The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 31st Edition

by OVERSTREET, ROBERT M

• ISBN13: 9780609808207
• ISBN10: 0609808206
• Edition: 31st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: House of Collectibles

Summary

Offers the most complete record of existing comic books, graphic novels and the newly certified comic books from the 1800s to the present, indexed, illustrated, and priced according to condition.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	14	(6)
FEATURE ARTICLES
Why the FF Made it to Forty	20	(6)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Sixty Years of Wonder Woman	26	(4)
Charles S. Novinskie
Brownie Points	30	(9)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Re-Creations in a Flash	39	(3)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Extraordinary!	42	(4)
J. C. Vaughn
Bendis!	46	(4)
J. C. Vaughn
Market Report 2001	50	(28)
Robert M. Overstreet
Overstreet Advisors
Key Sales 2000	78	(3)
Top 100 Golden Age	81	(2)
Top 10 Platinum Age	83	(1)
Top 10 Silver Age	83	(1)
Top 10 Bronze Age	83	(1)
Top 10 Crime	83	(1)
Top 10 Horror	84	(1)
Top 10 Romance	84	(1)
Top 10 Sci-Fi	84	(1)
Top 10 Western	84	(1)
First Ad Section	85	(114)
About this Book	199	(1)
How To Use This Book	199	(1)
New Comic Books	199	(1)
Comic Book Values	199	(1)
How Comics Are Listed	200	(1)
What Comics Are Listed	200	(1)
New Comic Listings	200	(1)
Grading	200	(7)
How To Grade	201	(1)
Grading Definitions	201	(2)
Dust Jackets	203	(1)
Restored Comics	203	(1)
Scarcity Of Comics	204	(1)
Grading Commentary
by CGC	205	(2)
Collecting Comics	207	(1)
Back Issues	208	(1)
Preservation & Storage	208	(1)
Buying & Selling	209	(3)
Selling Your Comics	209	(1)
Where To Buy and Sell	210	(1)
Comic Conventions	210	(2)
Comic Book Fandom	212	(1)
Related Collectibles	213	(1)
Foreign Edition Comics	213	(1)
Newspaper Strips	213	(1)
Original Art	213	(1)
Toys and More	213	(1)
Cover Bar Codes	214	(1)
Marvel Reprints	214	(1)
Publishers' Codes	214	(1)
Timely/Marvel/Atlas	214	(1)
Comic Book Artists	215	(6)
Artists' First Work	216	(1)
PRICE GUIDE LISTINGS
The American Comic Book: 1842-2000
Yours ``Free:'' Promotional Comics	217	(4)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Promotional Comics Price Guide	221	(36)
The American Comic Book: 1842-1932
In the Beginning: New Discoveries Beyond the Platinum Age	248	(9)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson, PhD
Platinum Age Price Guide	257	(23)
The American Comic Book: 1933-Present
The Golden Age & Beyond: Origins of the Modern Comic Book	272	(8)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson, PhD
Price Guide	280	(557)
Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated
Understanding Classics
Dan Malan
(See Classic Comics)	375	(462)
Second Ad Section	837	(58)
Business Card Ads	895	(3)
Classified Ads	898	(2)
Shop Directory	900	(8)
Website Spotlight: Sequential Tart	908	(2)
Jennifer M. Contino
Website Directory	910	(4)
A Chronology of the Development of the American Comic Book	914	(6)
M. Thomas Inge
Historic Firsts	920	(1)
First Appearances	921	(11)
Glossary	932	(4)
Cover Gallery	936	(34)
Hall of Fame	970	(4)
Price Guide Back Issues	974	(2)
Price Guide Back Issue Article Index	976	(2)
Overstreet Advisors	978	(4)
Advertisers' Index	982