The Heroic Age?
Wasn’t The Heroic Age supposed to return us to good ol’ fashioned fun in comic books? Wasn’t it supposed to be a shift away from the these dark, gut wrenching story-lines like House of M, Civil War, Secret Invasion, and…
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Undervalued Spotlight #114
Detective Comics #32, DC Comics, October 1939 As far as I’m concerned there is no greater comic book title than Detective Comics. The iconic cover to the March 1937 1st issue is one of the most identifiable covers in the…
Undervalued Spotlight #113
For Lovers Only #78, Charlton Comics, April 1975 You can’t press love nor can you assign it a grade, and as much as you’d like to you can’t “Buy it Now” either. If you’re making an offer then it’s simply not…
eBay and early Joes
September 16thth, 2001: 5 days after the terrorist attacks in New York City, was the day I got on a plane and moved from my hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, to Toronto, Ontario! I began a training program because of…
Volatility Is Your Friend
Like any financial asset, commodity, or collectible, comic book values fluctuate in the course of natural course of trading. We can measure this fluctuation by calculating its variance or standard deviation. Variance is a measure of how far a string…
Undervalued Spotlight #112
American Flagg #1, First Comics, (October, 1983) I received a nice email after I posted Undervalued Spotlight #111 last week and the jist of it was ‘how come you pick books that are almost impossible to find’? First off, I…
CGC “Standards”
What is up with the new grading standards of CGC? I mean why is it I used to be able to go though my long boxes and know, without a lot of guess work, that this book will not come…
Undervalued Spotlight #111
World’s Finest #71, DC Comics, (July/August, 1954) World’s Finest #71 was printed at both an historic low point for superhero comics and a major turning point for the American comic publishing industry. Though crime and horror comics ruled the day,…
Hooked on Joe
My name is Jason Halstead, I’m the new guy here and a self described toy freak! As a 38 year old who still actively buys, sells, and trades 70’s and 80’s action figures, I think I’ll have some fun stories…
Auction Highlights #61
ComicLink’s January Focused Auction. This is my first Auction Highlight of 2012 and I think it’s a good time to try to take stock of the market, to see where some of the most heavily traded “blue chip” comic books…
Graphitti Watchmen HC
This is my first Bound Together column that’s based on a book I don’t own, but it’s a doozy. In 1988 Graphitti Designs produced for DC a collected edition of Watchmen: a black hardcover in a slipcase with a good…
Undervalued Spotlight #110
Tales from the Tomb #1 (02-810-210), Dell Publishing, October 1962 About a month ago I bought a collection of rough shaped old comics. The pile was mostly Charlton War, DC non hero and a hodgepodge of Dells. Hum hum stuff…
Checking in on the New 52
It has been four months since DC Comics unleashed their much anticipated New 52 relaunch. Not surprisingly, DC dominated 2011’s bestseller list. The only non-New 52 title that managed to squeak onto 2011’s top ten list was Ultimate Spider-Man #160.…
Undervalued Spotlight #109
Doctor Who and the Daleks (Movie Classic #12-190-612), Dell Publishing, December 1966 Here’s another submission from Undervalued Spotlight stalwart Mike Huddleston. Mike sure knows how to pick winners and this week’s submission is no exception, it’s another keeper. Mike was…
Undervalued Spotlight #108
G.I. Joe, A real American Hero #21, Marvel Comics, March 1984 It seems that I keep neglecting the 1980s! My last 80s post was over 20 Spotlights ago!! The 80s are a much maligned decade when it comes to collectible…
Undervalued Spotlight #107
Tarzan #25, Dell Comics, October 1951 There’s a nice copy of Tarzan #25 sitting in my comic collection! About 15 years ago I bought a collection of Gold Key comics from the late 60s and early 70s and in the…
The CGC Census and Market Values
This week I want to examine how the census numbers influence the market values between the 9.0 – 9.8 grades (i.e., the “mint” grades). Immediately we’re confronted with three problems.
Undervalued Spotlight #106
Pep Comics #36, MLJ Magazines, February 1942 This is the 3rd time I’ve chosen a Pep Comic. Undervalued Spotlights #81 and #5 both featured great Pep issues and Pep #36 belongs right up there with them as far as I’m…
Bad Investment?
Last month quietly, without fanfare a second CGC 9.6 Amazing Fantasy #15 appeared on the CGC Census (CGC is of course the company that grades the comics out of 10, they keep a census on their website). What made this…
Auction Highlights #60
ComicConnect December 2011 Event Auction The big ComicConnect.com Event auction has ended. This auction gained worldwide attention thanks to the the coup of having a CGC graded 9.0 copy of Action Comics #1 up for grabs. My post on the…