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From Boom to Bust: The Nineties Comic Book Gold Rush
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Dick Tracy Hooked Me Back in 1990
The 1990 Dick Tracy movie hit me like a lightning bolt. I’d never seen anything so bright, strange, or stylish, and it pulled me straight into a world I didn’t even know existed. [Continue Reading]
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Chasing Knightfall One Issue at a Time
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Highlights From the 1990 JC Penny Christmas Catalog
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The Death of Superman
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Thinking About Superman Peanut Butter
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A Few of My Favorite Christmas Gifts Through the Years
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My Comic Book Collecting Origin Story
Ever since I was a kid, comic books have been part of my life. Not in the obsessive, bag-and-board collector [Continue Reading]
Time Capsule
M.A.S.K. Comic Story and Catalog From 1986
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The Things I Loved About 2020
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