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Sean Kleefeld is an independent researcher whose work has been used by the likes Marvel Entertainment, Titan Books and 20th Century Fox. He writes the ongoing “Incidental Iconography” column for The Jack Kirby Collector and columns about webcomics and fandoms for FreakSugar. Previously, he spent several years working on the “Kleefeld on Webcomics” and “Kleefeld's Fanthropology” columns for MTV Geek. He’s also contributed to Alter Ego, Back Issue and Comic Book Resources. Kleefeld’s 2009 book, Comic Book Fanthropology, addresses the questions of who and what comic fans are, while his 2012 book, Edward Lear & the Snargetted Flartlethants of Nonsense, examines nonsense poetry and one its earliest practitioners. In 2020, Bloomsbury released the ...more

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Smaller Comics = More Money

I think it's relatively common knowledge that comic books have decreased in their physical size over the years. It's particularly obvious when you compare Golden Age books against contemporary ones. And if someone wasn't familiar with the differences before, I suspect anyone who's ever accidentally bought comic bags or boards for the wrong era books got a very annoying history lesson.

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	Marvel Masterworks: The Fantastic Four, Vol. 10 by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby (Illustrator), John Romita Sr. (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 1970 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Sean Kleefeld made a comment on Fantastic Four Movie Uniforms " Hey, Alan! Great to hear from you! I agree the dark blue costumes are definitely NOT a very '60s color scheme, and the cyan is more uplifting. But I j ...more "
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