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Tim BurTon's BaTman
Date: June 1989

A few of Barnes' hand-drawn sketch covers.
Barnes has been a part of The Villages Comic Book Collectors Club since he moved to the Village of Pine Hills in
mid-2017, and he says the club is a great way to discuss all
sorts of nerdy topics with like-minded Villagers.
"It's a good bunch of guys," Barnes said. "Sometimes it
gets like an episode of 'The Big Bang Theory,' but it is fun
- a little nerdy at times, but fun. Comics are more accepted
than they used to be, especially with the movies."
Interest in comics and superheroes is at an all-time high,
thanks in no small part to the many superhero films currently in theaters. Summertime is synonymous with big superhero spectacle movies arriving at the local theater, and
judging by the billions of dollars in ticket sales every year,
fans love it.
Where before, names like the Avengers, the Guardians of
the Galaxy or the Justice League were popular only among
hardcore comic book fans, thanks to the popularity of the
films, those names are on clothing, cereal boxes, toys and
almost every other product you could possibly imagine.
Ask any seasoned comic book collector about their collection and you will almost always hear some sort of interesting tale about how they first got into comics or how they
acquired that one special book. It
is a hobby practiced by many
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around the world, and it
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One of the first hugely
successful comic book films.
Starring Michael Keaton
as Batman, Jack Nicholson
as the Joker and Kim
Basinger as reporter Vicki
Vale, "Batman" was a critical
and financial success that
spawned multiple sequels
throughout the 1990s.

spider-man
no. 1
Date: June 1990

Popular comic book artist
Todd McFarlane designed
multiple variants of the
iconic cover for "Spider-Man
No. 1," leading Marvel to sell
more than 2 million copies
of the book. Often hailed as
one of the major books of
modern times, "Spider-Man No. 1" helped revitalize
the industry and reach a new generation of fans.
McFarlane's original cover art for "Spider-Man No. 1"
sold for a whopping $358,500 in a 2012 auction.

iron man

Date: May 2008

While there previously had
been successful comic
book films, including the
Spider-Man series, multiple
Batman films and a series
of X-Men movies, Iron Man
was the beginning of the
incredibly popular Marvel
Cinematic Universe. In the
MCU, movies and characters
share continuity, culminating with the Avengers
films where multiple heroes - including Iron
Man, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow and more
- team up against a major villain. Now totaling
19 films - with a 20th entry this month - the
MCU is a media juggernaut, grossing more than
$14 billion worldwide.

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