Another Season of Comic Book Men is upon us, and we start off with a bang, if I do say so myself!
The banter at the beginning of the show is an actual question Walt Flanagan posed to Ming, and true to form, Ming Chen’s answer to every problem is to commit murder.
We had a special guest this week: Mister Incredible Hulk himself, Lou Ferrigno. Kevin Smith had met him at a Comic Con, and the two got to chatting, and Lou had offered to help Kevin get in shape. To deflect this, Kevin had thrown Bryan in front of the speeding bus that is Lou, and hired him to try and return Bry to his former glory.
Truthfully, it was a bit daunting coming face-to-face with Lou Ferrigno. He was, and will always be, The Incredible Hulk to me. We had no idea he was going to be walking into the store that day, so to see him there was especially jarring!
The young lady with the CGC-ed Archie #18 was a true Archie fanatic. While I read Archie back in the day, I don’t have HALF of the knowledge this woman does. Being that this was a double she had, I think she made out fairly well in this deal. We usually don’t deal in a) Archie Comics; b) Golden Age books and c) CGC graded books (not that there’s anything bad about them, we’re just comic-purists at the Stash, and believe books shouldn’t be kept behind plastic, they are MEANT to be read), but even as Walt was having his second thoughts after the transaction, she was gone like a flash.
Geek Fact: Archie’s full name is Archibald “Chick” Andrews and he appeared first in PEP Comics #22, Cover dated December, 1941.
The next transaction was a comic we sold. Daredevil # 168, The first appearance of Elektra Natchios. Created by Frank Miller, Elektra was the first love of Matt “Daredevil” Murdock, as the two met in college. Her father was killed and she embarked on a journey that would lead her to become a female ninja and a premiere assassin. This of course would bring her into conflict with her old lover, Murdock, who became a criminal lawyer AND costumed vigilante Daredevil. She was originally meant to be a one-off character, but became so popular that she appeared regularly in DD’s title until her death in issue #181.
We’ll see if Bryan took anything away from his encounter with Mr. Ferrigno. I hope so, but even if he doesn’t, he’s definitely around for fifteen more episodes for us to help change his bad habits.
As always, thanks for reading and spending some time with me and my geeky friends. We had a ton of fun filming this season, and I think you’ll agree that it shows.
Until next time-
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michaelzapcic 
YES YES YES Finally!!! I missed you guys. Here’s to another great season, you guys deserve it!
Hi,
I love the show. You guys provide a lot of laughs. I met Lou at a convention about 15 years ago. He took a picture with my son. He was/is a real nice guy. I probably would have asked him some “King of Queens” questions,just to throw him off. (Loved that show!0
Thank you for saying Comics are meant to be read. I hate the fact that they are put in those plastic coffins and cant be enjoyed by people who buy them! In fact a friend of mine recently purchased Hulk 181 and as soon as he got it he cut it out of that plastic tomb and read through it. I know if i purchased say, Action #1(not unless i win the lottery), your damn right i want to look inside that!!… Thanks Mike!
awesome blog! I enjoy watching all of you guys nerd out. Suddenly being a nerdy 27 year old doesn’t seem so bad.
It was awesome talking about Archie with you guys. Too bad I don’t live closer, I’d use the Secret Stash as my local comic shop!
Hey Mike, if you’re still looking for those Miracle Man graphic novels, I’ve got them. Maybe we can work out a trade, like a whole episode of ‘I Sell Comics’ devoted to Ambush Bug.
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