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ChatGPT Explains Why You Should Collect Canadian Price Variants (CPVs) | Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, April 25, 2024 A recent headline caught my eye: Google search boss warns employees of ‘new operating reality,’ urges them to move faster. Apparently, at a recent "all-hands meeting" the leader of Google's search division warned employees to prepare for a "new market reality" because "things are not like they were 15-20…
Marvel UK Price Variants: My Part in Their Downfall | Rare Comics
Spidey Goes to Tobago By Stephen Cranch, September 2023 “A rare book with a nice acquisition story. It doesn’t get much better than that.” Hello 😊 Many years ago when the world was a much simpler place, and I still had hair, I was, for a time, a Spider-Man Completist. If you’re not familiar with…
Newly Added CGC First Appearance Label Credits | Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, November 6, 2023 Hi everyone, I hope you've all had a great year! For our latest (2024) edition of the CPV Price Guide, I thought it would be useful for me to write an article highlighting noteworthy brand-new CGC 1st appearance credits that have appeared on their labels since the time of…
Mis-Listed Variant Opportunities Page – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel; NOTE: my original plan was to chronicle mis-listed variant opportunities here as I spot them over time, but unfortunately I've had to discontinue that plan and will not be appending new updates. Hi everyone, from time to time I spot an eBay listing for a book on my watchlist, where the seller…
First Appearance of Spider-Man 2099: Don’t Forget Web #90! – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, October 16, 2021 Earlier this year, I updated my lists of key comics by year with updated census counts/rankings and with CGC label notes included. For those who have explored the 1992 page, you may have noticed three books mentioning Spider-Man 2099 on the CGC label made the toplist (here they are…
Charlton Canadian Price Variants (CPVs) – Rare Comics
By Stephen Cranch, September 2022 “We have sixty 75c Canadian Price Variants spread over the twelve titles that Charlton were putting out during the eleven months comprising September 1983 to July 1984. They’re not the easiest set of variants to collect and some appear to be quite scarce. This may be due to the fact…
Applause to CGC Now Recognizing Newsstand (And Multi-Pack) Comics! – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, September 28, 2022 “CGC is pleased to announce the identification of newsstand editions and multi-packs, beginning September 26, 2022. Because of their rarity, newsstand editions and multi-packs have been increasingly sought out by comic collectors in recent years, making the recognition of this attribute an important component of certification.” — CGC Comics,…
Saga of the Swamp Thing: 1st John Constantine Appearance – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, December 21, 2021 Let's start with a game: I'll show you twelve images, and you mentally mark which ones you recognize as John Constantine. From your selections, we'll learn where you stand on the true first appearance of John Constantine in comics. (Don't worry, I'll explain what I mean by that as…
X-Factor #38 $1.00 Cover Price Variant – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, October 31, 2022 It is that time of year again: a new edition of our CPV Price Guide has just been published online, which means a fantastic new batch of Market Reports & Articles is now available. Many of my fellow guide collaborators have contributed reports and articles this year, and I…
The Overstreet Grading Guide, Staple Replacement, and ASM 238 Tattooz – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, June 13, 2021 I picked up a copy of The Overstreet Guide To Grading Comics, Sixth Edition from Amazon (and I left a review there) because fellow CPV Price Guide collaborator Jon McClure contributed a featured article for it: an updated version of his epic variant article that first appeared in the…
Jon’s Views Prevailing (Again) – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, October 2022 “Amazing Spider-Man #238 is not incomplete without Tattooz. It was printed in a standard, old-fashioned way, independent of the Tattooz inserted later, just like many other in-house or paid advertisement inserts from any era. ... All any grading company would have to do is say ''no Tattooz'' on the label…
Will NFTs Be Part Of The Future Of Comic Book Collecting? – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, 4/16/2021 In a recent discussion with one of my fellow CPV Price Guide collaborators about the broad market for collectibles, I made an off-hand mention of "NFTs" ... and the response was: What are NFTs, is that something I should know about? With this post, I will explain what NFTs are, and…
CPVs: The Even Rarer Newsstand Choice – Rare Comics
By Benjamin Nobel, November 2021 Hi everyone, this is my market report for the 2022 edition of our CPV Price Guide just released, marking our 5th edition! [Be sure to read all the other great reports too!] Our guide usage has grown steadily since we "carved out" the price guide onto its own web domain…