Bedrock City Comics is a small chain of comic retail stores based in Texas. They also have one of the largest selection of Gold, Silver and Bronze age comics in the country. You can purchase online, from their store, or, at one of the many conventions they attend throughout the year.

The site is is a mix of store promotion and back issues sales of Gold, Silver, Bronze age and modern comics. Many of the comics have nice, large scans, particularly of the higher priced comic books.

I have purchased directly from Bedrock City at a convention and online. I received excellent customer service via email.

Collectors Assemble is one of the websites run by long-time reputable dealer Marnin Rosenberg. The name is a play on the call for the Avengers, Avengers, Assemble!

The site is focused primarily on Gold, Silver and some Bronze age comics. Many are high grade. The site is organized by grouped auctions. Within each auction section, are a series of related books that you can bid on. The auctions don’t really have an expiration date. The format is more like a best offer type of site where you submit your bid and see if it is accepted.

I have purchased directly from this site and received excellent customer service over the phone. I can’t comment on shipping since Marnin made it easy for me to pick up my comic at a convention.

As a marketplace, ComicConnect works on a “Best Offer” system. That is, comic book sellers list their comics at an asking price. Buyers, once they find a comic book they are interested in, can purchase the comic at the set price or make an offer. The seller can choose to accept or reject the offer to purchase their comic book.

Once a comic book is sold, the seller must ship it to ComicConnect. ComicConnect will then verify that the buyer will receive the described comic and then ship it out.

Recently, ComicConnect has started auctions as well. It remains to be seen if their auctions will become a force in the hobby.

Scroll to the top of this page to search their inventory for the rare old comic you are looking for.

Ebay Comics is the worlds largest marketplace for comic books. Whether rare and valuable, or just published, Ebay has the largest selection of comic books on the Internet. So, it was easy to select them for inclusion in the search results.

The profile of Ebay comics is simple, they have sold just about every comic book published over the past 10 years. They have sections for Platinum Age, Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age and Modern Comics.

They also have a marketplace for original art, and comic book related items, such as figures, posters and more.

As many of you know, the comic book, Amazing Fantasy #15 is the first appearance and origin of The Amazing Spider-Man. The comic book itself is the most valuable comic of the Silver Age, many would consider the original art priceless. If it were to sell, it would easily pass one million dollars. Of course, now that the complete story is in the hands of the Library of Congress, the artwork will always belong to the public.

The artwork is in great shape. And, once it is processed by the Library, it will be available for public viewing, under certain conditions. So, the next time you make it to Washington DC, be sure to check out this one of a kind treasure. While you’re there, the library has its own impressive collection of comic book original art to view as well.

If you are looking for Iron Man comic books, start with Tales of Suspense #39, this is his first appearance in the original grey costume.

If you want to purchase a key Iron Man comic issue, you can’t go wrong with Iron Man #1. There are several copies for sale on Ebay right now.

Alternatively, you can get an early appearance in Iron Man and Sub-Mariner #1, a one-shot.

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Many of the new additions have a healthy inventory of Bronze and Silver Age comics. Golden Age is tougher to come by, so the selection there is a little lighter.

Over the next several weeks, we’ll be profiling each of the comic book dealers in the comic search results. This will give you an idea of the type of comic dealers we think will have valuable comics you need for your collection.

Note that some of the all-time stats are still not accurate.

Not surprisingly, Spider-Man was at the top of the list when I last checked. Then, someone was really interested in various X-Men issues as there were more than 25 searches for different X-Men issues, mostly bronze and copper age.

All comic books, whether they are modern, or rare Golden Age, should be graded on the same scale. There are accepted industry standards outlined by the Overstreet Comic Book Grading Guide as well as by CGC (Comics Guaranty Corporation).

The old school standard was based on a descriptive grade that ranged from Mint as the perfect comic book, all the way to Poor, as a comic that has significant defects and even pieces missing.

The numerical grading system in use today was started in the 1990’s. However, it really took off as a grade system for comic books with the advent of CGC.

When grading comics, using either the text or numerical grade should provide a clear description for the overall condition of any comic book.

However, the Bronze Age is known for the increase in new titles and genres attempted by the major publishers DC and Marvel. Number 1 issues abound in Sword and Sorcery (Conan, Warlord), Horror (Swamp Thing, Witching Hour), Fantasy and Science Fiction (Star Wars, New Gods) and more.

Titles from this period should be readily available online and at comic book conventions. Unless you’re looking for a key issue or number one of a title, most comic prices are affordable. Even with a limited budget, you can still acquire many comics in Very Fine to Near Mint condition. The keys, such as Batman 232 can be found quickly, but some collectors will need to settle for lower grades due to high prices.

Here are some suggested popular Bronze Age titles:

• Action Comics
• All Star Comics
• Amazing Adventures
• Amazing Spider-Man
• Astonishing Tales
• Batman
• Brave and the Bold
• Captain America
• Cerebus
• Conan
• Daredevil
• Defenders
• Detective Comics
• DC 100 Page Super Spectacular
• DC Comics Presents
• Fantastic Four
• Flash
• Ghost Rider
• GI Joe
• Giant-Size X-Men
• Green Lantern
• Hero for Hire
• House of Mystery
• House of Secrets
• Incredible Hulk
• Iron Fist
• Karate Kid
• Ka-Zar
• Master of Kung Fu
• Marvel Spotlight
• Marvel Team-Up
• Marvel What If
• Mister Miracle
• New Gods
• New Teen Titans
• Omac
• Shazam
• Spectacular Spider-Man
• Star Wars
• Superman
• Swamp Thing
• Thor
• Tomb of Dracula
• Uncle Scrooge
• Warlord
• Werewolf By Night
• Witching Hour
• Wolverine
• Wonder Woman
• X-Men

In the past, you had to visit different dealer websites to find the comic you needed. Now, with one site, ComicSeeker.com, you can find all your back issues, values and collectibles.