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A forum for beginner questions about collecting comics grading buying selling pricing rarity packing shipping whatever. As some readers of this blog may know, i live in philadelphia. What are the best ways to preserve a comic book collection. The top 10 amazing spiderman comic books excluding 150 most sought out by collectors. If people are more likely to read trade paperbacks or fulllength graphic novels, have more writers working toward creating them. What can we learn from different approaches to collecting comics.

Jan 07, 2016 hopefully, this post as well as the sequel posts ill be publishing in the future will help you on your way to starting your own comic book collection. He blogs about them at his site, comic spectrum, but avoids being part of any kind of typical backlash. Welcome to my new blog follow my blog get new content delivered directly to your inbox. Comic collecting site blog i love comic book collection. A forum for direct selling offers to other board members without an intermediary no ebay, or other outside sites, etc. If you want to be able to resell your comic book at a later date, you need to protect it. I have an old trunk with many of my childhood toys and junk tucked away in it. Maybe youve thought about getting into it but you just dont know how to begin. Follow these 10 commandments and i guarantee youll have a great comic collection that youll. This is the official facebook page for our group, comic book collecting community.

Comic book price guides are just that a guide to what a comic book is worth. Aug 08, 2017 ive always been a collector by nature, which is a problem when youre a comic book reader. No surprise to find tiein comics to things like star wars, star trek, battlestar galactica, indiana jones, robocop, quantum leap and the xfiles. Starting or even just expanding an existing comic book collection can seem a little daunting. Use our articles to identify and value the comic books in your collection, or let us do the hard work for you with a free appraisal. Like many adults, ive rediscovered one of my old hobbies. They are useful only as a starting point to valuing items in your comic book collection. If youre looking for a hard to find back issue, we probably have it. You can even record your slabbed collection and the app will provide you with fair market value on the book. We recently had a blog article on virtual comic conventions.

We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. There is nothing inherently wrong with collecting comics, but the idea that its what youre supposed to do is whats destructive. We offer modern, bronze age, silver age, and golden age comics. Comic book supplies comic book supplies, storage and protection products comic book sleeves, backer boards, boxes, toploaders, mylar, storage bins, dividers. As great as comic books are, the fact remains that it is a business just like any.

You can also connect with others in the comic industry to further and enhance everyones comic experience. Dec 28, 2016 but with such a passionate following, it may be intimidating to start collecting comic books from scratch, especially if you arent very familiar with comic books to begin with. To be able to share things i have been collecting for most of my life with other fans. Or are you just interested in the world of collecting. We dont want that to stop you from starting to collect. Crushing comics guide to collecting marvel comic books. Comic book daily discussing the minutiae of comic book. Here, too, there is value to the first comic book that a particular writer or illustrator wrote or painted, as well to the second and third. Not only is comic book collecting fun for enthusiasts, theres a robust market for used comic books on sites like ebay. This week i thought id double the fun by highlighting a comic book with two great.

Enter this portal and catch up with these ten comic book blogs. My first restored comic book blog the comic doctor. Free online comic book and action figures database to. The comic collecting site blog keeps you up to date on additions to my site. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. Most of all, i love reading about how people achieve their collecting goals. Other reasons stated include the high price of collecting highend or rare comic books, the genre has been opening up to fine art collectors, and its easier to display a piece of comic art than a comic book. The latest headlines for your collected comics library. Dive into the history of comics to understand their current jump in value. Comic book and action figures database to organize your collection online for free with full item details, images, and current market values. Subscribe for ongoing comic book news, market analysis, and history. For each sale discovered, we match it to the specific comic in our massive database which also includes variant covers and printings.

A comic book collecting forum for things related to comic books creators, artists, writers, movies, pricing, etc. If we dont, add it to your want list and well notify you when its in stock. Aug, 2011 in my many years of collecting and retailing comics, i have found these tips to be useful in collecting comic books. Rarity, title, issue, and condition determine value, although often one of those variables is far more important than the others. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. That means that it needs to be placed in a bag and board after youve read it. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Oh, when i first started reading them, things were fine. I posted this over at my other blog a couple of years ago, but aside from mr.

We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. The ten commandments to collecting comic books youtube. Since the age of 8, californian, bob bretall amassed 94,268 unique comic books as of may 1, 2014. The ebth blog the official blog of everything but the house, the marketplace for the uncommon a beginners guide to comic book collecting whether youre collecting as a hobby or to extend your investment portfolio, purchasing classic comic books is a fun and rewarding pastime. Apr 11, 2017 its light, colorful, and reminds you of the good times you had before you had to start paying for the things that kept you alive. May 14, 2018 a few weeks ago, on free comic book day, bob bretall came back from his local indie comic shop with about 480 new comics.

Though considerably more recent than the collecting of postage stamps or books bibliophilia, it has a major following around the world today and is partially responsible for the increased interest in comics after the temporary slump experienced during the 1980s. So i hate to say time to scrap that concept, but the comic book industry needs to lean into the skid of whats actually working. Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. Inside the biggest comic book collection in the world syfy wire. Comic book collecting is a hobby that treats comic books and related items as collectibles or artwork to be sought after and preserved. The most important driver of value for comic books is character introduction. Comic book realm use our database to track your comic. Comic book supplies, storage and protection products. As mentioned above, color touched books can sometimes be fixed. Cgc journals cgc comic book collectors chat boards. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. When you own the worlds largest personal comic book collection, with well over 100,000 individual issues, no purchase, short of maybe buying an entire comic book shop, is going to seem particularly. Fifty percent nostalgia, fifty percent dc comics the new 52. We monitor the fire hose of online comic book sales across various marketplaces and report on the sales of cgc and cbcs graded books in our comics price guide.

Every drop in condition from, say, good to fair to poor reduces. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. Sep 26, 20 i would have sold your comics for 20% commission, individually on ebay. Apr 16, 2020 newsstand editions from the comic book boom in the 1990s are the most underappreciated and. We have no control over the content of these pages. Theres always money in the newsstand collecting the boom gocollect. Sep 10, 2014 its in the record books a phrase ive heard numerous times in my life now its true about me, im on page 172 of the 2015 book. But there are some simple steps every fan should take to store a comic book collection to ensure it retains its.

No surprise to find tiein comics to things like star wars, star trek. Here are some suggestions for starting a comic book collection. Continue reading comic book price guide action comics 1, the first to hit a million dollars. What you need to know to evaluate your comic book collection. Comic book collecting is not for the faint of heart. A few weeks ago, on free comic book day, bob bretall came back from his local indie comic shop with about 480 new comics. Its batman v spiderman at heritage comic book sale. I also forget who donated the scans, but thanks again to that person who asked to remain anonymous back then anyway. Inside the biggest comic book collection in the world. Comicspectrum bobs blog by fans who love comics for fans. I tried a series, i liked that series, i went to my lcs and dug up as many. Todays post is geared towards beginners, and is intended to introduce the idea of collecting comic books as an investment including terms, general collection techniques, etc.

In this video i discuss my 10 commandments that i stick to when it comes to collecting comic books. You shouldnt have to be a comic book expert to enjoy reading comics. The post credit scene in the venom film indicated strongly that carnage will be the antagonist in the next film. You dont have to have superhuman strength or xray vision to appreciate comic books and to yearn to collect and preserve the graphic stories of childhood and beyond. Our daily content contains the fact driven info you need delivered quickly to. Comic book database software, catalog your comic collection. If digital comics are on the rise, do more to promote those. If i recollect correctly, the first comic book i had was batman annual 14 with twoface on the cover. But when i was 8, my older brother russ gave me a computer keypunch card that was redeemable for 10 comic books. Each entry will include the book s table of contents as well as if applicable a list of comics works reprinted in it and their sources. Dcs new comic book distributors are midtown comics and dcbs. Im tom and i am a collector, enthusiast, and comic dealer.

The book itself has taken on an honored place in my comic book room i still need to get the glenn fabry spiderman painting framed so i can display it properly soon. The post theres always money in the newsstand collecting the boom appeared first on gocollect. The cba is a notforprofit organisation, primarily run by volunteers, dedicated to the promotion of british comic books, graphic novels, webcomics and sequential art in its many forms, and britishbased and expat comic creatorsbe they artists, writers, colourists, letterers or editors. A beginners guide to comic book collecting the ebth blog.

Whether you are a reader or a longtime collector this app has a variety of tools that allows you to organize and catalog your collection. Action comics 1 starts a million dollar comic book club. Now it looks like more and more places are jumping on the virtual comic con train due to the pandemic. Theres always money in the newsstand collecting the boom. About blog talking comics is a web site dedicated to covering the latest and greatest in comic book releases. The top ten tips on collecting comic books hubpages. This article is about periodicals containing comics.

Funny, how the blog is titled, get rich slowly and this post probably tells an opposing. Getting started faq glossary related subreddits helpful links podcasts. Before stans marvel comics, the general wisdom of comic book publishers was that they were writing. Perhaps the most significant difference between collecting comics and collecting traditional books is in how a collection accrues value. My older brothers often had comics around the house and i remember as a child reading uncle scrooge, richie rich, and hot stuff comics. How to store a comic book collection like a superhero. Comic books have been published for more than a century, and collectors categorize them into five ages. The ebth blog a beginners guide to comic book collecting. Hey mom, whatever happened to all my old comic books. It was a monster haul, sure, but you have to see it from his perspective. Platinum 18971937, golden 193855, silver 195669, bronze 197079, and modern 1980present. I first started collecting comic books when i was 10 years old. Cavin, i dont think anyone else that follows thoia even noticed it. Collecting tips comic archives collection connections.

At, i sold my first comic to my next door neighbor. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. Ive been collecting comic books for fun and profit for about 35 years. How to start collecting comic books sparkle city comics.

Software and apps for cataloguing your book collection. How to collect comic books beginners guide ran art blog. Most pressers, comic book restorers and even the collector himherself can remove the color. Apr 03, 2020 i feel privileged to have been able to contribute items to this project honoring stan. What is the most expensive us comic book art sold at auction. Comicspectrum bobs blog by fans who love comics for.

Click here for the leading comic book speculation and investing resource. We started collecting sports cards around the summer of 1987 and comics a few years later. Since that time, i have amassed a large personal collection, have started and then closed a retail store, have created an internet based store specializing in silver age comics. Many collectors regard a comic book signed by its creator as valuable. For all the collectors out there r comicbookcollecting. Mar 24, 2020 so collecting original comic art helps protect your investment in the long term. There are collectors who focus on collecting comic books of a certain figure or of a certain writer or illustrator. Welcome to the comic book collecting community page. Comic collector live buy, sell, organize comic books. Most of us here at cryptozoic are either current or lapsed comic book collectors. Log into facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know. Ive always been a collector by nature, which is a problem when youre a comic book reader. If youve stumbled across a treasure trove of comics, then sell my comic books is a great place to find out what you have. If it was a tv show or movie, it was probably a comic book too.

But there are some simple steps every fan should take to store a comic book collectionto ensure it retains its value and can be enjoyed by the next generation. This comic book has become a staple at the comic doctors office. Collectors blog the call for comic books cryptozoic entertainment. Stretched one way or another, comic books are an expression of us, how we see our society, and inevitably who we areor should bein the end. Sign up for all the latest collecting news, expert blogs and auction lots from. Comic collection tips from a real comic book man wired. Major comics companies have titles with histories that span decades of publication, and if you are new to a particular arc, it can be hard to even decide where to start. Acquiring the original relics of their birth certainly ranks near the top of the list for dedicated collectors. All models are at least 18 years old according to 18 u. The aol website could be a favored destination if you like to follow everything and anything that has to do with superheroes, villains, video games. Collecting comic books is an exciting hobby for fans of all ages. This app is perfect for any and all comic book collectors.

Whether youre collecting as a hobby or to extend your investment portfolio, purchasing classic comic books is a fun and rewarding pastime. When you own the worlds largest personal comic book collection, with well over 100,000 individual issues, no purchase, short of maybe buying an entire comic book shop, is going to seem. Sadly, over the years my friends and i drifted apart. However, if your comic books arent in good condition, you could be missing out on money, according to robert scott, owner of comickaze comics books and more and head of the comic book industry alliance.