August 19 Weekly Sales Highlight – Amazing Fantasy 15

This week an Amazing Fantasy 15 CGC 3.0 (1st Spider-man) sold for $5,926.00 after decent bidding on E-bay. This is an average price for the book this year.

A copy of USA Comics #10 in CGC 7.0 also sold for $3,938. These Timely comics, especially with Captain America, continue to sell for impressive premiums.

High grade Silver continues to impress. Journey into Mystery #100 in CGC 9.6 (highest graded copy) sold for $3,341.

I’ve also seen some impressive bidding on high grade Bronze. I was the underbidder on two copies of a specific issue I wanted to upgrade from my teen years, both going well over the previous GPA highs. I guess I’ll have to keep at it.

I’ve sold some mid to low grade Silver Age books and I noticed better than normal activity. All in all it looks like the market is fairly robust if priced correctly.

Classic Horror Comic Books – Zombie Stories Archive

Are you a fan of classic horror comic books (like me)? IDW released an amazing archive of classic zombie horror stories from the 1940’s to 1950’s. These are some of the comics that highlighted the “evil” nature of comic books and how they were destroying the youth of America! If Dr. Wertham could see these now!

Here’s a brief description of the book from IDW:

From the banned 1950s horror comics that Dr. Fredric Wertham of the U.S. Senate and mothers didn’t want innocent children to devour comes a terrifying and timely anthology of comics of the undead… Zombies. These gruesome mini-masterpieces are hauntingly delineated by some of the Golden Age’s greatest artists: Jack Cole, Bob Powell, Wally Wood, Gene Colan, Lou Cameron, Reed Crandall, and others at their very best. The nightmarish scripts of the unstoppable living dead will make your spine freeze over in terror! Co-edited and designed by Eisner winner Craig Yoe with an introduction by co-editor and host of the popular “The Horrors of It All” vintage comics blog, Steve “Karswell” Banes, Zombies follows in the footsteps of the Dick Briefer’s Frankenstein and Bob Powell’s Terror as the third not-to-be-missed book in The Chilling Archives of Horror Comics! As with the entire line of Yoe Books, the reproduction techniques employed strive to preserve the look and feel of expensive vintage comics. Painstakingly remastered, enjoy the closest possible recreation of reading these comics when first released.

These archive editions are one of the best ways for comic book collectors to get their hands on rare comics without breaking the bank. Purchased separately these comics value in the thousands of dollars in nice condition. For under $20 you can get the stories and interviews with Golden Age greats!

How to Crack Open a CGC Case

Are you tired of looking at a prized comic book behind a sealed piece of plastic?

Would you like to once again hold a comic book in your hands and flip through the pages?

How about pressing and resubmitting your comic for a better grade?

If you answered yes to any of these questions or just hate encapsulated comics, this video is for you!

How to safely crack open a CGC comic case in 2 minutes video.