Archive for the Comic Book Basics Category


Barnes and Noble Pulls DC Graphic Novels

In what can only be described as retaliation, Barnes and Noble has announced they will be pulling DC graphic novels from their shelves. DC recently announced they will be releasing several graphic novels, to include the Watchmen, exclusively on the new Kindle Fire tablet. I hope DC received a large payout, because there most certainly […]

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Comic Books a Hedge Against Financial Collapse?

It’s an interesting position, but the collectibles market is something Marc Faber mentions at about the 3 minute mark in the video below. We’ve seen some amazing prices for ultra rare keys and high grade books, but the lower grade non-keys have really collapsed over the last couple of years (good news for pure collectors). […]

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Comic Book Sales Update

Here are some updates of actual comic book sales from the last week on E-bay. I paying special attention to the Avengers. CGC is noted where applicable, “raw” means not professionally graded. Avengers #1 Apparent 9.0 (raw) $999.00 Avengers #4 CGC 6.5 $1,211.00 Amazing Spider-man #129 CGC 9.8 $4,850 Batman #52 CGC 7.0 $820.00 Fantastic […]

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