Superman #313 (July 1977)
Purchase price: $1 Sometimes I think I’m not running a comic review blog so much as I’m running a shelter for abused comic books. This poor thing has creases and … Continue reading
Adventures of Superman #500 (June 1993)
Purchase price: $1 At one point this comic was a nice square-bound magazine with bright pages and a nice cardstock cover. 20 years later the binding is a little busted, … Continue reading
Superman and Spiderman (1995)
Purchase price: $1 This comic is actually a reprint of Marvel Treasury #28 from July 1981; but why quibble over 14 years, right? When I first saw this I knew … Continue reading
Adventure Comics #216 (Sept. 1955)
Purchase price: $1 Here’s the thing about rooting through the bargain bins; sometimes you find treasures, sometimes you find crap, but mostly it’s mixture of the two. Take this little … Continue reading
Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #54 (Jan. 1965)
Purchase price: $1 I went to my favorite local comic shop (Comic Depot) the other day with every intention of NOT buying anything. For real. I was birthday shopping for … Continue reading
Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #160 (Oct., 1973)
Purchase price: $1 What’s more amazing, that Jimmy Olsen has his own title or that it lasted for hundreds of issues? And I ask that question as a fan of … Continue reading
DC Comics Presents #59 (July 1983)
Purchase price: $2 Does $2 for this issue qualify as a “bargain”? Enh, I guess that could be debatable, but I bought it anyway strictly because the Legion of Substitute-Heroes … Continue reading
Superboy (starring the Legion of Super-Heroes) #227 (May 1977)
Purchase price: $1 Yes, it’s another Legion comic. I just don’t find Legion stories to be tiresome yet. My bookshelf has quite a few volumes of Marvel’s Essentials and DC … Continue reading
Superman’s Girlfriend Lois Lane #133 (Sept. 1973)
Purchase price: $1 A well loved copy of Lois Lane to say the least. Poor cover is all ripped and tattered, hanging onto the book by one overworked staple. I … Continue reading
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