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Comics Market Expects Chiwetel Ejifor To Be Brother Voodoo In Doctor Strange
But in such cases, it's always interesting to follow the comic book speculators and see what they think. Because, as the news hit, one book jumped up in sales on eBay. Strange Tales #169 Featuring the first appearance of mystic character Brother Voodoo, rival or colleague to Strange and, in the comics, his successor as Sorceror Supreme[...]
Speculator Corner: Sleepwalker #1
One week ago, someone bought a copy of Sleepwalker #1 on eBay No one has bought an issue since. Today, eleven copies were bought. Something is up I think I know what it might be, but right now, Sleepwalker #1, often a much derided book from the nineties, is being hoovered up for $4.50 or below. If you have access[...]
Gary Parkin, The Rob Granito Of eBay Sketch Covers?
Comic book artist Meghan Hetrick was tipped off by a fan of hers that British artist Gary Parkin selling a sketch cover of Evil Ernie #1 with Lady Death on it on eBay. This image is indeed a blatant rip of the commission she did for the fan, which she posted online. Turns out that she is not alone[...]
Charlie Hebdo Reveals New Cover, Already On eBay For 49€
And for those unwilling to try and fight for copies, the kind folk on eBay will sell you a copy for over fifteen times its cover price… that's $58 or £38… "All Is Forgiven"… This is the cover to the memorial issue of Charlie Hebdo, to be published this  Wednesday[...]
Rare Nintendo Game Is Currently Going For $100,000 On Ebay
At some point though, you do have to wonder how far is too far? In a mind-boggling Ebay auction, a copy of Stadium Events is currently going for $100,000 The game was first produced in 1987, but was recalled before it got a rebrand, making Stadium Events one of the rarest video games ever produced. In a[...]
Speculator Corner: Swamp Thing #49 And #50 And The Justice League Dark
Issue #50 has sold raw for $47 on eBay, and #49 for $20 All because some of those folk appear together fighting against the End Times. But they are not the only books to be so affected Hawkman #4 featuring the first appearance of Zatanna is now a $100 book, raw. Strange Adventures #205 with the first[...]
What A Difference A Log Makes To Rifleman #10
It recently sold for $7.49 on eBay. While this is Rifleman #11, also published by Dell Comics in 1961 It recently sold for $11.50 on eBay. And this is Rifleman #10, again published by Dell Comics in 1961 It recently sold for $202.50 on eBay. I wonder if you can tell why. This is a copy of Rifleman #9, published by[...]
Speculator Corner: Secret War #2 And Tonight's Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD
Two months ago, you could pick up Brian Bendis and Gabriele Del'Omotto's Secret War #2 on eBay for as low as 25 cents. And someone did. It is now selling for up to $8. Why the big change? Well the announcement of Captain America being a Secret Wars film has sent any Secret Wars books up in demand[...]
Tim Seeley, Gene Ha, Jill Thompson, Mike Norton And More Step Up For Ed Siemienkowicz
You can see the first pieces that have gone up on eBay right here. Ed Siemienkowicz, a member of the Chicago comic community was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer A freelance artist without insurance, his medical bills are astronomical. A bunch of Chicago comic people have created a series of original pieces of art for auction, including Tim Seeley (above), Gene Ha,[...]
Andy Lanning Undercuts eBay Sketch Flippers For Hero Initiative
From eBay: Naturally, Andy Lanning was a little perturbed that one of his free sketches had found such a home He tweeted. OK, here's a dilemma: what would you do if you find out someone is selling a convention sketch you did for free on Ebay for $129? — Andy Lanning (@AndyLanning) November 27, 2014 But then he had[...]
Lost Art Of Hart S Fischer From Twenty Years Ago Turns Up… On eBay
Fisher (@Hart_fisher) October 2, 2014 The auction details are listed as:   This auction is for: – 20 ORIGINAL DRAWINGS begun by Thomas Floyd and edited by Hart Fisher Size 11.25×17 reserve starting bid at $5350 ($250 per page plus $350 for the packaging and letters) – 3 original pages of notes and edits written by Hart Fisher – 1 original note page[...]
This Captain America Is Not By Jack Kirby
That doesn't stop it being sold on eBay as if it were by Jack Kirby for $2000 Australian dollars. The listing reads… Was brought from an elderly gentlemen who in turn brought it from a Kirby Collector in the US back in the 90's and drawn in the 80's. There is some damage as he lost a portion[...]
And Finally…The Comics Being Sold To Pay For Breast Enhancement Surgery
But one eBay comic book seller writes in his item descriptions, Massive Comic Book Selloff! Help me pay for my wife's implants… Yep! My wife has asked me to fund her boob job, and the only way I can think of is to sell off all my comic books. I have a huge amount, ranging from some Golden Age,[...]
Flipping Your LootCrate And NerdBlock In August
All for $20. But what if you were a mercenary soul and put it all on eBay? what then? Well the Groot sold for $117 on its own on eBay but that was a bit of an outlier Certainly, $30-$40 is definitely acheivable. Already that's double the LootCrate value The TMNT figure has sold from around $8 to[...]
Steve Geppi Outbid On Action Comics #1 9.0 At $1.6 Million On eBay
And prospered. And now he has bid $1.65 million dollars for a copy of Action Comics #1 in CGC 9.0 condition, currently on eBay. That bid lasted for eight hours until another bidder plumped down $1.7 million Too rich for Geppi's blood It now stands at over $2 million. Will he have another bid before the auction ends? [...]
The Second Appearance Of Rocket Raccoon Just Sold For $1250
We'll tell you what we think in a moment, But it's probably a lot will revolve around Rocket Raccoon. Now, our furry freak second appeared in Incredible Hulk #271 written by Bill Mantlo. As a result, it has been attracting considerable collector mentality. And with the release of Guardians Of The Galaxy in the UK the issue, CGC slabbed with[...]
Bill Sienkiewicz's Usagi Yojimbo On eBay Right Now
This is Bill Sienkiewicz's painting of Usagi Yojimbo, being sold on eBay (currently on $888) to raise money for the family of Usaji's creator Stan Sakai. But there's plenty more to buy Here are a few examples, sold and unsold… [...]
New York Comic Con Sells Out 3-Day Passes In Minutes As Scalpers Come To Town
Many tickets "available" on ebay and stubhub for inflated prices Been going to NYCC since the beginning (never got in the first year because of the fire marshal, despite having a ticket), and this was by far the worst ticket-buying experience Something is just not right here Any help on bringing! the issue to light[...]
Rat Queens #1 Sends Speculators Scurrying
With the news that the Image Comics title Rat Queens had been optioned for a movie appearing in Variety, the speculators went to town, snapping up copies on sale on eBay for anything up to around $3.50 each. when three days ago, it would sell for $1.20 And then putting them back on eBay This listing with[...]
Hot Comics – The Three Hundred Dollar Club (May 2014)
All raw copies, no slabbing here, no variant covers, no artificial collectibility, just the standard books that, if you have them in your collection, could pay your rent for a few months. Dropping out of the chart over the last few years are Bone, Vengeance Of Bane, Goon,  Love And Rockets and TMNT, and there have been no[...]
Speculators Corner: Free Comic Book Day 2014
It is clearly a terrible thing that comics intended to be given away free are being snapped up and flipped on eBay by speculators in order to turn a quick buck from what was an outreach program to increase the amount of comic book readers for this struggling medium. So now that we've got that over[...]
GameStop Gooses The Amazing Spider-Man #1 Sales Numbers
Copies have already sold for up to $200 on eBay.     Tomorrow sees the release of Amazing Spider-Man #1 Reports of sales estimates sees orders through the direct market of comic stores as topping 700,000 copies. We've already published one article about how this large number was achieved through a mixture of incentive tiered covers and increased[...]
Angry Parents, eBay, And Frozen Merchandise Burning Up
Like a chain reaction, angry parents are turning to Ebay and paying an astronomical price for these items Dresses that usually go for $150.00 at the Disney store are going for thousands of dollars, depending on the rarity. It  also created a Facebook frenzy of parents desperate for any sign that they will restock the items[...]