X-MEN signed by Romita Jnr ?

I have a copy of Uncanny X-Men 196 that came as part of an ebay lot a couple of years ago. It is signed on the cover and page 1 "John Romita Jnr 85"

The seller made no mention of the comic being signed, which seems odd. I have checked against images of JRJR's signature online and for my money its the real deal.

So now i have a 95% genuine signed book by my favourite old school Marvel artist. 

X-Men vans by Corgi.

These were released in 1992-93 as a "limited edition" of 5100 and came in a box featuring the cover art from issue 16 of the X-Men by Jack Kirby.

 

The two vans are a Morris J van and a Bedford CA van.

The Morris J features art from issue 3, the X-Men versus The Blob.

The Bedford CA has art from issue 8, the X-Men versus Unus the Untouchable.

New Comic Book Day!

 

Good haul today, particularly looking forward to reading the new Daredevil and Punisher books. I try to pick up my standing order every 2 weeks so the next fortnights reading will be:

Daredevil #1

Punisher #1

X-Men Legacy #252

Uncanny X-Force #12

X-Men Schism #2

Astonishing X-Men #40

Secret Warriors #28

Uncanny X-Men #541

Secret Avengers #15

Wolverine #13

Amazing Spider-man #666

Fear Itself FF One Shot

Avengers #15

X-Men #15

Moon Knight #4

The Dark Tower - The Gunslinger #3

American Vampire #17

plus the free DC comics new 52 preview comic.

I'm really enjoying American Vampire, plus as a fan of the Dark Tower books the comics are always a good read. Four of the Marvel titles are Fear Itself tie ins which can be a bit hit and miss, i really like the core stories during big events but the tie ins seem a bit tacked on.  I'm mostly a Marvel kinda guy but flicking through the DC new 52 preview I'm considering giving a few titles a try, Jim Lee's art on Justice League is beautiful and i always loved WildC.A.T.S so will definitely be picking up Grifter. Anyway, gotta go. Comics dont read themselves!