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A "9p" price box in place of the usual "25¢" is one of the small details that can change a sale, a valuation or a collector's whole interest in a…

Old comic book collections like to sit in attics and garages for decades, and Gold Key issues are some of the most common items to turn up in those…

Rare comics have always pulled in actual money, and Batman titles sit in their own category altogether. Even longtime collectors will be amazed at…

A comic that's worth money (maybe quite a few of them) is a great position to be in. But eventually you have to choose whether to send it off for a…

The gap in value between comic book categories is massive - we're talking about the difference between tens of thousands of dollars at auction and…

A beat-up comic turns up in a relative's attic (spine rolled, pages browning, the cover barely holding together) and nine times out of ten the first…

The Canadian price variant market rewards research and punishes those who skip it. Premiums can swing from modest to dramatic - it all can depend on…

Plenty of comic collectors have flipped through a long box and landed on something that just didn't look right - a cover with colors that seem way…

A seller takes two damaged copies of the same comic (maybe one has a torn cover with a clean interior, and the other has a great cover but water…

These little stamps were part of a Marvel Comics promotion from the mid-70s, and they left a trail of permanently changed comics behind them that…

Those black lines and digits printed on a comic's barcode are doing serious work. Every part of that barcode carries information about the book - the…

A high-grade slab looks great on the shelf - right up until you read the label. The page quality notation is right there. But many collectors…

Grief is already hard enough, and an unexpected tax bill in the middle of it all is what any family needs least. For anyone who's recently inherited…