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Comic Book Cleaning 101 Part I WHAT IS COMIC BOOK DRY CLEANING? Comic book dry cleaning is the process of removing imperfections from a book such as dirt, dents, stains, or other nonpermanent marks caused by years of being exposed to the climate by using nonabrasive chemicals or solvents.  Of course, the goal of dry cleaning is to clean the comic book as if nothing ever happened to the book, but many of these marks cannot be removed.  Comic book dry cleaning will not fix major defects. It is a way to preserve the books appeal.  You can still remove many imperfections creating...

The first piece of information a collector needs to know about grading is that it is subjective.  No one can give you a precise grade.  A grade can depend how a person feels that day, their ideal of a “mint” comic book, or countless other possibilities that can affect the opinion of the grader that day.  Unless the comic is encased with a tag from a legitimate dealer, remember the grade is someone’s opinion.  Comic Book Grading is the determination of a comic books condition and quality based on 1-10 where 10 is the best and 1 is the worse.  One can have a book professionally...

Comic Book Speculation 101   Geek Life Comics   According Dictionary.com, speculation is defined as engagement in business transactions involving considerable risk but offering the chance of large gains, especially trading in commodities, stocks, etc., in the hope of profit from changes in the market price. So, by definition, someone who participates in comic book speculation reviews trends, data, and news to purchase comic books in order to resale them for a profit.  This is often a practice performed by comic book shop owners, or casual investors.  There is not an exact science to speculation.  So one must be aware, there is a...

What makes a Comic Book Valuable? Since 1991, I have been an avid comic book collector.  I still own the very first comic book my mother ever bought me.  My mother had no idea when she bought me that copy of X-Men #16 that she was helping me embark on a hobby that has taken me around the country and afforded me a successful career.  I originally fell in love with the art and the idea of being able to do perform incredible feats to save the day.  Later in life I began to realize I could use those same...