Category: Key Issues

Undervalued and Overlooked Silver Age Comics

Undervalued and Overlooked Comics is back! This is where we identify comics that are either currently lower in value than they could be, aren’t as well known in the collector market, or both. So, let’s get started with a few oddities from DC in the Silver Age. 

Hottest Silver Age Comics: Deadman Gets a Big Bump

Analyzing the Hottest Silver Age Comics of the last 30 days, we may be beginning to see a trend emerging from some highly-anticipated upcoming DCEU and MCU properties, such as Deadman. Many of these on-screen adventures are still quite a ways out, but smart investors are starting to invest in some of the books...

Mad About MAD

 In 1955, to get around the newly created Comics Code Authority, EC Comics shifted their comic Mad to a magazine format. The irreverent magazine that threw tomatoes at just about everything would remain in publication for more than 60 years. Let’s take a look at the key issues of Mad in the magazine format that...

Key Creator: Dave Stevens

One area of focus in comic collecting that has been overlooked since other forms of media began to have such a great influence on the hobby is that of hunting down key comics by top creators. This time we’re looking at the works of Dave Stevens.

Detective Comics #27 Sets Record

On March 19, a 6.5 graded copy of Detective Comics #27 sold in a ComicConnect auction for $1,825,088. That’s the highest price paid for Batman’s first appearance in any grade. What does this tell us about trends for this book and do we see those trends in other early Batman keys? 

The MCU, David Harbour, Clickbait , and Collectibles

Did you miss us GoCollect universe? The GoCollect writers missed all of you. In the down time the writing team was very busy. Articles were researched. Events were documented. Conventions were attended.

Mickey Mouse and Marvel: Collecting the Modern Mouse 2

It's been a year since Part 1, which means all the Disney-Marvel variant covers have been released, and Mickey Mouse is in the public domain.

Smells Like Teen (Titans)

At long last, the Teen Titans are getting their own movie, and that has serious investment implications.

How Will Deadpool & Wolverine Impact the Market?

Disney is banking on Deadpool & Wolverine righting the MCU's ship. Do we see any signs that it has reinvigorated the collectibles market as well?

Completionist Collectors' Guide: Wolverine 1

With all the Wolverine hype and with GoCollect starting to track foreign comic sales, what better time for the return of the Completionist Collectors’ series?