Collecting 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
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Undervalued 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
Crazy 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.
Collecting 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
Sleepy 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
Undervalued 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
Crazy 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
Collecting 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
Undervalued 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
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…
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…
Sleepy Censors #1
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 content in comic books
Auction Highlights #17
Deals. Check out some of the great deals people have been scooping up lately:
Collecting and Investing Tips #17
Year End Review. It’s been a lot of fun writing up the Collecting and Investing Tips for comicbookdaily.com. With our first year officially behind us I thought it would be cool to do a quick review of the tips that appeared
Undervalued Spotlight #17
Fantastic Four #25, April 1964, Marvel Comics. This issue brings a ton of stuff to the table. It features a now classic battle cover pitting the Hulk against the Thing. Though Hulk first appeared on the cover of
Crazy Comic Covers: World's Finest #165 "The Crown of Crime"
The Cover: This is just a fantastic cover. Apparently Superman and Batman have become the rulers of the world and Batman is some sort of greedy globe mongering Bat-jerk who is wearing a crown on top of his cowl. Isn’t…
Auction Highlights #16 – Christmas
Christmas. I really was hoping for a lot more Christmas themed comics to be moving on eBay this week but the pickings were slim. Here are the highlights of my search:
Collecting and Investing Tips #16
Is that what I think it is? Quite a large collecting community exists for comic books that contain hidden or camouflaged messages and innuendo. Usually sexual in nature (but not always), these