Author: Doug Ohlandt
I was four years old when I read my first comic book - Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7 - and I've been hooked ever since. Fifty years later I've managed to amass a very large collection, including a now complete run of Fantastic Four. That's right - I finally got my white whale, a Fantastic Four #5. Not in the greatest shape, mind you, but low grade is better than no grade.
Michael Jordan proved that he’s still at the top of his game, while other sports stars piqued the interest of magazine collectors. The Hottest Magazines is a curated list of the magazines moving up the eBay sales lists.
While most collectors are familiar with the big Golden Age books that sell each month, there are so many more worth investigating. Rare comics, top-of-census books, record prices – let’s take a deep dive to discover a handful of July’s unique Golden Age sales.
Wallace “Wally” Wood is considered by many longtime comic fans to be one of the most individually talented artists to work in the medium. From his groundbreaking work for EC to his brief interpretation of Daredevil to his advocacy for creator rights, Wood was a comet blazing across the comic firmament.
The end of July brought a huge pulp auction from Heritage Auctions that featured more than 120 graded issues of famed pulp series Doc Savage. Let’s take a look to see how the Man of Bronze and some other pulp favorites fared.
The Copper Age CPI continued its downward trajectory, but there were some books that bucked the trend. Let’s take a look at the index to note some winners and losers over the past 90 days.
June’s Heritage Pulp Magazine Featuring the Red Fury Showcase Auction on June 19 included some rare and hard-to-find pulp magazines. Let’s take a look at this burgeoning segment of the collecting hobby to see what’s moving in the market.
Once told that he would never make it in comics, Mark Spears has become a phenomenon. Mark Spears Monsters is a huge hit in the back issue market and fans are driving prices ever higher. Let’s take a look at the numbers to see what’s going on here.
One of the boldest artists of the Golden Age was L.B. Cole. His use of primary colors and stark backgrounds was second to none. His works have been growing in popularity since the 1960s and he is now widely regarded as one of the top artists of the 1940s and 1950s.
While most collectors are familiar with the big Golden Age books that sell each month, there are so many more worth investigating. Rare comics, top of census books, record prices – let’s take a deep dive to discover a handful of May’s unique Golden Age sales.
Sabretooth is up! Blade is down! Comics are gaining and losing value in the Bronze Age CPI. Will gains offset losses? Let’s take a look to note some winners and losers over the past 90 days.
