Practical guides, expert advice and resources to manage, value and grow your comic book collection.
Where to start with Al Ewing: a six-step reading order from the Ant-Man miniseries and Loki to Immortal Hulk and S.W.O.R.D., with format advice too.
Read article →Absolute Batman in French by Urban Comics: volumes 1 to 3, the Pulp's and black-and-white editions, the collector box set, dates, pages and contents.
Read article →The Guardians of the Galaxy first appearance is Marvel Super-Heroes #18 (January 1969), the original team, not the movie lineup. Key facts and buying traps.
Read article →What the Disney+ series takes from the comics, what it changes, from Norman Osborn as mentor to Nico Minoru, and which issues to read before season 2.
Read article →V for Vendetta in three forms: the Warrior magazine serial, the ten DC issues and the collections. What to collect and where the first appearance is.
Read article →L'Uomo Ragno, Italy's first Spider-Man comic by Corno (1970-1981): how to identify originals, avoid Gigante reprints and the fake no. 59, and what drives value.
Read article →Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run: #21 The Anatomy Lesson, #29 without Comics Code, #37 first Constantine, Annual #2, #50 and #64, with collecting tips.
Read article →Nomad in 1974, John Walker in 1987, Bucky in 2008, Sam Wilson in 2014: the Captain America handoff comics, issue by issue, with a reading order.
Read article →Sin City reading order: the seven Frank Miller volumes, release versus chronological order, French titles, original issues and editions to choose.
Read article →Shang-Chi's first appearance in Special Marvel Edition #15, why Master of Kung Fu vanished, and which series to read first, from Gene Luen Yang to the classics.
Read article →Who is Ravage, Mac Crane? His powers, his link to Ben and May Parker, and which issues matter: Amazing Spider-Man #26, #31 and #1000, with no price speculation.
Read article →Miracleman from the 1954 Marvelman to Alan Moore, Gaiman and David Colton in Avengers #1: the history, the two versions and what to read.
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