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Your Homeowners Policy May Not Cover All Your Comics – Why You Need The Best Comic Book Insurance For Your Collection

As adults, we preemptively get insurance to protect for the unknown. We get medical, home, automobile, or life insurance, for example. Some collectors and investors insure boats, precious rugs, antiques, vintage cars, and fine art.

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The Strange Evolution of Supergirl: A Guide to Her Most Confusing Comic Book Stories

Director Craig Gillespie’s Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock as the Maid of Might, is not taking off at the global box office. The film grossed about $37.1 million domestically in its opening weekend. It has made about $74 million globally so far. The film is underperforming financially and critically; Deadline recently…

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8 Horror Key Comics That Collectors are Scrambling to Find Now

Horror comics have always been the rebellious cousin of the superhero genre. Historically, it took time for superhero comics to become as popular and as important as they are today. In the 1950s, during the Silver Age of comics especially, the Comics Code Authority and other censorship entities would neuter…

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Retro Golden Age Webslinger: The Best Comic Book Epics Featuring Spider-Noir

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Anyone Can Get Scammed: How to Prevent Fraud When Collecting Key Comics

Collecting key comics is like buying high-value paintings, art and sculptures, wine, sports trading cards, vintage vehicles, and so on. Many people don’t see it that way, but valuable key comic books are financial assets you could add to a portfolio. You should understand their financial, historical, and current marketplace…

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8 Groundbreaking Sci-Fi Comics That Became Collector Favorites

Sci-fi comics were a groundbreaking genre in the early 20th century. It is taken for granted today, but sci-fi comics were seen as a moral threat to America’s youth back then. EC Comics and other pioneering comic book publishers were forced to stop publishing horror in the mid-1950s.

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HBO Lanterns Is Coming – These 9 Green Lantern Comics Will Blow Your Mind

The upcoming show, HBO Lanterns, has been dividing online social media fans for months now. The multiple trailers and online clips have been polarizing. Some fans can’t wait for the show. Others believe the show is creatively dead on arrival because the showrunners divert so much from the source material.

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Reboots, New #1 Relaunches, and Retcons: Are Modern Comics Still Worth Buying?

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Missed These? 8 Black Superhero Debut Comics Every Serious Collector Needs

The viability of modern Black superhero comic books is in a state of flux. Marvel has a few scant ongoing comic books with Black superhero leads. DC has had none since 2023’s I Am Batman ongoing series. This fact does not count limited series, mini-series, or one-shots, only Black-led ongoing…

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7 Legendary Superhero Team Premieres Every Comic Fan Needs to Know

The superhero team dynamic is now a well-worn trope in the comic books. However, it was a fresh and exciting comic book narrative idea a generation ago. The idea of numerous solo characters coming together to fight a threat they could not stop as individuals was a comic book fan’s…

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10 More Valuable Bronze Age Collectible Comics That Most Collectors Overlook

Valuable Bronze Age collectible comics usually have historical importance in comic history. For example, everyone knows that Incredible Hulk #180 and Incredible Hulk #181 feature the first cameo and full appearances of Wolverine. The Death of Gwen Stacy in Amazing Spider-Man #121 and #122. The Bronze Age of comic books,…

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The Greatest Comic Book Debuts of Impossible Comic Book Dimensions and Realms

Comic book dimensions, zones, and realms are the narrative playgrounds for comic book creators. Latveria, Kahndaq, Wakanda, Krypton, and Themyscira are tangible places in the minds and imaginations of hardcore and casual comic book fans. Consider how many people know about the MCU’s Quantum Realm and its connection to Ant-Man…

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These 8 Comic Debuts Changed Everything: The Authority Figures Behind Your Favorite Heroes

Influential authority figures wield as much power to drive comic book stories as the superheroes. Many such characters don’t even have superpowers; even when they do, they exist mainly to drive the moral ethics or control the actions of others. Perry White is a supporting Superman character, but he is…

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5 Daredevil Villains Every Marvel Fan Must Know — And 5 So Bad You Won’t Believe They Exist

Comic book superheroes are defined by their villains. The motivations and actions of the villain can make the hero go to heroic or dark places to reach their goal. Sometimes the villain is so silly and goofy its hard for the hero to them them seriously. Daredevil villains usually come…

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How Rastr Technologies Could Change the Business Future of Independent Comics Forever

Comic books are becoming progressively harder to break into for independent creators. One self-imposed problem for many indie creators is that they insist on doing business from an outdated and traditionalist mindset. Upcoming fintech companies with pioneering technologies, like Rastr Technologies, are proving that indie creators need to hyper-evolve the…

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The Most Valuable Key Comics Aren’t Always About the Hero – These Supporting Characters Prove It

Supporting characters in comic books hold a dear place in the hearts of comic book fans. They are not the stars of the comic, but they are the heart and soul of some of the best stories ever. What is Spider-Man without Aunt May? Whether you like him or not,…

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The Unbelievable Story of Lion-Man, the First and Forgotten Black Superhero

Sometimes it feels like the only things new in life are the things slowly being forgotten by new generations. Most young people don’t play instruments or drive. How can a young population imagine a pre-Internet world when independence and learning facts manually were a requisite for adulthood? A lot of…

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7 Stories Featuring Clayface So Dark and Emotional They Redefined One of Batman’s Greatest Foes

Clayface is one of the most tragic and truly accidental Batman villains. Also, in the comic books, there is not just one Clayface. There are like eight Clayface characters in DC Comics; most casual readers and adapted media fans know about the first two, Basil Karlo and Matt Hagen. The…

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9 Comics Where Game-Changing Powerful Weapons First Appeared – Collectors Are Hunting These Now

Someone once said that a weapon is merely a device that helps your enemy change their mind. The batatrang is Batman’s calling card and a deadly weapon. Can you imagine the X-Men in video games, comics, animation, or live-action, without using Cerebro in some capacity? Who is Thor without Mjolnir?…

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Think Powers Matter? These 8 Comics Prove Superheroes with No Powers Are Hot Investments

Superheroes with no powers are very common in comic books. We always think of super strength, super speed, or blasts coming from the eyes when we think of superheroes. However, some of the most influential and interesting comic book characters have no superpowers. These powerless characters usually have a professional…

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Don’t Miss These Hidden Gems From the 70s, You Might Be Sitting on a Goldmine

You might be sitting on a goldmine if you read and collected comic books in the 1970s. Comic book paper from that era was cheap and not made to last. Readers would cut coupons out of comics without a thought of conservation. Some titles had short print runs of special…

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9 Brutal Punisher Storylines Where Frank Castle Took on Marvel’s Biggest Heroes

Someone once said that facing vigilantism is not injustice, it’s humanity. Yet, there is nothing humane about the way the Punisher operates. The Punisher is a military veteran, weapons expert, and master hand-to-hand combatant who uses his training to fight crime. He is a serial killer of killers. He has…

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What Most Collectors Miss: Tiny Details That Can Double a Comic Book’s Value

We live in an era where it seems like people trip over some unknown collectible comic in the attic, stand up, and become instant millionaires. Still, collectible comics are delicate, and there are inviolate market factors that determine their potential value. Some details could double a comic book’s value overnight.

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Throwing Away Comics? You Could Be Tossing Thousands

Parents throwing away comic books became an involuntary coming-of-age ceremony for teens in the 20th century. It would also be something that one could regret in the future. You never know what comic books will retain or grow in value relative to others. Most importantly, you never know what comic…

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7 Tips on How to Grade Your Own Comics Before Contacting Experts

You can definitely grade your own comics if you want. Before you can sell a valuable comic, you must authenticate its value, grade it, and slab it to prove its value to the buyer and seller. There is a process to grading that requires discipline, but you can do it.…

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