Saturday, January 16, 2021

On opening stores, collaborating with competitors, and not faking your own death

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  Alan Gill of Ultimate Comics, courtesy Gill Alan Gill owns and operates three comic stores in North Carolina, but to get to where he is to...
Saturday, January 2, 2021

Collector News: Heat from in/outside the market, and pics of 150,000 trashed comics

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  Top: 150,000 trashed comics in a trailer (photo: Mile High Comics) Bottom: Spine roll (photo: Charlie Novinskie) So are most back-issue sp...
Monday, December 21, 2020

Collector News: Daredevil #25 is a fait accompli, Fleischer Studios Superman art, and X-Men #1 is selling

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  Fleischer Studios Superman color guide and Daredevil #25 prices They printed EIGHT MILLION X-Men #1s back in 1991, and they're finally...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Alan Hochman, in business since age 11

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  Alan Hochman and Pastimes Comics & Games, photos courtesy Hochman Alan Hochman started selling at age 11, opened pop-up cards-and-comi...
Friday, December 4, 2020

Collector News: 150,000 comics lost to theft; printing errors are $1600!

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Wolverine #145 auction and Chuck Rozanski of Mile High Comics (courtesy Rozanski/Mile High) Mile High Comics recently lost about 150,000 com...
Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Collector News: When 25 cents becomes $100

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Marvel Spotlight (v. 2) #9 Every now and then, throwaway stories from 1980 become a big thing in 2020. That's the case with Marvel Comic...
Saturday, November 21, 2020

Collector News: Milestone rises, end of the line is tough, the Punisher is evergreen

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  Milestone/DC Comics' Static #1 So I started a biweekly "collector news" column at Newsarama.com. First outta the gate: The r...