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• Superman Comic Sells For Over 300k

  Action Comics #1, featuring the first appearance of Superman, sold for $317,200. It was first published in 1938, with a cover price of 10 cents. The owner bought it in 1950 for 35 cents. Amazingly, the issue is still in mint condition, hence the high price it brought at auction. There are only 100 copies of Action Comics #1 in existence. Read More... Posted Mar 16 2009, 12:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: news, superman, superheroes, comics, comic books, Brett Singer, wolverine, old stuff, don't let mom throw that away, action comics, action comics #1

• Retro Electronic Toys

  Sometimes I think I might be psychic. For example, right now, you are reading this blog post. And you think the joke I just made wasn't all that funny. See what I mean? Anyway, I was talking to my son the other day about the handheld electronics I used to play with. Then I'm online, reading my email, and in my gmail toolbar I see the title of a Wired.com article: "Forgotten Electronic Games." Hmmm. Maybe Google is reading my brain waves. Wouldn't put it past them. But enough about my psychic ability. (I know that you don't want to hear any more about it. You see? You see what I mean?) What did Wired dig up? Here are some highlights: Read More... Posted Mar 12 2009, 08:36 PM by Brett Singer with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: video games, toys, Wired, retro, electronics, Brett Singer, the 80's, old stuff, electronic toys

• The Banana Splits are back, sort of

  Clearly, my Babble List has had tremendous influence on the entertainment business. How else do you explain the news that the Banana Splits are coming back to television? Read More... Posted Oct 08 2008, 10:15 AM by Brett Singer with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: entertainment, cartoons, cartoon network, nostalgia, saturday morning, saturday morning cartoons, Brett Singer, warner brothers, banana splits, old stuff