Category: Investment Speculation

by Norman Robinson | January 13, 2019

The Bronze Age was a time of crime waves, fallen leaders and political turmoil; giving rise to anti-heroes in popular culture. The person who would do what is right regardless of the consequences, even if it was sociopathic. The month of December is the season of giving...

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by Matt Tuck | January 13, 2019

It's easy to forget about the promotional Spider-Man comics, but if you have the right ones, you could be looking at decent profits. Here's four you'll hope you have in your collection. How many of us mailed in coupons and barcodes for Spider-Man comics? For those who don't know, an old advertising technique was to...

by Matt Tuck | January 12, 2019

Rumors of a Submariner movie are propelling the Namor market. While his first silver age appearance in FF #4 has the reached the point of insanity, Sub-Mariner #1 and Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1 offer patient investors the potential for big returns. With Aquaman's box office success,...

by ChargingGoat | January 11, 2019

Doom Patrol is a DC group that I have been fond of for some time.  Now they have somehow developed a web TV series based on the group without anyone knowing about it.  Furthermore, it has some big name actors affiliated with the project, including Brendan...

by Matt Tuck | January 10, 2019

Hulk 181 may get all the attention, but savvy collectors will be watching The Incredible Hulk #180 as Wolverine’s first cameo appearance has become one of the most stable of investments. For most collectors with normal budgets,

by Blaise Tassone | January 10, 2019

A number of readers have written with queries regarding my blog post of January 3, 2019, entitled “Predicting Demand Using CGC Data” (see here). Reader feedback is always appreciated. In the spirit of sharing insights that can, hopefully, benefit all collectors, I’d like to reply...

by Blaise Tassone | January 8, 2019

Spider-man’s comics top the charts in terms of the movers and shakers of the collectible comic world. Right now, Spidey has the second most popular Silver Age (Amazing Spider-man #50) and the second most popular Bronze Age title (Amazing Spider-man #252). Let’s take a look at...

by Blaise Tassone | January 6, 2019

Knowing when to buy a comic is just as important as knowing when to sell. Most of the time, we can get a good sense of when certain comics are in demand and so desired by many people. That is, we all know when such and...

by ChargingGoat | January 6, 2019

Were you upset by Netflix recently canceling basically all the Marvel series?  I was.  Each of the series had their high points, as well as their low points, but as a whole they were quality, entertaining Marvel deliverables.  I think we can all agree there was...

by Matt Tuck | January 5, 2019

Hype sells comics, and the top-five best-selling comics of 2018 all benefited from massive amounts of promotions from DC and Marvel. The problem is that none of them are holding their values. According to Comichron, based on data from Diamond Comic Distributors, the best-selling...