As someone just starting to get into collecting/reading EC, this was an incredibly useful video. It’s been so refreshing to step into a niche of comic collecting more focused on stories/artists and less on movie spec, first appearances, 9.8s, etc.
After collecting most of the major Marvel Silver and Bronze Age grails I decided to start collecting some Golden Age books to complete my collection. I limited my picks to at least one of each of the following titles whose covers I liked: Action Comics, Detective Comics, Sensation Comics, Whiz Comics, Captain America, an Alex Schomberg WWII cover and a pre-code horror. I have about a dozen in slabs and most of them have increased quite a bit in value. 😁
I love that you collect tough books like Chesler and the cover is by George Tuska a very early artist used by the publisher.I have yet to grade my copy but is a great skull cover which is getting its just due.
Love that you mentioned Warner Bros as well. Prices are 'catching up' for characters around since the late 30's and still merchandised today (they are not trivia question category).
Love the Golden Age! Favorite run of crime covers - Crime Does Not Pay 22-48 and 53 also. So many great Biro covers. 46 is one of the low-key creepiest covers out there. The baby carriage gangster on 31 is awesome. 43 is my favorite cover in the run.
I appreciated the video. Especially as someone who's gotten more curious about the Golden Age in the last year or so. I found a site that has a bunch of titles in public domain available to read. And I do like the cover content, but I've been more curious about the stories they told and how they were told back then. Especially stories involving detective work and crime, spies and sci-fi. And I've been curious about how well anthologies would do in modern times in the higher numbers as they were done back then. Great content!
love the content it's refreshing to see golden age books talked about collected many golden age books over the years been lately in the past couple years getting into graded golden age and good girl art, you mentioned a lot of the big artists but you forgot to mention one of the biggest good girl art cover artists Al feldstein he did Junior Sonny and a lot of the famous EC covers which command a lot of money Junior covers are some of the best good girl cheesecake covers out there and most of them are pretty undervalued still thanks again for posting a lot of cool comics from the Golden Age especially the Frank Frazetta book love it
Your Underworld Crime 7 is worth a closer look. First, I'd point out that the red hot poker is electric, which always seemed odd to me. But more importantly, in my view, it's the colorist who deserves a lot of credit for that book's considerable visual impact; it's the light from the hot poker illuminating that girl's face with white highlights against the flesh tones that really amplifies her sense of terror. A very memorable book. As to the assorted Archie comics (and the many copycat titles from various publishers), I always called that genre "teen humor," and I think a lot of collectors adopted that moniker for that genre, too.
I had someone recently say it was a blow torch, but I always thought it was an electric hot poker like you mentioned. But yes, the illumination on her face as well as the criminal holding her looking at the guy in the corner are really what make this cover stand out to me.
As a former comic reader I don't have a connection to GA books as I do with modern age ones, but I find GA covers so refreshing and fun compared to modern books. Collecting zany covers of characters I know (wonder woman, batman, superman) has brought me back into the comic world and i'm so glad that I don't have to be a reader anymore and I can enjoy the hobby from a different perspective. I never used to read modern superman books, but I find GA superman covers just as fun as other comics of that era. I'm also just amazed that there are 9.4+ that have survived 60+ years. I mean there are comics that I have submitted that are only 10 years old and they have received less than 9.0 ha (mostly to my early inexperience with grading assessment and what it takes to get a 9.8). Still....just amazing when I see a 9.6 or 9.8 from 60-70 years ago.
Great data, Ryan! Thank you so much for sharing this. Always interested in the golden age comics. But you hammered it home for investment purposes. It’s like investing in stocks. Research and let the money work for you.
Awesome video. The rarity of GA comics is partly what makes them so fun to collect as it can sometimes take years for a book to come up for sale, let alone being able to buy it. Coming from the Silver Age, you definitely learn to be a lot LESS PICKY with Golden Age books. Page quality, centering, cut, writing on covers, LOW grade, etc is more acceptable when a comic only has 20-30 books on the census and comes up for sale once or twice a year. As you mentioned, this rarity helps the GA maintain value because you're almost never competing with other sellers unlike the SA where you see downward pressure from large supply relative to buyers. GA is really a nice store of value.
Great video ! GA is so complex , intimidating and very pricey !! Another streamlining strategy for GA is focusing on brands IE EC (high quality horror, sci fi, and shock) , Timely ( Marvel’s superheroes), Fiction House (tons of genre’s mixed with beautiful good girl art), DC, Harvey etc.
Very informative video. I know golden age is truly your passion. Trying to find golden age is not easy. I have my little niche of collecting and sometimes I like to delve into the variety of genres.
For sure. Luckily things like auctions/eBay/Instagram exist. Because if you were limited to something like your LCS or stumbling on things locally, golden age key/important books would be near impossible to find.
Nice shout out for using the different reference points for golden age. I grew up reading Overstreet to learn about good girl art, specifically the phantom lady and torchy comics. Like you almost have to work at educating oneself vs being spoon fed by all the media attention for everything else.
It definitely takes some effort to get familiar with this era. Luckily most people are also really open to helping when you have questions. I’ve had to reach out more than once to other people in the hobby when I’ve come across things in this era I didn’t know and couldn’t find information about online.
Very informative video. It both validated what I've already learned on my own about Golden Age books and provided me with information that I didn't know. I'm not a fan of Heritage's ridiculous buyer's premium, but I agree that they're a great source for GA books. Heritage is where I got my first GA book last month. Also, Heritage and a few other auction platforms sometimes run GA-only auctions. I used to ignore those auctions, but now I keep an eye out for them.
This is very educational. I don’t know that I’ll start collecting Golden Age books anytime soon, but it’s definitely something to get my feet wet and, as you mentioned, can apply to the other ages as well.
I had a Phantom Lady 16 raw copy back in the early 90s. It was probably a 4.5-5.0. I really like that one and it's yet another I wish I had never parted with. Your copy looks gorgeous.
Nice talk, Ryan. I really dig these longer vids. Lots of info too. These comics really are investments like you mentioned, and with so many genres and ages, I tend to purchase only what I really like. I completely understand that purchases from other areas can help to grow a collection by buying low and selling high, but im just not savvy enough…. At least not yet. If I keep watching these videos I might be soon tho 😃 Im always very impressed with the knowledge and collection. Keep it up my friend.
awesome video. well done! small thing i believe in-esp for new collectors of golden age-there is often real value in buying low grade, graded copies vs raw... golden age has a disproportional number of incomplete books, glue, coupon cutouts, and restoration...reputable sellers can miss stuff... as you note, as long as you know you're buying resto no big deal... but for many new folks, i'd recommend paying the premium for a graded copy (if there is one-oftentimes there isnt)... nothing worse than buying something, waiting 7 months on grading only to get purple...(or, reselling a raw and having a buyer return it for resto you didnt know was there)
I love the Walter Lantz New funnies books, any WW2 war bonds books. Disney, merry melodies, hoppy the marvel bunny lol. Just love reliving history through the books. Simple times. Thanks Ryan, this video is so informative and I really enjoyed it. Love seeing your books
Great content. Was only previously into Silver and. Rinse age. Starting to get into golden age, and mostly due to watching your channel and seeing such great art. Keep up the good work!
Great primer on collecting GA, thanks! I finally picked up some Golden Age books, a group of Pogo the Possum. Not highly sought after, but a friend sold them for a good price and they’re very colorful & cool! Walt Kelly (edit: had Walt Lantz, whoops! Not Woody Woodpecker! 😆) was a Disney animator who left & went into comics - Pogo is considered the first comics-to-newspapers success story! So fun to have, even though they’re not super valuable.
Just watched the entire video even though I don’t have any desire to collect golden age for the PC. Great info as always and you deserve many more subscribers!
Hi Ryan- Your comment on patience verse seizing a limited opportunity for Golden age resonates with me. I struggled in todays Heritage auction on Captain Marvel Adventures #16 (Cpt Marvel, Uncle Same and Comments of an Axis Culture on the cover) in 8.0. A real trifecta cover! I went higher than I had wanted but the scarcity value in this condition kept me bidding. Even though I dropped at the end, in retrospect I wish I had kept bidding - just not sure when I will see this in similar condition again. Definitely a keeper, not a resale... so your discussion points on opportunity resonates. Nice discussion- thanks for all the hard work!
It’s definitely a balancing act for sure. It can be frustrating but sometimes you just need to let it go to the other bidder. I’m always talking to my computer in these auctions like the other bidders can hear me to try and convince them not to bid anymore 😂.
@@AutomaticComics so funny - I’m the same way. As I contemplate moving up my high bid: “ummmf, hmmm, phew..” As I get over bid after sitting at high bidder for 2 minutes: “Oh Come on really??!!”
@@AutomaticComics There was just too much good advice that I had to listen to. By the way, the Bullseye comic book has Lady Satan on the cover, an obscure super heroine.
Regarding the pricing services, I use CovrPrice, but I would really like to see what the others offer, as it sure isn’t perfect. Could you show us or tell us when you use each service?
It’s just rough estimates at that point. You’re looking at how the genre in general has performed since then and try to estimate similar performance for that book.
Ryan, What do you think about single-digit Batman and Superman Comics, even in lower grades like 3.0. Also what about Whiz Comics #25, the first Captain Marvel Jr?
I think single digit Batman and Superman comics are incredible books to own. Some of the better ones from the golden age. As for whiz comics. It’s hit and miss. Most really aren’t that worthwhile because that version of captain marvel just isn’t all that popular today. But there are some big keys in there (like the one you mentioned) that still have a strong demand.
There isn’t thing such as golden age grading. It all just depends what tier you submit the book in (which is based on value). Other than the modern tier, golden age is no different than any other age of book with respect to grading turnaround times.
@@jasonsalazar7126 you should always pay for fast track =). I never submit unless it’s fast track (or the higher tiers that are already faster). Fast track is $15 and it saves you months and months. I got all my books back in 1-4 weeks in my last submission. And they included every tier except walkthrough.
Do new collectors go for gold? Expensive entry point. I'd like to hear your thoughts on slabs vs raw as I'm new and slab prices seem a bit pricey to begin with.
Most new collectors don’t start with golden age. I did actually start buying some golden age early on when I got back into it. Mostly superheroes like Batman and Wonder Woman. For a new collector in the golden age I would recommend slabs. Raw books can be very risky because the likelihood of restoration or missing pages is much higher than other ages. You’re paying a premium, but it gives you that confidence in what you’re purchasing.
You never know what books will take off. But I wouldn’t bet too heavily on the Shadow. There are some good issues in there but I don’t personally care for the cover art in most of them.
It depends what that extensive professional restoration is and how nice the front cover looks for the universal 0.5. It’s definitely a situation where you need specifics.
I’d probably take the 0.5. Because you don’t really see the back cover anyway. If the front cover was missing a large piece it would be another story. That’s one of my few pet peeves with comics I buy.
@@AutomaticComics I appreciate all the information you give on the subject. I've always loved skulls 💀 (see my IG logo) so if I was to chase any golden age those would be my target. I've collected skull covers in the past but only bronze and silver age. For example, I think I have all of the skull covers from the witching hour run. Keep up the good work man. I'm inspired as always!
Hey Ryan this is Bob in Connecticut what’s the condition of your copy of crime suspense stories 22??? That has been going up quite a bit I have a 3.0 I told you last week
@@AutomaticComics well I think I told you I was offered $100,000 from a comic book store in Connecticut for my amazing fantasy 15 6.0 I don’t think I could bear to part with that book.
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As someone just starting to get into collecting/reading EC, this was an incredibly useful video. It’s been so refreshing to step into a niche of comic collecting more focused on stories/artists and less on movie spec, first appearances, 9.8s, etc.
Yeah, movie spec really doesn’t have much effect on these lol.
After collecting most of the major Marvel Silver and Bronze Age grails I decided to start collecting some Golden Age books to complete my collection. I limited my picks to at least one of each of the following titles whose covers I liked: Action Comics, Detective Comics, Sensation Comics, Whiz Comics, Captain America, an Alex Schomberg WWII cover and a pre-code horror. I have about a dozen in slabs and most of them have increased quite a bit in value. 😁
Really like all the horror books from back then. The covers are great. Don’t have one haven’t even held one. But maybe one day.
I love that you collect tough books like Chesler and the cover is by George Tuska a very early artist used by the publisher.I have yet to grade my copy but is a great skull cover which is getting its just due.
Love that you mentioned Warner Bros as well. Prices are 'catching up' for characters around since the late 30's and still merchandised today (they are not trivia question category).
Cool books especially Underworld Crime hot poker cover. Yes, Polonsky has a great selection of Golden Oldies!
A man of the people putting out real advice 👏👏👏
Love the Golden Age! Favorite run of crime covers - Crime Does Not Pay 22-48 and 53 also. So many great Biro covers. 46 is one of the low-key creepiest covers out there. The baby carriage gangster on 31 is awesome. 43 is my favorite cover in the run.
Yeah. The crime does not pay run has some pretty crazy covers in it.
I appreciated the video. Especially as someone who's gotten more curious about the Golden Age in the last year or so. I found a site that has a bunch of titles in public domain available to read. And I do like the cover content, but I've been more curious about the stories they told and how they were told back then. Especially stories involving detective work and crime, spies and sci-fi. And I've been curious about how well anthologies would do in modern times in the higher numbers as they were done back then. Great content!
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
love the content it's refreshing to see golden age books talked about collected many golden age books over the years been lately in the past couple years getting into graded golden age and good girl art, you mentioned a lot of the big artists but you forgot to mention one of the biggest good girl art cover artists Al feldstein he did Junior Sonny and a lot of the famous EC covers which command a lot of money Junior covers are some of the best good girl cheesecake covers out there and most of them are pretty undervalued still thanks again for posting a lot of cool comics from the Golden Age especially the Frank Frazetta book love it
I’ve definitely got some Feldstein Good Girl covers. Sunny 11 is one of my favorites 👍.
Your Underworld Crime 7 is worth a closer look. First, I'd point out that the red hot poker is electric, which always seemed odd to me. But more importantly, in my view, it's the colorist who deserves a lot of credit for that book's considerable visual impact; it's the light from the hot poker illuminating that girl's face with white highlights against the flesh tones that really amplifies her sense of terror. A very memorable book. As to the assorted Archie comics (and the many copycat titles from various publishers), I always called that genre "teen humor," and I think a lot of collectors adopted that moniker for that genre, too.
I had someone recently say it was a blow torch, but I always thought it was an electric hot poker like you mentioned.
But yes, the illumination on her face as well as the criminal holding her looking at the guy in the corner are really what make this cover stand out to me.
Just got back into collecting again after a few decades off. The information you provide is invaluable. Thank you.
Great video. That parakeet ad on the back is so strange. I'd love to read the whole thing
Great video! Golden Age is my favorite age, and it’s the main focus of my collection. Thanks for the video.
More Golden Age videos!
Always amazed by the great display quality in the books you show despite the grades on some of them.. great video 🙌🏻
Nice presenting lower grades are the only way some of these books are even in my price range.
I like frank frezetta art on the Conan paper backs.
As a former comic reader I don't have a connection to GA books as I do with modern age ones, but I find GA covers so refreshing and fun compared to modern books. Collecting zany covers of characters I know (wonder woman, batman, superman) has brought me back into the comic world and i'm so glad that I don't have to be a reader anymore and I can enjoy the hobby from a different perspective. I never used to read modern superman books, but I find GA superman covers just as fun as other comics of that era. I'm also just amazed that there are 9.4+ that have survived 60+ years. I mean there are comics that I have submitted that are only 10 years old and they have received less than 9.0 ha (mostly to my early inexperience with grading assessment and what it takes to get a 9.8). Still....just amazing when I see a 9.6 or 9.8 from 60-70 years ago.
I agree. I’ve got books I put straight in bags and boards when I was a kid and they still are like 9.0s 😂
Great data, Ryan! Thank you so much for sharing this. Always interested in the golden age comics. But you hammered it home for investment purposes. It’s like investing in stocks. Research and let the money work for you.
My grail book is Vault of Horror 35.... Love Johnny Craig pre code horror
He’s got some great covers 👍
Awesome video. The rarity of GA comics is partly what makes them so fun to collect as it can sometimes take years for a book to come up for sale, let alone being able to buy it. Coming from the Silver Age, you definitely learn to be a lot LESS PICKY with Golden Age books. Page quality, centering, cut, writing on covers, LOW grade, etc is more acceptable when a comic only has 20-30 books on the census and comes up for sale once or twice a year. As you mentioned, this rarity helps the GA maintain value because you're almost never competing with other sellers unlike the SA where you see downward pressure from large supply relative to buyers. GA is really a nice store of value.
I agree. It’s definitely more exciting when you see that golden age book pop up for sale that you’ve been looking for.
Another fantastic video ! Thanks for sharing your insight and experience with us neophytes .
Very informative even for someone who usually dabbles in silver lol thanks
Great video ! GA is so complex , intimidating and very pricey !! Another streamlining strategy for GA is focusing on brands IE EC (high quality horror, sci fi, and shock) , Timely ( Marvel’s superheroes), Fiction House (tons of genre’s mixed with beautiful good girl art), DC, Harvey etc.
Great recommendation as well 👍
Great video !!! I’ve not taken any steps to collect GA books ( yet ) but super interesting - thanks as always Ryan 👍
Another Great video Ryan got my photo journal’s when you first talked about them..
Really excellent video, Ryan. Thanks so much for all your efforts.
Long video but it delivers, thanks.
Very informative video. I know golden age is truly your passion. Trying to find golden age is not easy. I have my little niche of collecting and sometimes I like to delve into the variety of genres.
For sure. Luckily things like auctions/eBay/Instagram exist. Because if you were limited to something like your LCS or stumbling on things locally, golden age key/important books would be near impossible to find.
Nice shout out for using the different reference points for golden age. I grew up reading Overstreet to learn about good girl art, specifically the phantom lady and torchy comics. Like you almost have to work at educating oneself vs being spoon fed by all the media attention for everything else.
It definitely takes some effort to get familiar with this era. Luckily most people are also really open to helping when you have questions. I’ve had to reach out more than once to other people in the hobby when I’ve come across things in this era I didn’t know and couldn’t find information about online.
Thanks for sharing these insightful tips. One of these days...
Very informative video. It both validated what I've already learned on my own about Golden Age books and provided me with information that I didn't know. I'm not a fan of Heritage's ridiculous buyer's premium, but I agree that they're a great source for GA books. Heritage is where I got my first GA book last month. Also, Heritage and a few other auction platforms sometimes run GA-only auctions. I used to ignore those auctions, but now I keep an eye out for them.
Glad you found it useful 👍.
This is very educational. I don’t know that I’ll start collecting Golden Age books anytime soon, but it’s definitely something to get my feet wet and, as you mentioned, can apply to the other ages as well.
I had a Phantom Lady 16 raw copy back in the early 90s. It was probably a 4.5-5.0. I really like that one and it's yet another I wish I had never parted with. Your copy looks gorgeous.
I think the early Captain Marvel comics are very undervalued. They’re so scarce.
Very informative video and I really liked the Underworld Crime book, great cover.
Nice talk, Ryan. I really dig these longer vids. Lots of info too.
These comics really are investments like you mentioned, and with so many genres and ages, I tend to purchase only what I really like. I completely understand that purchases from other areas can help to grow a collection by buying low and selling high, but im just not savvy enough…. At least not yet. If I keep watching these videos I might be soon tho 😃
Im always very impressed with the knowledge and collection. Keep it up my friend.
Glad you enjoyed it. I didn’t originally intend for it to be that long lol. I finished recording and was like…crap.
awesome video. well done! small thing i believe in-esp for new collectors of golden age-there is often real value in buying low grade, graded copies vs raw... golden age has a disproportional number of incomplete books, glue, coupon cutouts, and restoration...reputable sellers can miss stuff... as you note, as long as you know you're buying resto no big deal... but for many new folks, i'd recommend paying the premium for a graded copy (if there is one-oftentimes there isnt)... nothing worse than buying something, waiting 7 months on grading only to get purple...(or, reselling a raw and having a buyer return it for resto you didnt know was there)
I agree. There’s a lot of risk in raw golden age books. Even if you know what you’re doing it can be easy to miss things.
I know u said there isn't a ton of value but I have recently gotten into Golden age war .I really like GI combat pre number 41.
I love the Walter Lantz New funnies books, any WW2 war bonds books. Disney, merry melodies, hoppy the marvel bunny lol. Just love reliving history through the books. Simple times. Thanks Ryan, this video is so informative and I really enjoyed it. Love seeing your books
Fantastic video. Thank you so much, Ryan.
Best video to date. Loved having this play in the background while I organized my collection.
Appreciate it, thanks 👍
Brilliant video, mate! Lovely books too. More content like this pls!
Appreciate it, thanks 👍
Thanks for all the information.
Great content. Was only previously into Silver and. Rinse age. Starting to get into golden age, and mostly due to watching your channel and seeing such great art. Keep up the good work!
Great primer on collecting GA, thanks! I finally picked up some Golden Age books, a group of Pogo the Possum. Not highly sought after, but a friend sold them for a good price and they’re very colorful & cool! Walt Kelly (edit: had Walt Lantz, whoops! Not Woody Woodpecker! 😆) was a Disney animator who left & went into comics - Pogo is considered the first comics-to-newspapers success story! So fun to have, even though they’re not super valuable.
Great video Ryan! Clearly you know your stuff! Thanks for sharing and I look forward to your next video for sure.
Thanks for watching 👍
Thank you for the info.
Just watched the entire video even though I don’t have any desire to collect golden age for the PC. Great info as always and you deserve many more subscribers!
Appreciate it! I wasn’t planning on it being that long lol. I finished recording and was like…crap, I should have done this in two videos.
Nice cover with the skull and the smoking gun.
Thanks!
Hi Ryan- Your comment on patience verse seizing a limited opportunity for Golden age resonates with me. I struggled in todays Heritage auction on Captain Marvel Adventures #16 (Cpt Marvel, Uncle Same and Comments of an Axis Culture on the cover) in 8.0. A real trifecta cover! I went higher than I had wanted but the scarcity value in this condition kept me bidding. Even though I dropped at the end, in retrospect I wish I had kept bidding - just not sure when I will see this in similar condition again. Definitely a keeper, not a resale... so your discussion points on opportunity resonates. Nice discussion- thanks for all the hard work!
It’s definitely a balancing act for sure. It can be frustrating but sometimes you just need to let it go to the other bidder.
I’m always talking to my computer in these auctions like the other bidders can hear me to try and convince them not to bid anymore 😂.
@@AutomaticComics so funny - I’m the same way.
As I contemplate moving up my high bid: “ummmf, hmmm, phew..”
As I get over bid after sitting at high bidder for 2 minutes: “Oh Come on really??!!”
good stuff. thank you. keep em' coming.
Excellent comics!
Thanks!
Great wealth of info,thank you...:)
Huge Batman fan
Nice comics
Excellent advice...watched the whole video...I generally buy what I like but I see the value in buying what others like for resell.
Appreciate you watching the whole thing! When I was done recording I was like…crap that’s really long 😂. I almost decided to split it into two videos.
@@AutomaticComics There was just too much good advice that I had to listen to. By the way, the Bullseye comic book has Lady Satan on the cover, an obscure super heroine.
This video is exactly what I was looking for for awhie, Thank you.
Glad to hear.
Regarding the pricing services, I use CovrPrice, but I would really like to see what the others offer, as it sure isn’t perfect. Could you show us or tell us when you use each service?
I’ll make sure to talk about that some in a future video 👍
If a comic is cleaned/pressed and cgc knows it, will they classify it as restored? Also I forget the diff between a green label and a purple lolz
No. Dry cleaning and pressing does not count as restoration.
What do you do when you have a book that doesn't have a recorded sale in 3, 4, 5 or more years?
It’s just rough estimates at that point. You’re looking at how the genre in general has performed since then and try to estimate similar performance for that book.
Ryan, What do you think about single-digit Batman and Superman Comics, even in lower grades like 3.0. Also what about Whiz Comics #25, the first Captain Marvel Jr?
I think single digit Batman and Superman comics are incredible books to own. Some of the better ones from the golden age. As for whiz comics. It’s hit and miss. Most really aren’t that worthwhile because that version of captain marvel just isn’t all that popular today. But there are some big keys in there (like the one you mentioned) that still have a strong demand.
Do you know the turn around time for Golden age grading at CGC?
There isn’t thing such as golden age grading. It all just depends what tier you submit the book in (which is based on value). Other than the modern tier, golden age is no different than any other age of book with respect to grading turnaround times.
@@AutomaticComics I submitted a looney tunes from 1944 its Been about 5 months so far.
@@AutomaticComics guess it would be standard here but I know my Silver age is taking a while as well
@@jasonsalazar7126 you should always pay for fast track =). I never submit unless it’s fast track (or the higher tiers that are already faster). Fast track is $15 and it saves you months and months. I got all my books back in 1-4 weeks in my last submission. And they included every tier except walkthrough.
@@AutomaticComics OK awesome I will start doing that. I'll just submit less books. Lol
Do new collectors go for gold? Expensive entry point. I'd like to hear your thoughts on slabs vs raw as I'm new and slab prices seem a bit pricey to begin with.
I also wanted to suggest for a new collector like myself, maybe a vid on grading, and showing example books of the grade from .5 up. Thanks so much!
I’ve been doing grading videos recently with my unboxing. I unbox some raw books and then go over detailed grading of them after.
Most new collectors don’t start with golden age. I did actually start buying some golden age early on when I got back into it. Mostly superheroes like Batman and Wonder Woman.
For a new collector in the golden age I would recommend slabs. Raw books can be very risky because the likelihood of restoration or missing pages is much higher than other ages.
You’re paying a premium, but it gives you that confidence in what you’re purchasing.
Woukd you think Shadwow comics are a sleeper or they have beenaround so long and it hasn’t happened so perhaps never will?
You never know what books will take off. But I wouldn’t bet too heavily on the Shadow. There are some good issues in there but I don’t personally care for the cover art in most of them.
Here’s a good question Ryan. Would you rather grab a Restored golden age comic like Batman 1 5.0 extensive prof or .5 CGC blue grade no back cover.
It depends what that extensive professional restoration is and how nice the front cover looks for the universal 0.5. It’s definitely a situation where you need specifics.
Let’s say extensive resto on the Batman 1 and the .5 blue label has a cover that is around a 5.0 look.
I’d probably take the 0.5. Because you don’t really see the back cover anyway.
If the front cover was missing a large piece it would be another story. That’s one of my few pet peeves with comics I buy.
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I've always been into golden age books but somehow I still don't have any! Lol
It can be a slippery slope =)
@@AutomaticComics I appreciate all the information you give on the subject. I've always loved skulls 💀 (see my IG logo) so if I was to chase any golden age those would be my target. I've collected skull covers in the past but only bronze and silver age. For example, I think I have all of the skull covers from the witching hour run. Keep up the good work man. I'm inspired as always!
@@bestcore1214 I’d recommend checking out the Mysterious Adventures run then. That run has more skull covers than just about any I can think of.
Classic
Hey Ryan this is Bob in Connecticut what’s the condition of your copy of crime suspense stories 22??? That has been going up quite a bit I have a 3.0 I told you last week
It’s not graded yet so can’t say right now. I have it as a 5.5-6.0 I believe as my estimate.
@@AutomaticComics Wow good luck with your crime suspense that’s awesome
@@AutomaticComics well I think I told you I was offered $100,000 from a comic book store in Connecticut for my amazing fantasy 15 6.0 I don’t think I could bear to part with that book.
Can you spell out the name on instagram of the guy you bought the books off of?
Polonsky
how do you find that guy on instagram
Search for Polonsky