Free Harley Quinn and Joker's Daughter Appearances

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I have more good news to report today, as Will and Pam have been doing an excellent job of adding comics for you into our New-In-Stock and Premium New-In-Stock links. These very nice back issues are primarily ones that I picked up during that quick buying trip that I made to the East Coast at the end of June. I picked out 10,000 of those comics for grading and entering into our website inventory before I left for Santa Fe, and several thousand of them are now on sale for you. With our 40% off GREATDEAL codeword still in effect, most of these issues are available to you at amazingly low prices. Enjoy!

Speaking of our lower prices, a very positive trend has emerged over the last few months, ever since I slashed all of our back issue prices back in April. For the first time in many, many years, we are suddenly receiving more orders from brand new customers, than from our existing clientele. In part, I am certain this trend has emerged because of the incredible success of all of the comics-related movies this year, but it also seems apparent that our lower website prices are contributing significantly to this remarkable growth. It is gratifying to see that so many people are noticing that we have drastically reduced the cost of almost every single back issue that we list on our website.

In other news, I come to each Santa Fe primarily to recuperate from the rigors of exhibiting at the San Diego Comic-Con. While I am here, however, I occupy my time by searching for treasures to add to my already vast personal collection of Pueblo pottery. My trips are always somewhat fruitful in that regard, but this year has been exceptional, particularly in light of the fact that I am on a very constrained budget.

That having been said, it might interest you to know that my most significant purchase on this trip has not been a piece of pottery, but rather a ceremonial dance rattle. To explain, I am gathering material for on a book about Avanyus, the horned and feathered water serpents that are among the most revered deities in the Pueblo religion. As a part of my research, I am looking at all of the New Mexico antiques shows for rare items that have been sold into the Anglo world that feature Avanyu motifs. The local dealers know of my search, so they frequently offer me items that might otherwise never be seen. The dance rattle pictured below falls into that category.


Julian's Dance Rattle

So what makes this rattle so significant? Well, first of all, it is not a piece that was made for sale, but rather a hand-crafted item that was meant to be used only in ceremonial dances. Second, I have researched this rattle and spoken with experts, we have reached the mutual conclusion that it was probably made about 1918. Finally, because of the very unique Avanyu image on this rattle matches two extremely rare pieces of pottery that are locked in the vault at the School of American Research here in Santa Fe, we are 99% certain that this rattle was made at San Ildefonso Pueblo by Julian Martinez, the husband of world-famous Pueblo potter, Maria Martinez.


Maria Martinez Polychrome Plate

If you have never heard of Maria Martinez, she is known throughout the world for her incredibly beautiful black-on-black pottery. Her pieces are in every major art museum, and usually bring the highest prices in any Pueblo pottery auction. What is not known by too many people, however, is that it was Julian who actually perfected the black-on-black technique, all the way in 1918. Prior to that point in time, he and Maria created exceptionally beautiful San Ildefonso polychrome pottery, which is now much more sought-after by serious collectors than their black-on-black. To illustrate what I mean, the Maria and Julian polychrome plate shown below is on sale today at the Andrea Fisher Gallery in Santa Fe. It can be yours for only $70,000.00...


Julian's 1918 Black-On-Black Prototypes in Scool of American Research in Santa Fe

All of the above having been said, I think that you can now understand why I am so over-the-top excited at having found a polychrome dance rattle made by Julian Martinez. I know of no other rattle by Julian that exists in the world, so not only is it an incredibly valuable piece, but it also fills in an important part of the historical record that was thought to be lost. While Maria continued to pot well into the 1970's, Julian passed away in 1944, so unearthing such a critical part of his personal history 70 years after his passing is just unbelievably fortunate. Suffice it to say, this trip to Santa Fe has been a blessed experience for me, indeed.


New Suicide Squad #1

Returning to the world of comics, our head new comics buyer, Will Moulton, let me know this morning that DC Comics has once again managed to conceal a really cool new series by giving it an odd title. In this instance, they revived SUICIDE SQUAD by giving it the title of NEW SUICIDE SQUAD. While correct on any levels, it has apparently never sunk in to the marketing folks at DC that most comics retailers now rack their new issues alphabetically by title. Putting that "NEW" on the front of SUICIDE SQUAD title means that it is being racked no where near its old location. That being the case, it should come as no surprise that hardly anyone has noticed that both Harley Quinn, and the Joker's Daughter, are featured in the first two issues of this entertaining new series. Sigh...


New Suicide Squad #2

In any event, I mention NEW SUICIDE SQUAD because Will ordered extra copies of both #1 and #2 for us to give away as free Bonus items. Place any minimum $40 order with us and you can request either issue be included with your order at no charge, or place a minimum $75 order, and you can request free copies of both NEW SUICIDE SQUAD #1 and #2. I can almost guarantee you that these issues will be in higher demand in the future, not only because of the lower sales created by that title problem, but also because so many fans collect appearances of Harley Quinn and the Joker's daughter. 'Nuff said.

Happy Collecting!

Chuck Rozanski,
President - Mile High Comics, Inc.
August 14, 2014



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