Category: Old School
The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has been the definitive dictionary for comic book values for over 50 years. However, GoCollect's online price guide is based on current sales and transactions. How should a novice collector use these two powerful tools to evaluate their collection? The Good...
Base Set Unlimited Pokémon cards are the most common form of cards found in older Pokémon collections. These cards are identifiable by the drop-shadow to the right of each main card image, in addition to the absence...
The Gym Heroes set marks the first time Pokémon were attached to a specific trainer, just as in the manga and television show. Prior to this set, Pokémon cards depicted each in their "wild" form, not captured yet in a Poké ball by a trainer....
When I recently wrote about the possibility of Vermin as a supporting character in the recently announced Kraven movie, it also occurred to me that there is a good chance of a big-screen appearance by Kraven's longtime partner and Torment antagonist,...
The original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was a monster. Its 8-bit graphics blew the previous generations out of the water. It also signaled the resurgence of video games after the crash of 1983 and the success of the NES cemented Nintendo as a video...
I like to think of comic books as the bumper cars of collectibles. My theory is that comic books as investments are very connected and often "bump" one another up in price. What has the average year-to-date return trend been for comic books affected by the bumper...
There are certain Spider-Man storylines that longtime fans are dying to see on the big screen. The Death of Jean DeWolff tops my list. Will we finally see Sin Eater introduced in an adaptation of Peter David's pulp noir classic with Spider-Man...
The original six Hulk issues are some of the rarest and most valuable issues of all of Marvel's major characters. But why were there only six issues? What happened back in 1962 and the years that followed that produced such scarcity and demand? When...
As part of our series of examining real-time values of the exploding Pokémon market, we examine the First Edition Jungle set. Unlike the Base Set, Jungle cards do not have the shadowless and shadowed border distinction. Instead, Jungle has the now traditional limited edition,...
Over 20 years after their original release, Pokémon cards have now become staple investment items for collectors and speculators. What is important to know before you jump into investing in Pokémon cards is the difference between all of the cards and, of course, their...
