The Standard Catalog of? Comic Books is the largest resource on comic books in the history of collecting! Now in its second edition after its tremendously successful debut, this comprehensive reference covers more than 150,000 comic books published in North America since 1900?listing the issue and after-market price, as well as the writers and artists who created them.
The catalog provides collectors with information that is not available anywhere else: original print runs for tens of thousands of comics--based on decades of research; number of comics graded by Comics Guaranty Corporation; and for the first time, actual Auction Prices Realized for thousands of CGC-graded comics--based on an analysis of more than 100,000 eBay auctions. Plus, this book is great reading, with page after page of reviews of some of the most famous (and infamous) comics in history.
* Every comic book has a checklist--a handy collector’s utility designed as a tool for storing a collection * More than 2,000 photos and reviews of individual titles! * Includes facts about more than 150,000 comic books published since 1900 * Covers after-market prices, writers, artists, original print runs, character appearances, story titles, and more
John Jackson Miller, editor of Comics & Games Retailer, has reported on the market since 1993. He is also editorial director of Comics Buyer’s Guide, the hobby’s leading consumer weekly. Maggie Thompson, editor of Comics Buyer’s Guide, is one of the founders of comics fandom. She is a long-time, widely quoted expert. Peter Bickford, creator of the most comprehensive and critically acclaimed software for comics collectors, ComicBase, along with the co-authors, has released a companion edition to this volume, Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide. Brent Frankenhoff, managing editor of Comics Buyer’s Guide, has collected comics for more than 30 years to build a collection that spans more than 60 years of comics.