And then I wrote about it for Comic Book Resources. The museum is an amazing place, and I highly reccomend it as a point of destination for any comic book fan. The best part is that with it’s proximity to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, you should have little problem convincing your significant other that the trip would be a good idea, even if they don’t share your love for the American artform.

While you may walk away from your visit with certain pieces as your personal favorites, there’s no particular emphasis that places Poster X’s importance as higher than Toy Y’s. Nowhere is this more evident than in the comic book room, a mecca to the 4-color artform. Arranged by era (Golden Age, Silver Age, etc.) and again alphabetically, in this room you’ll find both “Action Comics” #1 and a copy of the “Ghost World” TPB protected in mylar sleeves, under protective treated glass (The glass is specially treated to protect the displays from light, and is re-treated every seven years to maintain it’s effectiveness.). As you wander through this portion of the exhibit, it soon dawns on you that while you’re standing in a room that’s valued higher than your house, the emphasis Geppi and the museum wants to place on the collection as a whole is less financial and more historical. This was driven home when Geppi stated that while you could argue that the fixtures of the modern age section are worth more than the comics it displays, that’s not what the museum is about.

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