Sleepy Censor #3
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...
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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Crazy 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.
Read MoreAuction Highlights #18Collecting and Investing Tips #19
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
Read MoreSleepy Censors #2Undervalued Spotlight #19
Batman #25, DC Comics, (10-11/44). Sometimes the obvious isn’t always so obvious. The superhero as we know him dates back to
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #19Crazy Comic Covers: Action Comics #329 "The Ultimate Enemy"
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…
Market Trends – 2009 in review and looking ahead to 2010
Market Trends - 2009 in review and looking ahead to 2010. The high end back issue comic book market felt no ill effects from this year’s recession. Record prices were reported almost
Read MoreMarket Trends – 2009 in review and looking ahead to 2010Collecting and Investing Tips #18
Ignore discounts. I’ve been selling comic books for a long time (since the mid 1980s) and I’d have to say that the most frustrating mistake I see collectors repeatedly make is comparing
Read MoreCollecting and Investing Tips #18Undervalued Spotlight #18
What made the 1978 Superman film so unique for the time was the cutting edge technology that made Superman flying look very realistic. Superman always flew, didn't he? It’s hard to imagine that Superman spent his first decade unable to
Read MoreUndervalued Spotlight #18Crazy Comic Covers: Superman #270 "The Viking from Valhalla"
The Cover: Surprise, surprise, Superman is letting innocent people walk to their doom? That’s nothing new for Superman followers, but actively preventing some weird Viking dude from saving them? Well, that’s another plateau of dickery reached by Superman. Maybe Superman…
Crazy Comic Covers: Superman #270 “The Viking from Valhalla”
The Cover: Surprise, surprise, Superman is letting innocent people walk to their doom? That’s nothing new for Superman followers, but actively preventing some weird Viking dude from saving them? Well, that’s another plateau of dickery reached by Superman. Maybe Superman…