Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
Discussing the minutiae of comic book collecting.
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
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
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:
Welcome back to another fantastic installment of the Comic Culture radioshow with your hosts; Walter Durajlija and Christopher Owen. This week, they are joined by the illustrious Laura Thomas of Big B comics in Hamilton, Ontario. She’ll be weighing in…
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
Web of Spider-Man #18, September 1986, Marvel Comics. As we all know Eddie Brock turns into Venom in the now classic Amazing Spider-Man #299 and #300
Walking Dead trades are flying off the shelves (Zombies make great gifts). Let’s see if the early issues are holding their value.
Welcome back to another fine installment of the Comic Culture Radioshow with Christopher Owen and Walter Durajlija. We’ve got a great show lined up for you this week as the guys talk about: black and white comics and the silver…
Recently a CGC graded 9.9 copy of New Mutants #98 (1st appearance of Deadpool) sold for an astounding $12,250.00. The collecting community’s message boards lit up the net, most of the comments questioned the sanity
Four Color #596, December 1954, Dell Publishing. When Turok, Son of Stone first appeared in Four Color #596 it was an instant hit. Turok received his own title soon after and that title would run for almost 30 years
Mindless Scrolling. This week I just mindlessly scrolled through the completed items on eBay and noted anything that caught my attention. Let’s have a peek at what I found:
Welcome back ladies and gents to another exciting installment of the Comic Culture radioshow with our hosts; Walter Durajlija of Big B Comics in Hamilton, Ontario and Christopher Owen; a teacher of Comic History at Mohawk College. In this week’s…
Comic Books as Gifts. Early December is a good time to introduce the concept of collectible comic books as gifts. Whether it’s Christmas, birthdays, graduations or whatever, comic books can be very personal and cherished gifts.
Little Dot #1, September 1953, Harvey Comics. It’s hard to find characters originating in comic books that are not super heroes that have conquered the world. Richie Rich is an original comic book creation that has sold millions of comic books, crossed over into TV, Movies and
This week I thought we'd have a look at someone who's been getting a lot of press lately. Archie's making headlines with his imaginary weddings to Betty and Veronica (not at the same time). Not surprisingly I found
Vacations, business trips, sporting events, seminars and family functions are just some of the reasons we find ourselves visiting other cities. If you’re a comic collector like me odds are you’ve pulled out the local yellow pages
One of the best Bronze Age Marvel runs lies within the Incredible Hulk title. Issues like #141 (1st Doc Samson), #144 (Doc Doom battle cover), #161 (Beast battle), #162 (1st Wendigo), #172 (Juggernaut origin) and not to mention Wolverine’s appearance in issues #180 - #182 are all highly prized by collectors. Hiding amongst these standouts is
There were some really neat comics up for grabs in ComicLink’s November auction. Nice Golden Age books were plentiful as were quality Silver Age and Bronze Age.
This week’s tip is aimed at the collectors. The collectors are really the silent majority of the back issue market and a surprisingly large numbers of them don’t really know where to start when faced with the dilemma of selling their comic book collection
Rawhide Kid had a ho-hum 16 issue run between March 1955 and September 1957. Atlas Comics (which would turn into Marvel in a short couple of years) decided to reboot the title