November Comic Sales Data
Comic sales in November were off by 1.1% compared to November 2011 but when we take into account November 2011 had 5 Wednesday figure show comic sales were actually up. Year to date 2012 the market is up 14.63% over the…
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Walter Durajlija
Walter Durajlija is an Overstreet Advisor and Shuster Award winner. He owns Big B Comics in Hamilton Ontario.
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The Floating 9.2 Grade
The Floating 9.2 Grade The 9.2 grade has become synonymous with a quality high grade comic. The 9.2 grade is the right most column in the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. The 9.2 is the industry standard high grade. Over…
Comic Culture December 5th 2012
OK for one last time let’s all congratulate CFMU-FM 93.3 for being chosen Hamilton’s best radio station. That’s two years in a row. Yay CFMU! This week’s Comic Culture is the 1st Christmas inspire show of 2012 and hosts Chris…
Undervalued Spotlight #142
Avengers #54 and #55, Marvel Comics (July and August 1968) I had to go two books this week. We really need both of these issues to properly introduce Ultron. Ultron, who 1st appeared in Avengers #54 and was 1st identified…
Auction Highlights #74
Auction Highlights #74, Comic Link November Featured Auction The Comic Link November Featured Auction has just ended, all results below ended between Tuesday November 27th and Wednesday November 28th. WOW! I’m calling this the “Get Smart Auction”. The famous saying…
Interview | Joseph Veteri, Comic Verification Authority
Anyone actively following internet comic auctions has most likely noticed a few books sporting those little CVA stickers at the top left corner of the CGC casing. CVA. What the heck is CVA? CVA stands for the Comic Verification Authority…
Comic Culture November 28th
Again let’s all congratulate CFMU-FM 93.3 for being chosen Hamilton’s best radio station. That’s two years in a row. CFMU! CFMU! CFMU! This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt talk Zack Snyder and the latest Superman film… and how…
Undervalued Spotlight #141
Tales of Suspense #79, Marvel Comics (July 1966) Now this is a great Marvel Silver Age comic book! Tales of Suspense #79 kicks off a great 3 part Iron Man and Sub-Mariner battle story but more importantly I’ll argue, it…
Comic Culture November 21st 2012
First off we want to congratulate CFMU-FM 93.3 for being chosen Hamilton’s best radio station. That’s two years in a row. Take a bow CFMU! This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt plug this Sunday’s Toronto Comicon, they also…
Auction Highlights #73
The Pedigree Grand Auction has just wrapped up, all results below ended Wednesday November 14th. I don’t know how Mr. Schmell does it but he sure puts up a lot of very high grade Silver Age comics! Many of these…
Two Copies of Walking Dead #1 Equals $19,900
Comic book collectors and Walking Dead fans are abuzz after yesterday’s two record breaking sales of Walking Dead #1. Two CGC 9.9 copies of Walking Dead #1 were posted on eBay as of yesterday morning. One of the copies was…
Comic Culture November 14th
This week Comic Culture hosts Chris and Walt tackle some interesting topics including Tony Harris’ recent rant, the October comic book sales numbers, good news on the Goon movie front, Michael Arndt’s new gig as screenwriter for Star Wars Episode…
Undervalued Spotlight #140
Wonder Comics #1, Fox Features Syndicate (May 1939) This is such a beast of a Golden Age comic. I’ve had Wonder Comics #1 in my scopes for a while but eased up on it after Undervalued Spotlight fan Warren contributed…
Comic Culture November 7th 2012
This week hosts Chris and Walt talk about how Neil deGrasse Tyson discovered the “real” Krypton, Alan Moore’s new song for Guy Fawkes day, the Art for Sandy Relief art auction, Ben Kingsley’s Mandarin and Jamie Foxx’s Electro. Other topics…
Undervalued Spotlight #139
Amazing Spider-Mam #583 Obama Variant 1st Print, Marvel Comics, March 2009 I’m posting this Undervalued Spotlight early on November 6th 2012, Election Day in the United States. Regardless of who wins the White House I’m arguing that the Amazing Spider-Man…
Comic Culture October 31st
The Halloween show has hosts Chris and Walt talking about what local comic book shops should be doing on Halloween. The guys also discuss the big Disney buys Lucasfilm. There’s also lots of convention news and movie news and the…
Disney Buys Lucasfilm
Disney is buying Lucasfilm for a reported $4.05 Billion. Disney gets Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light and Magic, and Skywalker Sound. George Lucas, who owns Lucasfilm privately, gets payment in Disney shares and in cash. George Lucas in a statement said…
Undervalued Spotlight #138
True Crime Comics, Vol. 1 #2, Magazine Village (May 1947) There was this great crime comic collection I bought back in the late 1980s. The collection consisted of 300 or so crime comics, much of the stuff I’d never seen…
Auction Highlights #72
The Comic Link October Focused Auction has just ended, all results below ended between Tuesday October 23rd and Wednesday October 24th. C-Link produced a rare dud with this auction. Sure there were some solid books but when your top book…
Comic Culture October 24th 2012
It’s another pre-Halloween themed show this week. Chris and Walt get all excited about the Justice League movie news and about the new Iron Man 3 trailer. The new DVD on on Stan Lee is discussed as is news of…