Marvel comics stamps

If you haven't seen this offering from the USPS, you have to check it out. The limited edition, which Jennie kindly gave me as a gift, comes with a comic book and a set of 20 stamps. The images on the stamps are a mix of individual character portraits and classic Marvel comics. (I own every comic on a stamp, of course.) I can't say that I agree with all their choices--Black Widow would have been a win over Spider-Woman any day, for example--but the selections are at least defensible.

I have to admit that I haven't read the comic yet, because I haven't been able to make myself spoil the pristine package and open it. I'll probably have to buy myself a second set to read and to use.

I am such a geek.

Superhero stamps

They may be dorky, but the comic book fan in me can't help but recommend them: the new Marvel superhero stamps. They make a lovely package with the earlier DC superhero stamps. Buy 'em (I didn't have to, because Jennie gave me a set), enjoy 'em, and use 'em--or, if you're like me and can't bear to part with them, then just collect them along with all your other collectibles.

The drawings on the stamps are mostly from early renderings of the characters, but some appear to be later, slightly sleeker images. You get Spidey, the Hulk, the Sub-mariner, the Thing, Captain America, the Silver Surfer, Spider-Woman, Iron Man, Elektra (possibly the weakest drawing of the lot), and Wolverine.

As Stan Lee might have written, Excelsior!