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Having been in comic collecting for so long, I understand now that there are different levels of importance when it comes to defining key silver age comic issues. Personally, I group these key issues into the following: Mega keys (first appearances of A class characters) Keys (first appearance of B class characters) Minor keys (first […]
The issue recommended today is What if #49, Vol 2. This is a pick that is half investment and half nostalgic in nature. I remember during the 90s, What Ifs are a particular favorite of mine as I love to see alternate endings to famous historical events in Marvel. I would buy every issue diligently and […]
One of the option in my early retirement plan is to purchase a portfolio of websites that give me USD5k per month. I am happy to report that this has been going well. Since that post, I have purchase 1 blog about web development and is currently in the process of closing a design related […]
Gambit is, undoubtedly, one of my favorite characters in the Marvel Universe. I first encounter him during the 90s when Jim Lee was drawing the uncanny x men. Maybe it was the art but there was something about the character that was charismatic and different from the rest. Unfortunately, I didn’t know much about buying […]
This kickstarts a new series when I picked one comic book (usually monthly or biweekly) and lets you know why I am buying it. This format is different from the list article who tend to cover a boarder area such as bronze age key issues or silver age undervalued comics. There is no particular theme […]
With Guardians of the Galaxy movie coming out in August 2014, comic speculation for the characters’ first appearance has been going on for some time. If you are just coming into it, I think there is still room for growth for some of the books, especially since very little information has been released except for […]
One of the techniques I used to predict future comic book movie appearance is knowing the history of the characters. I highlighted this technique in my post on top undervalued bronze age issue 1 comics. Using this technique, I am trying to predict which other characters will make an appearance in Avengers 2 or 3. […]
Some confession here. I have never read a single issue of the guardians of the galaxy 2008 team, which is the one they are using for the 2014 movie. I intend to remedy that soon but as a result, I don’t have a first hand reading of what is really going on with the team. […]
Finding undervalued comics and reselling them is the key to making money with comic book investing. The key is the term undervalued. Is the comic undervalued compared to: the Overstreet price guide or its future value or its peers? Differentiating the above is important to understanding how to spot undervalued comics. For the purpose of […]
For comic books, bronze age is a period whereby there were lots of experiments which resulted in many new titles being launched. These number one issues became a collectible over time as most collectors regard number #1 as key issues to be owned. After almost 40 years, many of these number 1 issues are no […]