My older brothers often had comics around the house and i remember as a child reading uncle scrooge, richie rich, and hot stuff comics. The comic market peaked in late 80s through midlate 90s. 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. Yet another neal adams cover, but interior work also. What size of bags and boards do i need to protect my comic. 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. Collecting is a way of being, a purview that explains the world around us and keeps us in. The post credit scene in the venom film indicated strongly that carnage will be the antagonist in the next film. We are a friendly, responsive and cooperative network of comic book collectors who are bypassing costly middlemen, dealers and resellers to source comics directly from owners like you so we can afford to pay you more for.
Comic book supplies comic book supplies, storage and protection products comic book sleeves, backer boards, boxes, toploaders. Comic book collectors club comic book collectors online. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. Peter parker has been your friendly neighborhood spiderman since 1962, back when he spun his first web, cracked his first oneliner and won the collective hearts of comic book fans. 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. Welcome to the comic book price guide that has been 25 years in the making.
Paul smith just posted this collection of spidermans sinister six and it warranted a. Collectors is a sundaystyle color comic strip published online every sunday, written and drawn by eddie. A little interview at c2e2 way back in 2011, our little company was only 2. Comicspectrum bobs blog by fans who love comics for. One of our goals is to use the online medium to make comics accessible to more readers and preserve the comic collecting tradition for future generations.
Apr 21, 2020 the collector is an elder of the universe from the silver age of marvel. Chester brown is one of the modern giants of canadian comics. Top 10 comic book websites and blogs thought for your penny. Famo by randall dowling, hey buddy, can you spare a grade. Rarity, title, issue, and condition determine value, although often one of those variables is far more important than the others. Buy the highest quality comic book frames available. For ordering purposes, please contact our store at 7728789229. The beat delivers comics and entertainment news for fans, creators, and pros in comics, graphic novels, books, movies, television, games, and more. We offer modern, bronze age, silver age, and golden age comics. 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. Today, were going to discuss some of the more popular covers available. The top 10 amazing spiderman comic books excluding 150 most sought out by collectors.
Throughout the history of comic books, publishers have made comics is different sizes. This is the third and final list for mattina cover art, here is the mattina dc list and the mattina alternate publisher list. The title is unpopular, or was bought in quantity during the speculation bubble of the early 1990s, and is now being dumped by collectors. 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. The opinions expressed might help you pick up the right ones to read. Comic book supplies, storage and protection products. Comic book price guides, like overstreet, have a minimum price for comic books. The blunt opinionated pieces take in both the good and the bad in the world of comics. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. Since 1970, only one comic book price guide has been dubbed the bible for casual and diehard collectors alike. It was a monster haul, sure, but you have to see it from his perspective. We love comic books so much, we dont just sell them, we buy them too.
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Comic books have been published for more than a century, and collectors categorize them into five ages. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. Sell comic books we buy comic books searchlightcomics. If youve stumbled across a treasure trove of comics, then sell my comic books is a great place to find out what you have. The post the collector s first appearance and advice appeared first on gocollect. 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. Heidi macdonald is a former editor for vertigo and other comic companies. Welcome to the best website for bronze age, silver age and golden age collectible comic books and original comic book art. Comic book frames and displays from the collectors resource. Cgc journals cgc comic book collectors chat boards. The cbcf is the place to be when it comes to catching up with old friends and making new ones to discuss your favorite comics and fandoms. Comic book secrets the insider guide to comic book. Im getting those email notifications for the big c2e2 comic con happening this coming.
Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Your personal data will be used to support your experience throughout this website, to manage access to your account, and for other purposes described in our privacy policy. Brooklyn comic book store specializing in vintage comics. If youre looking for a hard to find back issue, we probably have it. New comics are listed every day on, from the platinum age of the early 1900s to the current modern age of comics. Inside the biggest comic book collection in the world. A few weeks ago, on free comic book day, bob bretall came back from his local indie comic shop with about 480 new comics. Check out the comics classics section for some great recommendations. The series began with a daily newspaper strip on february 17, 1936.
While others have come and gone, the overstreet comic book price guide has maintained its stature as the premier reference source for the hobby, covering more than a century of comic book history. Top 100 comics blogs and websites for comic fans in 2020. I collected for over 20 years 19802000ish, i am 42 now. Blog home vintage how to store a comic book collection like a superhero. My first restored comic book blog the comic doctor. The purchase of these auction wins will be my last one for a while. The blog comes straight to the point when discussing graphic novels, manga, and comic books.
The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. Between these three posts, this list is by far the most comprehensive list of mattinas cover art anywhere. During that time i worked 7 years in a comic book store. Use this tool to find a participating comic book store near you. Comic collector live buy, sell, organize comic books. I find collectors to be like gamblers, where they tell you the big wins but truly forget all their losses and sunk costs.
Most of us here at cryptozoic are either current or lapsed comic book collectors. Here you will find great vintage comics, as well as exclusive signed comics, lithographs, original artwork and classic action figures. Ask other collectors to estimate the grade of a comic book from a picture. Im now on lay off from my job due to the covid 19 crisis. Visit cbm to get uptotheminute superhero movie news coverage, rumors, videos and more. A forum for discussing comic book grading, conservation, and restoration issues. Free comic book day is a single day the first saturday in may each year when participating comic book shops across north america and around the world give away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free.
If we dont, add it to your want list and well notify you when its in stock. 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. For the purpose of bag and board sizes, bcw has simplified the sizes into three groups, or. Updated and added to every day, it will eventually list all significant british comics published and all marvel and dc comics that were either officially distributed or non distributed in the uk. Whether youre cleaning out your own personal fortress of solitude to make room in your house, or if youre another comic shop like fill out the form below or call us at 180089373 and let us know know what youve got. Variant covers help drive the collector market today and are the main cause of collectors purchasing more than one copy of a comic. Comic book daily discussing the minutiae of comic book. To filter through the noise, we put together this list of the best comic book websites and blogs online. The comic book collectors club is devoted to building a place to read, share, and discuss comics online.
This was the second book i won in the last comic link auction, along with the asm 71. These are the kinds of comics you find in two for a dollar boxes in any comic book store you visit. For each sale discovered, we match it to the specific comic in our massive database which also includes variant covers and printings. Dc comics are bestknown for some very longrunning and famous characters.
Comicspectrum bobs blog create a free website or blog at. Mandrake the magician so this one being only my fourth post on this blog, it makes sense that i continued the nostalgic journey with another epic comic book superhero character of the early 1930s by lee falk. This comic book has become a staple at the comic doctors office. The heritage blog is by collectors, for collectors and about collecting as it relates to the ways we live our lives and do our jobs. Starting or even just expanding an existing comic book collection can seem a little daunting. I had certainly read comics before i started collecting.
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