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As far as I know it only affects the value according to CGC (correct me if I'm wrong). So unless you plan on having it slabbed (and we all know the general opinion on that!) it shouldn't affect it. I personally would rather have it signed to me, since it is infinitely more valuable to me to have Stan Lee thinking my name in his head as he wrote it, than to just have him sign his own name....

Great article Sonia! The language of metaphors is also pretty prevelant in (and out of) the world of tabletop RPG's. I used to play a LOT of D&D, and anytime someone trips in public, I want to say "Reflex Save!" out loud. And @Neb, I've actually thought about the huge amount of green characters, but more specifically, green characters in Spidey's rogues gallery. Goblin, Sandman...

In...I think...fifth grade...yeah, fifth grade...I read in an installment of Calvin & Hobbes, Calvin begging his mom to make him a halloween costume transforming him into a barrel of toxic waste. Of course she denied it (I forget why). MY mom however was way cooler and helped me pull it off to a tee. I don't know if Calvin's mom wasn't open-minded enough, or jut not talented enough to do i...

Josh is right about the shop sucking for not ordering or anticipating your needs as a reader. It's not expected that every shop order a copy of every issue. If you communicate your taste and opinions to the shop owner, and have a strong relationship with them, you should be getting the things you like. I go to two shops, both in prominent commercial districts of Philadelphia, and they both carr...

wonderfully, wonderfully real...

so does that mean galactus is gonna show up in old man logan soon?

Clearly, the Avengers have Jarvis to make they're meals, and Spidey has Aunt May's wheatcakes (wow, that sounded unnecessarily sexual). I think as far as main stream comics go, the X-Men have done a great job of showing the downtime. Beast likes to cook, Logan enjoys escaping to the nearest dive bar, Jubilee and Iceman watch too much TV, etc. And then there's the Claremontball- I mean baseball....

Bradstreet is a joke. At least that Scalped cover isn't as bad as his Punisher covers though, yeesh. You want some great covers? Transhuman, Proof, and anytime Frank Cho does a Marvel variant cover.

I really enjoy invincible, but this issue didn't wow me the way it usually does.  I hope its not because of some subconscious reaction to Kirkman's video diatribe, I'm really trying not to let that influence my opinion of his work.

@amuldowney - that description of the drama queen villains seems to match George W. Bush pretty precisely. @eocine - read the much ignored Wolverine/Gambit: Victims mini by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale. Arcade is pretty scary in that. Good luck finding it though. and to josh and conor and everyone else who shares their opinion about this, I don't think that a villain who see's what he or she is do...