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Every comic universe will have its own set of blue chip or mega key comics to own. In this article, I listed what I think are Star Wars’ blue chip books and highlight which ones should be purchased, even though they have already seen spikes in prices. The good thing about blue chip comics is […]
The last week of November saw a pick up in newsstand (published after 1997) units sold, with a total sales of 106 units. Relative to the last 2 weeks which saw sales in the 80+ range, this is a 20% increase. Best of all, almost 50% of the 106 units were sold in the $11 […]
In this week’s Comic Sunday Speculation, I am looking at the unknown or less popular Bounty Hunters from Star Wars. I have already explained why I am bullish on this particular segment in this article so I am merely expanding my scope of interest here. In that same article, I also highlight a bunch of […]
In this article, I covered bronze age comics that got hot once and are now very cold. This might not be a bad thing as they represent buying opportunities for those who believed in the long term potential of these characters. For these comics, I am focusing on VF and below as the high grades […]
This article contains an always updated checklist of comics issues that have the first in color. Most independent comics in the late 80s and earlys started with no color such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Hence, the first time these comics appear in colors seem to be something a collector will have interest in collecting. […]
The 3rd week of November saw sales returning to the 87 sales volume as seen in the last few weeks of November. With increased economic uncertainty and no stimulus cheques on the way, a slow down of the sales volume is to be expected. 33% of newsstand comics sold are sold at $10 and below […]
In this week’s Comic Sunday Speculation, I got 3 picks instead of one. However, they are all cluttered around the same theme of new transformer characters. As all of them are very speculative, I feel that it fits into this column’s long shot perspective well. Here are 3 new Transformers characters and their first appearances […]
Due to the Blade movie in Marvel Phase 5, we will probably lots of vampires in the MCU. While villains might not make the best long term comic investment, they might be good for a quick flip or so. Having said that, have you noticed the rise of Tomb of Dracula #1? That is a […]
Here is a list of undervalued Star Wars comics as recommended by the community. Many of these are still affordable and contains first appearances of popular Star Wars characters. Picks that I like There were quite a number of issues being mentioned in the chat. Below is what I personally liked. That is not to […]
The 2nd week of November saw a drop from last week’s high unit volume sales of 182 units to this week’s 98 units. If you read last week’s report, you will know the spike was due to a single buyer purchasing huge units from a single seller. Looks now this week is back to normal. […]
