The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 32nd Edition

by OVERSTREET, ROBERT M

• ISBN13: 9780609808214
• ISBN10: 0609808214
• Edition: 32nd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: House of Collectibles

Summary

The bible of the comic book industry is updated for 2002 with Web site information, tips about grading and caring for comics, and more than 1,500 black-and-white photos.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	14	(26)
FEATURE ARTICLES
Superman: Patriotic Covers Through The Years	40	(4)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Spidey Goes Hollywood:	44	(3)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Archie at 60	47	(3)
J. C. Vaughn
Market Report 2001	50	(36)
Robert M. Overstreet
Overstreet Advisors
Key Sales 2000	86	(5)
Top 100 Golden Age	91	(2)
Top 10 Platinum Age	93	(1)
Top 10 Silver Age	93	(1)
Top 10 Bronze Age	93	(1)
Top 10 Crime	93	(1)
Top 10 Horror	94	(1)
Top 10 Romance	94	(1)
Top 10 Sci-Fi	94	(1)
Top 10 Western	94	(1)
First AD Section	95	(118)
About This Book	213	(1)
How to Use This Book	213	(1)
New Comic Books	213	(1)
Comic Book Values	213	(1)
How Comics Are Listed	214	(1)
What Comics Are Listed	214	(1)
New Comic Listings	214	(1)
Grading	214	(5)
How To Grade	215	(1)
Grading Definitions	215	(2)
Dust Jackets	217	(1)
Restored Comics	217	(1)
Scarcity Of Comics	218	(1)
Collecting Comics	219	(1)
Back Issues	220	(1)
Preservation & Storage	220	(1)
Buying & Selling	221	(2)
Selling Your Comics	221	(1)
Where To Buy And Sell	222	(1)
Comic Conventions	222	(1)
Comic Book Fandom	223	(1)
Related Collectibles	224	(1)
Foreign Edition Comics	224	(1)
Newspaper Strips	224	(1)
Original Art	224	(1)
Toys and More	224	(1)
Cover Bar Codes	225	(1)
Marvel Reprints	225	(1)
Publishers' Codes	225	(1)
Timely/Marvel/Atlas	226	(1)
Comic Book Artists	226	(6)
Artists' First Work	227	(5)
PRICE GUIDE LISTINGS
The American Comic Book: 1842-2001
Yours ``Free:''
Promotional Comics	228	(4)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Promotional Comics Guide	232	(39)
The American Comic Book: 1828-1899
The Victorian Age
Before the Yellow Kid: American Comics of the 19th Century	260	(11)
Doug Wheeler
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson
Victorian Age Guide	271	(17)
The American Comic Book: 1900-1938
The Platinum Age
In the Beginning: Knowledge Continues to Expand!	281	(7)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Doug Wheeler
Richard D. Olson
Platinum Age Guide	288	(24)
The American Comic Book: 1938-Present
The Modern Age
A Concise Origin of the Modern Comic Book	303	(9)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson
Main Guide	312	(559)
Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated
Understanding Classics Illustrated	407	(464)
Dan Malan
Second AD Section	871	(43)
Business Card ADS	914	(3)
Classified ADS	917	(2)
Shop Directory	919	(7)
Glossary	926	(3)
A Chronology of the Development of the American Comic Book	929	(6)
M. Thomas Inge
Historic Firsts	935	(1)
Cover Gallery	936	(36)
Hall of Fame	972	(4)
Price Guide Back Issues	976	(2)
Price Guide Back Issue Article Index	978	(2)
Overstreet Advisors	980	(2)
Advertisers' Index	982