A general discussion of collecting cool things.
Who doesn’t like free stuff? Who doesn’t like free comic books? Tomorrow is Free Comic Book Day, so head out to your local comic book shop and get a freebie, and while you’re there, why not actually pay for a few comics? I took my kids to this event last year and we had a [...]
A pristine copy of Action Comics #1, the first appearance of Superman, sold at ComicConnect.com for $1.5 million to an undisclosed buyer. This is the third time this year that the record price for a comic book has fallen. This particular copy is the highest graded copy of Action Comics #1 known to exist (CGC [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Comic book stores offer specials and hold special events, such as signings by comic book artists and creators. A full list of the Free Comic Book Day events and a list of the scheduled free comic books are at www.freecomicbookday.com.
The 39th edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide is set to hit the shelves at your favorite comic book shop on March 25. This year’s guide comes in two flavors–one cover recreates the cover of Avengers #1 and the other cover recreates All-Select Comics #1. You can choose a soft cover or hard [...]
A rare copy of the first comic book featuring Superman has sold for $317,200 in an auction held by ComicConnect.com. This is one of the highest prices ever paid for a comic book. The winning bid for the 1938 issue of Action Comics #1 was submitted by John Dolmayan, the drummer for the rock band [...]
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