Category: Key Issues
The Spider-verse ruled the collecting world this week. Four of the five biggest movers on this week's Hottest Comics list were Spider-Man key issues, and two of them were even Holy Grail issues. If ever there was a week that felt the impact of...
Not too long ago, Marvel properties such as Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Jessica Jones were getting big-time exposure on the small screen. Specifically, these characters all had their own solo show on the Netflix streaming platform. Daredevil debuted in 2015 on the...
You have first appearances, and you have the first Silver Age appearance of a Golden Age hero. Under that umbrella, you get books like Avengers #4 for Captain America, Fantastic Four #4 for Namor, etc. Dig a bit deeper, sometimes...
Comic book fans and investors love Venom. Amazing Spider-Man #300, where Venom makes his first full appearance, plus Amazing Fantasy #15 (or Incredible Hulk #181) of the Modern Age. As of January...
The most overly printed comic book of all time was the X-Men #1 from 1991. This book has multiple prints and total published copies of 8.2 million (source: Wiki). "This is the single best-selling American (single issue) comic of all time." One of the...
The focus for this discussion is on the comic series called DC Comics Presents. This key series ran for 97 issues and mixed in a couple of annual books as well. The series was published in 1978 and presents many key characters from the DC mythos.
"With great power comes great..." well you know... Amazing Fantasy #15. Besides being a comic EVERYONE would love to have in their collection, it rises above all other Silver Age comics. The first appearance of Spider-Man is the...
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Hulk #181 rule; a commonly held belief that a character’s first appearance occurs when that character is: (1) a major part of the comic’s story;...
Collectors were shying away from some major Silver Age key issues this week, with the likes of Sub-Mariner, Red Guardian, and Mister Freeze seeing a sales decline. What we have here is a failure to turn heads These days, it is all about...
I am constantly providing readers information to help you navigate the comic book marketplace. Part of that information is reporting on comic book auctions outside of eBay and Heritage. These marketplace observations may be useful to the readers. Free Comic Book Day Books Hitting the Market Batman Beyond #1...
