Author: Doug Ohlandt
I was four years old when I read my first comic book - Marvel Collectors' Item Classics #7 - and I've been hooked ever since. Fifty years later I've managed to amass a very large collection, including a now complete run of Fantastic Four. That's right - I finally got my white whale, a Fantastic Four #5. Not in the greatest shape, mind you, but low grade is better than no grade.
We’re back with more Undervalued and Overlooked Comics! This is where we identify comics that are either currently lower in value than they could be, aren’t as well known in the collector market, or both. So, let’s get started with a couple Bronze Age issues that are well known and one that is more obscure.
CGC began accepting pulp magazines for grading just a few months ago, with all-new slabs designed to fit the digest sized magazines. Recent sales in Heritage Auctions are turning eyes toward this new and potentially lucrative collectible. It’s important to be in the know, though, so let’s take a look at the key issues of...
We’re back with another look at our Chartbusters! These are the comics that sold for the highest price over the past thirty days, and the April 7 Heritage auction dominates the charts.
Undervalued and Overlooked Comics is back! This is where we identify comics that are either currently lower in value than they could be, aren’t as well known in the collector market, or both. So, let’s get started with a few oddities from DC in the Silver Age.
In 1955, to get around the newly created Comics Code Authority, EC Comics shifted their comic Mad to a magazine format. The irreverent magazine that threw tomatoes at just about everything would remain in publication for more than 60 years. Let’s take a look at the key issues of Mad in the magazine format that...
One area of focus in comic collecting that has been overlooked since other forms of media began to have such a great influence on the hobby is that of hunting down key comics by top creators. This time we’re looking at the works of Dave Stevens.
The Hottest Magazines is a curated list of the magazines moving up the eBay sales lists. GoCollect pulls the stats straight from eBay and sorts them by volume moving in the marketplace over the past 30 days.
On March 19, a 6.5 graded copy of Detective Comics #27 sold in a ComicConnect auction for $1,825,088. That’s the highest price paid for Batman’s first appearance in any grade. What does this tell us about trends for this book and do we see those trends in other early Batman keys?
It’s October, and that means we here at GoCollect are turning our attention to horror comics and magazines. We’re going to take a look at the Marvel Horror Group line of magazines to see which ones may be worth adding to your collection. Marvel Monster...
Welcome back to Undervalued and Overlooked Comics, where we identify comics that are either currently lower in value than they could be, are ignored by collectors, or both! This time we’ll be looking at the Silver Age. Fortress of Solitude