Often, the first character a collector thinks of as he peruses Silver Age Marvel comic books for sale is Spider-Man. Besides the blockbuster movies and all the associated Spider-Man merchandise for sale, the comic book character was created a half-century ago when he was first introduced in Amazing Fantasy #15 in 1962. To this day, this issue remains the most sought after … [Read more...]
What We’re Reading-New Comics
New Comics on July 4th! That's right folks this week even with Independence Day upon us, new comics will be on time! This Wednesday, July 4th we'll be having a 20% Off Sale! It's a great reason to take a break from the BBQ and fireworks to catch up on some back issues or start reading a new great series like The Walking Dead. Be sure to come to our Midnight Release Party for … [Read more...]
Batman: The Dark Knight 10 Review
A Welcome Change, “Batman: The Dark Knight #10” Review Issues one through nine of the Batman: The Dark Knight ongoing series left something to be desired. However, issue ten is a welcomed change of pace for the series. Issue ten marks a creative change in the series with David Finch reducing his workload by solely handling the art duties on the book. Veteran crime writer … [Read more...]
The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX!
The Dark Knight Rises how it was meant to be seen! You may have heard in a few weeks a little movie is coming out called The Dark Knight Rises. It will be the final chapter in the Christopher Nolan Batman Trilogy. What you may not know is only a select number of theaters will be playing it how Nolan wants it to be seen. Brenden Theatres at the Palms is one of those theaters. … [Read more...]
What We’re Reading This Week 6-20
We've been talking a lot about Before Watchmen. Why? Because it is a unique one of a kind event. This week is extremely exciting! The first of 2 titles written by Brian Azzarello is here. Before Watchmen: Comedian is sure to be the darkest story yet in the Watchmen series, only second to Rorschach. For those of you who don't understand the excitement, understand this Brian … [Read more...]
The Beginning of the Silver Age of Comics
The Beginning of the Silver Age of Comics Welcome to the first installment of JOLLY JIM'S JIBBER JABBER! THE SILVER AGE I first heard the term Silver Age of Comics in late 1965. I was living in southern California and there had been of late a barrage of publicity on the soon to debut Batman TV show. One of the local stations was doing a program about comics and the … [Read more...]
What We’re Reading!
Before Watchmen: Minutemen was a joy to read and Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre is sure to stand out this week! Before Watchmen: Silk Spectre also has a Jim Lee 1 in 200 Variant so keep your eyes peeled for that. Tickets for The Dark Knight Rises went on sale this week starting the Dark Knight Hype. Heroclix is cooming out with is own mini set of Dark Knight figures that run … [Read more...]