Now don't get me wrong I can sit on the other side and say all the great things that will happen from this.

However for Joe comic book collector its just another Big Boy Buying the Big stuff n the Big world!

Hmmmmmm and as far as grading I wonder.....................nah now thats the million dollar question we all want to know!!

Six Shooter Jesse James


FYI Another Action #1 just sold for $1.5 million!