08 Aug Is It Time to Re-Invest in The Eternals?
With current values on Eternals key issues falling more than 80% from their peak pricing a year ago, is it time to buy in the dip or cut your losses?
11 Apr Marvel Bronze Age Horror Re-Revisited
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness looks to revive old-school, Bronze Age Horror at the MCU —so why not do it right in the comics, too?
21 Mar Post-Apocalypse Nostalgia
Gas prices through the roof. A Russian invasion halfway round the world. Gary Numan on tour. It's either 1979 all over again, or we are on the brink of Cold War nostalgia –the kind that spawned Mad Max and other tales of the Post-Apocalypse.
07 Mar Confessions of a Condition Snob
If you read this column regularly, you may have noticed that most of my investment suggestions are for high-grade comics. Whenever I reference a comic's FMV, I do so almost exclusively with respect to a CGC 9.8 copy of that book.
28 Feb The Benefit of Buying in Bulk
While collectors almost always have a bucket list of the specific books they want to acquire, investors are less tethered to the psychological malady of "oneitis." Is buying in bulk the best strategy for building an incredible collection?
14 Feb Is Millennial Nostalgia a Foolproof Investment Strategy?
Millennials are defined as the generation born between 1981 – 1996. Like all consumers between the ages of 26 and 41, they are poised to have a massive impact on the collectibles market. And like every generation, they seek touchstones of their childhood and are willing to pay a premium for them.
07 Feb Does Great Writing = Good Investment?
If knowledge is truly power, comic readers have a massive edge over trend-hopping investors. Readers have the inside track on developing stories and characters and actually decide –by way of circulation– the fates of writers, artists, and what becomes canon. It is demand that informs supply, and together they determine value. On that basis alone, quality story-telling should yield high returns. But does it?
21 Jan Who Will Be the First Mutants in the MCU?
The impending debut of Mutants in the MCU has fueled record speculation pricing for X-Men #1 and Giant-Size X-Men #1. But the team most reflective of the MCU's diverse, global audience just might prioritize an X-Team that has been unfairly overlooked –but for how much longer?
30 Aug 3 Indie Comics Film Franchises in the Making
Superheroes have inspired the bulk of film & streaming adaptations, but there are at least three indie comics that could become cottage industries unto themselves: Let's take a look at Love and Rockets, Scalped, and Maus.
09 Aug 5 MCU Multiverse Non-Keys to Spec Now
WandaVision & Loki were the first steps into a multiverse of nearly endless MCU Spec potential. While everyone else chases Kang keys, here are 5 non-keys that are bound to spike.
19 Jul Guardians of the Galaxy: A Roadmap for Investors?
With new casting announcements drawing the focus of most collectors and fueling big price spikes, isn’t it a better investment strategy to take a fresh look at what we already know?
31 May Are Super Pets the New Super Spec?
When it was reported last week that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson had signed to voice Krypto in a forthcoming DCU Super Pets movie, it may have signaled the tipping point for ALL four-legged heroes...
24 May Is Death The Next Breakout Star?
Neil Gaiman's Sandman comic changed the preconception about who the average comic book reader was. With a new series in production at Netflix, smart collectors are stocking up on key back issues. Gaiman's goth-girl embodiment of Death was the comic's breakout star. What are Death's key issues that we should be investing in now?
05 May Deadpool in the MCU: A Cottage Industry of Undervalued Keys?
When Disney acquired the rights to Fox’s Marvel properties, there were legitimate concerns that Deadpool would be tamed from his rowdy roots to fit the House of Mouse’s PG-13 confines. Those worries were put to bed when studio chief Kevin Feige announced that Deadpool 3...