Comic book values 1960s

From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in our database. A comic book shop dealer may not want what you have, and if he does, he will generally offer you less than 10% of their overall value. The first is that it updates live as comic books are sold. Official overstreet comic book price guide is a yearly publications which details the changes in the resale value of a comic over the last year.

The overstreet comic book price guide, available on amazon, has been published annually since 1970. An issuebyissue field guide to a pop culture phenomenon presents a stepbystep look at how a company that had the reputation of being one of the least creative in a generally moribund industry, emerged as one of the most dynamic, slightly irreverent, and downright original. Overstreet has been running its publication for over 35 years and is regarding by many as one of the leading sources for backissue comic book pricing. Is that old comic you found in the attic worth something. It can be difficult to know the value of a comic book. If you are thinking about selling your comic collection, call us first. Remember, comics only cost 10c, right from the earliest days into the early 1960s. The second reason its special is that it only focuses on graded comics. The value of an individual comic book is dependent on its grade. We are fair, honest, and we pay high prices for 1940s, 1950s and 1960 s era comics. Comic book collecting is a hobby that treats comic books and related items as collectibles or artwork to be sought after and preserved.

Your ip and username will be stored with the information. In general, the comics that have the most collectible value are those published between 1938 and 1979. Amazing fantasy 1962 amazing fantasy 1962 the very first appearance of spiderman. Golden age classics illustrated comics for sale ebay.

Next page number date titlenotes g vg f vf nm m 41 1966 the horns of the rhino. Batman 1960s tv show cape and name logo embroidered patch large version unused. These books cover a wide range of genres, from superhero adventure tales to horror stories, allowing you to select the type of comic that fits your particular interests. In 1970, jerry bails, who had recently published the collectors guide to the first heroic age, was considering creating a comic book price guide. Get the best deals on silver age comics 19561969 when you. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection. A celebration of that emergence, marvel comics in the 1960s. The guide to comics, where he was at the helm from 19932003. If there are 15,000 copies of the comic in perfect condition, it is going to be less desirable than one with only 100 known copies in mint condition. Grand comics database four color 1253 was the first issue though issue 10 with 9 reprinting four color issue 10 reprinting issue 2. Check out individual issues, and find out how to read them. Now some comics that contain first appearances from a less know characters at the time, that were not pushed had by marvel or dc, can actually get more on auction if they are in mint co.

Below is the price of comics every halfdecade since 1960. If you are new to collecting underground comix, be sure to check out our top 50 comix page coming soon. Subsequently, jon became senior price guide editor for wizard. Sex, violence, drugs, hippies, and music from the 1960s to today in underground comix and alternative comics at learn more about underground comic books.

The company was founded by alfred harvey in 1941, after buying out brookwood publications. In addition to the bestresearched pricing in the hobby, youll find market reports, key sales, indepth historical information, tips on grading, and the most complete record of comic books from the 1800s to the present. This comic price guide includes minimum values and record sales. Values of amazing spiderman, the free comic book values. Sep 03, 2018 in this video we look at the top 20 best comic books of the 1970s bronze age. Christmas annuals in the attic what are yours worth. The books that appear in this video were organized in such a way to reflect cultural significance and not. Youll find that the vast majority of comics from these eras are too common to create much excitement. The easiest way to determine if your comics fall into the good category is by looking at the cover price. Another dc hero that originated in the 40s, the atom was given a facelift and rebranded for the 60s. Just how much does the value of a comic book appreciate throughout the years. Though considerably more recent than the collecting of postage stamps or books bibliophilia, it has a major following around the world today and is partially responsible for the increased interest in comics after the temporary slump experienced during the 1980s. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free.

Mad magazine prices collector collectible price guide. The authority is a really fun comic book that looks and feels like a blockbuster movie something enjoyable like bad boys 2 but not a piece of art, and certainly, not a masterpiece. If you can, find a private collector, or, as many do, post your comics on ebay, esp. A great decade in comics, with important implications for cover price variants of later decades marvels experimentation with 30 cent price variants and 35 cent price variants would take place in this decade, and then as we reach the end of the 70s we see perhaps one of the most important business decisions of all time take place in comics.

Dec 27, 2017 duncan mcalpine, who runs the comic book price guide website, said annuals were a uniquely british tradition dating back as far as the 1820s, and a key part of a childs christmas. Whether you are an avid comic collector, a repeat offender one who once collected but fell by the wayside, are new to the industry, or someone who came across some old comics, welcome to the world of comics. Superworld comics can give you a fair and honest appraisal of your comic book collection. Free comic book value and price resources comic book secrets jan 19, 2008 it walks you through finding comic book values and prices and helps you decide the best method for your situation. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. List of important comics from the 1970s rare comics. With each pricing update we compute and show here the 100 most valuable comic books. He was contacted by bob overstreet, who was doing the same thing. Silver age comics 19561969 silver age comics provide you with a look into the past, taking you to an era of books that spanned from 1956 to 1969. For some reason, good quality television shows and comic books rarely lasted very long in the sixties. List of important comics from the 1980s rare comics. In other words, it takes a dealer time to sort, bag, board and price any comic book.

Welcome to the comic book price guide that has been 25 years in the making. This is due to the sudden abundance of up and coming comic collectors that the comics industry experienced. Created by albert kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1969, producing 169 issues. The physical state of a marvel comic book commands a great deal in finding out its value. Unfollow comic book price guide to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. It specialized in creating comics featuring licensed characters. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. Heres how much your vintage comics are now worth mashable. The second online comic book price guide is called gp analysis for comics. View market values for books, store your collection, and. A look at comic prices and price inflation over the years. Enter a new era of collecting with the overstreet comic book price guide.

Also, if you try to sell these to a comic book dealer, be warned. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. Featured here are some examples of the best the comic book industry had to offer in the 1960s one thing these comics all have in common is that they were all short runs. The minimum price is not a real reflection of market value. While these guides are nice tools and will give you a general idea, their prices are. One of the most dynamic and innovative books of the era.

Just as supply and demand work for any retail product, the less supply of a particular comic, the greater the demand. Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. Other superman rare comic books are listed lower down this page. The first issues contained colorized comics that had originally been printed in newspapers, but starting with volume number 31, original stories were mixed in with the newspaper comic strips. If this is a variant of an issue, please use the missing variant submission on the issue in question. I am new to selling on ebay, i have sold maybe 15 auctions, and i just dont seem to be getting nearly what they are worth. Please fill out the following form to report an issue missing from the database. Six values are listed here for each issue number based on the following grading criteria. Jun 07, 2017 comic prices with and without inflation. Updated and added to every day, it will eventually list all significant british comics published and all marvel and dc comics that were either officially distributed or non distributed in the uk. Marvel comics that were released in the late 1980s and later have little if any value today. Up until 1962, western publishing produced all of the comics distributed by dell, after which time dell produced their own books. Following the series demise, various companies reprinted its titles.

Also, the heritage auctions archives contain high quality images of comics, so the archives are also an outstanding resource for identifying your comic books. Clearly, some of these items may not, and probably do not exist in that grade. Learn which silver age comics are the most valuable comic books from the mid 50s to 1970. Thats the final year comics stayed at 10 cents, the price theyd been since the modern comic book dawned in the 30s. Read more about this book on our captain america comics price guide page. Get your copy of any of these comics discussed today at geekery with dante. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Men in white coats carry one of the cartoonists, bill elder, from the street, while harvey kurtzmanthe cover artist himselfsells his comic books hiding in a street corner. A great decade in comics, and featuring one of my favorite categories of price variant comics. That range is driven by the newsstand exclusivity of the variants, coupled with a decline in newsstand sales relative to. Silver age comics provide you with a look into the past, taking you to an era of books that spanned from 1956 to 1969. Welcome to the iguide comic book price guide iguide is proud to host the online comic book price guide by jon r. Mad was first published in 1952 in a comic book format with a cover date of octobernovember 1952.

This is good news if you own copies of these rare comic books today. The list of the most valuable bronze age comic books. Superworld is one of the top comic book dealers in the world. John wells leads off with the first of two volumes on the 1960s, covering all the pivotal moments and behindthescenes details of comics in the jfk and. Please only report missing issues after attempting a thorough search, and do not submit false information. While wed all like to hold out hope there is a nm 9. Next page number date titlenotes g vg f vf nm m 121 1959 the ice crimes of mr. However, there are individual issues which have emerged as very desirable, such as amazing spiderman 252, 300, avengers 196, batman 386, batman adventures 12, new mutants 98, walking dead 1, 19, teenage mutant ninja turtles 1 1st print, cerebus 1 through 4, albedo. Comics analysis site comichron wrote an article listing the average prices of comics based on dc, marvel, and archie for each year since 1961.

Apr 10, 2020 the supply of particular old comic books is important to figuring value as well. Typically within that time frame, superhero comics hold the most value, with first appearance or origin issues being the most sought after. Jun 29, 2006 the authority is a really fun comic book that looks and feels like a blockbuster movie something enjoyable like bad boys 2 but not a piece of art, and certainly, not a masterpiece. Comic backissue prices had stabilized by the end of the 1960s. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995. Most popular silver age comic books these are the most actively sold comic books in the marketplace graded by cgc or cbcs. While these guides are nice tools and will give you a general idea, their prices are just guidelines and are by no means set in stone. Comics publishers had initially just reduced the amount of pages rather than raise prices. Classics illustrated is an american comic bookmagazine series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as les miserables, moby dick, hamlet, and the iliad. Anyone have an insight, tricks, or any ideas on how i can get more attention to my items or attract the right buyers below is a list of what i. From our humble beginnings, we have grown to the largest, most complete comic book price guide with well over 1,000,000 comics in.

However, since american comic book page lengths stabilized at what they are now in the 50s, they finally decided to start raising comic prices. The american comic book chronicles is an ambitious new series of fullcolor hardcovers, where twomorrows top authors document every decade of comic book history from the 1940s to today. Median cover prices of all comics offered in the united states by all. Cover may have missing pieces, creases, folds, and discoloration. Warren was creator of the overstreet update and editor of it for 10 years 19821992. See more ideas about comics, robert crumb and alternative comics.