what is the last issue of secret six?

first appeared during the Silver Age of comic books in the initial team’s seven-issue title, Secret Six in May 1968 and May 1969.
The first two issues were reprinted in The Brave and the Bold #117 and in 120 in 1975
or the Relaunch in 2008

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What is the best way to sell off a silver age collection?

Recently, I was on a website where a collector asked how he could get the most amount of money for his silver age collection.  He was in a financial pinch and wanted to go to Wizard World Chicago to sell of his collection.  He had over 100 silver age comics including:  Doctor Strange 169-182, Tales of Suspense 95-99, Tales to Astonish 97-101, Captain America 101-108, Iron Man 1-7, and Fantastic Four 68-115.

He wanted to know if he should sell them as a bunch or individually.  Also if he should shop them around.  (That is ask more than one dealer).  Finally, he wanted to know if he needed to have a price in mind going in.

Here are my answers.   (This comes from someone who has bought and sold a lot of collections).

In terms of maximizing revenue, it is important that the collector ask as many dealers as possible.   He needs to go to every booth that is displaying silver age comic books and ask the dealer what they would pay for the whole set.   And he needs to be patient.  Go to all 10 silver age dealers if he needs to.  Finally, the collector needs to know how much he wants for the whole amount but he shouldn’t commit to a price if a dealer asks him.   He should just say “I’m trying to get as much as I can.  I plan to ask all the dealers in the room how much they would pay and plan to sell the comics to whoever offers me the most”.

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How big are the actual comics for the various ages of comics?

Comics have been getting smaller as time goes by.   The biggest comic books were printed in the Golden age.   In the silver age, comic books were 6 3/4 inches by 10 1/4 inches.  Today, the dimensions of comic books are 6 ⅝” × 10 ¼”.  (Bronze age comics were between the silver and modern sizes).

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Silver Age Comic Book Trivia Contest. (5 of 6)

This is part 5 of a 6 part series that we found on Youtube.

Here is what the filmmaker, Matthew Hawes of www.TheHappyShow.net had to say.

This is the PRO-FAN SILVER-AGE TRIVIA CONTEST at WizardWorld Chicago in 2006. The panel was hosted by COMICS BUYER’S GUIDE columnist, Craig Shutt (Mr. Silver-Age). The representative for the comics pros was Mark Waid, who answered questions via cell-phone, as he couldn’t make it to Chicago. A panel of comics fans competed against Waid on comics trivia from the Silver-Age of comic books. This is part five of six. Nearly the entire contest was filmed by me, but my camera ran out of juice before the final outcome. SPOILER! Mark Waid won. But, see if you get the answers correct, yourself. Filmed by Matthew Hawes www.TheHappyShow.net

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This is the third part of the PRO-FAN SILVER-AGE TRIVIA CONTEST at WizardWorld Chicago in 2006. Mark Waid is the final winner.  Craig Shutt from Comic Buyer’s Guide (Mr. Silver-Age) is the host.   It was filmed by Matthew Hawes.

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Silver Age Comic Book Trivia Contest. (2 of 6)

This is part two of six videos filmed in Chicago at Wizard World 2006.   It is a trivia contest run by Craig Shutt focusing on the Silver Age of Comic Books.   Mark Waid Wins.  (Just a warning.  You don’t get to see the end because the guy who was filming ran out of juice in his camera).    By the way, Mark Waid is best known for his 8 year run on DC’s flash comic.

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Silver Age Avengers comics on video

Here is a video of Silver Age Avengers – issues #1 – #10. Also shown is issue #503 – the last issue in this collector’s collection.  Avengers include Captain America, Thor, Wasp, Iron Man etc.   Early issues were written by Stan Lee and drawn by Jack Kirby.

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Do silver age comic books go down in price?

It’s been our experience that comics in general go up in price.  So if you bought a silver age comic 10 years ago, it should be worth more today.  (Especially if you stick with high-grade/popular character comics – i.e. Batman, Spider-Man, X-Men).

The reasons that these silver age comic books go up in value is because of comic book supply and demand.  The supply of high-grade comics decreases over time.  (Comics are paper products which will eventually disintegrate.  So over time, there will be fewer and fewer high grade copies).  The demand for these popular characters increases as more and more people get into the collecting arena or as more movies are made of comic characters.  Increasing demand/Decreasing Supply means higher prices.

In figuring out if you’ve made money holding comics, don’t forget the “dealer tax”.  Usually a collector buys a comic from a dealer.  He usually pays full price ( the price that the price guide says the comic is worth).  When the collector tries to sell that comic back to a dealer, he finds that the dealer is only going to give him 20-30% of the value of the comic. And so the collector gets less money than he was expecting.

Here is an example to make it more concrete.  The customer buys a comic for $10.00.  At the end of 10 years, the comic is worth $20.00.  However, when the collector tries to sell the silver age comic to a dealer, the dealer will only give him $6.00 for it (30% of the $20.00).   This is the “dealer tax” in action.

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Showing off Silver Age Green Lanterns.

The following fan has been collecting for over 25 years.  This is him showing off his Green Lantern collection.  (At least his Silver Age Green Lanterns).  Does anybody else out there have a cool collection to show off?   Email us at info@silveragecomicbooks.org with a link to a youtube video and we might showcase your collection on our blog.

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Is there a place that I can go to read free golden and silver age comic books online?

Here is one place to start.  It collects copyright free golden age comic books.  (Basically, some comic books published in the golden age are in the public domain because the publisher either donated it to the public domain or else forgot to register the copyright).
http://www.goldenagecomics.co.uk/

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