paul | July 24, 2011
The Overstreet’s here! The Overstreet’s here! Like Steve Martin in one of the best comedies ever, the yearly arrival of the Overstreet Price Guide is a major event day for me and, as the title suggests, it came right after I purchased a huge collection. Last Wednesday, I was the first to inspect a collection [...]
kita | June 20, 2011
Time: Monday, July 4 · 9:00am – 2:00pm Location: Captain Blue Hen Comics In the parking lot at 280 East Main Street, Newark, Delaware More Info: 4th of July Supersale and Flea Market! One Day Supersale! What’s on sale? You’ll have to come to find out, but better bring a wheelbarrow for all the bargains! [...]
paul | June 7, 2011
DC Comics’ announcement that they are going to re-number 52 titles starting August 31st has some predicting the doom to comics. An e-newsletter that I subscribe to has some dealers seeing this as a “jumping OFF” point, not a “jumping ON” point that DC hopes will be the case. Personally, I’m with DC on this [...]
paul | May 21, 2011
Valued at $450 in “Near Mint”, 9.2 grade, Hulk 102 is actually a #1. Previously, it was titled Tales To Astonish, where the Hulk and Giant Man (formerly, the Ant Man) shared billing. This young comics fan scored himself a copy of this key issue when he put a mere 4 quarters in the Gacha [...]
paul | May 13, 2011
Similar to the recent resurfacing of Nicholas Cage‘s copy of Action Comics #1 after 10 years, an even more impressive collection of Golden Age comics has been found in the back room of Captain Blue Hen Comics!! It’s been almost 10 years since Joe bought the shop from Paul and he got everything that was [...]
paul | April 19, 2011
Yep, supposedly, someone recently paid 150 grand for a 9.9 graded copy of Hulk 181, the first full appearance of Wolverine! The finest known copy, I guess. We had a decent copy of it in the showcase for a mere $675 and several people said they were going to buy it. Well, you’re all too [...]
paul | March 16, 2011
Remember Dazzler # 42? Those were the lead words on the cover that stated it was the last issue. Well, because you demanded it, or rather seemed to care less, I have decided to shut down the American Idol contest we started a week ago. The interest has been underwhelming, to say the least. Perhaps [...]
paul | March 14, 2011
The MENSA BULLETIN just arrived, and as promised, the winner of the Heroes Bracket Challenge has been named. I should have seen it coming, and I give Robert Madonna credit for doing so, but the majority of MENSA members who voted went with their homey – Albert Einstein! I still disagree with Albert being more [...]
paul | March 9, 2011
No time to let Dave “pretty up” this post. This can’t wait! We’re into a MAJOR Birthday week! Not only is tomorrow, March 10th, Chuck Norris’s birthday, but today is Joe’s birthday! Do think it could be mere coincidence? Of course… what are you thinking? Charlie Sheen is getting his own comic!! Bluewater has announced [...]
paul | March 7, 2011
I screwed up, and should have mentioned this a month ago, but it isn’t too late. Sign up for the new launch of Dark Horse Presents! It should arrive next month at the shop. Why? Simple…CONCRETE by Paul Chadwick, that’s why! In my opinion, the best, the very best, comic ever put out there! As [...]
paul | March 4, 2011
No, I’m not repeating a previous blog–that was the “I’m gonna Getcha, Getcha, Getcha” one–and I didn’t misspell “Gotcha” either. Can you misspell poor English? Anyway, GACHA is the type of vending machine we just picked up for the shop, which should be set-up shortly. Next question: What’s in it? To start out, one bin [...]
paul | February 25, 2011
Relax! Not the shop, but the ID name I use on eBay. I just changed it to “coastalcandc” – short (sorta) for Coastal Comics and Collectibles, a new business entity. If you happened to have “cbhcomics” saved as a seller, it will link to the new name for the next month. Checking with eBay beforehand, [...]
paul | February 10, 2011
I enjoy the series of commercials for the insurance company (don’t remember it’s name, though) where the customers call an outsourced customer service center. So I don’t feel my blood pressure come to a boil, I’ll try to keep this short. A week and a half ago, both our computers went down, so we called [...]
paul | January 31, 2011
If it wasn’t for the neighbors setting off fireworks and driving my dog crazy, I would have slept right through the turn of the year. I was getting up early the next morning anyway as I planned on going to the 28th anniversary of Racine’s New Years Day Auction. I didn’t know that one could [...]
paul | January 3, 2011
This month, Captain Blue Hen starts celebrating having been on Main Street, Newark for 30 years! That has to makes us one of the oldest continuous comic shops in the nation! Believe it or not, we still have some customers who have been with us since the beginning – a couple even before there was [...]
