HeyJaredPhilip Bates
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 7
- Latest publication
- Jul 22, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for ComicBook.com
- Top 50K sites
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- Jul 4, 2026
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Unopened "New" Copy of A 1989 Super Mario Gaming Chair Is Pure 90s Nostalgia (& Worth More Than You'd Think) (opens the original)
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Mario has always been big business. That Italian plumber won over a legion of fans as soon as he first appeared in Donkey Kong (1981) and fronted his first video game, Mario Bros., alongside his brother Luigi, just two years later. Mario’s popularity just continues to grow, so even brief missteps like 1986’s Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels, and the 1993 movie, Super Mario Bros. haven’t hindered him. That means that anything with Mario’s visage plastered onto it is worth money. But it’s rare y
44 Years After Release, An Incredible Atari Pitfall! Concept Map & Notes Is Up For Sale (opens the original)
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A modern-day audience may marvel over artbooks featuring concept drawings for titles like The Last of Us or Marvel’s Spider-Man, but go back a few decades and the original behind-the-scenes sketches and plans for video games were rarely seen. Imagine seeing the original concept art for iconic titles like Super Mario Kart, Pac-Man, and Dig Dug! One legendary game is Pitfall!, released for the Atari 2600 in September 1982, then, just two months later, on Mattel Electronics’ Intellivision. This pla
A Graded Street Fighter Comic With An Iconic Signature Could Be A Fan's Dream Collectible, But Is It Worth the Price? (opens the original)
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The Street Fighter franchise has had an interesting legacy. It started out as a simple game in 1987, before 1991’s Street Fighter II broke the mold and established many fighting game tropes. Its main titles and spin-offs saw it becoming one of the highest-grossing video game franchises of all time. Then, in 1994, a high-profile blockbuster movie was released. Just before that, Street Fighter debuted as a comic, but it was short-lived, thanks to Capcom’s disapproval. In subsequent years – and dec
A Sealed Copy of Pokémon Yellow Just Smashed Through Its Auction Estimate But Might Still Be Worth $1,000s More (opens the original)
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30 years on from its creation, Pokémon is bigger than ever. If you’ve attempted to buy one of the TCG Trainer Boxes within the past five years, you can attest to that. The proliferation across industries means Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise in history: quite astounding given that it started with two Game Boy titles released in 1996. The anime introduced us all to Ash Ketchum, a boy paired with the stroppy “electric mouse”, Pikachu. The success of that show led GameFreak to relea
A Small Printing Error Makes This 20 Year-Old X-Men HeroClix Figure Entirely Unique (opens the original)
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Whether you know how to play the game or not, there’s something very inviting about HeroClix. That’s likely because they give you the chance to own small figurines of some of your favorite comic book characters. If you pick up a starter set, the packs tell you all you need to know about how to play too, so it’s a game that’s more accessible than, say, Dungeons and Dragons or Magic: The Gathering. HeroClix is all about having fun. It’s your chance to see what happens when Juggernaut comes face-to
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