Frankie's Blog — star wars

Written by Angela Rairden Disney+’s new Obi-Wan Kenobi miniseries begins with a four-minute recap segment that quickly portrays some of the pertinent events in the three Star Wars prequel movies that were released in the early 2000’s. For someone like me, who maybe hasn’t watched those movies all too recently, it was a welcome sequence that reminded audiences of how close Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker once were, a tie that seems likely to drive this entire series. Because Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor, as it should be) vowed to hide out on Tatooine and watch over Luke from a distance, I anticipated...

Episode one of The Book of Boba Fett has the same spaghetti Western adventure meets sci-fi feel to it that helped make its predecessor The Mandalorian such a stand-out show. It also possesses the same depth of writing that shows the audience just enough to get them interested without revealing too much. What we do learn pretty quickly is the answer to the question that we’ve all been wondering ever since Boba Fett (played by Temuera Morrison) made his surprising and celebratory return to the Star Wars universe in The Mandalorian. Which is how, exactly, he escaped from that Sarlacc...

Another week, another week of HOT COMICS. I won't waste your time with a boring intro and instead roll right into this week's list from Frankie's Comics.      This is a book seeing sales this week of $15-20 that was previously available for as little as #1 most places.  It is easy to see why the market is loving this one as it not only features a Giant Sized X Men #1 homage but it also features a variety of Loki variants including cover appearances by Kid Loki and Lady Loki.  This one was brought to light by Beckett...

Lately, the entire comic book market has been affected by nostalgia buying. More than affected,, almost driven by it. Maybe it always has been that way. But we certainly have seen a shift in what buyers are looking for. More and more we see a gravitation toward 80's properties like GI Joe, Transformers, TMNT, etc.  But for buyers looking for ROI, you have to be willing to look ahead. Next up is the 90s and that wave has already begun. So with that in mind, my fellow comic investor Jason and I collaborated on a 2 part 90's Bolo buy...