Are you a recent returnee to the hobby of collecting comic books? Did you use to buy comics when you were a kid, cast it off as a child's pursuit, and now are sheepishly admitting you miss the thrill of opening a new issue of...
What makes a comic a key issue? What's the difference between major and minor keys? Rookie collectors have questions, and I have answers. WHAT IS A KEY ISSUE? It can be difficult to define a key issue because there is no established definition or criteria. Collectors...
[caption id="attachment_23001" align="alignleft" width="209"] (John Van Hamersveld. Jimi Hendrix & The Soft Machine with the Electric Flag and Blue Cheer. 1968. Lithograph, 27 3/4 × 19 1/2? (70.5 × 49.5 cm). Gift of the designers. All works The Museum of Modern Art, New York.)[/caption] Back in 2006,...
Right now, we are living in uncertain times due to the pandemic. Lives have been turned upside down for so many people. The reality is some states are suffering worst than others. Businesses in all aspects, large or small are affected as people are staying home more...
Speculators sell comics directly to friends, in retail shops, at swap meets, flea markets, garage sales, conventions, and most especially online. The best resale market online for small operators is eBay. It has a "market cap of $28.81 billion, revenue of $2.8 billion and increased...
The Collector is an Elder of the Universe from the Silver Age of Marvel Comics. He first appeared in Avengers #28 and has been plaguing the superheroes of Earth ever since. His driving ambition is to collect one of everything. Yes, this...
One of the profit centers for some comic book shops are custom variant covers available only through their storefront. Some of the most attractive, and most elusive, covers are available solely through this limited market. Variant covers help drive the collector market today and are the...
How did your picks fare from last month? Time to check in on our Fantasy Comic Collecting. Overall, my picks lost value in the past month. Before the COVD-19 pandemic upended the market, I was confident that I would show a profit between March and...
Not so long ago, Disney's D23 event happened. With that, Marvel confirmed a She-Hulk television series in the works. The show is set to premiere in 2022, without an actual premiere date. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing production delays, so it could be a long wait. In...
The recent Daredevil TV series left fans speechless, stunned, and absolutely grateful that Daredevil had been done right. During the last several years, all the big books and larger than life Marvel characters have seen their key books inflate dramatically in value. This was true of Daredevil...
DC Comics has been very busy introducing new characters lately. Notable characters include the Kiss of Death, Punchline, and the Designer. Interesting to note, the individuals named are all villains. One new character introduced recently is Elainna Grayson. Her significance has many layers. Firstly, her last name...
It's been a long time since we've seen a mania in the comic book collecting hobby that rivals the arrival of Punchline. This article will review the current status of her first two appearances and touch on the future of the character.
If you're reading this, it means you probably read quite a few posts here at GoCollect. But who's to tell the fact from fiction? The good speculation from the bad? The Black and the Red? Only you. Taking Heed Fortunately, GoCollect offers a variety of...
Venom gets a lot of attention. For good reason. But let's take a look at some more recent Venom-related characters and see their potential. If you aren't all caught up with Donny Cates' incredible run with Venom, give it a shot. It's fast reading, action-packed, and...
Comics have portrayed many different types of martial artists over the years. Marvel has dozens of them, maybe even hundreds, none have sustained like Shang-Chi. In the 70s, martial arts was hugely popular, the first world-class martial artist to capture the imagination was Bruce...
Time for round two of Blue Ocean Books! In case you forgot, Blue Ocean books are comics that no one is looking at right now. For example, when Marvel announced that Ronin would be in EndGame, everybody went crazy over the first appearance. That's called the Red...
Newsstand editions from the comic book boom in the 1990s are the most underappreciated and undervalued area within comics at the moment. There are many undervalued gems out there as the collecting community underestimates the scarcity of these books. History I grew up collecting newsstand edition...
The market is bottoming out for high-priced Silver and Bronze Age comics, but how are the modern keys holding up? The short answer is that modern comics are holding steady. For the most part, the more popular keys aren't gaining value, but they aren't losing...
With the overwhelming success of Marvel as not just a comic book company, but as an overall entertainment Juggernaut, it's hard to imagine a time when they were just a mediocre, struggling player in the comics industry. But in the early 1960s, Marvel - run by Stan...
Wolverine's healing factor isn't helping Hulk #181 and Giant-Size X-Men #1's current values. However, if you found last year's prices ridiculously inflated, you'll like this news. There's no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the comic market. Depending on whether you're a buyer or...
