Category: Comic Collecting 101
Between 1980 and 1985 several DC titles included a 16 page ‘bonus’ comic book, billed as an ‘Insert preview’. Many of these insert previews have gone on to be more valuable than the original comics that introduced them. A number of them also featured the first...
It’s hard to think of a comic book writer with a more devoted following than Kentucky native Robert Kirkman. If he had only developed and published the Walking Dead comics, his would be an important voice in the medium. However, this storyteller extraordinaire is also a...
Here we build on the idea of value investing through grade speculation from a previous article, Value Investing – Theory. Inefficiencies in market pricing exist, but how does it evolve over a given amount of time? Does fair market value indeed trend towards normalization? In...
A complaint I regularly hear from readers and other collectors is how they’ve always wanted a particular book, their Holy Grail book, but it’s out of reach. This may be because they didn’t buy it at the right time and it’s since gone ‘out of control’...
SUMMARY • -Every year, dozens of movies based on comic books are released. In 2018 alone, DC and Marvel saw 6 different titles, with total box office in the billion. Furthermore, new characters outside of the mainstays are being introduced to the general public. • -Rare...
SUMMARY “Value investing is an investment paradigm that involves buying securities that appear underpriced by some form of fundamental analysis.” - Wikipedia Does the concept of value investing exist for comic books? Instead of spreading limited capital over a bundle of high risk...
With the release of the 1st Guardians of the Galaxy movie, the sequel, and a cartoon series, it’s safe to say that any large catalyst for sudden value jump or acceleration has already occurred. Given this, which guardian’s 1 appearances will offer the highest returns from here...
With the third season of 'Jessica Jones' about to drop (the trailer can be viewed here), will the Netflix version of Patsy (portrayed by Australian actress Rachael Taylor) finally become Hellcat? A better question would be, does it even matter? It’s not exactly news that...
There’s a simple rule I often mention, and also try to use when picking comics to invest in for long term profit. That rule is based on an application of the classic investment advice: buy low, sell high. In other words, look for books that have...
This post continues the content of risqué covers begun for my entry the previous day (Risqué Covers from Yesteryear). There I was looking at Golden Age covers that pushed the limits of good taste and featured risqué themes. In this post, controversial superhero covers. ...
