Wednesday Wall Climb – 1/16/2019
Wednesday Wall Climb – 1/16/2019 1024 585 Guy Jackson

Your Wednesday Wall Climb I look forward to Wednesday…the moment I leave the shop Wednesday. I am fortunate in that my LCS is a five minute drive from work and I have the ability to take an early lunch to get there the moment they unlock the doors. After conversations with the owner, employees and regulars…

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Wednesday Wall Climb – 1/9/2019
Wednesday Wall Climb – 1/9/2019 1024 585 Guy Jackson

Your Wednesday Wall Climb Let’s face it, Wednesdays are great days. New funny books hit the wall and dreams get created and extended. New favorites bubble up and classics (hopefully) keep chugging along. Here is a list of books purchased 1/9/2019. Young Justice #1 Putri Variant Young Justice 1 has the first appearance of Teen…

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Comic Investing: Variant Covers—The Wild Wild West of Comics
Comic Investing: Variant Covers—The Wild Wild West of Comics 1024 585 Craig Coffman

Comic Investing: Variant Covers—The Wild Wild West of Comics Variant covers are a somewhat new way to market comics. The idea, as you would guess, is that you get the same book but with a different cover. If only it stopped at that statement! There are also different ratio variants. Obviously, some of these will…

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Marvel Comics Elsa Bloodstone – Bloodstone Issue 1
Marvel Comics Elsa Bloodstone – Bloodstone Issue 1 1024 585 Craig Coffman

Elsa Bloodstone is a lovely, and deadly, monster hunter. Bloodstone #1 a modern book which might be worth locating. While I am pretty skeptical about modern books holding much value, this book has many things going for it. Despite the obvious visual connection to the Tomb Raider franchise, Elsa Bloodstone has shed that skin and…

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TLB Investment Strategy Comparison
Comic Investing: High Grade CGC—v— Every Week Raw
Comic Investing: High Grade CGC—v— Every Week Raw 1024 585 Craig Coffman

Investing in comics is super fun and potentially lucrative, but you need to figure out your persona. Pay up for a CGC book or uncover your own raw gem? A common dilemma for collectors and investors: CGC or raw? Do you like to hold or turn and burn? Or a mix of the two? Both…

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DC Comics Timothy Hunter Books of Magic
DC Comics Timothy Hunter – Books of Magic Issue 1
DC Comics Timothy Hunter – Books of Magic Issue 1 1024 585 Craig Coffman

Let us talk about Timothy Hunter – Books of Magic #1 Prestige-Format and why you might be interested. And Now, Timothy Hunter 1990, before Harry Potter, DC unleashed the young boy Timothy Hunter to be the most powerful magician in their universe. A young British boy with messy hair, bespectacled, oh, and an owl…sound familiar?…our…

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Marvel Devil Dinosar Issue 1
Marvel Comics Devil Dinosaur Issue 1
Marvel Comics Devil Dinosaur Issue 1 1024 560 Craig Coffman

A little bit about Devil Dinosaur #1 and why you might want to pay attention to it. Built by Kirby Jack Kirby has created some of the more interesting, and strange, stories and characters in comics. His works from the Bronze Age of comics have been actively sought out by collectors and readers for the…

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