How to Find the Best Deals on Comic Books

Comic books developed out of the cartoons we see in newspapers. People buy these objects by the truckload in just about every city. Before we buy a comic book we should find a character we think will work for us, read up in a magazine like "Wizard" as to how good a title truly is, always look for the steals at the comic shop and Ebay, and lastly we should remember we are not wasting our time.

We walked into the comic shop thinking it would be some sellers market. Instead the workers are playing Dungeons & Dragons and Warhammer 40k. We have no idea what those are, but we came here for a reason. We loved the idea of buying a comic book with a certain hero in it. Batman reached out to us in a film, Spider Man spoke to us in his movies, or a friend kept telling us about how Frank Miller, creator of "Sin City" and "300," began as a comic book writer before the riches and fame. We wanted to see it for ourselves. We know of Batman, Superman, X-Men, and Spider Man, but just about everybody else who was not featured in a film or cartoon seems mysterious to us. We have to take a chance. The first buy the aspiring comic book fan should look at is a magazine called "Wizard." It costs a few bucks and has clear reviews of comic books. We might want to pick up a copy of "Previews" at the same time. A "Previews" catalog highlights all the top series that will be coming out in future months, and allows us to order these titles through the comic shop. Neither of these are a must. For free we can look at articles on the internet; sites like IGN.com, Silverbulletcomicbooks.com, and Comicbookresources.com can give us plenty of information. When we finally decide a few titles, try to make one a character or story we know of and another a new title that is a mystery to us. We want to expand our horizons and make this process fun. At the end, perhaps we come out with a Batman title and perhaps a graphic novel about some super hero group called "The Authority." This is the beginning of choosing to be a collector.

Often we will enjoy our choices. We might have picked up a dud, but if we studied up this is usually not the case. The problem is we only have a couple avenues to pursue. We can go the to comic shop and buy titles, or we can go to the library and checkout graphic novels (if possible, many libraries have graphic novels). We do not want to spend all of our money buying brand new comic books. Just starting out, a graphic novel or two and a couple single issues will work. But, we can have plenty more for a steal. Sites like Ebay and Amazon often have inexpensive comic books and graphic novels. For the price of three brand new titles, we can get 20-40 older comic books. This is not always the case, but titles with high print runs will lower in value over time. Punisher and Batman are examples of titles that are often cheap.