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This weeks Comic Speculation Sunday focuses on the 2nd printing of Teen Titans Vol 6, #12. This book is the first appearance of Batman Who Laughs and sits at the intersection of 2 important trends that we have been seeing. The first trend, covered in this article on undervalued modern comics to invest, is about […]
For budget investors, here are 14 affordable Marvel key comics issues that you can invest in under $20. At the end of the article, I also link to at least 9 more cheap Marvel key issues that I have talked about in other articles. Selection Criteria With thousands of books to choose from, I focus […]
The easiest way to understand a new comic segment is to create your own top 10 most valuable books in that segment. This simple exercise will let you better understand a few important things that will help you in your comic book investment. Benefits of your top 10 research Before going into the details on […]
This article lists out the different marvel age comic book values. While some might ignore or ridicule this preview market, there is no denying the prices some of them are commanding now. Acknowledging the preview market does not mean that it is more important than traditional first appearances. It is recognizing that there are enough […]
Here are some marvel first appearance comics that involves teams outside of the USA. This is a speculation that MCU is starting to move beyond one country. If that is indeed the case, some of these international teams might be due for some comic speculation love. Evidence that MCU is moving international Black Panther: This […]
This article looks at the performance of non variant modern comic covers in prices. The list of candidates are based on what I covered in this 2017 article: ranking the best modern comics covers Investing in covers is not unique to modern comics. For golden age, there are already some collectors known to collect only […]
This article makes a case for investing in bronze age comics in the very fine range (8.0 to 9.0). It shows the kind of returns you can expect and provides trend analysis and data to back up these claims. Analysis in the 8.0 to 9.0 grade are often missing in the community. What is often […]
Here is the top 10 most valuable newsstand comics in 9.8 grade that are published during the Copper age. While newsstand comics are more common in the Copper era relative to the Modern age, getting in 9.8 is still going to be a challenge. Most of them are handled badly by newspaper stands, with lots […]
Echo has been rumored to join MCU after a new casting call was issued. It wasn’t clear which show or film Echo is joining and what kind of speculation we can draw from this. Below are a few directions Echo can be used. Each scenario has different implications on the kind of comics you can […]
This is the first top 10 rankings of the most valuable comics that are 2nd prints, published after 2000. The ranking was inspired by CGC’s top 10 most valuable modern variants. Since 2nd print has become a somewhat popular, the information might be of value to some collectors. The ranking is sorted from the least […]
