Collecting and Investing Tips #23
Convention Tip #1. Develop a game plan. Yes, the convention season is about to kick into high gear and getting as prepared as you can will greatly increase your chances of
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Undervalued Spotlight #23
The Beatles, Dell Publishing, Sept-Nov 1964,
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #23Crazy Comic Covers: Jimmy Olsen #44 "The Wolf-Man of Metropolis"
The Cover: Jimmy Olsen has all the luck, not only is he a snazzy dresser, but he can also transform into a werewolf! Jimmy seems to have drank a magic potion that turns him into a werewolf and the effects…
Sleepy Censor #4
Hold it! Just hold it! I’m sorry but that looks like one giant
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Comic Link’s January Focused Auction. I used the January focused auction to shed some light on just how important small differences are in the marketplace
Read MoreAuction Highlights #21Collecting and Investing Tips #22
Mutual Respect. Most North American shops offer a pull and hold service for regular customers wherein they pull
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #22Undervalued Spotlight #22
First Issue Special #8, DC Comics, November 1975. The first appearance of Warlord by Mike Grell
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Brave and the Bold #184, Page 8, Panel 5. This is a harmless enough looking issue. On the cover you have Batman raging against his dead parents...
Read MoreSleepy Censor #3Crazy Comic Cover: Superman #318
The Cover: AHAHHAAHA that’s all I got to describe what we have on this cover. Superman is being assaulted by a bunch of dogs shooting orange skittles out of their mouths at the command of a pirate lady. I think…
Auction Highlights #20
Superman vs. Overstreet. There was a nice batch of Golden Age Superman comics posted on
Read MoreAuction Highlights #20Collecting and Investing Tips #21
Don’t micro manage. Investing successfully in comic books...
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #21Undervalued Spotlight #21
Amazing Spider-Man #121, 122, June and July 1973. Naming two comics is a first for the CBD Undervalued Spotlight but these classics are truly
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #21Crazy Comic Covers: Brave and the Bold #184 "The Batman's Last Christmas!"
The Cover: Look! For once it’s not a Superman cover! It’s a Christmas themed issue with Batman tearing off his cowl in anger and declaring that his parents deserved to die. Man, this guy has got all kinds of…
Auction Highlights #19
More Bargains. This week I scoured eBay for some deals. Here's a few that I found
Read MoreAuction Highlights #19Collecting and Investing Tips #20
Be a participating member of the comic book community. Your active participation in the comic book community is helping to create a very influential group who’s
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #20Undervalued Spotlight #20
Linda Carter, Student Nurse #1 was published in September 1961 Just 2 short months before Fantastic Four #1 hit the newsstands. Almost a decade later Marvel launched
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #20Crazy Comic Covers: Action Comics #319 "The Condemned Superman!"
The Cover: Finally! Justice is being done to Superman for all the terrible things he’s done. Our cover features a kryptonite chained Superman being led to a mysterious room where they will use a “weird other-world method of execution” on…
Auction Highlights #18
Mid Grade. This week I’ll look at the market performance of CGC 6.0s from the Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages.
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Knowledge is Golden. Anyone in the game of buying and selling comic books for profit stands a much better chance of success if he or she is armed with the latest and most relevant information. This sounds like an obvious statement but you’d be surprised at the number of
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #19Sleepy Censors #2
In the mid 1950s the U.S. Senate forced comic book publishers to adhere to the guidelines of a Comic Code Authority. The ‘Code’ was brought in to protect America’s youth from what was then deemed disturbingly graphic and blatantly sexual
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