A general discussion of collecting cool things.
Philip Weis Auctions recently sold a copy of the first Detective Comics for $25,000.00. Throw in a little Batman a few issues later and you get over a million, but $25k is nothing to sneeze at. Detective Comics #1 (March 1937), has cover art by Vin Sullivan depicting the Fu Manchu-style Oriental villain Ching Lung.
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It’s official. Detective Comics #27 is now the most expensive comic book ever sold. An anonymous collector shelled out a whopping $1,075,500.00 for the first appearance of Batman. The comic had a grade of VF 8.0 on a scale of 10, making it one of the finest copies in the world. From the Heritage press [...]
Alright, I’ve scrounged around in the sofa cushions and raided my kid’s piggy bank — $18.34. I don’t think that’s going to be enough to bid on the copy of Detective Comics #27 up for auction at Heritage. The price currently stands at $425,000.00 which is a record for a comic book auction. Sure, Supes [...]
Vincent Zurzolo, Co-owner and COO of Comic Connect shows off the million-dollar comic and brings along his lowly friend, another copy of Action Comics #1 with a lower grade and a much lower price tag. Thrifty bastards, here’s your chance to own your very own copy!
In 1938, the man of steel was introduced in Action Comics #1, and the world would never be the same.
Earlier today, ComicsConnect.com sold an extremely rare, high-grade copy of that comic for $1,000,000.00, shattering all previous records for a comic book. Prior to this sale, the record price for a comic was a lesser grade copy [...]
Living in the ‘burbs of D.C. doesn’t provide too may outlets for cheap treasure seeking. The D.C. big Flea is primarily a large antique show, but there are usually a few cool collectibles to be found.
There were a few vendors who were selling vintage toys and pop culture collectibles. I stopped and chatted with one [...]
Rumor has it that Hasbro will be reviving the Micronauts. Microman originally appeared in 1974, manufactured by the Japanese company, Takara. In 1976, the toy line hit American shores and was renamed the Micronauts. The line consisted of 3.75 inch tall figures that had interchangeable parts. Following the success of one of Takara’s other creations, [...]
Every time a mother goes to clean out her son’s bedroom and puts his comics in the trash, a heart is broken, a memory is made and collectors everywhere smile. Partly, because they remember the painful day it happened to them, and partly because the value of their collection just went up.
Comic book collecting is [...]
By Andrew Wahl, Comics Bronze Age editor (reprinted with permission)
It’s a given that most readers of this online magazine [Comics Bronze Age] are fans of Bronze Age comics. Collectors of other eras might look down on these books as unworthy, and “civilians” probably dismiss them altogether as silly, childhood ephemera. But, for us true believers, [...]
Many of us collected comic books as kids. As adults, we think back to a simpler time when our biggest worry was the release of the latest edition of our favorite comic. At the time, we collected comics simply because we loved them.
As we grew up, however, our interests changed. We became adults and too [...]
