Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide : 29th Edition Collectibles
by Overstreet, Robert M.Edition: 29th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1999-05-01
Publisher(s): HarperCollins Publications
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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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