Practical guides, expert advice and resources to manage, value and grow your comic book collection.
Fantastic Four #5 in CGC: the scale of grades, what level to aim for according to budget and objective, the economics of grading, pressing, restoration and labels.
Read article →A professional entourage before being family, and renewable for each business. This is what makes this folder self-contained — and almost without indirect keys.
Read article →Palmiotti, Gray and Amanda Conner (2009), Gerry Conway on All Star Comics (1976), the Showcase sequences. 33 years before his first continuous title.
Read article →Millar and McNiven (2008-2009), the 2015 revival, Jeff Lemire (2016-2018) and Dead Man Logan (2018-2019). A file which has a written beginning and end – therefore complete.
Read article →Buy better grade, sell lower grade: method for upgrading a set of comics, real cost of the operation, profitable grade differences and liquidity traps.
Read article →Avengers Annual #10 (1981), Claremont and Golden: Malicia begins as an adversary. Why the annual format changes everything when purchasing, and what to check.
Read article →Claremont gives him connections - the only way to make a character without a fixed identity situable. Vaughan (2003-2005) treats her as a field agent, a much fairer register.
Read article →Flash (2014-2023) vs Showcase #4 (1956) and The Flash #123 (1961): how editorial tinkering became the structure of popular fiction. Key numbers.
Read article →Tier S, A, B, C and D of Storm's key numbers. The anomaly of #186, the cross-requests, and why 25 years of cinema have not changed its rating.
Read article →Speculate or invest in comics? Two opposing mentalities, horizons, risks and method so as not to confuse the short bet and the long thesis.
Read article →All Star Comics #58 (1976), Conway/Estrada/Wally Wood. ⚠️ The title takes up the numbering of a series from the 1940s: always check the vintage before buying.
Read article →An entourage made up of people she loses: an inseparable brother, a broken marriage, an ambiguous mentor, and children whose existence is the hidden subject of her stories.
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