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8 Sep 2021

From NFTs to Fine Wine, We're Entering a Golden Age for Modern Collectors

With a few clicks of a button, you can invest in vintage comic books, fine wine and blue-chip artwork. It hasn't always been that way. Here's how we got here and what the future might have in store.

8 Sep 2021

DC FanDome 2021 - Teaser

Teaser. Break out the Batman and Wonder Woman cosplay because DC FanDome, a virtual event, returns this Autumn ...

8 Sep 2021

Archie's Girls Betty & Veronica #229

Betty & Veronica star in their first comic book series! Take a trip back to the earliest days of Archie Comics as Betty Cooper and Veronica Lodge show the town of Riverdale who's really in charge!

4 Sep 2021

Cowabunga! ComicConnect Notches New TMNT #1 Record

A highest-graded copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 CGC 9.8 sold in ComicConnect’s fixed price marketplace for a record-pulverizing $245,000

2 Sep 2021

Blade: Reported Director Confirms He's Joining the MCU: 'Marvel Takes Big Swings'

Director Bassam Tariq has confirmed that he is joining the MCU to helm Marvel's Blade reboot starring Mahershala Ali.

1 Sep 2021

Best-Known Copy of Spider-Man’s Debut Comic Spins a New Auction Record – One Week Before Its Auction

Amazing Fantasy No. 15 is one of several Spidey centerpieces in Heritage Auctions’ September Comics & Comic Art event

1 Sep 2021

Pedigree Comics' World's Best X-Men Auction is Underway, Ending on Thursday Night September 9t

Pedigree Comics' World's Best X-Men Auction is underway. The auction began on the night of Monday, August 30th and lasts for ten days until the night of Thursday, September 9th as a separate event on the Pedigree Comics website

1 Sep 2021

Marvel exhibit to open at COSI in November, featuring more than 300 artifacts

Comic book fans are invited to step into the Marvel Universe at COSI this November for what organizers are calling one of the most ''exciting and groundbreaking" exhibitions the museum has ever hosted.

31 Aug 2021

The great hope of Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Could an Asian-American superhero in a gargantuan Marvel epic actually change hearts and minds? Could it make the world more inclusive?

31 Aug 2021

Batman, The Joker and Wonder Woman feature in new DC Comics-inspired stamps

The Royal Mail, with Warner Bros Consumer Products, revealed the images of the stamps which will celebrate DC Comics' heroes and villains.

31 Aug 2021

Shang-Chi review: Newest Marvel hero punches his way into our hearts

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is out Friday, bringing Marvel's usual strengths and flaws as the MCU myth expands.

31 Aug 2021

DC FanDome To Offer A New Trailer For 'The Batman,' As Well As Teases For 'The Flash,' 'Black Adam' & More

With Covid basically eliminating most comic book conventions over the past two years, DC Comics and WarnerMedia had to improvise and launch DC FanDome last year. Designed as a virtual convention, the ...

31 Aug 2021

Comics master Alex Nino comes out of retirement to remind us how great he is

Iconic comic artist Alex Nino has come out of retirement to draw a surprise 96-page graphic novel titled Alandal that will be published in his home country, the Philippines. Written by J. Philip ...

29 Aug 2021

CGC-Graded Prizes Headline Heritage Auctions’ Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction

Most of the top comic books in Heritage Auctions’ Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction Sept. 9-11, including more than 70 (by estimate) at the top of the sale, are CGC-graded comics

29 Aug 2021

Perfectly Centered 9.8 White X-Men From World's Best X-Men Collection in Pedigree Comics’ September Grand Auction

Pedigree Comics recently received on consignment an incredible run of Bronze Age X-Men for their upcoming September Grand Auction

29 Aug 2021

Frank Frazetta’s 1973 Painting ‘Captive Princess’ is Liberated, Heading to Auction for the First Time

Original art for Ace Books’ Edgar Rice Burroughs paperback is a centerpiece of Heritage Auctions’ September Comic Art event

29 Aug 2021

Biggest eSports, comics and vlogger fest, POPC, coming to Dubai

The festival's exhibitor zone will feature some of the biggest gaming publishers, comic book houses, toy companies and film and TV brands. If that's not enough, the state-of-the-art main stage will ...

28 Aug 2021

The History of the Marvel Logo That Every True Fan Just Has to Know

Stan Lee was not the original publisher or creator of Marvel. The franchise had a different name and a radically different logo.

28 Aug 2021

Marvel Releases Special 'Avengers' Comic Book to Promote COVID-19 Vaccination

The Avengers are hoping their superpowers will encourage people to get vaccinated against COVID-19 Marvel Entertainment and New York ...

28 Aug 2021

CGC Census Olympics - Which books take home the most gold?

CGC CENSUS OLYMPICS – What if gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded to the books with the highest CGC Census totals for each grade? Find out which books win the most medals in this celebration of hypothetical heroics.