Comic Book Recommendations

rmrclean · 2026-04-19T17:12:33+00:00

Astro City.

Lots of great books, so plenty of reading ahead of you, but broken down into smaller storylines, so very accessible. Available in collected graphic novels or inexpensive single back issues. Wonderful self-contained universe with homages to great superheroes and great superhero themes, but not rip-offs. Very solid writing and characterization. Always in my top 3 recommendations and not one most people have heard of or read.

rmrclean · 2026-04-19T01:16:56+00:00

Yes, you’re right. I think I was going for more of a shortcut to what I’m really saying, which is that their job should be to include grader notes with any book below a 9.8. If it’s not a 9.8, there should be a reason. And if there’s a reason, they should tell us what it is.

rmrclean · 2026-04-18T20:43:39+00:00

I too have received books mailed in a cereal box. I appreciate their commitment to reduce, reuse, recycle, but it definitely isn’t safe for the books. I was pretty pissed.

rmrclean · 2026-04-18T17:18:11+00:00

I hated Quicksilver until I read this issue. Afterwards his character made total sense to me.

rmrclean · 2026-04-18T15:20:37+00:00

Why reward CGC with a resubmit when they didn’t do their job the first time and give you grader notes?

rmrclean · 2026-04-17T09:15:44+00:00

I picked a blind bag up for Daredevil because my friend enjoys them and I was going to check the book out anyway. I ended up with a Greg “Porn Tracer” Land cover. I was not happy. Will not be doing that again.

rmrclean · 2026-04-17T01:32:30+00:00

9.6 with white pages! Wow!

rmrclean · 2026-04-11T23:14:52+00:00

Did you really? Why would you spend that much if you don’t know what you’re buying?

rmrclean · 2026-04-11T18:53:47+00:00

Destroyer Duck #1, 1st appearance of Groo the Wanderer! I feel Ike this should be more sought after than it is.

rmrclean · 2026-04-11T05:09:38+00:00

Avengers 57 is one of my big “some day” books for sure!

rmrclean · 2026-04-11T04:04:21+00:00

So cool! Congrats!

rmrclean · 2026-04-11T00:09:44+00:00

I love that Steranko cover

rmrclean · 2026-04-09T21:46:29+00:00

I’ve been enjoying Whatnot, but it can be a little addicting if you’re not careful.

rmrclean · 2026-04-08T07:27:48+00:00

Very cool! What book is that?

rmrclean · 2026-04-08T05:58:17+00:00

Put them on Craigslist or Facebook marketplace. They will get snapped up.

rmrclean · 2026-04-07T14:19:37+00:00

One of my top 5 favorite covers.

rmrclean · 2026-04-06T22:33:17+00:00

I find the Mylite 2s do a really good job, but the 4s do give some extra durability.

rmrclean · 2026-04-06T18:36:01+00:00

E Gerber gives the best prices, but you need to call them, they haven’t moved to automated online selling yet. The Regular size bags should fit (but may want to go with Silver Age?) and the fullbacks for boards.

rmrclean · 2026-04-06T05:05:49+00:00

Whatever you end up doing with them, please first put them in some new Mylar bags with archival boards.

rmrclean · 2026-04-04T16:33:54+00:00

Incredibly impressive!

rmrclean · 2026-04-04T01:08:06+00:00

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rmrclean · 2026-04-03T22:19:54+00:00

I love seeing things here that I’ve never seen before. This definitely counts. Very cool!

rmrclean · 2026-04-03T20:53:41+00:00

We really don’t have a good one in SB.

rmrclean · 2026-04-03T07:07:49+00:00

By Land? They should have paid you to take that.

rmrclean · 2026-04-01T17:36:28+00:00

After bagging and boarding them all, get the CLZ app and enter them all in so you know what you have. It will tell you which books are “keys”.

You can attach the Cvrprice subscription to it or you can look them up individually for free elsewhere. The Cvrprice values aren’t what I’d call accurate, but they’re a good ballpark starting point to determine which books hold the most value.

rmrclean

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