Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide : 29th Edition Collectibles

by Overstreet, Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780380807802
• ISBN10: 0380807807
• Edition: 29th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Featuring up-to-date pricing and comprehensive information, this "bible" for all collectors includes a complete record of existing comic books from the 1800s to the present. Illustrations.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 14
Introduction
How To Use This Book	p. 15
New Comic Books Listed	p. 15
Comic Book Values Listed	p. 15
How Comic Books Are Listed	p. 16
What Comic Books Are Listed	p. 16
Policy Of Listing New Comic Books	p. 16
Special Feature: Grading the Next Revolution for Comic Books
A New Ten-Point Grading Scale And a Certification Service to Guarantee Grading Consistency	p. 17
Grading Comic Books
Get The Tools	p. 21
How To Grade	p. 21
Grading Definitions	p. 22
Dust Jackets	p. 28
Restored Comics	p. 28
Scarcity Of Comic Books Related To Grade	p. 28
Collecting Comic Books
How To Start Collecting	p. 29
Collecting In The 1990s	p. 30
Collecting Back Issues	p. 31
Preservation and Storage
Proper Handling	p. 31
Storage Of Comic Books	p. 32
Buying and Selling
How To Sell Your Comic Collection	p. 32
Where To Buy And Sell	p. 34
Comic Book Conventions	p. 35
Publishers' Data
Cover Bar Codes For New Comic Books	p. 35
Marvel Reprints	p. 35
Comic Book Publishers' Codes	p. 36
Timely/Marvel/Atlas Comics Publishers' Codes	p. 36
Glossary	p. 37
Comic Book Artists
Comic Book Artists Listed	p. 39
Artists and Their First Work	p. 40
Key Comics Sold in 1998
Golden-Atom Age Sales	p. 41
Silver-Bronze Age Sales	p. 42
Strip Art Sales	p. 43
Annual Market Report	p. 46
Investor's Data	p. 68
Top Golden Age Books	p. 68
Top 10 Platinum Age Books	p. 70
Top 10 Silver Age Books	p. 70
Top 10 Bronze Age Books	p. 70
Top 10 Crime Books	p. 70
Top 10 Horror Books	p. 71
Top 10 Romance Books	p. 71
Top 10 Sci-Fi Books	p. 71
Top 10 Western Books	p. 71
The Overstreet Comic Book Hall of Fame	p. 72
Historic Firsts	p. 76
A Chronology of the Development of the American Comic Book	p. 77
New Comic Books	p. 84
Foreign Comic Books	p. 84
Comic Book Fandom	p. 84
Comic-Related Collectibles
Collecting Strips	p. 88
Collecting Original Art	p. 88
Collecting Comic-Related Merchandise	p. 88
Feature Articles
Avenues of Collecting: a Walk Through the Comic Book Neighborhood	p. 91
Just Another Justice League?	p. 95
Legiondary Adventures	p. 101
One for all and All for One: a Brief History of Super-Teams	p. 107
Top Ten Greatest Super-Teams	p. 108
First ad Section Begins	p. 113
Price Guide Listings
The American Comic Book: 1897-1932
In The Beginning: The Platinum Age	p. 211
Platinum Age Price Guide	p. 219
The American Comic Book: 1933-Present
The Golden Age And Beyond: The Origin Of The Modern Comic Book	p. 226
Price Guide	p. 234
Classic Comics/Classics Illustrated
Understanding Classics Illustrated	p. 336
Second Ad Section Begins	p. 843
Business Card Ads	p. 897
Creator Card Ads	p. 902
Classified Ads	p. 904
Shop Directory	p. 906
Silver and Modern Age Index	p. 916
First Appearances	p. 923
First Appearances: Villains	p. 930
First Appearances: Groups	p. 932
First Appearances: Villain Groups	p. 932
First Crossovers	p. 933
First Superpets	p. 933
First Prototypes	p. 933
First of a Publisher	p. 933
Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Back Issues	p. 934
Alex Ross Cover Gallery	p. 938
Cover Gallery	p. 940
Fan Website Directory	p. 972
Overstreet Advisors	p. 984
Advertisers' Directory	p. 988
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