Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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…
Hold it! Just hold it! I’m sorry but that looks like one giant
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
Mutual Respect. Most North American shops offer a pull and hold service for regular customers wherein they pull
First Issue Special #8, DC Comics, November 1975. The first appearance of Warlord by Mike Grell
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...
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…
Superman vs. Overstreet. There was a nice batch of Golden Age Superman comics posted on
Don’t micro manage. Investing successfully in comic books...
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
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…
More Bargains. This week I scoured eBay for some deals. Here's a few that I found
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
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
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…
Mid Grade. This week I’ll look at the market performance of CGC 6.0s from the Golden, Silver and Bronze Ages.
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
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
Batman #25, DC Comics, (10-11/44). Sometimes the obvious isn’t always so obvious. The superhero as we know him dates back to
The Cover: Superman’s about to get medieval on your ass! Well, according to this cover anyways. He’s about to walk into certain doom against some unknown foe wielding a sword and…a rainbow colored shield? Check out the onlookers too, it’s…