New Collectors:
Read :
Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide
Gerber Photo Journals 1,2,3,4
All in Color For a Dime
Heritage Comic Auction Catalog(s)
Attend:
Any metropolitan comic book show; with the understanding that you are there to observe, and have lunch with a veteran dealer or other comics professional.
View:
These chatboards and similar fanboy sites
Buy comics from:
HCA
Harley Yee
Mark Wilson
John Verzyl
Nadia Mannarino
Gary Dolgoff
Midtown Comics (NYC)
Paradise Comics (CAN.)
Investment Collectibles
The Mint
and anyone on EbaY with over 4 years, 100+ pos. feedback, 98% rating, and NO negatives in the past month on their account.
Many CGC Forumites are AWESOME sellers, and they have a dual feedback system, in which not only to they get rated on EbaY by feedback, but also BERATED by the other voracious velociraptor forumites if they screw anything up.
PLAY:
Heroclix