One comic gave the world the Joker and Catwoman in the same issue. What Batman #1 has sold for at every grade, why both of its records belong to a single copy, and how to tell an original from the Famous First Edition reprint.
The first comic Marvel ever published, back when it was Timely. What Marvel Comics #1 has sold for including the Pay Copy record, why even a 2.5 brought six figures, and how to tell an original from the anniversary editions.
Cap punched Hitler on newsstands a year before America entered the war. What Captain America Comics #1 sells for at every grade, what a pedigree does to the price, and how to spot the anniversary reprints.
Thirty seven unrestored copies of the first Batman are known to exist, and the 1974 tabloid reprint turns up far more often than the 1939 comic. Sixteen years of documented sales, what restoration costs, and how to tell which one you are holding.
Most people think Sensation Comics #1 is the first Wonder Woman. It is not. Her debut ran as a backup feature in an anthology nobody was buying for her, which is exactly why copies got read to death and thrown away.
A 1948 comic got singled out in the book that helped put comics in front of a Senate subcommittee, and the censorship made it famous. What the Matt Baker cover actually sells for, and why the headline record is not your number.
Search the first Riddler and you will find a number close to half a million dollars. That was one pedigree copy in one hot summer, and it is not what your copy is worth. Here is the figure that actually helps you.
A million dollar figure gets repeated for this book with no sale, no date and no auction behind it. The verifiable record is a different number from 2010, and the gap between the two is the most useful thing a seller can know.
The first Superman is the most valuable comic ever printed, and almost every copy people find is a reprint. What the real one has sold for, how to tell it from the 1974 tabloid edition, and what to do before you move it.
The hundred Bronze Age comics that bring real money, from the $264,000 first Ghost Rider down, ranked by documented sales with dates. Plus the 35-cent variant lottery, the Marvel Value Stamp problem, and what the 2022 peak means for prices now.
