People collect comics for many different reasons. Some relish the nostalgia, others enjoy the characters and storylines, while others appreciate comics as an art form. Whether you're just starting out or...
Comic books are highly collectible items that can provide years of enjoyment. They may also appreciate in value over time and be sold for a profit. Since entering the mainstream in the 1930s, comics have grown...
Collecting comic books can be a rewarding hobby, and has the potential to provide a lifetime of enjoyment. Completing long runs of consecutive issues on a title can require patience and a lot of shopping...
Comic books have long been a passion of collectors worldwide. The reasons why people collect comics are as varied as the individual collectors themselves. Some relish the nostalgia, others enjoy the characters...
Classics Illustrated is one of the most challenging and addictive comic book titles to collect. But it is also mystifying to many novice collectors and non-collectors. This review is meant to bring the...
Courtesy of Heritage Galleries Auctioneers, Dallas, Texas. A Brief History of Comics Comics historians have split the history of comics into several different ages. The first, the Victorian Age, spans almost...
The Challenge: I am often disappointed when I win an auction for a near-mint comic, wait in anticipation and when the package arrives, I find the comic is damaged. It is not that I was sent a poor quality...
This guide is intended to assist those in purchasing CGC graded comics versus ungraded comics. First of all I would like to share with ebayers my level of experience with CGC. I have submitted somewhere in the...
Collectors should be aware that there was an EXACT REPRINT of Action Comics # 1 published in 1974 under DC Comics' FAMOUS FIRST EDITION line. Originally, the comic had a stiff outer cover identifying it as a...
Do you collect comics for fun or profit? Well if you're like most collectors, it's a little of both. Regardless, if you think that one day you may sell some or all of your comics (and it seems many of us do)...