Category: Key Issues
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...
In his 42 years of existence, Scott Lang’s Ant-Man has never been more popular. He’s portrayed by fan favorite, Paul Rudd; he’s the star of two films that have grossed over $1.2 billion; he saves the day in the biggest movie of...
On October 10, 1974, a new type of superhero emerged from Marvel. He fit the times he was created in. He was rough, brutal, pragmatic, and unforgiving. In addition, he had a berserker rage, indestructible skeletal structure, and a healing factor that...
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