In this video i talk about a recent pick up i made for a golden age comic book a "timely" comic that i wanted to open on 4th of july but couldn't get the v. Golden age comic books, for example, are extremely rare to find in a grade of 9.8 the most widely recognized and most valuable comic book in the world, action comics #1, has a high grade of 9.0. so, for this particular book a 6.5 or better (based on the cgc census data) would be considered investment grade. having said that, a key like action.
Get marvel unlimited and access to over 20,000 of the best comic books in the industry for only $9.99 a month! comixology digital indy comic subscription service with some marvel and dc comics, too. Of course, a part of the gamble with buying raw books online is the risk of getting a book in a lower grade than you expected. this book looked pretty solid and i would guess that it would be graded around a 3.0 (maybe higher). this particular raw copy sold for $1,600. 1964’s amazing spider man #14, cgc graded 3.0. according to the cgc cenus, nearly one third of the 4,652 copies of amazing spider man #14 they’ve graded have been a 3.0 or lower. a mere 243 have been 9.0 or higher. numbers on avengers #4 are comparable. it’s just not easy to find comics from the 60s in those higher grades. Learn how to grade your comics. while professional comic book grading is a big part of comic book collecting, it's not essential. knowing the basics on how a comic is graded will, however, save you a lot of money if you ever plan on selling it in the future. slabbed and graded comics aren't for everyone, but many collectors do go that route.
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