Category: Investment Speculation

by Norman Robinson | September 15, 2019

When do you buy a comic book as a speculator? When do you sell? Should you flip them immediately once in the money or wait until the last second on premiere night to throw it online? These are all questions of timing. To paraphrase Miyamoto Musashi, a...

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by Matt Tuck | September 13, 2019

When it comes to key issues, the MCU has pushed the debut issues for box office sensations to new heights. But have the movies changed the market so drastically that only first appearances have become worth your investment dollars? It doesn't take much to get the market...

by James Jou | September 12, 2019

Although much of the villainy focus has been on Thanos and more recently Joker, lets not forget about some of the earlier villains that brought their own type of menace to our favorite heroes; specifically, Whiplash and Baron Zemo.  Here we will be following up on the...

by ChargingGoat | September 11, 2019

The Infinity Gauntlet had a major impact on the Avengers finale between the Infinity War and End Game movies.  Thanos's pursuit of the Gauntlet was legendary and something that will be remembered by Marvel fans for a long time.  It took a whole second movie to...

by ChargingGoat | September 10, 2019

Does whatever a Spider-Market can!  So, if the divorce between Sony and Marvel is giving you some anxiety about 2 Christmases, a rebooted Norman Osborn, or whatnot...don't fret.  Spider-Man is one of the most reliable characters on a speculator's team.  He is what a stockbroker would...

by James Jou | September 9, 2019

It is rather disappointing that the Age of Ultron was shortchanged with a single movie; so much for an “Age,” which technically isn’t wrong with Ultron’s age being zero, but it is nevertheless very anticlimactic. Perhaps if Ultron ever gets rebuilt in the MCU, we might get...

by Norman Robinson | September 9, 2019

Speculators come in all types from the occasional buyer of key comics to speculators who swap comics daily and press them into big speculative money. Most people start out speculating randomly. They buy anything and everything, resulting in the purchase of too many comics. As time goes...

by Matt Tuck | September 8, 2019

One of the most popular questions I get is when is the best time to sell a hot comic. The answer is in the data. "When should I sell?" That's the big question. When to buy is a much easier question to answer. As soon as the...

by Blaise Tassone | September 7, 2019

With the new Joaquin Phoenix led ‘Joker’ movie receiving a standing ovation and a Golden Lion for best film at the Venice film festival, and with writers other than Tom King getting ready to offer new plots and Batman books for projects set to begin in...

by James Jou | September 7, 2019

Part 2 of looking back at the market performance of the 2016 Suicide Squad members’ key comic books; not part 2 as in the upcoming sequel movie. Due to that squad iteration having more members than a free pack of crayons that they used to give out...