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Speculator Corner: Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet #1
March 3, 2010 – 6:00 am | No Comment
Speculator Corner: Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet #1

I know next to nothing about wrestling. So names like Jerry “The King” Lawler pass me by. Well apparently he’s drawn one of the covers to an upcoming issue of The Green Hornet and it’s …

Make Money Fast – Buy Deadpool Secret Invasion HC Now
February 23, 2010 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Make Money Fast – Buy Deadpool Secret Invasion HC Now

Okay, here’s a possible opportunity.
Deadpool: Secret Invasion HC is one of those titles that was printed pretty much to order before the recent boom in Deadpool interest and, as a result, is devastatingly rare to …

Speculator Corner: Whatever Happened To Crossed #1 Auxiliary Edition?
February 16, 2010 – 2:00 pm | No Comment
Speculator Corner: Whatever Happened To Crossed #1 Auxiliary Edition?

Avatar creates a nunber of variant covers for its comic books. It’s part of its publishing plan, and has a long history of finding new twists on the concept. Such as regular “Auxiliary” editions of …

Speculator Corner: Captain America #602 – Teabagging Edition
February 10, 2010 – 3:13 pm | No Comment
Speculator Corner: Captain America #602 – Teabagging Edition

I said that this would be a $10 book by the weekend. I was wrong.
Copies of Captain America #602, featureing an anti-tax protest labelled racists by one character, and mistakenly identified as Tea Party protesters …

Hot Comics – The Fifty Dollar Club
February 10, 2010 – 11:00 am | No Comment
Hot Comics – The Fifty Dollar Club

Here are seventeen recently published comic books that are currently breaking the $50 barrier based on actual reported sales. No CGC, no chase variant covers, no signed editions, no hardcovers or out-of-print collections, just the …

Time To Sell Deadpool?
January 20, 2010 – 5:42 am | One Comment
Time To Sell Deadpool?

Anthony Lucynski is known online as the biggest Rob Liefeld fan. I don’t think there’s anyone who’s come close. And a lot of the dedication has been given to Liefeld’s co-creation Deadpool.
Well, there comes a …

Speculator Corner: Blackest Night Error Rings
December 26, 2009 – 1:00 pm | One Comment
Speculator Corner: Blackest Night Error Rings

Bleeding Cool was the first to tell you about the existence of misprinted examples of DC’s Blackest Night promotional items and name them Error Rings, where the symbol printed on the ring did not match …

Pat McInally Sells Alice’s Copy Of Looking Glass, Beatrix’s Copy Of Peter Rabbit
November 24, 2009 – 6:07 am | One Comment
Pat McInally Sells Alice’s Copy Of Looking Glass, Beatrix’s Copy Of Peter Rabbit

You think that Chew #1 in your vault is worth a bomb? That your Walking Dead and Deadpool collections will see you through the bad times? Holding onto that Superman #75 hoping it will pay …

Make Money In Comics Fast #1 by Rich Johnston: A Heavy Bookshelf Of Gold
October 13, 2009 – 12:16 pm | 12 Comments
Make Money In Comics Fast #1 by Rich Johnston: A Heavy Bookshelf Of Gold

Well, what with everyone getting a credited column on this site, I thought I might as well have a go.  And yes I know that almost every article is already written by me. Shut up. …

Speculator Corner – The Top Twenty-Five Deadpool Pool
September 18, 2009 – 8:28 am | 3 Comments
Speculator Corner – The Top Twenty-Five Deadpool Pool

The rule about selling comic books related to a movie is do it in the two weeks prior to release. After that, it’s a case of diminishing returns. That’s when there’s the most hype and …

Speculator Corner: Nekronomics
August 20, 2009 – 2:11 pm | No Comment
Speculator Corner: Nekronomics

This is how Newsarama reported the Blackest Night panel at San Diego;
Fan asks if the character “Nekron” will be involved with Blackest Night. Looks like a no.
And CBR;
Is a villain called Necron involved in Blackest …

Top Ten Marvelman Comics
August 12, 2009 – 6:20 am | One Comment
Top Ten Marvelman Comics

So, you want to read Marvelman. The comic that simply everyone is talking about. How much is it going to set you back? Prices indicate the highest reach of recent eBay sales on non CGC …

Is ‘Stuff Of Legend’ The New Chew?
July 30, 2009 – 6:30 am | No Comment
Is ‘Stuff Of Legend’ The New Chew?

It shipped yesterday in the US, from the smallish publisher with the annoyingly spelt name Th3rd World Studios. But it has already sold out fast. This all-ages dark fantasy made an impact on Free Comic …

The San Diego Marketplace
July 29, 2009 – 10:18 am | No Comment
The San Diego Marketplace

Going to San Diego Comic Con can be expensive. The travel, the hotel, the bar bills, the pedicabs, the strippers, it all adds up. Thankfully there are all sorts of ways to ameliorate those costs… …

Avatar Plug Of Last Week – Major ‘No Hero’ SPOILER ALERT!!!
July 15, 2009 – 9:28 am | No Comment
Avatar Plug Of Last Week – Major ‘No Hero’ SPOILER ALERT!!!

Warren Ellis and Juan Jose Ryp’s No Hero shipped its sixth issue last week from Avatar. For those who saw it, it had an unforgettable twist and end scene. Those of you trade waiting, or …

Top Ten Bleeding Hot Variant Comics Chart
July 14, 2009 – 3:19 am | No Comment
Top Ten Bleeding Hot Variant Comics Chart

There are three basic ways to make a variant cover with big appeal, and a promotional pricetag to boot.
1) Have a strong character fanbase. Spawn may not sell bucketloads anymore, but it has a dedicated …

Holding Out For A HERO
July 13, 2009 – 11:14 am | No Comment
Holding Out For A HERO

Do you mind making money from the suffering of others?
I only mention this because I understand that the orders on the upcoming Hero Initiative Comic are lower than expected. And it looks like there may …

The All Father Brian Blessed – And Family
July 12, 2009 – 5:18 am | Comments Off
The All Father Brian Blessed – And Family

At 3pm on Sunday 6th September, Brian Blessed, his wife Hildegard Neil, his daughter Rosalind Blessed and son-in-law Mark Hayden will be gathered at the Tristan Bates Theatre, opposite Forbidden Planet in the West End …

Jennifer’s Body Double – How The Direct Market Got Cho-Blocked.
July 8, 2009 – 9:54 am | One Comment
Jennifer’s Body Double – How The Direct Market Got Cho-Blocked.

You know Jennifer’s Body, the new film starring Megan Fox as a naked demon, whose red band trailer failed to show any nippleage? (Don’t worry, a quick Google of the film with the Safesearch turned …

Wednesday Internet Runaround – USA Today and New York Daily News On Wednesday Comics
July 8, 2009 – 5:24 am | No Comment
Wednesday Internet Runaround – USA Today and New York Daily News On Wednesday Comics

As predicted, Wednesday Comics hits the headlines as the New York Daily News splashed on the new oversized weekly series from DC Comics, quoting Dan DiDio as saying “It’s either old-fashioned or it’s cutting edge, …