Welcome to Cool Comics in My Collection Episode 229, where we look at various comic books I own (and in some cases ones that I let get away), both new and old, often with a nostalgic leaning for those feelings of yesteryear. I hope you have as much fun reading about them as I had writing about these cool comics!
For each of the comic books I include here, I list the current secondary market pricing (except for of digital issues, which don’t have collectible value). This is according to the websites ComicBookRealm.com (CBR) and Zap-Kapow Comics (ZKC), using the comic book grading scale of 9.4 (if both sites have the same price, you’ll find just one price for that issue). Not all my comics meet that grade. Some are probably better, and some are certainly worse. But to simplify it, that’s the scale I use here. And remember, a comic book is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. And for those who enjoy the additional fun of knowing some of the more important issues in your collection, I recognize each Cool Comic that is listed in Key Collector Comics
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Cool Comics News!
This week Cool Comics In My Collection treats you to a variety of comics for lovers…and lovers of comics! On the eve of Valentine’s Day, we bring you an assortment of romance, comedy, love in space, and even love of pets. While I tried to bring some fun comics your way for the holiday, I’d be remiss if I didn’t at least mention DC’s Crimes of Passion, an 80-page giant that brings the season to some of your favorite characters. Packed with 10 love stories, this special came out last week for $9.99, and you may still be able to snag a copy if you don’t wait too long. It might just make the perfect gift for someone sweet in your life!
Cool Comics Battle of the Week!
Your Cool Comics Battle of the Week is Betty versus Veronica! What do you think would happen if they faced each other in a titanic tussle, and how do you see the winner achieving victory? Let us know in the comments section below.
Cool Comics Creations!
This episode’s creation comes to us from illustrator Dan Gorman, a member of the National Cartoonists Society and one of the top sketch card artists on the planet (and he’s also the creator of the Cool Comics logo!). This card featuring Yoda is one of the 50 plus sketch cards Dan created for the Topps Star Wars Masterworks 2019 Set!
You can have a piece of your art featured right here in Cool Comics Creations! Just send an electronic file in an email featuring one of your drawings, whether you’re a professional or amateur, (it can be just pencils, or inks too…and even colored if you want) or a picture of a craft or sculpture that you’ve done, and as long as it’s family friendly (and not controversial…let’s try to keep this fun), you’ll be a part of an upcoming Cool Comics episode. We also want your name and any other background information you want to provide, such as a website or a way you can be contacted about your art (who knows, maybe someone will make you an offer for the original!). And then email it to edgosney62@gmail.com.
Cool Comics In My Collection
Contemporary Cool Comics
#1162 — Star Trek: Year Five: Valentine’s Day Special, IDW, February 2020.
If three years of the original Star Trek wasn’t enough to satisfy you (and I’m guessing it wasn’t), don’t despair, because IDW put out their own version of Season Four back in 2007. But wasn’t it supposed to be a five-year mission? Again, IDW did right by Trekkies and Trekkers and 2019 saw the launch of Season Five. Now that’s what I call romance (and Star Trek has plenty of romance)! But they did us all one better by putting out a Valentine’s Day Special that, while it may sound kind of corny, is actually a really good story (although there are some adult themes…nothing too bad…but keep it out of the hands of the little ones in your life). Yet perhaps the best thing about this comic is the double-page spread Valentine Card at the end of the story (I think it’s my favorite of all time and makes this comic worth every penny!). The cover price of Star Trek: Year Five: Valentine’s Day Special is $3.99, while the current value is $4.
Cool Comics from the Quarter Bin
#1163 — Marvel Romance Redux: But I Thought He Loved Me!, Marvel, April 2006.
What day is it tomorrow? Oh yeah, Valentine’s Day, which means it’s time to buy your special someone some romance comics, right? But make sure you know that person well if you get this one, because they may not be amused by this modern day, irreverent look at young love comics from yesteryear. I stumbled upon three different Marvel Romance Redux issues in a quarter bin several months back and immediately knew that I had some great material for the next three Valentine’s Cool Comics episodes, for the incredibly low price of just 75 pennies (plus tax, of course). As a comic book fan, commentator, and student of the history behind the hobby, I’m not one to poke fun at any comic book genre. People like what they like. Yet people often tease and make jokes about both romance novels and comic books, and this issue certainly takes that approach. The stories in this comic are based on published tales from the past, and the comic even tells us the creators of the original stories they use. If you’re a fan of Romance Comics, perhaps they will offend you, but if you have even the slightest bit of humor in your bones, I think you’d get a kick out of these retold tales. Probably my favorite in this issue is one in which the male of a dating couple is a big comic book collector. Some of the lines are classics, such as the girl thinking to herself at the movie theater, “This is the fourth time seeing Elektra…what does she have that I don’t?” and when they are dancing, he compliments her by saying, “You’re as graceful as Dazzler in roller skates.” Face it Tiger, I hit the jackpot with this comic! The cover price of Marvel Romance Redux: But I Thought He Loved Me! #1 is $2.99, while the current value is $3.
FCBD the Cool Comics Way (Week 41)
#1164 — Riverdale, Archie, May 2019.
As my remaining unread Free Comic Book Day issues are dwindling (see above? This is #41 for the 2019 batch!), it wasn’t easy to find one that fit with the holiday spirit of Valentine’s Day, but I think that the quirky soap opera style that Riverdale gives viewers each week works well enough. Did you happen to grab this issue last May? There really isn’t much story here, not even half of the comic book pages make up the issue, as most of it consists of ads for other Archieverse items. But it’s a FCBD issue, so no complaints, right? Riverdale fans and completists probably want to make sure they have this one in their collections, regardless of the aforementioned ads. And keep in mind that this isn’t simply a comic version of any of the television episodes: all the issues in the Riverdale ongoing comic series are “Untold Comic Stories From the Hit TV Series on The CW.” So fans, if you didn’t realize this, take note! The cover price of Riverdale is free, while the current value is $1.
Cool Comics Kids
#1165 — Scamp #26, Gold Key, November 1975.
I searched through my box of unread kids’ comics, and this is the most romantic one I could find to fit the Valentine’s Day theme of this episode. Last year for Cool Comics Kids I went with an old issue of Little Archie that I’d bought back in the Seventies, but this year I was bound and determined that I could find something good enough in my unread box. And Lady and the Tramp is romantic, right? If you don’t agree, just think (or watch…click the link) about that spaghetti scene from the movie and see if you don’t change your mind! Why, if that romantic dinner moment hadn’t happened, there might not even be a Scamp comic to read. But seriously, do kids want to read romance? Maybe a little, if it’s done in the right way. But no need to worry about romance in this issue, as we get several stories featuring the little Disney dog and all the trouble he so often gets into. Kids should have a fun time reading this one. The cover price of Scamp #26 is 25¢, while the current values are $7 on CBR and $5 on ZKC.
Cool Comics Classics
#1166 — Romantic Love #11, Super Comics, January 1963.
And now, with Cool Comics Classics, we finally get a “real” Romance Comic. This issue of Romantic Love from 1963 is, I believe, a reprint, but I can’t remember when or where I saw this information, and I’m not spending any more time searching on my laptop (bright computer screens are a bit of a nuisance to me these days, as I suffered a mild concussion almost three weeks ago, and I’m still feeling some of the affects!). The first story witnesses love blossom faster than Hallmark Channel on a Saturday night when a couple of students end up as guinea pigs in “The Experimental Kiss.” What’s really amazing is how quickly these lovebirds start calling each other “darling” and other sweet names. “Buy Me That Man!” teaches readers that real love sometimes means respecting each other’s principles, and in “Dr. Anthony King, Hollywood Psychiatrist,” we discover that when you get sand kicked in your face at the beach (this didn’t happen in the story, but it might as well have…just like that old comic book add about gaining muscle and toughness!), sometimes your dad is to blame…and if you can get him to admit it, you might just win your girl back! All in all, these were fun stories, even for a grizzled old Army veteran like me. The cover price of Romantic Love #11 is 12¢, while the current value is $18.
ComicBooks For Kids!
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