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Grading a comic can create a lot of value as well as destroying one. Real cost of slab, break-even point, risk of disappointing rating and raw vs slab arbitration.
Read article →First appearances of female characters in which to invest: underlying trend, adaptation catalysts, pieces to watch out for and selection method.
Read article →Ororo Munroe's key issues: Giant-Size X-Men #1, UXM #173, #185-186, #201. Why her best issues are the ones where she loses her powers.
Read article →X-Men #4 (1964), Avengers #16 (1965), House of M #1 (2005). Her real key numbers are disasters she causes, not victories. What to aim for according to your budget.
Read article →Adversary, Avenger, ally of the Inhumans, member of X-Factor. Five swings in sixty years, and no key: where the market has no words, it has no price.
Read article →Only one crossover matters, and it doesn't feature her: the 1980s overhaul that removes her world. Twenty years later, a second gives it back to him.
Read article →Mutant Massacre (1986) which he sponsored before existing, Inferno (1988-1989) which delivers the answers, and 2019 where he ceases to be a participant to become a play.
Read article →An entourage borrowed from a pre-existing mythological background: its figures have no origin to tell. The market pays for invention, not staging.
Read article →Spider-Man Unlimited (1999) vs Thor #134 (1967): Counter-Earth of the High Evolutionary, and what we lose by moving a character defined by an address.
Read article →Investing in the first appearances of comic book teams: why a roster has the potential for adaptation, which key numbers to aim for and how to avoid
Read article →Cosmic segment carried by adaptations: which first appearances to target, the pitfalls of B&W magazines, grading and volatility. Method and re
Read article →Tier S, A, B, C and D. The most systemic discrepancy in the corpus: an entire category – the original rewritings – escapes the indexes and is not paid for anything.
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