The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, 34th Edition

by OVERSTREET, ROBERT M

• ISBN13: 9781400046690
• ISBN10: 1400046696
• Edition: 34th
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-05-01
• Publisher: House of Collectibles

Summary

An updated, easy-access guide lists every comic book ever printed, from the 1800s to the present, and is complemented by detailed market reports by experts in the field, exclusive feature articles, a directory of Web sites, extensive indexes, collector's tips, a section on graphic novels, and more than 1,500 photographs. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	14	(34)
About This Book	48	(1)
How To Use This Book	48	(1)
New Comic Books	48	(1)
Comic Book Values	48	(1)
How Comics Are Listed	48	(1)
What Comics Are Listed	48	(1)
New Comic Listings	49	(1)
Grading	49	(5)
How To Grade	49	(1)
Grading Definitions	49	(3)
Dust Jackets	52	(1)
Restored Comics	52	(1)
Scarcity Of Comics	53	(1)
Collecting Comics	54	(1)
Polybagged Comics	54	(1)
Collecting on a Budget	54	(1)
Collecting Artists or Companies	54	(1)
Collecting #1 Issues	54	(1)
Back Issues	55	(1)
Preservation & Storage	55	(1)
Buying & Selling	56	(2)
Selling Your Comics	56	(1)
Where To Buy And Sell	57	(1)
Comic Conventions	58	(1)
Comic Book Fandom	58	(1)
Related Collectibles	59	(1)
Foreign Edition Comics	59	(1)
Newspaper Strips	59	(1)
Original Art	59	(1)
Toys and More	59	(1)
Cover Bar Codes	59	(1)
Comic Book Reprints	60	(1)
Publishers' Codes	60	(1)
Timely/Marvel/Atlas Codes	60	(1)
Comic Book Artists	61	(1)
Artists' First Work	61	(1)
Market Report 2003	62	(41)
Robert M. Overstreet
Market Comparison Chart	103	(1)
Key Sales 2003	104	(11)
Top 100 Golden Age	115	(2)
Top 10 Platinum Age	117	(1)
Top 10 Silver Age	117	(1)
Top 10 Bronze Age	117	(1)
Top 10 Crime	117	(1)
Top 10 Horror	118	(1)
Top 10 Romance	118	(1)
Top 10 Sci-Fi	118	(1)
Top 10 Western	118	(1)
First Ad Section	119	(130)
PRICE GUIDE LISTINGS
Big Little Books	249	(21)
Introduction	249	(1)
Grading	249	(1)
A Word on Pricing	250	(1)
BLB Listings	251	(19)
The American Comic Book: 1842-2002 The Marketing of a Medium	270	(30)
Arnold T. Blumberg
Sol M. Davidson
Robert L. Beerbohm
Promotional Comics Listings	274	(26)
The American Comic Book: 1646-1890s Origins of American Comic Strips Before the Yellow Kid	300	(31)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson
Victorian Age Listings	319	(12)
The American Comic Book: 1883-1935 A Multitude of Varied Formats Fight it Out in the Marketplace	331	(24)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson
Platinum Age Listings	340	(15)
The American Comic Book: 1929-Present The Modern Comic Books Supplant the Earlier Formats	355	(102)
Robert L. Beerbohm
Richard D. Olson
Main Price Guide Listings	366	(91)
Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated Understanding Classics	457	(449)
Dan Malan
Second Ad Section	906	(29)
Business Card Ads	935	(2)
Classified Ads	937	(2)
Shop Directory	939	(4)
Glossary	943	(5)
FEATURE ARTICLES
Comic Book Ages: Defining Eras	948	(4)
Arnold T. Blumberg
J.C. Vaughn
Douglas Gillock
70 Years and Still Quacking	952	(4)
J.C. Vaughn
Going Green: The Best of The Hulk	956	(1)
Arnold T. Blumberg
(JOE) Simon Says	956	(4)
J.C. Vaughn
Comic Book Charities: Lifelines of the Industry	960	(7)
Dale Moore
Cover Gallery	967	(39)
Price Guide Back Issues	1006	(2)
Article Index	1008	(2)
Overstreet Advisors	1010	(2)
Advertisers Index	1012