@very-rusty saidToday I got a comic book guide from Amazon. I hope to read some good news soon in there.
I use to collect hockey cards as a kid, should have did the comic books instead. They worth some money today if you have the right ones.
-VR
@vivify saidNo, Dune isn't a DC property. I was just using it as an example of a screenwriter "gone wild." The writer did 3 incredible things in the last scene that make not want watch the second part of the series.
I didn't know Dune was a D.C. property but I don't plan on watching it.
I don't mind if movies stray from the source material so long as they capture the spirit of it. A good movie is more important than an accurate one when adapting other fictional properties.
In a way, it's why comics can be better than the video/audio versions of entertainment. Comic book authors don't feel the same sort of pressure, IMHO, that screenwriters do. They feel a need to put a "whooshing" sound in a space scene to prove that some sort of movement is going on. I am not an extremely picky person, but I did quit watching a S/F show because the authors apparently didn't know their Newton. A ship won't be "dead in space" if it runs out of fuel.
That's probably just me.
I am excited to be going through my price guide soon. I've finished my ninth box.
I collected Mars Attack cards in the 60's The film Mars Attack (brilliant) was based on and inspired these cards.
I never managed to get the full set but when the net came along I downloaded all of the pictures and
use them occasionally in articles. Rick Kennedy like one.
https://jeromegambit.blogspot.com/2008/06/mars-attacks.html
Around about the same time American Civil war cards came out
https://st33.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/civil-war-card.jpg?w=584
But they were deemed too gruesome and were eventually banned (see above pic or google
'American civil war bubble gum cards' ) in the packet you got a piece of gum and confederate money.
Regarding 1960 -1970 comics. I did not collect them but kept a few with the artwork of Ken Reid.
Google 'Ken Reid (comics)' and click on images. His artwork was amazing. His 'World Wide Weirdies' were incredible.
I never knew till I started googling about looking for pics his entire work is out in two volumes.
That is something I will be after. His 'Queen of the Seas' series. Wow!
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/nervs-power-pack-ken-reid-dare-day-davy-queen-seas/
Another artist I liked was Don Martin of Mad Magazine, he drew the characters with the large floppy feet.
I have about 20 of those mags knocking about. Masterpieces.
@greenpawn34
The old rare space etc. collectibles are what a lot of collectors are buying up for future investments. Characters like Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon in the 1930s and 40s had some really cool rare toys, books, printing sets, target games, puzzles, non sports cards and on. Check out the 1938 horrors of war cards if you like the civil war cards.