Darthdiesel

Bronty was the "I want my two dollars!" paperboy in John Cusack's classic Better Off Dead......

Get to know the hobby through this board. Check out boards all over the net. www.marvel.com is really fun. Read: Wizard, Comic Buyers Guide, Toyfare Start slow and cheap when starting off, even if you have a lot of money to play with. Some things have to be learned the hard way despite tons of advice and better you experinece the bad side of the hobby and eBay with a low dollar purchase. When you have cruised around and bought and transacted enough to develop a trustworthy network and good feel for who provides quality goods, then you may be better off sinking your big bucks then. Share your comic passion for reading with the younger generation. I love reading Archie and Disney to little kids; for every age and level of maturity, there is an appropriate genre of comic book out there. Attend conventions, talk to other collectors, dealers, make connections, joke around...socialize. Comic book collectors have developed a stigma in general society due to a biased incorrect attitude of persecution levied on them by social elitists. eBay is not the only source on the net for comic books - although it is arguably the best and most diversified source for comics. Check into all these internet storefronts...maybe you find a nice subscription discount or deal

First off, get yourself the latest Wizard Magazine. Then go to the TOP 10 comics before the price guide - go out and by ten of each of those and get them slabbed immediately. then comb the price guide page by page and find all the yellow highlighted items. Buy 5 copies each of those. When you sell the prior slabbed Top 10 book copies, then you'll have funds to get this second batch of books graded. This is the ONLY WAY to collect comics...anyone tells you different is from the Silver Age....If you want to collect comics, this hobby is not for wussy boys...HARDCORE Collecting is the only way to go...prove it by going out on ebay and sniping evry CGC 9.8 or higher book that you find! Then turn around and post it with a crazy high reserve, at least twice what you paid for it...you are guaranteed to sell it because there are those collectors with more money than Bill Gates who will bid on your items because they emit that certain aura, that je-ne-sais-quoi that sets your comics apart form the rest of these other lowly non-graded book sellers....a pox on them all....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!