I saw this article (read it here) about 5 reasons comic books are currently thriving.  There are a few reasons we’ve seen impressive returns in rare, collectable comic books in the past few years, and in my opinion the continued popularity of the characters and stories no matter what medium they are portrayed is one of them.

Take a minute and read the article, I think you’ll enjoy it.

2012 was an impressive year for comic book sales, increasing 14.72% over 2011, to $475 million (source: Diamond Comics.  Walking Dead #100 lead sales with 353,200 followed by Uncanny Avengers at 305,900.

Did you ever wonder what comic books were on the news stands the month you were born?

Well check out this great resource over at Mike’s Amazing World.

Mike’s site is awesome in it’s own right, but the time machine tool is the ultimate in comic book fan awesomeness!

You can search by cover month or calendar month, for all publishers or narrowing your search to just one such as Marvel or DC.

Click here to check it out, and thanks Mike for the great tool and website!