Shortly before the Marvel Age of Comics began, Atlas Comics, the forebear of Marvel was scrambling to figure out what to publish that readers actually wanted to buy. Thus, they hatched their latest scheme – Monsters! Monster Mania
As New Year's Day approaches, we take a look at the Hottest Comics of 2022 - and Jane Foster is bringing the thunder. We’ve been watching the Hottest Comics like a hawk all year long. From one week to the next, we have seen the...
So much of comic book collecting and investing nowadays is dominated by modern books. With the endless variants, store exclusives, and first appearances of ultimately insignificant characters, many investors, especially those who prefer older books, often feel ignored and left out of the conversation. Fortunately,...
You may hear a lot of comic book investors saying we're in a "buyer's market." Personally, I think most major Silver Age keys still have further to fall. For example, in most grades, issues such as Amazing Spider-Man #129 and Marvel...
Henry Cavill is out, and a younger Superman is coming to James Gunn’s all-new, all-different DCU. With a massive reboot in sight, it begs to reason that the new cinematic Man of Steel could come straight from his modern retellings. Whether it’s crying...
There are plenty of familiar faces in this week’s top-100 best-selling issues with a resident Usual Suspect perched atop the mountain. Throughout the week of Christmas and over the holiday weekend, buyers were falling back on their old favorites with some frequent fliers...
As we turn the page on 2022 and look towards 2023, what will 2023 have in store for the comic book investing market? Any experienced stock investor will tell you to never time the market. Instead, if you have the money, keep investing during this buyer's market...
No matter what kind of investing someone is doing, the end goal is always the same: maximize potential for profit and minimize potential for loss. When it comes to comics, books with multiple first appearances in many ways represent the pinnacle of this idea. All it takes...
The Snyder-verse may be dead and buried, but that doesn’t mean Ben Affleck is leaving DC quite yet. Instead of sporting the cape and cowl, he may be in the director’s chair. That speculation should have immediate impact on Tales...
The Christmas Holiday is my favourite time of year to go through my comic books. After all, what is "Boxing Day" if not a Day for Going Through Comics, Right? I get a real sense of joy and pride as I categorize the year's purchases and put...
One of the most exciting facets of the sports magazine collecting hobby is the scarcity of newsstand issues. As we’ve seen over recent years in the sports card hobby, the number of times a single card has been graded, known as the population count (or pop count...
It’s time once more for Undervalued and Overlooked Comics! This time we’ll be looking at the Silver Age. Take a look at the comics that are flying under most collectors’ radar. Gorilla on the Cover
I think we all had the same question after Sony’s latest announcement—who the hell is the Hypno-Hustler? Now that is a question perfectly suited for the Oddball of the Week. Once again, Sony is putting together a Spider-Verse spinoff, and
One of the single biggest drivers of comic book speculation nowadays is the MCU. From major characters like Spider-Man all the way down to D-listers like Frog Man, the MCU has fundamentally changed the way people look at comic books. The goal of this...
The holiday season is one of my favorite times of the year. I'm a sucker for decorations, and an even bigger sucker for ugly Christmas sweaters, holiday cookies, and then some! Comic books have been celebrating this time of year since the Platinum Age, but one era...
It was a Spider-Man type of week on the Hottest Comics index, and several Spider-Keys were getting the rub from the latest Across the Spider-Verse footage. Movie trailers almost always spur the secondary market, and Across the...
A Real American Hero, and action figure, G.I. Joe is there! Many sons idolize their fathers. My dad is certainly a hero to me. So, while my eighty-three, nearly 84-year-old dad, struggles with some health issues right before Christmas,...
I have waited for this holiday season for the whole year. I have been preparing my list and now I am ready for an article that needed to be written. Here it is, in the spirit of the season... Bring out that aluminum pole, because I am...
Sony released a new trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse on December 13, and it was filled with dozens of spider-people. Fans quickly scoured for first appearances. Which of those first appearances were up? Which were down? Let’s take a look and see how the market reacted....
We knew it was coming, and today’s the day that those Black Panther: Wakanda Forever keys hit the Coldest Comics. The movie speculation cycle was on full display this week. The Black Panther and Ironheart keys were on fire...
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