Variant covers have existed in comics now for decades. While most collectors are focused on Marvel variants and, to a lesser extent, DC variants and first issues of series from other publishers, there are some very desirable covers that aren’t variants of first issues or the latest...
The two supernatural comic book chartbusters of 2021 were Marvel's Ghost Rider and DC Comic's Swamp Thing. Why are these two supernatural anti-heroes dominating the charts? After all, the Swamp Thing's TV series was canceled. The same goes for Ghost Rider; we haven’t seen him...
While collectors almost always have a bucket list of the specific books they want to acquire, investors are less tethered to the psychological malady of "oneitis." Is buying in bulk the best strategy for building an incredible collection? Instant Bragging Rights
Madame Web has been cast, and the star of her own feature film could be the first of several Spider-Women getting their due on the big screen. Here’s more. Dakota Johnson has landed the role of Madame Web for the...
Collectors were digging deep into their pockets for Bronze Age X-Men grails in this week’s Chartbusters. The market is always moving, and the recent wave of MCU speculation has kept those Marvel Comics holy grails climbing ever higher. The biggest influencer has been...
Welcome back to CGC 101! Today we'll be talking about a rather hot topic -- restoration in comic books. Per CGC's website; Restoration is the act of adding foreign material to a comic book through certain techniques to return its appearance to an ideal or...
The X-Men’s 1991 series has reached the summit of the Hottest Comics, but it wasn’t the only issue feeling the heat from the MCU. Let's take a look at the Trending Comics from the last month. The aftershock from the latest Doctor Strange trailer...
The most difficult part of any investment or speculation is not knowing what to buy, but knowing when to sell. Perhaps you have purchased a collection or gone to your local retail comic book shop and purchased hundreds of books over the years. Now, you...
Do you feel that? That’s the heat from this week’s Hottest Comics, led by a charging Vigilante. What are the Hottest Comics? This is an index of the 100 best-selling single issues across the most famous auction site in all the internet, eBay....
Sonic the Hedgehog is a video game icon -- which many of us grew up with! There was something enchanting about playing the speedy little hedgehog around the different zones on a rainy summer afternoon. The Sega Genesis came into the video game scene with a bang,...
Known affectionately as “The Irreverent One,” Billy Graham was Marvel’s first black artist. Though his tenure was brief, he left a lasting impact on Marvel storytelling, particularly in his work on Hero for Hire and Black Panther. Let’s take a look at this influential artist’s work and...
The hot rumor has it that Sony is developing a new Spider-Man movie with Knull as the villain. Whether or not it’s true is a different story, but the market is surging for the God of the Symbiotes’ key issues all the same. Here's a...
What X-Men issue should you buy? Further, how have recent sales impacted the price of X-Men comics? Is this investment too "mutated" to recognize and dissect? Let's take a look at X-Men #133. Chris Claremont put the X-Men on the...
With Moon Knight, Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 on the horizon, most collectors are speculating on the first appearance of the Sun King in Moon Knight #188, the first appearance of Shuma-Gorath in
The key to any good experiment is starting on the right foot. My first step was to find out more about the grading process from someone who understood pressing, cleaning, and grading. My choice for obtaining this information was to approach CGC President Matt Nelson and...
A few months ago, near the end of 2021, there was a lot of buzz around an indie game called Gas Station Simulator. The day after its release Gas Station Simulator rocketed to #3 on Steams list of Top Sellers, and is now sitting at #105. So...
Marvel’s Super Bowl ads have taken the comics community by storm, and those Moon Knight and Multiverse of Madness keys are trending in major ways. Think of digging deeper into the Hottest Comics rankings as solving a puzzle. You...
There was no catching up to Amazing Fantasy #15 over the past month as Spidey’s first appearance cracked the $250k mark and set a record high for a 7.0. Let's dive into this month's Silver Age Chartbusters That MCU...
Buyers were shying away from Spider-Gwen #1 and Amazing Spider-Man #194 in this week’s edition of the Coldest Comics. What are the Coldest Comics? These are the issues that saw the most significant drop in...
What if I told you that you could go back in time about 20 years to when comic books were first being graded? What raw books would you race out to purchase, knowing they’d be worth a ton of money once you got them graded? ...
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