Flip Through the Dollar Bin
There’s something special about those musty old comic shops — the creak of the long boxes, the smell of aging paper, and the certainty that if you dig long enough, you’ll find something great. Maybe it’s a forgotten storyline, a creator you’ve never heard of, or the issue that sparks a whole new obsession.
That sense of shared discovery is what this space is built around. This isn’t just a place to catalog comics — it’s a place to talk about them. Join reader groups, swap recommendations, and share reactions with people who love the hunt as much as you do. Conversations can live wherever they make the most sense, whether that’s a specific issue, a full series, or the book you just finished.
And because great finds aren’t limited to floppies, you can now search for books too — making it easier than ever to jump between single issues, collected editions, and the broader stories they connect to.
So pull up a long box, start exploring, and join the conversation. The best part of the hobby has always been the people you share it with — this is just a new place to do it.
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And here's the Eternals cover in question:
X-Men: Elsewhen ([June] 2026), #1
by Harry N. Abrams
This was a mixed bag for at first, but my mind changed after the first "issue."
Art: I wanted Byrne/Claremont inked by Terry Austin out of this. Byrne inking Byrne is... not that. And the first pag…
2nd & Charles is notorious for having these grail finds- I've got buddies with stories of finding "that comic book" in the bins there, and hoping that someone doesn't try to reprice it for $100 more when it hits the register.
Not The Hobbit -- that's a legit, 1965 Ballantine. It's something between a 1st and 5th printing (inclusive). You can tell by the inexplicable lion on the cover (the cover art on the early Ballantine Hobbits is baffling and has its own story). The L…
These guys?
The Unauthorized Lord of the Rings
In the mid-1960s, Ace Books released an unauthorized paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings — the infamous “Ace pirated editions.” Ace's decision to publish these editions hinged on a quirky reading of U.S. copy…
Rise And Kill First : The Secret History Of Israel's Targeted Assassinations
by Bergman, Ronen, author., Hope, Ronnie, translator.
Picked this up at the suggestion of a friend, and have been both fascinated and terrified at the history presented here…
All Star Superman, 2006 Series
This series kind of got me back into collecting after I read an article about it in 2008.
Art: The lines are some lovely in these books, and for a guy that loves both the simplicity of Frank Miller as well as Moebius, Fr…
The Uncanny X-Men (February 1981), #142 Direct
by Marvel
Part 2 of a story arc that changed me, and made me believe in comics in a new way. This book had been referenced in so many X-men books of the late eighties and nineties ("Editor's note: see X-…
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Why do You Still Collect Comics?
A Treatise on Completionism
"Why are you still collecting comics?"
I get asked this all of the time, and not just by my very tolerant wife. But, she is the one who sees me most often as I am thumbing through all of these odd-shaped whte cardboard boxes filled with my comic collection, and asks: "When are you going to be done with your collection?"
In Praise of Pouches
Is it the most 90's Comic Thing, Ever?
Why did Sue Storm have to make the ultimate pouch declaration in Fantastic Four (1961 Series) #375, sporting not only the pouches (which aren't overbearing on this cover), but also the bomber jacket and the 90's-obligatory Big Gun (tm). Click through for our thoughts.
It's Friday
Has this week tranformed you into a raging monster?
Maybe it's time to sit back, take a moment, and see if there's a fun comic in your collection that you haven't read yet.