Spider-Man is Marvel’s biggest character by a country mile. While most superheroes’ popularity drops off hard outside of comic book circles, Spider-Man is one of the most profitable franchises in the entire world. The only superhero who has made more money than him is Batman, and even that’s such a tight race that they trade […]
Scarlet Witch has become massively popular in the 21st century. She was one of the focuses of the Avengers comics in the ’00s and ’10s, a time that saw her get her greatest power upgrade, go evil and de-power most of the mutant race, and then took her on a long road that would eventually […]
Spider-Man is Marvel Comics‘ most popular character. Sure, Wolverine and Hulk are massively popular and the MCU has made Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor into superstars. However, Spidey has been a massive part of pop culture over the decades and was the true reason Silver Age Marvel became so popular. The Fantastic Four, Iron […]
Few characters are as massive, influential, or beloved as Spider-Man. He’s the underdog that everyone roots for and the hometown hero that practically anyone can relate to. He’s iconic in every metric you could use, but as amazing as Peter Parker is, he’s not the only person to rock the web-shooters. Miles Morales is just […]
The ups and downs of Star Wars since Disney took over should be studied. While many Star Wars fans out there will tell you that everything is terrible, the truth is that things are more in the middle. There’s good stuff and bad stuff, like anything else. The sequel trilogy gets a lot of flack, […]
Superheroes come in all shapes and sizes. Superman pioneered the genre, but it boomed far beyond just traditional capes and masks. Colorful, bombastic costumes and actions are as essential to their identity as heroics. There are countless heroes flying around, but everyone got their start somewhere. If you got into superheroes as a kid, it […]
When talking about who Marvel Comics‘ greatest heroes are, it is easy to name people like Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, and Spider-Man. However, it is interesting to wonder what the aliens in the Marvel Universe see when they look at Earth’s greatest heroes. That was shown in Queen in Black #2 by Al Ewing, […]
Iron Man has had a very interesting 20 years. Ol’Shellhead had been a tough sell since the ’90s and the ’00s saw the character slowly built back up. In 2006, Iron Man was in the midst of Civil War, becoming one of the most important heroes in the Marvel Universe in a very controversial fashion, […]
Captain America is Marvel Comics‘ greatest legend. While today, we think of Marvel as the most dominant force in superheroes (even if their comic sales have fallen in recent years), but it wasn’t that way back in the Golden Age. Timely, the future Marvel Comics, entered the superhero game because of the success of DC […]
Some of the most valuable pieces of pop culture history are the kind of things that were never made to be put on display or become part of a high-value collection. That is exactly what happened when a giant cardboard Marvel Comics retail display from 1976 arrived on eBay and sold for more than a […]