Cheryl Blossom became an overnight fan favorite thanks to becoming one of the main five in Riverdale. But did you know the vivacious red-head made her first appearance in Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica #320? In 1982 Dan DeCarlo unleashed Cheryl into the world, only for Archie Comics to quickly put her on a semi-hiatus […]
Batman has a colorful variety of rogues in his gallery — yet none as naturally intoxicating as Poison Ivy. Dr. Pamela Isley made her glorious debut in Batman #181 released in the spring of 1966. With her trademark red hair and ivy costume, this femme fatale would become one of the more popular characters in […]
Superman as created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster is without doubt one of the most popular and successful fictional characters of all time. People around the world recognize the iconic costume, know about his super powers and weakness to Kryptonite, and have seen or read his now-familiar origin story. He is the prototypical superhero, […]
A tale of the Multiverse: it's pretty impossible to remember this in the era of always-on superhero content, but there was once a world where major superheroes vanished without a trace. No warning, no explanation, you just went to the newsstand one week and instead of a new issue of The Flash or Green Lantern, there […]
Confession: I finally got around to watching the Justice League film recently and… absolutely loved it. I think I liked it way more than most people because I'm a comics history nerd, and like all of Zack Snyder's DC Comics films, Justice League is filled to the brim with comics history easter eggs. I haven't […]
Comic Connect has a wonderful comic auction going on right now with the kinds of books and original art that will make your head spin. Whenever they have one of these type auctions over there, it not only is fun to sift through all of the listings, but to see how much the auctions end […]
Walking Dead back issues are one of the few modern comics that has held on tight to value for its early issues and keys. Some of that is due to lower print runs on the early issues, not a problem with the later issues. Of course, all of the key characters and events that take […]
Few modern comic series have reached the heights of Robert Kirkman's zombie epic The Walking Dead. Going for 15 years strong now, it is arguably the most successful modern ongoing comic as far as back issues are concerned. One corner of the Walking Dead universe collectors are starting to heat up on would be in […]
Quotes about the relationship between power and responsibility have been around a lot longer than you might think. Voltaire talked about it in the time of the French Revolution. Winston Churchill spoke on the concept in front of the House of Commons in 1906. Theodore Roosevelt brought it up when he explained his reasons for not seeking a […]
As a serious Superman collector myself, I've wanted one of the three known copies of this Superman Comics Ashcan ever since I started reading Gary Colabuono's articles about the DC Comics ashcans in the mid-1980s. Historic, incredibly rare Superman? Sign me up. As a matter of fact, I made a point of checking out Colabuono's […]
Now it's official: an Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 (white pages) has just sold for $2,052,000 at Comic Connect auction. The closing price for the 1938 comic, featuring the first appearance of Superman by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, is the third-highest price ever paid for a comic book, behind the $3,207,852 sale of an Action Comics #1 CGC […]
Update: The auction for this Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 has resumed today due to a website glitch at auction close. See update for details. Update 2: With the auction now final, the hammer price on the sale of this Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 is $2,052,000. Original post continues below: An Action Comics #1 […]
Suspense Comics #3, up for auction at Comic Connect tonight, features an infamous Alex Schomburg cover for this 1944 comic book from a lesser known publisher Continental (it's complicated, but they used numerous other publishing names also) which also published titles such as Captain Aero Comics and Cat-Man Comics, among others. Suspense Comics is a short-lived suspense/horror […]
I've been collecting comic books for a long time, and it's not too often that I run across something that I haven't seen before, but while perusing the offerings for tonight's auction session at Comic Connect, I ran across a comic book that is both obscure and amazing. Harlem Youth Report #5 was published in […]
There's always something special about this time of year: the snow is mostly gone, it's a little bit warmer, and of course there's the NCAA men's basketball tournament. A 16 seed beat a 1 seed this year! And if you don't know what that means, that's okay, because I never thought I'd see it in […]
Fans of The Walking Dead, or just original art collectors in general, your time has come! Comic Connect has just unveiled their newest consignment, an unmatched collection of The Walking Dead comics and original art. The art and comics will be on display at the Metropolis Gallery starting October 6th — just in time […]
Wow! What a week it has been for comic collectors. ComicConnect has had some real heavy hitters in their auction this week, and there has been something for everyone. I myself won a new Archie #1, finally filling the gaping hole in my cold, dead heart. Over the next few posts we'll highlight some of […]
Five copies of Amazing Fantasy #15 were for sale, with an array of grades on the lower side, ranging from an ungraded 1.5 to a graded 5.5. Prices were very strong for all of the books: 1.5; $7,699.00 ow/white pages 2.5; $16,000 crm/ow pages 4.0; $27,000 crm/ow pages, small amount of dried glue on cover […]
DC comics have been popular since before I was born (and likely you, as well, to be fair). Detective Comics #27 and Action Comics #1 are two of the most desirable collector items, and even non-comic book fans want them. Investment-wise, most DC books aren't a bad choice. Below are the results of ComicConnect's most […]
The September ComicConnect Event Auction took place this week, the results are in and there's plenty to talk about. On the MLJ Comics side, prices were strong. MLJ books have become highly sought after recently, due to Riverdale, and people possibly being priced out of the other big books, resulting in a focus on Archie. […]
