Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Over the years I’ve purchased many large comic book collections. I still remember the first big collection I bought back in around 1986. There were over 7000 comics in this collection dating from the early 1940 through to the mid 1970s. This was the collection that set...
This week Comic Culture’s hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen discuss Free Comic Book Day, DC's traveling circus, Marvel movies and a bunch of other comic book type stuff. Well worth a listen so click on the link below and enjoy.
Marvel Team-Up #22, Marvel Comics, June 1974 Spider-Man and Hawkeye team-up to take on Quasimodo! OK, I admit it’s not the kind of line up that would have had the kids running to the local variety store but other forces…
The April Focused auction has just ended on ComicLink. It is being said that the Marvel keys are retreating in value a bit, escpecially in the mid grades. Let’s look at the results and find out for ourselves.
This week Comic Culture’s hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen discuss Kick Ass, some new X-Men title news, the success of Blackest Night and a bunch of other comic book related stuff. So sit back, relax and enjoy the show.
I remember back in the early 80s when the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide had those big 10 issue groupings for most of the major Golden, Silver and Bronze age comic book titles. Amazing Spider-Man issues #131-140 were all worth the same...
Dell Publishing had a longstanding agreement (since the late 30s) with Western Publishing to produce comic books based on properties that Western licensed from the likes of Disney, MGM, Warner Brothers, Hanna Barbera and others. This agreement was very lucrative for Dell and they fast became the largest comic book publisher. In 1962 Western Publishing decided to create their own comic imprint called Gold Key...
One of the toughest grades to get a handle on is the dreaded 6.5. The question is: Are you getting your money’s worth for the ½ grade improvement. Let’s use...
Jim Steranko’s first Marvel Comics work was Strange Tales #151. The high end Overstreet Price Guide value for this book is $135 versus $85 for the book just before and the book just after...
This week Comic Culture’s hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen discuss Free Comic Book Day, the Kick Ass movie, the Esiner nominations and a whole bunch of other comic book related stuff. Now tune in and dig it!
The Avengers were Marvel’s unchallenged super hero team for a full 8 years before their first real challengers appeared...
It should be noted that of the 100 most expensive comics listed on eBay in the past 2 weeks only 13 actually sold. The percentage was even worse if you don’t count the ones that...
Comic Culture Podcast. This week Comic Culture’s hosts Walter Durajlija and Chris Owen (and their special guest James Harris) discuss the Walking Dead limping over to cable TV, Megan Fox and a bunch of other comic book related items. Now kick back, relax and enjoy the show.
Comic book conventions are dangerous places for impulse buyers. You can end up heading home with a 50 cent comic or you could end up heading home with a 4 foot R2D2 replica, a gorgeous 42” x 38” framed painting of Phoenix, 3 short boxes full of CGC graded comics, 2 Samurai swords, a Viking sword and a 50 cent comic...
In my opinion Tales to Astonish #27 (Jan/62) is not one of the early Marvel Keys. “The Man in the Ant Hill” story featured the first appearance of Henry Pym but it was just another Sci-fi/fantasy story typical of the books Atlas Comics was producing at the time...
Auction Highlights #31 – Spidey Cross-Overs. Early Spidey cross-overs have always been in demand books. There’s been a few up for sale lately. Let’s see how they did.
It’s often said that the quickest way to learn anything is through the mistakes you make. Based on this old piece of wisdom I must be one heck of a smart guy.
The Comic Culture podcast recently had a chance to chat with ComicLink’s Sales and Auction coordinator Douglas Gillock. We sat down with Mr. Gillock in the ComicLink booth at the Wizard World Toronto Comic Convention...
Wonder Woman, Storm, Supergirl, Batgirl, Emma Frost, She-Hulk, Phoenix, Dazzler and all the other female superheroes owe a lot to Shiera Sanders a.k.a. Hawkgirl...
There is massive comic collecting news out of New York. The ComicConnect auction site has sold the highest graded copy known of Action Comics #1 for...