Today, I was in discussion with someone about comic book collecting and reflected on a baseball card blog that discussed two types of baseball card collectors–collectors and accumulators. But, when it comes to comic books, I believe that there are four types of collectors: Collectors, Accumulators, Storers, and Readers. 1. Collectors: Those that collect for…
Comic Books
What Comics Am I Reading October 14 2013
Sometimes the question comes around about what comics books am I reading right now. So, periodically I like to update you on what I am reading. Every other week, I get a shipment of comic books from Midtown Comics–probably the best comic book shop on the planet. This shipment contains the titles that were published…
Batman Figurine
This week, for my “show and tell piece, I want to show you my newest Batman figurine. Monica bought it for me several weeks ago, and it sits on my desk. Will comes into my room about once a week to check if it’s still there. Since my last deployment, 2008-2009, I’ve had in my…
Men of War
The comic book that I am looking forward the most to out of all of the New 52 is “Men of War”. I realize that the book was on the shelves last week, but I won’t see until my shipment comes in from Midtown Comics next week. (I’m on the bi-weekly plan) So, it will…
The New Number Ones
The DC comic book universe is being shaken this month by the renumbering and new beginnings of all of the DC comic book line. This is exciting to me. I have been looking forward to this new change; not as simply “out with the old” but a truly new beginning. It has also given…
G.I. Joe Renegades
I walked in the PX today and found a “Snake Eyes” action figure for my office—it rocks really. It is the first of my G.I. Joe collection—because I definitely want more. Needless to say, I was excited to get back home to catch up on Friday’s episode of G.I. Joe: Renegades. Renegades shows on The…