Category: Iconic Rookies
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Iconic Rookies: 2000 Topps X-Men The Movie #2 – Professor X Some cards get love because they’re loud. Others deserve love because they’re the anchor of an entire franchise. For the original X-Men movie, there’s no bigger “foundation” character than Professor Charles Xavier — and his cleanest, most straightforward base card in the set is:…
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Iconic Rookies: 2000 Topps X-Men The Movie #6 – Wolverine Every hobby has its blind spots. In non-sports, sometimes the most obvious character cards somehow still trade like they’re filler from a junk wax commons box. So today’s Iconic Rookies pick is exactly that kind of “how is this still cheap?” card: 2000 Topps X-Men…
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Iconic Rookies: 1966 Topps Batman #1 – The Batman Every hobby has its blind spots. In sports, it’s usually something obvious that people ignored for 20 years and then suddenly “discovered.” In non-sports, it’s even funnier: sometimes the most iconic character cards on Earth still get treated like they’re just another common… until the market…
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Heritage Auction Recap: $131K Batman, $100K O-Pee-Chee Luke — and the Reality Check Nobody Asked For Good afternoon, good evening, good zint, good y’all—whatever it may be where you are. I’m Not Sports Cards. Hope you’re doing well. Remember to like, subscribe, comment… all that other stuff. This episode turned into a full-on Heritage auction…
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Iconic Rookies: 1990 Topps The Simpsons #1 – Bartman Sticker There are a lot of big superhero names on this Iconic Rookies list – Superman, Batman, Bartman. Yes, really. For kids who grew up in the early 90s, Bart Simpson in full Bartman mode was as important as any cape in comics. And in 1990,…
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Iconic Rookies: 1985 Topps The Goonies Sticker #4 – Chunk Some characters are born to be cool. Others are born to yell, panic, spill secrets, and somehow save the day anyway. Lawrence “Chunk” Cohen is absolutely in that second group, and that’s why this goofy little sticker from 1985 deserves a spot in the Iconic…
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Iconic Rookies: 1989 Topps Back to the Future II #87 – Michael J. Fox Is Marty McFly Every hobby has its blind spots. In sports, it’s usually some mid-80s parallel no one cared about at the time. In non-sports, it’s often the most obvious stuff of all: the cards that capture the exact image burned…
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Iconic Rookies: 1989 Topps Batman #2 – Dark Knight Detective When people talk about “rookie cards,” they usually mean sports: Jordan, Gretzky, Brady. But if you grew up on VHS tapes more than box scores, there’s a whole different kind of rookie that matters just as much – the first time a truly iconic on-screen…
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Iconic Rookies: 1978 Topps Superman Movie #59 – Christopher Reeve’s Superman If you grew up anywhere near a TV in the 80s or 90s, there’s a pretty good chance your mental picture of Superman isn’t a comic panel – it’s Christopher Reeve, smiling in that blue suit with the giant red “S” and the cape…