Buying Comic Books for Investment - What to Look For When I started collecting comic books back in 1984, I wasn't interested in what the comics I purchased would one day be worth.  The stories and the art work is what drew me into that world.  Now don't get me wrong, there were comic books, even back in 1984, that were worth far more than the $ .75 cover price.  In fact, I remember scrounging  all of my pennies together to purchase Amazing Spider-Man 129 for $60. Nowadays, Comic Books for Investment really is part hobby and part investment and many enthusiasts are often shocked to find out how much some of their comic books are worth.  In the following segment I am going to focus on the investment side of comic book collecting and answer some frequently asked questions pertaining to purchasing comic books for this reason. Which comic books are best to buy for investment? Newly published comic books will likely never garner the sort of return that golden age and silver age comics are now seeing.  When looking for comics to buy, it is a safe bet that issues featuring the first appearances of key characters from the golden and silver age is the way to go.  Comic books like Detective Comics 27 (1939, first Batman) and Amazing Fantasy 15 (1962, first Spider-Man) are two hot books that have consistently climbed in value over the years - so much so that even low grade copies are out of reach to the average collector. Bronze age key books in especially high grade have also now begun to climb significantly in value.  No doubt, Hollywood's involvement in the industry has helped bring these third tier characters to the forefront.  And, since their golden and silver age counterparts are unattainable to most, many have set their sights on these.  9.8 copies of such comic books as Ms. Marvel 1 (1977) and Nova 1 (1976) have started to sell for thousands of dollars online. Some modern books do increase in value, but will likely never be as valuable as their … [Read more...]