Obviously, we all buy and play video games that we love, otherwise what’s the point? However, there are a select few gamers that not only play for the love of the game but grab every achievement medal possible. These gamers dedicate a good portion of their...
Timing the market is an investing phrase used across many different asset classes, including comic books! Let's talk about comic book market timing and whether or not you need to be concerned about it as a new collector. When it comes to investing in comic books or...
I'm back again with the second installment of my take on the Top 10 wacky, strange, and weird Batman covers. Cover Story will be an ongoing blog focusing on the best, greatest and strangest comic cover art. One of the main reasons I enjoy comics so much...
Let's discuss why it may make sense to sell Incredible Hulk #449 now and pick up a copy or two of Dark Avengers #1 while it's still affordable. The serial nature of Disney+ shows has given comic investors whiplash. Each episode of WandaVision and The Falcon &...
Sinister Six, Thunderbolts… what’s next? Of the villainous Marvel team-ups, the pieces necessary for those teams appear to be coming together and almost inevitable. With that, their key comic books have been heavily speculated on ad infinitum. So here we’re going to look past them, and even...
Those 1990s comics, like Spawn, are getting more collectible by the month. We’re seeing it reflected in the Hottest Comics. Meanwhile, Evel Knievel #1 jumped plenty of hurdles on its way to the Oddball of the Week Award. Remember...
In many ways, Image Comics exemplified the excess of the 90s, but even those comics have jumped in value. For example, even though CGC has graded an astounding 17,328 copies of Spawn #1, the value of a CGC 9.8 has risen by nearly 100% over the...
Welcome back to Sports Card Collecting 101! Today’s class will focus on one of my favorites: the 1948 Leaf Baseball set! Over the next two classes, we’ll examine this set as well as bridge into other sports like boxing and football!
Welcome to Cover Story! An ongoing series of blogs--where we focus on great, weird, and strange cover art. Without a doubt, one of the reasons I enjoy comics is the cover art. Cover art is amazing, impactful, and can make a comic a key issue simply from...
Sales are happening every day in our hobby. Truth be told, it is hard to keep up with all of them. But there are those occasions where certain sales catch your eye, draw your attention, and make you look into it further. This is one of those...
On April 8, Jim Lee tweeted about his hand. To quote Jim Lee, "Hand is doing well—drawing for the first time in some time. Pretty ecstatic actually :D". I didn't realize Lee had an issue with his hand, but to an artist, obviously that's devastating. The...
Batman villains dominated the sales charts this week as the first appearances of Punchline and Man-Bat made the biggest moves on the Hottest Comics list. Today’s list is all about the movers and shakers of the secondary market....
Throughout their career, the Grateful Dead (and subsequent spin-off bands) have used numerous logos and mascots. These designs and characters have become instantly recognizable cultural icons, featuring on albums, merchandise, and countless concert posters. In this article I'll explore some of the most popular...
After nearly three and a half months, this is the first week when we haven't had a weekly installment of an MCU Disney+ episode (FYI I wrote this article on April 30th). But at least we have a lot to look forward to, including Loki, which premieres...
Madame Hydra? When Julia Louis-Dreyfus first appeared on Episode 5 of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, no less than three long-forgotten key issues started to spike. And while this reminds us that 80+ years of Marvel Comics has given us hundreds of characters. What can we learn...
It’s back! Get your imaginary wallet ready, because Fantasy Comic Investing is ready for kickoff. The rules are basically the same, but this time, you get a larger budget: $3,000 (you’re welcome). Think of it as imaginary stimulus money, so go ahead...
Nova, Adam Warlock, Wonder Man. Once upon a time, those three names received a ton of similarly circled speculation surrounding Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2. In the years since, it seems that the comic book markets for Adam Warlock and Nova have taken off, and left...
By now, it is old news that Marvel/Disney will be bringing Kang the Conqueror to the big screen in Ant Man 3. In September of 2020, it was revealed that Jonathan Majors will play Kang in the third installment of the Ant Man franchise.
The electronic dance music scene of the 1990s saw a boom of underground dance parties and raves and was a bountiful source of just such promotional material. Check out some of the awesome flyers from 90s raves and House music parties long gone down below! There...
Auctions, records, and Pokémon, oh my! Just this past week, we saw NFTs continue to explode, a rare Pokemon card set a record, and Queen Elizabeth's golden Wii. What's next, collectors? So much happens in the world of collecting from day to day that it's impossible to...
