Is this a trick or a treat? You&apos;ll have to listen to find out. This week, we return to the mic&apos;s to celebrate the spooky and update listeners on where we&apos;ve been. Happy Halloween to all and to all a haunted holiday season... As always — thank you for listening.  Spec Tales Artwork Created by Bartels Creative Co

<description>&lt;p&gt;Is this a trick or a treat? You&amp;apos;ll have to listen to find out. This week, we return to the mic&amp;apos;s to celebrate the spooky and update listeners on where we&amp;apos;ve been. Happy Halloween to all and to all a haunted holiday season...&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;As always — thank you for listening. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Spec Tales Artwork Created by Bartels Creative Co&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Is this a trick or a treat? You'll have to listen to find out. This week, we return to the mic's to celebrate the spooky and update listeners on where we've been. Happy Halloween to all and to all a haunted holiday season...As always — thank you for listening. Spec Tales Artwork Created by Bartels Creative Co

Happy Halloween Surprise — Glasses & The Beard Ride Again

Welcome back Spec-Taters to episode 104 of the Spec Tales podcast. This week, we welcome back our friend Mickey Finnegan, or better known on YouTube Swagglehaus Comics. Mickey joins us to to discuss his new comic series <a href='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swagglehaus/sanity-rise-of-the-occult-v2?ref=nav_search&amp;result=project&amp;term=Sanity%3A%20Rise%20of%20#'>SANITY: Rise of the Occult</a>. We also get a full update on Mickey&apos;s new grail tale and the cautionary details behind an online trade gone wrong. SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to our<a href='https://www.patreon.com/spectales'> Patreon</a> to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES. REACH OUT TO US! Share a grail tale of your own, give us some feedback, or tell us a topic you want us to discuss. Check out <a href='http://www.spectalespodcast.com'>SpecTalesPodcast.com</a> or find us on Twitter and on Instagram. You can also shoot us a message anytime at spectalespodcast@gmail.com As always — thank you for listening. Spec Tales Artwork Created by<a href='https://www.bartelscreative.co'> Bartels Creative Co</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Welcome back Spec-Taters to episode 104 of the Spec Tales podcast. This week, we welcome back our friend Mickey Finnegan, or better known on YouTube Swagglehaus Comics. Mickey joins us to to discuss his new comic series &lt;a href='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/swagglehaus/sanity-rise-of-the-occult-v2?ref=nav_search&amp;amp;result=project&amp;amp;term=Sanity%3A%20Rise%20of%20#'&gt;SANITY: Rise of the Occult&lt;/a&gt;. We also get a full update on Mickey&amp;apos;s new grail tale and the cautionary details behind an online trade gone wrong. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUPPORT THE SHOW! &lt;/b&gt;Subscribe to our&lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/spectales'&gt; Patreon&lt;/a&gt; to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES.&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;REACH OUT TO US! &lt;/b&gt;Share a grail tale of your own, give us some feedback, or tell us a topic you want us to discuss. Check out &lt;a href='http://www.spectalespodcast.com'&gt;SpecTalesPodcast.com&lt;/a&gt; or find us on Twitter and on Instagram. You can also shoot us a message anytime at spectalespodcast@gmail.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;As always — thank you for listening.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Spec Tales Artwork Created by&lt;a href='https://www.bartelscreative.co'&gt; Bartels Creative Co&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Welcome back Spec-Taters to episode 104 of the Spec Tales podcast. This week, we welcome back our friend Mickey Finnegan, or better known on YouTube Swagglehaus Comics. Mickey joins us to to discuss his new comic series SANITY: Rise of the Occult. We also get a full update on Mickey's new grail tale and the cautionary details behind an online trade gone wrong. SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to our Patreon to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive mo...

The Return of Mickey Finnegan AKA Swagglehaus Comics

We&apos;re celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Spec Tales Patreon. Because of our dedicated and generous Scärce Army members, we&apos;ve been able to update the show&apos;s artwork, create JJ the Spec Tater-Tot, and literally give away thousands of stickers to comic fans around the world. This week, we&apos;re sharing an episode of our Patreon-exclusive series Floppies to celebrate the milestone. SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to our<a href='https://www.patreon.com/spectales'> Patreon</a> to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES. REACH OUT TO US! Share a grail tale of your own, give us some feedback, or tell us a topic you want us to discuss. Check out <a href='http://www.spectalespodcast.com'>SpecTalesPodcast.com</a> or find us on Twitter and on Instagram. You can also shoot us a message anytime at spectalespodcast@gmail.com As always — thank you for listening. Spec Tales Artwork Created by<a href='https://www.bartelscreative.co'> Bartels Creative Co</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;apos;re celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Spec Tales Patreon. Because of our dedicated and generous Scärce Army members, we&amp;apos;ve been able to update the show&amp;apos;s artwork, create JJ the Spec Tater-Tot, and literally give away thousands of stickers to comic fans around the world. This week, we&amp;apos;re sharing an episode of our Patreon-exclusive series Floppies to celebrate the milestone. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUPPORT THE SHOW! &lt;/b&gt;Subscribe to our&lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/spectales'&gt; Patreon&lt;/a&gt; to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;REACH OUT TO US! &lt;/b&gt;Share a grail tale of your own, give us some feedback, or tell us a topic you want us to discuss. Check out &lt;a href='http://www.spectalespodcast.com'&gt;SpecTalesPodcast.com&lt;/a&gt; or find us on Twitter and on Instagram. You can also shoot us a message anytime at spectalespodcast@gmail.com&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;As always — thank you for listening.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Spec Tales Artwork Created by&lt;a href='https://www.bartelscreative.co'&gt; Bartels Creative Co&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We're celebrating the two-year anniversary of the Spec Tales Patreon. Because of our dedicated and generous Scärce Army members, we've been able to update the show's artwork, create JJ the Spec Tater-Tot, and literally give away thousands of stickers to comic fans around the world. This week, we're sharing an episode of our Patreon-exclusive series Floppies to celebrate the milestone. SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to our Patreon to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including...

Happy Patreoniversary — A Full Episode of Floppies Just For You

No guest this week, but that doesn&apos;t mean we&apos;re taking it easy on the mics. We&apos;ve got multiple recent pickups that you need to sprint to the shelves (or digital shelves) to get your hands on. We&apos;ve got a comic book whale tale detailing two of the most epic L.B. Cole covers on the planet.  SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to our<a href='https://www.patreon.com/spectales'> Patreon</a> to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES. REACH OUT TO US! Share a grail tale of your own, give us some feedback, or tell us a topic you want us to discuss. Check out <a href='http://www.spectalespodcast.com'>SpecTalesPodcast.com</a> or find us on Twitter and on Instagram. You can also shoot us a message anytime at spectalespodcast@gmail.com As always — thank you for listening. Spec Tales Artwork Created by<a href='https://www.bartelscreative.co'> Bartels Creative Co</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;No guest this week, but that doesn&amp;apos;t mean we&amp;apos;re taking it easy on the mics. We&amp;apos;ve got multiple recent pickups that you need to sprint to the shelves (or digital shelves) to get your hands on. We&amp;apos;ve got a comic book whale tale detailing two of the most epic L.B. Cole covers on the planet. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUPPORT THE SHOW! &lt;/b&gt;Subscribe to our&lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/spectales'&gt; Patreon&lt;/a&gt; to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;REACH OUT TO US!&lt;/b&gt; Share a grail tale of your own, give us some feedback, or tell us a topic you want us to discuss. Check out &lt;a href='http://www.spectalespodcast.com'&gt;SpecTalesPodcast.com&lt;/a&gt; or find us on Twitter and on Instagram. You can also shoot us a message anytime at spectalespodcast@gmail.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;As always — thank you for listening.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Spec Tales Artwork Created by&lt;a href='https://www.bartelscreative.co'&gt; Bartels Creative Co&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

No guest this week, but that doesn't mean we're taking it easy on the mics. We've got multiple recent pickups that you need to sprint to the shelves (or digital shelves) to get your hands on. We've got a comic book whale tale detailing two of the most epic L.B. Cole covers on the planet. SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to our Patreon to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES.REACH OUT TO US! Share a grail tale of your own...

The Masks Come Off — A Comic Whale Tale Shows Our True Colors

We&apos;re back for a throwback-style episode with one of our original listeners and Instagram comic collector friends, Zach Mitchell from Zach&apos;s Comics.  Together, we dive head-first into the state of the comic book world, including the speculation market, gatekeeping collectors, and riding the financial waves.  SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to our<a href='https://www.patreon.com/spectales'> Patreon</a> to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES. REACH OUT TO US! Share a grail tale of your own, give us some feedback, or tell us a topic you want us to discuss. Check out <a href='http://www.spectalespodcast.com'>SpecTalesPodcast.com</a> or find us on Twitter and on Instagram. You can also shoot us a message anytime at spectalespodcast@gmail.com As always — thank you for listening. Spec Tales Artwork Created by<a href='https://www.bartelscreative.co'> Bartels Creative Co</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;We&amp;apos;re back for a throwback-style episode with one of our original listeners and Instagram comic collector friends, Zach Mitchell from Zach&amp;apos;s Comics.  Together, we dive head-first into the state of the comic book world, including the speculation market, gatekeeping collectors, and riding the financial waves.  &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;SUPPORT THE SHOW! &lt;/b&gt;Subscribe to our&lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/spectales'&gt; Patreon&lt;/a&gt; to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;REACH OUT TO US! &lt;/b&gt;Share a grail tale of your own, give us some feedback, or tell us a topic you want us to discuss. Check out &lt;a href='http://www.spectalespodcast.com'&gt;SpecTalesPodcast.com&lt;/a&gt; or find us on Twitter and on Instagram. You can also shoot us a message anytime at spectalespodcast@gmail.com&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;As always — thank you for listening.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Spec Tales Artwork Created by&lt;a href='https://www.bartelscreative.co'&gt; Bartels Creative Co&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

We're back for a throwback-style episode with one of our original listeners and Instagram comic collector friends, Zach Mitchell from Zach's Comics.  Together, we dive head-first into the state of the comic book world, including the speculation market, gatekeeping collectors, and riding the financial waves.  SUPPORT THE SHOW! Subscribe to our Patreon to help Spec Tales grow and gain access to bonus content including our Patreon exclusive monthly series FLOPPIES.REACH OUT TO US! Shar...

To Speculate or Not to Speculate — Zach Mitchell Breaks Down The Comic Collecting Landscape

Spec Tales asks collectors and creators: What's your grail tale? Join Jake and Jesús each week as they explore new stories about the comic book grails we all love — the epic journies behind how they were obtained or how they inspired new creativity. You can share your grail tale by emailing the guys at <a href="mailto:spectalespodcast@gmail.com">spectalespodcast@gmail.com</a> Or by reaching out on Twitter and Instagram.

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