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A Word on Comic Book Pricing

The going worth of individual comic books can range all over the board. Some issues

have been know to bring in monetary value of six figures, while other issues aren’t even

worth the price you paid for them. Action Comics #1 (the introduction of Superman) in

mint condition has been quoted at being worth $650,000. A pretty tidy piece of change.

Then Weird Science, issue #13, in near mint condition can command a respectable price

tag of $5,750. There are also multitudes of back issues purchased at a newsstand price of

around 5 bucks, that are now worth even less than that.

So how does one go about determining the actual value of their individual collections?

This is not an easy task or one to be taken lightly. Comic book worth is a highly

perceived value and will vary quite greatly, depending on which opinion you choose to

follow. By all means, if there is a reputable comic book dealer in your local area that you

are comfortable dealing with, get his or her opinion. But in all my research so far, it

seems that «The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide» is the bible of most active comic

book collectors.

I have my copy in electronic format, reachable from my desktop. It is very handy. If you

truly want to understand what your magazines are worth, the first thing you need to do is

to determine the physical condition of each comic book. Is it raggady ass poor with pages

missing and in need of a paper clip to hold it together or has it never been opened since

purchased and appears to be in mint condition? Even brand new comic books may not

make the grade of mint or perfect condition.

Overstreet gives a very detailed description of all the grades and sub-grades used in the

0.5 to 10.0 scale, generally acceptable by all comic book aficionados. If you follow his

physical condition explanations and grading scale, you will get a pretty good feel for the

conditions of your own collection.

The next step in your pricing exercise is to then go through the myriad of pages to find

your particular issues. Along with your now determined physical and grade conditions,

you can find your issue’s current assumed value.

This guide also has tips on collecting, preserving and storing your comic books. And it

defines the various ages (Golden Age, Silver Age, etc.) that comic book history has

moved through.

I guess if I had to mention a drawback to this guide, it would be the fact that there is soo

much information to go through, it could take you quit a while to devour the whole book.

Once you get well acquainted and comfortable with the guide though, you could consider

yourself an expert in your own right and help your friends out with their collecting and

pricing questions.

I do believe this guide to be an invaluable and inexpensive resource to have and I don’t

think you will be disappointed with it. You can visit Heritage Comics at

http://www.comic-book-collection-made-easy.com/CBPG to learn more about the guide.

While you are there, you may want to surf around Heritage’s site. There are some very

interesting subjects there. If you have never seen Heritage Comics’ site before and you

really enjoy it, just remember where you heard about it at (ha, ha). Of course if you

would rather have a hard copy of the Overstreet Guide, I an sure your local comic book

store would have a copy and I hope this little review has helped you with your pricing questions.

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