Hobgoblin Panel Tribunal
Was directed to this auction at Comiclink of a page from Amazing Spider-Man#238 via lurking the CGC boards. Some discussion came up regarding the asking price (10k–not mine BTW) and it got me thinking a bit on how drastically different our perceptions are depending on what era we grew up in. Unlike some opinions expressed, and indeed in stark contrast, the Hobgoblin – whose first appearance occurs in this issue – is perhaps the definitive Spidey villain of my childhood. I know that for many people he wouldn’t rate in the top 10 when considering the webslinger’s rogue gallery, favoring characters to me that are tired and overrated (like the silly ass Vulture for instance) whose claim to fame is that they debuted in the ’60s, or even worse viewing Hobgoblin as an unsuccessful Green Goblin knock-off. I do, however, have conflict.
Bucky Shot, No Golden Girl for Tomio
I know. It seems like I never win anything! Yesterday, the listing for the only item I was watching on Comiclink’s E-Better Auctions ended. From my perspective, the E-Better field tends to be rather uninspiring (their Focused Auctions, however, are incredible and consistently record breaking) which only one listing grabbed me (usually none do). My interest in that listing itself was an extreme oddity from my general tendencies rules in collecting. There are a few condition and structural related issues that automatically make me pass on almost (say a literal 99.9%) any purchase of an item I’m interested in. These are hard rules, and while I can’t foresee flexibility in the future for any of the others, I gave into one yesterday.
G.I. JOE – First Marvel Original Art!
This month’s Comiclink focused auction ended (a busy month for comic auctions in general with Heritage, Comics Connect, and Quality Comix also in play this November) a couple of days ago and while the field probably wasn’t as top heavy as some of their previous auctions, I found that it was particularly strong in offerings from some of my own collecting focuses. I have to admit that I ended up striking out on all of my hopefuls, but I still loved just seeing the headlining (for me) item–the original art for the first page of the first issue of Marvel Comics’ G.I. Joe run.
