Mike Sterling, Comics Guy
@mikester.bsky.social
Owner of sterlingsilvercomics.com, blogger at progressiveruin.com, Mike Sterling-er at http://mikesterling.com
37+ years in the comics biz! (I used to work for other stores, now I have my own shop!)
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37+ years in the comics biz! (I used to work for other stores, now I have my own shop!)
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Just a reminder, in case, say, something untoward happens with Bluesky, you can always find me on progressiveruin.com, see my various online shenanigans at www.mikesterling.com, and I guess you can find me on Threads if all else fails: www.threads.com/@mikesterjr
THE NEWS I NEEDED
Buckle up, kids. We're going to the PLANET OF THE APES!
🔥 WORLDS COLLIDE! 🔥
Marvel’s First Family lands in Planet of the Apes for the first time ever in PLANET OF THE APES VS. FANTASTIC FOUR #1! The FF meet Zira, Cornelius… AND some classic #Marvel Comics villains 😱🐵
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Marvel’s First Family lands in Planet of the Apes for the first time ever in PLANET OF THE APES VS. FANTASTIC FOUR #1! The FF meet Zira, Cornelius… AND some classic #Marvel Comics villains 😱🐵
@losthiskeysman.bsky.social #comicsky
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November 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
THE NEWS I NEEDED
uh oh, getting people who think the new BATMAN/DEADPOOL is just a reprint of the DEADPOOL/BATMAN from a couple of months back
November 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
uh oh, getting people who think the new BATMAN/DEADPOOL is just a reprint of the DEADPOOL/BATMAN from a couple of months back
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November 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Went in for one of my regular eyeball injections this morning, and the doctor took a look and said "everything looks stable, there's no swelling, I don't think you're going to need any more shots. Come back in three months and we'll see how you're doing."
Egads.
Egads.
November 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Went in for one of my regular eyeball injections this morning, and the doctor took a look and said "everything looks stable, there's no swelling, I don't think you're going to need any more shots. Come back in three months and we'll see how you're doing."
Egads.
Egads.
Feel like I need a separate shelving unit just to hold all the BATMAN/DEADPOOL variants.
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Feel like I need a separate shelving unit just to hold all the BATMAN/DEADPOOL variants.
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Trump accidentally a Jello Biafra spoken word album
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Trump accidentally a Jello Biafra spoken word album
How I look reading your posts
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 AM
How I look reading your posts
Every time I poke through the Promotional section of the price guide, I see something new I want...and this time it's BOBBY GETS HEP, a 1946 giveaway for Bell Telephone.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Every time I poke through the Promotional section of the price guide, I see something new I want...and this time it's BOBBY GETS HEP, a 1946 giveaway for Bell Telephone.
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It might not be the most popular or the most well-known even, but Mr. Do! is one of my favorite arcade games. 43 years ago this month, the game was finally reaching arcades, and its as fun today as it was back in 1982.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It might not be the most popular or the most well-known even, but Mr. Do! is one of my favorite arcade games. 43 years ago this month, the game was finally reaching arcades, and its as fun today as it was back in 1982.
www.retroist.com/p/retroist-m...
www.retroist.com/p/retroist-m...
I thought I saw a video where a young person claimed animated shorts ahead of movies was originally a Pixar thing and I pray God I just misunderstood what was being said.
November 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I thought I saw a video where a young person claimed animated shorts ahead of movies was originally a Pixar thing and I pray God I just misunderstood what was being said.
John Berkey really is one of my favorites. Seeing his art on a cover was a significant factor in several book purchases.
Art by John Berkey for Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 (1972). It was also amongst a number of artworks purchased by George Lucas to use as the visual background to try to get movie studios interested in funding Star Wars.
November 18, 2025 at 7:35 AM
John Berkey really is one of my favorites. Seeing his art on a cover was a significant factor in several book purchases.
Can't find the post on Xwitter where I originally said it, but someone being given comics to pay off a debt being a tale that always ends in tragedy continues to hold true.
"Sir, I'm sorry, this $20 worth of comics you were given doesn't really make much of a dent in the $500 that guy owes you."
"Sir, I'm sorry, this $20 worth of comics you were given doesn't really make much of a dent in the $500 that guy owes you."
November 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can't find the post on Xwitter where I originally said it, but someone being given comics to pay off a debt being a tale that always ends in tragedy continues to hold true.
"Sir, I'm sorry, this $20 worth of comics you were given doesn't really make much of a dent in the $500 that guy owes you."
"Sir, I'm sorry, this $20 worth of comics you were given doesn't really make much of a dent in the $500 that guy owes you."
I'm not gonna post the pics or anything, because I'm being forced to choose among "Little Creatures" by Talking Heads, "Frankenchrist" by the Dead Kennedys, "The Head on the Door" by The Cure, "Big Lizard in My Backyard" by the Dead Milkmen, and "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo. Man, good year.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I'm not gonna post the pics or anything, because I'm being forced to choose among "Little Creatures" by Talking Heads, "Frankenchrist" by the Dead Kennedys, "The Head on the Door" by The Cure, "Big Lizard in My Backyard" by the Dead Milkmen, and "Dead Man's Party" by Oingo Boingo. Man, good year.
Looking forward to the animated version of this live action version of an animated movie.
This looks like a high budget SNL skit like who asked for this aside from Dwayne Johnson’s constant unwarranted sense of self-importance and maybe a shareholder or two
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Looking forward to the animated version of this live action version of an animated movie.
Keep wanting to make time to rewatch the original M*A*S*H movie...will it be tonight? We'll see!
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Keep wanting to make time to rewatch the original M*A*S*H movie...will it be tonight? We'll see!
Once again using my evil retailer powers to read next week's comics TODAY (or is it "later this week's comics") and am happy to report Grant Morrison is at their Morrisoniest for BATMAN/DEADPOOL. Actually answers the question "did they know about this one thing at DC?" I've wondered for years.
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Once again using my evil retailer powers to read next week's comics TODAY (or is it "later this week's comics") and am happy to report Grant Morrison is at their Morrisoniest for BATMAN/DEADPOOL. Actually answers the question "did they know about this one thing at DC?" I've wondered for years.
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Back in the day a friend of mine went to a comic shop on Staten Island with his dad. Dad's paying for the son's comics and asks if the owner can break a twenty. Owner replies, "What am I, a bank?". Dad says to son, "You are never coming here again".
Shop's been gone since the 80s.
Shop's been gone since the 80s.
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Back in the day a friend of mine went to a comic shop on Staten Island with his dad. Dad's paying for the son's comics and asks if the owner can break a twenty. Owner replies, "What am I, a bank?". Dad says to son, "You are never coming here again".
Shop's been gone since the 80s.
Shop's been gone since the 80s.
...Here's your total!
"Great! ...Can you break a twenty?"
It would be bad news if I couldn't.
"Great! ...Can you break a twenty?"
It would be bad news if I couldn't.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
...Here's your total!
"Great! ...Can you break a twenty?"
It would be bad news if I couldn't.
"Great! ...Can you break a twenty?"
It would be bad news if I couldn't.
2024: single page calendar
2025: calendar distributed as a PDF file
2026: link to timeanddate.com, I'm presuming
2025: calendar distributed as a PDF file
2026: link to timeanddate.com, I'm presuming
The free Diamond Comics calendar has moved from the full multipage calendar to a single folded sheet.
November 16, 2025 at 9:58 PM
2024: single page calendar
2025: calendar distributed as a PDF file
2026: link to timeanddate.com, I'm presuming
2025: calendar distributed as a PDF file
2026: link to timeanddate.com, I'm presuming
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Post your favorite Star Trek character. Wrong answers only.
Putting a *blind* bag on the new Daredevil #1. Seems kind of rude.
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Putting a *blind* bag on the new Daredevil #1. Seems kind of rude.
Who called them the Earth One/Earth Two Supermen and not Parall-Els
November 15, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Who called them the Earth One/Earth Two Supermen and not Parall-Els
Thanks, driver side window on my car that rolled down and then refused to roll up while we're having a bunch of rain right now.
(The car is at the mechanics' right now, so hopefully it'll get fixed right quick.)
(The car is at the mechanics' right now, so hopefully it'll get fixed right quick.)
November 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Thanks, driver side window on my car that rolled down and then refused to roll up while we're having a bunch of rain right now.
(The car is at the mechanics' right now, so hopefully it'll get fixed right quick.)
(The car is at the mechanics' right now, so hopefully it'll get fixed right quick.)
1. After I die, don't turn me into a goofy phone robot powered by A.I.
2. After I die, DO prop up a mannequin in my likeness in the corner of the shop, casting my baleful gaze upon you as you try to purchase the latest DAREDEVIL or whatever.
2. After I die, DO prop up a mannequin in my likeness in the corner of the shop, casting my baleful gaze upon you as you try to purchase the latest DAREDEVIL or whatever.
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
1. After I die, don't turn me into a goofy phone robot powered by A.I.
2. After I die, DO prop up a mannequin in my likeness in the corner of the shop, casting my baleful gaze upon you as you try to purchase the latest DAREDEVIL or whatever.
2. After I die, DO prop up a mannequin in my likeness in the corner of the shop, casting my baleful gaze upon you as you try to purchase the latest DAREDEVIL or whatever.
here's to you, guy who speeds through traffic, switching back and forth from lane to lane, only to be stopped right in front of me at the next stoplight
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
here's to you, guy who speeds through traffic, switching back and forth from lane to lane, only to be stopped right in front of me at the next stoplight