Did somebody say "ThunderCats?"

They did and that one got The Boss' attention at Blowout Cards as Thomas Fish is a serious collector of original comic book art that includes the original pen-and-ink debut panels and/or covers for iconic characters such as Wolverine, Ghost Rider, X-Force and Deadpool. If you didn't know, he also owns the entire issue's worth of original artwork from Jim Lee's X-Men reboot in 1991 ... the No. 1 issue remains the best-selling comic book issue ever with more than 8 million copies sold across five variants. (He's got all of the covers, too -- click the image here to see 'em all up close.)

But ThunderCats? That one checks in as his favorite series ... which leads us to right here, right now today.

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CHANTILLY, Va. -- Blowout Cards The Fantastic Store, a premier destination for sports trading cards and collectibles, is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Musilli as the new Director of Retail Operations.

With his extensive experience and passion for delivering exceptional customer experiences, Musilli will play a vital role in shaping the future of our retail operations.

"We are thrilled to have Adam as part of the team," said Thomas Fish, CEO of Blowout Cards. "His extensive background and success in the retail industry, particularly within the hobby sector, make him the perfect fit for this role. We know he will bring incredible expertise to his new position and greatly accelerate our investment and growth into the brick-and-mortar landscape of the hobby industry."

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BlowoutCards.com has caught another legendary Pokémon card at auction.

Tonight, when the dust settled over at Heritage Auctions, one of only two Pokémon Blastoise #009/165R Commissioned Presentation Galaxy Star Hologram cards made by Wizards of the Coast in 1998 sold for $360,000. It's graded a CGC NM/Mint+ 8.5 and "the present day existence of the other is questionable" as it may not even exist now according to the auction house. Just two of these blank-backed cards were made to present the concept of an English-market release to Nintendo executives all those years ago.

"Pokémon is the largest media franchise and this is one of the rarest collectibles," said Blowout's Thomas Fish after the sale. "I had to catch this one."

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If you have this card and are at The National, then at least $2,500 could be yours.

It's a 2019 Topps Allen & Ginter framed autograph card of Blowout Cards' Thomas Fish and while it's one of just 10 framed cards put into packs it's the only one with this special inscription.

This reward stands until 3 p.m. on Saturday at the show and the card must be presented at Booth 854 to claim.

Even better? If this tweet from the @BlowoutCards account gets retweeted more than 2,500 times then the price goes up -- the price will be the same as the number of RTs with a cap of $5,000.

With so many boxes of Ginter on the show floor at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, there's a good shot that it could be right there, right now ... waiting on you.

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It's not quite a Honus Wagner, but if you see this face tomorrow on an autographed card you pulled from a BlowoutTV break, you'll get a few bucks.

How much? Where at again? Keep reading ...

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Deadpool's $150 million showing at the box office this past weekend was a landmark moment for both R-rated movies and a potential game-changer for comic book films, too.

It set box-office records for its rating, records for its studio, records for its time of year and a few other fronts ... and it all started for the character 15 years ago this month as The New Mutants was a Marvel Comics series that was winding down. Deadpool debuted in issue 98, which was called "The Beginning of the End Part 1" -- the title's final issue was just two months away.

The duo that created Deadpool was artist-writer Rob Liefeld and writer Fabian Nicieza -- and their work was seen by many readers that month but many, many more when X-Force No. 1 arrived a few months later. One of those books is one of the hottest in collecting today --  Mutants No. 98 -- while the other is one that collectors of the Polybag Era have stashed away in bulk. (Buzz is right there with a few dozen in a box somewhere.)

But what's got to be hotter than the hot book for the hottest movie of the moment?

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