Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more. With so many comic books being printed over the years it can be hard to. Here, we list what the worlds top 10 comic books are worth in mint. Most comic fans know that superman actually began life in action comics. List of important comics from the 1980s rare comics. Comic book value guide how to value your comics in 3 easy steps. Start your comic book search using the premier free comic book price guide. Age is perhaps the least accurate indicator of what makes a comic book desirable.
Top 100 most valuable comic books of the golden age 19381956 the 100 most valuable comic books from each age. These expensive comics are classics that include superheroes such as superman, spiderman, and captain america. This is the third article in our series, following from most valuable golden age comics and most valuable silver age comics here are the key issues to look for when youre at garage sales yes, they do turn up. Most comic book lovers pledge allegiance to either dc comics featuring that famous alien from krypton and aquaman, among many othersor marvel comics, which gave us the webslinging spiderman, the new mutants and patriotic captain america. Extremely valuable comics that might be in your collection. However, some issues are considered among the rarest of all dc comics.
In 1940, batman received his own comic book series. Superworld comics buying and selling comic books, free. The premier online comics price guide free comic book values. His first comic book though actually was a propaganda piece, releasing right in the thick of 1941, where the captain spends 45 pages beating up nazis. This page will deal with the most valuable of all, golden age comic books. If youve been collecting comic books since you were a kid, now is the time to list them on ebay. You can also connect with others in the comic industry to further and enhance everyones comic experience. We will say that the golden age begins in 1938 and ends in 1956, when the silver age began. With that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important comics from the 1990s. This 1941 comic was the second issue of dc comics then called nationals book that contained both superman and batman stories in it. Its the second rarest comic to feature bruce wayne and his alterego, but with the famous origin story at its core, its easy to see why. For each sale discovered, we match it to the specific comic in our massive database which also includes variant covers and printings.
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How much you can earn in the comic book industry money. Ive also posted more lists of key comic books by year including other decades. Action comics is the comic book series that started it all. This ones the recordbreaker, holding the title for the most lucrative sale of any comic book. We look at the 10 rarest superman comics of all time and let you know just how much theyre worth. How can you tell that the comic you have in your hands is worth anything. Now, this is the bottom 50 of the top 100 most wanted comic books by collectors of all ages and from. Search our archive of more than 10 million auction results. This was the first issue of the series to be titled worlds finest comics, the title it would retain for the next 45 years. Assuming you keep your comics in near mint condition prices for the infographic were determined assuming that comics were a 9. Aaron albert, a collector of and an expert on comic books, has studied, taught, and written about the comic book genre for more. This is more often the case with newer comic books, but can also be true for older ones. Dc comic books, marvel comic books, and action comics are some of the rarest comic books to look for that are worth a fortune. With ebay, you dont have to choose sides, because we have plenty of any option.
List of important comics from the 1990s rare comics. Comic book realm use our database to track your comic. Comics, jinxworld, milestone, paradox press, piranha press, tangent comics, vertigo, wildstorm, young animal, zoom. Today, these seven comic books are worth big piles of cash. Top 60 most valuable comic books from the modern age 1992date. Marvel and dc comic books worth big money showbiz cheat sheet. The chief executive at a comic book company can exist in many forms, especially since dc and marvel now operate under the management of warner bros. The most valuable version is the platinum edition, that was given to dealers who sent back a survey to dc comics in 19921993. Top 50 most valuable comic books of the bronze age. If you are in the market to buy or sell a death of superman trade paperback comic book, make sure you know which version you have.
In really nice condition, any issue of this rare comic book series is worth good money. Visit us in ma, or we are happy to do comic book appraisals on location. Find out how to know if you have a valuable comic book on your hands based. Which are the 100 most valuable comic books from the golden age. The 10 most valuable comic books in the world business. Most of the early issues didnt have superman on the cover, so this comic isnt worth as much as others. So its only fitting that these three characters first appearances round out the top three most valuable dc books of all time. The market is a fickle beast and sometimes comic books shoot up in value for a time and then come crashing down. There are four basic criteria that make vintage comic books. Money put together the definitive list of the richest, wealthiest, and most economically powerful superheroes including male and female comic book heroes from marvel and dc comics. It tells the story of his parents death and how he came to be batman. If you have either tried and failed to make money flipping comic books, or are frustrated by the huge array of choice out there, then this is the ebook for you. Comics price guide was the first online price guide for comic books back in 1995.
Even if every indicator below is met, the comic book still might not be worth much of anything. Easily search titles such as amazing spiderman, batman, xmen and the black panther. Any golden age captain america appearances are worth money, the condition. We are always interested in buying comic book collections and original comic book art. Vengeance of bane special 1993 1st appearance of bane. Yet arguably the highest paid comic book executive is marvel entertainments ceo, isaac perlmutter. Grading guide recent value changes report missing issues. With that caveat stated, without further ado, here is a list of 50 important comics from the 1980s. You can find out values of action issues by clicking here. View market values for books, store your collection, and meet fellow comic fans. Top 60 most valuable comic books from the modern age. We monitor the fire hose of online comic book sales across various marketplaces and report on the sales of cgc and cbcs graded books in our comics price guide. We have values for any marvel, dc, image, idw, darkhorse, or dell comic book that is in your collection.
We have 10 key comics you should get right now guaranteed to go up in value in 2018 and beyond. In order for a comic to be considered for this list, it first and. 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. Superworld comics is home to many rare and valuable comics for fun and investment. Blockbuster movie franchises from marvel and dc have made. In this educational video we look at the most valuable rare comic books worth money. This page lists prices for the first 100 issues of supermans appearances in his solo series, which began in 1939. Its the first comic to have superman, but its an anthology comic. 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. We can help you find the fair value of your comics. The largest online source for comic book pricing in the world. All those bigbudget blockbusters from marvel and dc started with a comic book decades ago.
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