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Value of a Comic Book that has been Restored

The comic book collecting community has taken an obvious stance when it comes to pricing restored comic books. Generally, a restored comic book is valued between one-fourth and one-half of the value of the same book, in the same condition, but unrestored.
This trend is only about 6-8 years old, since the advent of CGC encapsulation [...]

Old Comic Books with Walt Disney Christmas Themes

There are countless Disney comic books, both rare and commonly available, with Christmas themes. Disney did publish a few very specific Christmas titled comic books.
The following is the first issue of Walt Disney’s Christmas Parade published by Dell Comics in 1949. This 132 page comic book from the Golden Age was penciled by Walt Kelly. [...]

Old Christmas Comic Books

I was thinking of doing a series of posts to highlight Christmas Comic Books from the Golden Age, Silver Age to the Present. So, I took a quick look at the Grand Comics Database and was amazed to find 77 comic book titles with Christmas in the title.
That count does not include comic books of [...]

10 Mil Mylar for Comic Book Storage Follow-Up

This is a short post to update everyone on 10 mil mylar for your vintage comics. Last week I wrote about this new product from Bill Cole Enterprises and sent them a request for a sample.
I received the mylar sample in the mail. It was not a full mylar. There is no way you could [...]

Comic Book Circulation Data - The Comics Chronicles

I recently came across a new website call The Comics Chronicles. This site is a great resource for comics data. More specifically, circulation data. The information is a great help to get an understanding of the overall health of the comic book industry and of specific comic book titles.
The amount of data is vast and [...]

Protect Your Valuable Comics with 10 Mil Mylar

Protecting your rare and valuable comics is a serious consideration for every comic book collector. For newer comics, many of you simply keep the comic in a poly bag with a simple backing board for stiffness.
However, as you begin to think about more expensive comics, such as your high grade Marvel Amazing Spider-Man comics, you [...]

What is a High Grade Comic Book

For many collectors, the only comics worth having in their collection are high grade comics. The aesthetic of the comic book and collectibility increases when the comic book is in better condition. But, considering that grading comic books is so subjective, one persons high grade treasure could be another persons mid-grade filler.
First off, age certainly [...]

Cheesy 1980’s Comic: Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew

Today I was posting online about some of the cheesy comics from the 1980’s and Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew immediately came to mind.
This total cheese comic was the brainchild of Roy Thomas and Scott Shaw!. Yes, Scott has an exclamation point at the end of his name.
Anyway, I loved this as a [...]

The Rise of Avengers #4 and Captain America

I’ve been noticing an increase in searches for Avengers #4. This is the return of Captain America in the Silver Age. During the early rise of Marvel Comics in the 1960’s, they focused on new characters such as Spider Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men.
So, Cap, was a late bloomer for the Marvel Silver [...]

Comic Books Being Made into Movies

I couldn’t believe it when I first heard about it, but it seems that there are currently about 84 different comics or comic book titles being considered for a movie. Hard to believe, but I’m surprised that the film industry is that far gung ho over comic books.
Here the link over at Den of Geek.
Among [...]