Practical guides, expert advice and resources to manage, value and grow your comic book collection.
His first appearance and the issues that made him interesting are separated by twenty years. Retro-continuity as a value mechanism, and the numbers where it is on the right side.
Read article →Two audiences that do not overlap: the silver age and the readership that came via the screen. An adaptation only values what it allows us to find.
Read article →Its founding key dates from 1940: in the golden age, authenticity counts more than condition. Restoration, trimming, cut coupons — check before estimating.
Read article →Build a Kingpin collection without an unreasonable budget: the two titles, the four-step order of acquisition, the gradation, and the minimum list of eight issues.
Read article →Budget under €500: which pieces to aim for above the low budget, how to arbitrate grade, raw vs slab and distribution. Investor method.
Read article →The story of Gamora in comics: created by Jim Starlin (Strange Tales #180, 1975), last of the Zen-Whoberi, weapon then rebel of Thanos, figure of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
Read article →Fantastic Four #6 (1962): the first Doctor Doom - Namor alliance, Marvel's first villain team-up. Key to the Silver Age, value and importance.
Read article →The simplest file to identify and the most difficult to put together: four years, one series, no gray area. How to collect when the core is inaccessible.
Read article →Its founding issue dates from 1990, just before the explosion of print runs; everything that follows belongs to overproduction. On 1988-1994, ask for the year before the character.
Read article →The paradox of ubiquity: present everywhere since 1963, therefore no appearance has value. The method consists of looking for the numbers where he decides — around ten in sixty years.
Read article →“Unthinkable” (2003) by Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo: Doctor Doom embraces magic and takes revenge on the Fantastic Four. One of the best stories of the character.
Read article →Tier list of the best comic book readings 2026: Absolute Batman, The Mortal Thor, Ultimate Spider-Man, Batman by Fraction, Iron Man… Releases and verified creators.
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