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The Beebox Buzz — Issue #1
Friday, October 30, 2026
Beebox Comics · Geneva, NY · beeboxcomics.com
🐝 FRESH DROPS — THIS WEEK’S KEYS
First shot, as promised — the books subscribers hear about before they hit the bins:
- HULK #1 (2008) 1:50 Variant — $208. The Loeb/McGuinness Red Hulk debut run, in the scarce 1:50 incentive cover.
- DC SUPER-STARS #11 — $155. The 1977 giant-size issue collectors hunt for its classic Legion-era lineup cover.
- VENOM: LETHAL PROTECTOR #1 — $28. Venom’s first solo series (see the Vintage Feature below).
- BATMAN / THE MAXX #1 — $20. The Dark Knight meets Sam Kieth’s Outback oddball — a crossover that shouldn’t work and absolutely does.
- STAR WARS #44 — $20. Vintage Marvel Star Wars, from the Empire Strikes Back adaptation era.
- HEROES FOR HIRE #1 — $6. The 1997 #1 — key first appearance of the second White Tiger.
Shop them all: ebay.com/str/beeboxcomics — or dig in person at Penny Lane Antique Mall, Geneva.
📚 VINTAGE FEATURE — VENOM: LETHAL PROTECTOR #1 (1993)
Before Venom had movies, he had this: a six-issue limited series that turned Spider-Man’s scariest villain into Marvel’s first “lethal protector” anti-hero. The red foil cover was pure 1993 — and unlike most foil-era books, this one kept its audience. It’s the first time Venom headlined his own title, with David Michelinie (who co-created the character) writing and Mark Bagley drawing the symbiote at his most monstrous.
Our copy: $28 on eBay now.
✏️ ARTIST SPOTLIGHT — MARK BAGLEY
Bagley drew the Venom feature above, but his fingerprints are all over modern Marvel: a defining Amazing Spider-Man run in the ’90s (including the Carnage era), New Warriors before that, and then the marathon that made history — 111 straight issues of Ultimate Spider-Man with Brian Michael Bendis, one of the longest writer-artist runs on a Marvel title. Fast, clean, expressive — if a ’90s or 2000s Marvel book feels like it moves, odds are good Bagley drew it.
🗑️ FROM THE BINS
8,000+ comics at $2 each, inside Penny Lane Antique Mall (319 Waterloo Geneva Rd, Geneva). The bins restock constantly — this week’s diggers pulled Bronze Age horror and a near-complete ’90s X-Men run. Buzz in and dig.
📅 SHOP NEWS
- Recently sold: MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #1 (2022) and BATGIRL #25 (2002) found new homes this week.
- Dec 13: Find us at the Village Gate Toy & Collectibles Show, Rochester — doors listed at 9 AM, and the early birds know the good stuff goes fast.
- We buy comics. Collections welcome — tell us what you have at beeboxcomics.com/sell-your-comics
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