X-MEN:One Perfect Year! Marvel’s Mighty Mutants rose to unprecedented heights when an animator from Lord Of The Rings arrived to take the helm. The legend of Paul Smith and his seminal year on X-Men is discussed complete with excerpts from his first interview. Also, Ed Piskor, Diamond’s bankruptcy and Neil Gaiman controversy!

Here comes 2025 as Jim Lee returns to Batman! Marvel counters with a new Spider Man! Part 2 of our conversation with retailer and convention promoter Jimmy Jay provides new fresh insights and bold predictions! 

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X-Men! Spider-Man! Batman! The State Of The Industry 2025! Our series examining industry process & practices kicks off with straight talk from a retail perspective! What sold huge? What went bust! Jimmy Jay joins Rob for part 1 as we break it all down! 

Robservations welcomes a card carrying member of Generation Z as we get a Zoomer perspective on Star Wars! The MCU! Superman! The Transformers and more. Luke Liefeld sits with his Pops and talks all things Pop Culture! 

Our Holiday Drop! It’s 1988, it’s the Holiday season and I’m desperately chasing payments for two issues of Marvel’s top selling X-Men family. The outlook is bleak. The Marvel Curse on these issues extends to the original art on both comics! Happy Holidays everyone! 

The big Heritage Art Auction happened and the host of Robservations talks about all the great pieces that sold including seminal works by Frank Miller, John Byrne, John Romita Sr. and the 1st appearance of Deadpool and Wolverine! How did it all shake out?

We say goodbye to the 2024 season and reveal the last 3 big moves in our Big 5 countdown! Is are industry as bold as it can be or are we missing the obvious? 

The Big 5 Moves continues! Spider Man! Todd McFarlane! G.I. Joe breaks records and more!

As the comics industry looks to produce more hits, Rob looks at The Big 5 Moves! Titles, teams and team ups that are certain to activate over the next few years as publishers seek bigger sales and success! Plus, are comic books our shared religion?

Absolute Batman rides in to the rescue for DC and the comics industry. Plus - The New Model, Last Blood & Micro-Distribution.

Batman, Wolverine, Spider Man and the Teenage Mutant. Ninja Turtles share a familiar connective tissue, what is it? We discuss it in depth. Also, The Blood Is Back!