Spider-Man Day:Catching Flies

I am still a big fan of Marvel comics despite having sold my entire comic collection 7 years ago.  I am slowly starting to get back into comic related trading cards.

Spider-Man day is August 1st.  Details about the holiday can be found here.

Cutch has been known to stick to walls

If you didn't watch a lot of Pirates baseball from from 2009 to 2017 you missed out on,watching one of the greatest outfielders in the game today.

While he may not catch thieves just like flies, he certainly did catch quite a number of flies roaming centerfield for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

He was a Gold Glove winner in 2012 and nominated as a top 3 finalist in 2013 where he lost to Carlos Gomez.

Below is my #1 card need that I want for my collection.

It is the 2014 Topps Opening Day Photo Variant.  Anyone that helps me land this card will receive $50 finder's fee and I am willing to pay $150 for this card.

Here are some other cards of Cutch fielding that I already own, many of which I have already shown.

2015 Father's Day Elements #14

 Pyramids/10, Cracked Ice/25, Base

The back of the card even mentions Spider-Man on the back of the card.

2013 Topps Stickers #208

 Topps chose a great photo of Cutch fieldimg for their 2013 sticker

2012 Topps 1987 Mini #TM-40

This may very well be the most posted card I have put on this blog.

2019 Topps Series 2 Photo Variant SP #395

At the beginning of this post I mentioned how I was starting to pick up some more nonsports cards.

Here is a 2017 Fleer Ultra Retro Spider-Man Jambalaya insert of Iron Fist

Iron Fist is one of my favorite characters and his 2017 solo series is an absolute joy to read. I recently signed up for the Marvel Unlimited app so I can enjoy all the comics I missed out on reading during my comic hiatus and I don't have to worry about the storage problems.  (If you think baseball cards are tough to sort and organize, try collecting comics)

Free is for me

EBay offered a coupon for $3 off any purchase of $3.01 or more.

Here is what I scored

It cost me only 26 cents to add to my collection and is going to help jump start my Iron Fist trading card collection.  The card design is meant to resemble the early 90s card designs by Impel. 

Iron Fist and Heroes For Hire were some of my favorite comics.  After looking at prices of parallels and the number of cards that Iron Fist has on the market, I thought he would be a fun character to collect without breaking the bank.

He appears in card sets every decade since his 70s debut and has a wealth of great artists who have worked on the character.

This Kaare Andrews autograph is signed in gold pen. Kaare has a terrific signature and was the writer/artist for Iron Fist:The Living Weapon miniseries. 

I recently signed up for the Marvel Unlimited app where you can read digital copies of nearly every Marvel comic from the 60s to 2018.  It's a great way to kill time on break at work and for only $10 a month it is totally worth it.

I have picked up a few other nonsports cards recently too.  I will show them off in the near future.