Golden Age

It’s Christmas in May, and this week’s Oddball winner is the gift that keeps on giving: the most unlikely omega-level mutant, Santa Claus.

All these seven-figure comic sales have me thinking; if you had $1 million to invest in one comic, which would it be?

Welcome to Part 2 of the comic book grading experiment. In Part One, CGC President Matt Nelson provided insight on the grading process and books that should be targeted by first-time graders. …

I’m happy to be back again bringing you the latest quarterly installment of Undervalued Comics in 2022. Books that, in this high-priced and news-sensitive market, actually seem to hold strong future value…

Hello, and welcome back to our new weekly column where we’ll take a look at a few undervalued or overlooked comics from one of each of four comic book eras – Golden…

When the issue number for an Action Comics #1 is fetching $7k, you know things have gotten out of hand. If you kept track of the single pages being sold, you’d have…

If you’ve been following my work for a while, you no doubt know I’ve been writing about various Archie titles for a few years now.  Archie Comics have been a staple in…

The records continue to fall in 2022, and a Superman #1 put the world on notice with an astronomical sale.

It has been the auction to end all auctions at Heritage with historic keys breaking records left and right, but none have created the buzz like the $3 million for Cap’s first…

One of the more interesting periods in the American comic scene is the pulp era, which roughly ran from 1896 to the mid-1950s. These stories laid the groundwork for today’s comic books,…

“Pre-Code Horror: an unregulated era from the late 40s to the early 50s before the industry was forced to self-censor with the Comics Code Authority.” The comics from this era featured some gritty,…

A rare Golden Age Marvel classic made waves this week with a multi-million dollar sale. Let’s look at what made this Marvel Comics #1 sale so unique.

If you follow comic books and comic book news, you are likely aware of the unprecedented ComicConnect Auction that ended on March 15. In that auction, a small piece of the cover…

With 6 days of online bidding left to go in the latest Hake’s Auction, there are some super classic finds up for bids. Here’s a look at recent sales data for a…

If you read this column regularly, you may have noticed that most of my investment suggestions are for high-grade comics. Whenever I reference a comic’s FMV, I do so almost exclusively with…

Throughout January, nothing could top the eye-popping $3 million price tag on Action Comics #1, but Detective Comics #27 and Marvel Comics #1 made a go at it. Step inside for the…

Readers of my articles know that I study sales data to conduct research for my articles.  In recent months, I have been tracking comic book sales to try to get ahead of…