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One of the common trend I see for movie hype books is that both a character’s first appearance and #1 issue goes hand in hand, i.e. when the first appearance of a character shoots up, its #1 number tend to follow as well. There are plenty of such examples: Fantastic Four #45 and Inhumans #1 […]
This month, I am determined not to be late so here is the April income report. Lots of things to report this month so get ready for a longer read. In general April has been productive in terms of work produced as well as income earned. The only bad news is I have decided to […]
No, I am not dead. Just busy buying websites and writing articles. I now average 7000 – 8000 words a week which I am super proud of, given that I hold a full time job. March in general was a bit of a disappointment with the earnings. Let’s jump to the numbers before telling you […]
To be honest, I was never a big fan of buying X men comics as investments. One reason is because they were too popular during their time, leading to an oversupply of back issues in the secondary market. In addition, the way the movies have been produced, it seems like only Wolverine and Mystique have […]
This is going to be a long update since I haven’t done so in nearly 4 months! The thing is this: the comic part of this site makes me some nice affiliate income while the income report do nothing so you can’t blame me for focusing on the $$$ 🙂 Summary for 2014 Before going […]
After a month break, here is a new comic investing article on the best DC comics to invest in for 2015. There is a reason why I intentionally stop blogging but that will come later. Today’s article focuses on undervalued silver and bronze age DC comics. Despite the bull run in comic prices recently, there […]
Are there still any undervalued Doctor Strange key issues being that the movie is coming in 2016? My answer is yes and today I am going to present some evidence on on why Strange Tales #126 is a solid investment now and where its value can do one year from now. Regular readers will know […]
In this article, I am looking at Marvel and DC silver age issues that contain 2nd appearances of characters whose first appearance are heating up. I chose them because: these characters are have been confirmed by the market to be hot but most collector or speculators are not looking at their 2nd appearance yet; cheap […]
I went to post office today to collect my comic packages that I have purchased in December. This is always a fun activity as I love to hold the books in my hands just to see their cover art work. For December, I bought mostly dollar bin books as a form of cheap lottery tickets. […]
For those who have followed the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D TV show, it has yield a nice returns for a number of first appearance books. Off hand, these 3 have the most impact in my memory: Astonishing Tales #25: First appearance of Deathlok Marvel Team Up #95: First Mocking Bird Secret Wars Vol 2. #2: First […]