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In the 1960s, after abandoning a project to create an arrowhead price guide, Overstreet turned his attention to comics, which had no definitive guide. [1] Comic back-issue prices had stabilized by the end of the 1960s, [2] and, Jerry Bails, who had recently published the Collector's Guide to the First Heroic Age, was considering creating a ...
This expansion was accompanied by an increase in the number of comics dealers operating within the industry. In 1965, Michael Cohen and Tom Horsky published what is considered the first comics price guide, the one-shot digest The Argosy Price Guide (specifically for Hollywood, California's, Argosy Book Shop). [2] Comic back-issue prices had ...
The (Official) Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, first published by Robert M. Overstreet in 1970 as one of the earliest authorities on American comic book industry grading and collection values. Overstreet sold his company to Gemstone in 1994, [ 52 ] but continued to "serve as author and/or publisher of Geppi's Entertainment Publishing ...
The cartoonist behind “Half Thought Comics” shared what inspired them to start making it: “It all started during a challenging period in my life when I had trouble expressing my thoughts and ...
Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG; ISSN 0745-4570), established in 1971, was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry. It awarded its annual Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Awards from 1983 to circa 2010. The publication ceased with the March 2013 issue.
The Standard Catalog is also a repository for comic-book circulation figures, including sales histories from the U.S. Postal Service, Diamond Comic Distributors, Capital City Distribution, and the comics publishers themselves. The fifth edition was released in 2008 on DVD as a 3437 page pdf document and indexes more than 180,000 comic books.
Alan L. Light (b. September 15, 1953) [2] is a publisher involved in comics and pop culture fandom.He is best known as the founder of The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom (later known as the Comics Buyer's Guide), which was the longest-running English-language periodical reporting on the American comic book industry.
Action Comics #875–879, Annual #12; Superman Secret Files and Origins 2009 March 2010 HC: 978-1401226381: Superman: Nightwing and Flamebird, Vol. 2: Action Comics #883–889; Adventure Comics #8–10; Superman #696 October 2010 HC: 978-1401229399: Superman: The Black Ring, Vol. 1: Action Comics #890–895 February 2012 TP: 978-1401230340