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Collecting and Investing Tip #43: What are the early Marvel keys?

What kind of features should we demand of a principle Marvel key? This group of comics is one of the most important investing blocks in the hobby. People are buying up high grade Marvel keys as a group and you can’t really have one without any of the others and call yourself a true high end collector...

Walter Durajlija
July 19, 2010

The Phantom was the brainchild of Mandrake the Magician creator Lee Falk. Mr. Falk’ brilliant twist to the character was that he made his Phantom the 21st in a line stretching back over 400 years. The Phantom always fought evil wearing the same costume, part of a ruse to get the bad guys to believe that the character was immortal.

Walter Durajlija
July 13, 2010

Four Color Comics was a Dell Comic anthology series that ran from 1939 top 1962. Often Dell introduced characters (original and licensed) in the Four Color run. If the character sold well Dell would launch a separate series devoted to the character. When we look at titles like Turok (original) and Bugs Bunny (licensed) we see that Dell published several issues within the Four Color run (actually more than...

Walter Durajlija
July 7, 2010

Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #3, Pacific Comics, March 1982. This little gem has quite a lot going for it. First off the book features the first appearance of Ms. Mystic (back up story). Ms. Mystic is a witch who was burned at the stake during the Salem witch hunts of the late 17th century...

David Diep
July 3, 2010
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The Cover: Why does Jimmy Olsen even consider Superman a friend? Superman apparently can’t take a joke or something, as he tells Jimmy off for being a wise-guy and rebuffs his pleas to being rescued from the slum! Can we…

Walter Durajlija
July 2, 2010

The June Focused Auction ended last week on ComicLink. This auction really should have beed called the Marvel Silver and Bronze Auction (with a few DCs thrown in to make it look good). Only 1 DC cracked the top 30 in terms of price realized (only 4 DCs in the top 50). Star Trek #1 from Gold Key was the first non

V For Vendetta & Book Of The Month Club

Before I dive into this fascinating and edge-of-your-seat topic a little background information may be in order. Welcome to the first column of Bound Together: collecting the collected, a look at comic book trade paperbacks and graphic novels in all…

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Lobo #1, Dell Comics, December 1966. Lobo (unnamed in the book but dubbed Lobo by his adversaries) is a black Union soldier who goes west after the Civil War ends. He is hired as a ranch hand who gets wrongly blamed for killing the...

Walter Durajlija
June 24, 2010

Animal Comics #1, Dell Comics, Dec/Jan - 41/42. Animal Comics #1 features the 1st appearance Pogo Possum and Albert the Alligator by Walt Kelly

Collecting and Investing Tips #42

Black covers. Comic book collectors and investors have always coveted classic black covers when found in very high grade. It’s very hard to preserve and old comic with a black cover, any little fleck, color break or crease just seems to be amplified...

David Diep
June 16, 2010

The Cover: This is a Crazy Comic Cover (CCC) first! We’re going to be featuring a comic that has not one but two covers! The O’Neil and Adams run on GL/GA was fairly groundbreaking run which covered a wide variety…

Walter Durajlija
June 15, 2010

This comic book does not get the respect it deserves. March 1965 is very early for Marvel Comics, The Silver Surfer and Galactus were still a year away while the Amazing Spider-Man title was only...

Walter Durajlija
June 10, 2010

This week I wanted to feature a collecting focus that is beyond cool. It’s nice to have that Amazing Spider-Man run and that Batman run but thousands of those runs are being put together (with perhaps thousands more already completed). What will really impress the guests at your dinner party is the run of Feature Books you are trying to

Comic Book Daily Staff
June 9, 2010

My apologies for the delay in getting this week’s column up. But our comments are up and running so let us know what you think of Why are we thinking about this? and chime in with your suggestions and beliefs on…

Walter Durajlija
June 8, 2010

In the late 60s and early 70s comic books were tackling some very important social issues. The Amazing Spider-Man and Green Lantern ran some very controversial drug use stories. Famously the Amazing Spider-Man issues #96-#98 did not receive approval from the Comics Code Authority and these issues are now known as “the drug issues”. Titles like Lois Lane and Wonder Woman were exploring women’s equality issues...

Walter Durajlija
June 4, 2010

I was scanning eBay results and I found some very strong sales happening this past week. I also found deals!

Walter Durajlija
June 2, 2010

This week’s collecting tip will touch on the wonderful world of promotional comic books. The topic is a big one and this article will just serve to spark your interest in promotional comics. I encourage you to research more on this great collecting focus.

Walter Durajlija
May 31, 2010

Daredevil #1 is counted right up there with Hulk #1, FF#1, Avengers #1 and the rest as an early Marvel Key. Technically you could say thast it’s “keyer” than Amazing Spider-Man #1 since the Spidey issue is a title launch and not a first appearance. Printed in April 1964 Daredevil #1 is considered the last big early Marvel key.

Auction Highlights #39 – ComicLink May Auction

The May Featured auction has just ended on ComicLink. Many collectors on the net are alarmed at the dropping prices. Let’s have a look at some results.

Walter Durajlija
May 27, 2010

It should be noted that Jack and his writing/drawing partner Joe Simon first developed the concept of the romance story in a teen humor comic called My Date. My Date #1 (July 1947) featured teen humor but also featured a story that was very realistic in its approach to teen age romance. The non humor romance story was a huge success and this success enabled Simon and Kirby to negotiate a deal with the publisher to produce a romance title. Young Romance #1 was

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