Everything You Need To Know About Investing In Comic Books 

I started collecting comics in nineteen seventy one and worked in the industry for almost twenty years. This is the best explanation I have ever seen or heard for market investment. Well done❤

I stick to silver age and golden age keys…. That’s how I bought my 2nd house I invested around $65,000 into 20-30 silver age books and a few GA books and sold them for $130,000 and used that as a down payment on my house… happy wife happy life… 😄

Great job Dave. I like how you explained the fomo part…too many influencers push new collectors into collecting comics that are worthless in 6 months

So, I admit that I'm two double whiskys into my night after a three-mile walk this afternoon and very little sleep, again, last night (and, oh, there are so many other dynamics working right now)..but, DAMN, what a video! Remarkable content. I am so glad I chose to watch this right now. Thanks for this.

That's wild my gf has a amazing fantasy 15 and I'm telling her to hold on

We need people under 40 to be interested in reading & collecting comics. If not, comics will become the next beanie babies, Hummel & toy train trajectory.

This is an excellent video for novice comic book collectors or for people interested in getting involved into comic book collecting and investing. You did a really great job and covered all the bases. Your video is engaging and it was well thought out and structured. 🤜🏻🤛🏻💯

Great information! I wish this video was out when I started collecting.

Thanks for this video - it is the best explanation I've heard about starting collecting comics. I used to many years ago as a child/teenager, but only now getting into it 25 years later as an adult. A lot to soak up!

Great video as always!!! Very informative and well said. Keep up the great work. 😎

Dave,that was a great video and you are 100% right. I still think it is just crazy after 15 years of collecting that I only have 4 short boxes but I am very picky with my books cause I only buy Keys, Low Print Runs and Rare Variants.

TY for this video. Very informative for a Newbie! 🦊👍🏽

Hmm, I heard someone a while back proposing a "Chrome Era" to follow the Copper Age. But Nickel Age is definitely a new one!! Your video really cover it all pretty well!

Great video. Explains things well.

Thank you ❤ one of the best videos I’ve seen here

Great overview and fundamentals of collecting investing. Thanks Dave. Rwgards metal bum.

I finally started listening to your advice (took me long enough). I recently picked up Clone Wars 1, Star Wars 42 and Hulk 340 in a 9.8. Great video.

Damn Nice Video Man!

Great resource for people wanting to get into the hobby, smart video from a seasoned vendor!

Really informative comprehensive video on the foundation for comic book collecting/investing.

Thanks Dave well done. Very easy to understand.

Some very good advice overall, I recently bought a book and when I was done I had an additional $200 in fees that I did not expect. Made an otherwise great deal into one that was over paid for.

One of the best and well done video explanation to be a comic collector in the RU-vid.. Thanks so much..

outstanding job. very concise and easy to understand. thanks

Watched again this is really great.😊😊😊😊

I have been collecting since I was 14! Good overall video!!! What do you think about collecting page only cgc comics especially on very hard to find comics? Been seeing these coming up lately Thanks

Great advice!

And all of that strategy matters less than ... lucky surprises. In the early 90s, death of Robin, Punisher ltd 1, and Woverine 1 were selling for $50 - $200. I spent $50 on X-Men 4 that was in 5.0 condition. I had no insight, I just got lucky that she turned into an important MCU character.

Some great advice…..my advice is buy what you like 🔥

With Guardians 3 being only the significant super hero movie coming out this year in 2023 we will continue to see comic book prices go down. The bubble has burst.

Great video! Thanks for the reminders! FOMO is real!

Well done 👍👏

Excellent Info.....

Long time collector. Still picked up some info

Hey Dave, in the immortal words of the John Hancock movie----Good Job. 🙂

Awesome!!!!!

Great guide man! As a new collector huge thanks. Even though I'm European, there are some eu ebay sellers I can watch for good occasions. But I was waiting for something and unfortunately you didn't say about it. That's my question: What is the better option, buy for example one high grade key or a few mid grade keys instead? Greetings from Poland!

Is there a demand for buying complete runs or partial runs? For example Daredevil 1-100

Dave looking for long term investments but cannot afford the gold standard keys any suggestion beside silver age spidy & batman with adams batman included

This is a great beginner video btw.

Hey David! Always appreciate ur insight and knowledge... Share ur thoughts with me on the FedNOW that starts (even if just as a "trial run") as soon as July... Anddd why is nobody talking about this? Perhaps a video on it and how it will effect... EVERYTHING! Thanks!

Thank you

For newbies wondering why people restore books -- because they put them on eBay at a discount without mentioning that they're restored. Rest assured, however that once it's sent to CGC, they'll know.

Can you do a video on how to submit to CGC?

You forgot one: don't invest in She-Hulk (or any other MCU shows that ridicule the very people that buy comic books), because you're going to be really sad when it shows up again and again on the "these books are going down" videos. The first appearance of She-Hulk is now selling for less than the first appearance of Nova (Frankie Raye).

A girlfriend of mine inherited a whole storage unit comic books! She won’t be back from the trip till the fifth of next month! I will try to take some pictures then and send them to you see what you think!

Always wonder how CGC says a hulk 181 could cost $1,000+ to grade while hulk 183 cost say $40. Outside of price gouging at a criminal level should it take a grader any longer on one vs the other? Are the cases different? Oh yeah, sorry, that’s right, “insurance”. C’mon. They have large blanket coverage. If something happens to your book at any step, CGC isn’t going to admit fault.

I’m stuck on should I slab a First Appearance Morbius, sell it raw and how much, or just keep it for lolz. Now I paid 5$ from some random guy for it but it’s horrible looking lol The cover is not stapled on and has a few cuts on it, the back cover is missing, but the pages are intact but tan. Thoughts from the Comic community? Thanks!!

Can you help me with Amazing spiderman 365, it seems the Newsstand is the favorise option…. What do you suggest ? Is it a Book worth buying ?

I'm interested in starting to collect the original star wars comics. Would these be worth it for a long term investment?

*_All one needs to know is that White Pages is best and Off White-To White Pages is second best and that even Off-White is (very)good._* *_One should also know that one can improve the Paper Grade by mere light._* *_And IMO, anything before 1/1/1980 that is not White Pages is a bit "odd"._* *_Just one thing, a CGC 10 is ALWAYS "White Pages". There does not exists a CGC 10 that is "Off-White Pages". A CGC 9.9 can be "Off-White To White Pages", but not "Off-White". The paper quality and color DOES count on the grade._* *_Now, just wipe CGC 10 from your mind, 0.1% of ALL books graded by CGC have been graded a 10. And more than half of those 10's were manufactured with intent on being graded a 10 or are specialty books that need enormous precision, like foil, "real silver", faux leather. And only 0.4% of all books graded by CGC are a 9.9._* *_Back to the paper quality, there's 26-28 of these "Paper Grades", but that includes when some books were printed on colored paper and when the inks used bled into the gutters making the paper look like it was colored(few, and many decades ago this was common)._* *_An example: there is no book with "Tan Pages" that is higher than a CGC 8.0; because the pages are Tan._* *_Off-White To White Pages simply means: from the center of the book to the edges the pages are White to Off-White. The worst part of the Page Grade is mentioned first-usually. One should just consider the paper color changes from the center to the edges._* *_Just by giving the book "Blue Light Therapy", you can adjust the paper grade and get a grade bump. I have done this and will keep doing this. If one were inclined, one could place the book outside in the Sun for a similar result, but that is harder to control; for one, the cover can get faded quickly._* *_There is a list floating out there based on paper quality you can judge the grade. It seems extremely accurate-for my collection it was 100% accurate._* *_That was surprising. I expected 50%._* *_Poor air quality, damp air quality, temperature, body odor, pet odor, cigarette smoke, cooking fumes, spores and mold etc, etc are what change the paper quality._* *_But then there's luck. As a kid I had "readers-copies". I just piled these in an open box that was at sometime placed in a storage that was not ideal for comic books. Decades later, when I found the OPEN, readers box(it was large), with un-bagged books: only the comic books on top of the comic book piles in the box were damaged; by dust. A thick layer that really could not be totally removed; but the rest were fine! I had many of them graded to get more liquidity for my collection-these books were never accounted for, so this was "free money". They came back 9.4-9.8's...._*

Marvel got rid of Victoria Alonso what a beautiful day!!!

I sold a 9.8 Hulk 340 Mark Jewelers variant for 15k. I had no idea what it would be worth so I just threw out a number and someone bought it.

long story short. wait for the rescission

First time i've heard of the Nickel Age

There’s a Nickel Age?

I have heard Popeye was the first super hero before super hero.

The song your using gives me alarm clock ptsd

First, I get what you’re trying to say. However, you are talking about the crème de la crème of comics books at the beginning, cherry picking so to speak. 99.9% of books never hit those rates. You need to know zero if you invest in a mutual fund or go the s&p 500 way. Comics are an unstable, unregulated & immature market, i.e., very speculative. Not a good “investment.”

Look for books that didn't sell upon their release and have limited circulation. Supply and demand. Speaking in strictly investment terms. Collecting should be about fun though.

collect what you like another 10-20 years kids that has money may not even care about the older books. They might be collecting newspapers that are graded etc lol