Category: Key Issues

by Norman Robinson | December 19, 2018

Finally, after all these years the Walt Simonson Thor series from the 1980s is getting time in the sun. Previously, only Thor #337 the first Beta Ray Bill had sold at a premium. After three Thor movies and Thor highlighting the first 15 minutes of Avengers: Infinity...

by Norman Robinson | December 18, 2018

What does King Pin, T'Challa, Matt Murdock, Galactus, and Tony Stark all have in common? Give up? All five are the top most popular Silver Age comics of November 2018. Be it crimelord or king, blind man, or galactic powerhouse; we simply must rank these five in...

by Matt Tuck | December 16, 2018

Do you have Fantastic Four Annual #6? When you see the insane jump in prices, you'll wish you did. Rumors of Annihilus and his insect horde taking on the Avengers have sent FF Annual #6 prices soaring. It started in October when the...

by Norman Robinson | December 15, 2018

Scott Lang's Ant-Man was a huge hit in not one but three movies; Civil War, Ant-Man, and Ant-Man and the Wasp. Now it has been several years since Ant-Man first graced the MCU and it still seems very fresh and fun with lots of energy. Just take...

by Matt Tuck | December 15, 2018

I have little hope that Dark Phoenix will be any better than Apocalypse or Last Stand, and we all know the damage a bad movie can have on key issues. X-Men #101 has been flourishing for two years now, but when the new movie flops, it will...

by Norman Robinson | December 13, 2018

In order to get our collective hands around the comic book speculation and investment world, we have had to define and categorize the different comic book ages. The Modern Age is the largest of the comic book ages. It stretches from the debut of Image Comics in...

by Matt Tuck | December 12, 2018

The unthinkable has happened: Spider-Ham's key issues have become major investments thanks to Into the Spider-Verse, and the current fair market values for his first appearance are rapidly climbing. Dust off your 1980s nostalgic comics and cross your fingers that you have the Spider-Ham keys. He is stealing the spotlight in the Into the Spider-Verse...

by Matt Tuck | December 12, 2018

After a down year in 2017, all things X-Men (at least the classic issues) have been on the way up, and it's fitting that the early Chris Claremont issues are getting a boost, particularly those in the #94-100 range.  Back in the 1960s, the X-Men were barely staying afloat. Stan Lee and Jack Kirby...

by Norman Robinson | December 12, 2018

'Tis the silly season and things can get insane with crazy shoppers, getting gifts, incoming relatives, traffic jams, and mega stress. But you wouldn't know it in the comic book speculation market. Everyone is the same, people are buying anything related to Venom and early symbiont appearances...

by Matt Tuck | December 11, 2018

The hype machine cometh. Into the Spider-Verse has set the market ablaze for key issues of all five alternate Spider-Men (and women...and a pig), and this is only the beginning.  Into the Spider-Verse hasn't even been released yet, and it's already been nominated for a Golden...