Category: Investment Speculation
In a previous article, we analyzed the current market trend for the key books of Marvel Comics’ Captain Marvel. Coincidentally, 2019 saw the worldwide premiere of another similarly named Captain Marvel from DC Comics, who saw his first appearance almost three decades earlier. With the...
Twenty issues into Immortal Hulk, the series continues to produce engaging stories. Although only a year old, this highly coveted run is rewarding collectors who jumped on the title from day one. Immortal Hulk #1 was published last summer, and every graded...
"You stole my car, and you killed my dog!" – John Wick/Keanu Reeves For many, a beloved pet can be as important, if not more than, a key family member. Like us, superheroes also have pets; granted a bit more colorful. While the...
This is the complementary post to my previous entry (here). Whereas in my last post I looked at Marvel characters, and linked the total number of appearances of characters to the prices on their first appearances looking for correlations, here I will take a look...
In this post I’m looking at data about Marvel characters collocated from an electronic database. The goal of this exercise is to list the Marvel characters with the most appearances and compare the number of appearances with the corresponding prices of their key comics. The...
Spider-Man: Far from Home is nearly upon us, and it has me wondering what could be in store for the future of the franchise, and I'm not talking about Miles Morales. Time to break out your long boxes, and see if you have these four minor keys...
You can make the argument that comic collecting is about art, or nostalgia, or many other concepts...yet the comic book market is definitely a character driven market. A character can have increases and decreases in both actual and perceived value of their brand. For Example, Spider-Man...
How are the various Captain Marvel key books performing now? After months of fervor surrounding the world premiere of the Captain Marvel (2019) movie and a monster worldwide box office of $1.1 billion, one has to wonder if their investments in the character’s key comic book have...
He is a dark knight. His detective skills and proficiency in unarmed combat are exceptional. No, I am not talking about Batman; try Marvel's version of a dark knight, the one and only Moon Knight. Everyone is going after Moon Knight #1 the first volume, but where...
Incredible Hulk #449 has been heating up over the past year, and the last two months have seen startling price jumps in the higher grades. Why do so many collectors want this issue? Ever churning out the gossip, the rumor mill has it that Marvel Studios is...
