Comic Book Secrets

Action Comics 1 First Superman Found in House Wall

admin — Sat, 25 May 2013 03:26:56 +0000

A man in Elbow Lake, Minn., David Gonzalez, 34, found a copy of Action Comics #1 in the old newspapers insulating a wall of a house he was renovating. It was a startling discovery, and fortunately, he knew immediately he had found something valuable. Although the comic wasn’t in great condition, reaching only a 1.5 [...]

Wolverine Movie Trailer 2

admin — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:16:53 +0000

Here’s a look at the new Wolverine movie trailer, featuring some views of Yukio and the Silver Samurai. Keep an eye on those issues of the Wolverine Mini Series from 1982. If you missed it or don’t want to pay top dollar for the comics, pick up the graphic novel that includes Wolverine Mini Series [...]

2012 Comic Book Sales Impressive – Walking Dead Leads the Pack

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:54:35 +0000

2012 was an impressive year for comic book sales, increasing 14.72% over 2011, to $475 million (source: Diamond Comics. Walking Dead #100 lead sales with 353,200 followed by Uncanny Avengers at 305,900.

How Much Does it Cost to Sell Your Comic Books on E-bay?

admin — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:07:12 +0000

Selling your comic books on E-bay? Do you know how much it will cost you? In the video below you’ll see a tool E-bay provides to see how much you’ll ultimately collect. You can see the E-bay Fee Calculator here. You can see the Paypal fee schedule here. (as of this writing the fee is [...]

ComicLink Accepting Consignments for June Focused Auction

admin — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:29:39 +0000

If you are looking to sell your Gold, Silver, Bronze or key modern comic books, ComicLink is accepting consignments for their June focused auction. You can get the details here. ComicLink is a recommended alternative if you don’t want to deal with E-bay and you want to have excellent traffic for your comic books from [...]

Comic Book Investment Resource – Comichron

admin — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 18:33:51 +0000

If you’re thinking about purchasing comic books for possible financial gain your entire mindset and strategy must change versus the run of the mill collector. More than ever you are going to be concerned about the law of supply and demand. With this in mind, your tools must be carefully selected. An excellent tool for [...]

Comic Book Values Video Discussion

admin — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:37:50 +0000

I stumbled upon this video containing a great discussion about comic book values. The discussion is a couple years old but the points are still valid. It’s a great primer for what is important for a comic book value, what comic books are NOT valuable (even though their owners think they are), as well as [...]

CGC Recognizes a New Pedigree – Haight-Ashbury

admin — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:23:12 +0000

CGC recently recognized a new pedigree comic book collection named the Haight-Ashbury Pedigree. You can read the full press release here. The quick synopsis is: Popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s, underground comix are small-press or self-published books that often contain socially relevant content. The collection features an overwhelming majority of first printings [...]

CGC vs PGX

admin — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:24:32 +0000

Livingdead on YouTube made this video about the CGC vs. PGX debate. He makes some interesting points, especially about the real motivation behind a professional grading company. Nobody is grading comics out of the goodness of their heart, it’s a money making enterprise. Here’s the next part:

Comics Buyer’s Guide Closes

admin — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:20:33 +0000

F+W announced the closure of the Comics Buyer’s Guide with the March, 2013 issue. This is the end of a 30 year run. F+W stated shrinking subscriptions and advertising revenue prompted the shutdown. You can read the press release here. This also includes the CBGXtra website.