Comic Book Collecting

Let me give you a little prelude to this story. I was searching ebay
a couple of weeks back and came across an X-Men comic that
caught my eye – and from the time I saw it I wanted to find me
a nice high-grade copy of it.
Oh, probably somewhere in the F-VF+ arena.
The cover on X-Men 88 [...]

Hey comic collectors,
I have another case study for you, so I hope you enjoy it.
A new customer e-mailed me in late September the following:
Greetings Patrick…long story short  I’ve been intrigued about
you and your methods for a while.  I’m just coming into
possession of a Hulk 181 that to put it bluntly I overpaid for.
My mistake and [...]

Just wanted to show you a great example of how a comic book
can turn out after it has been prepped.
The comic in questions is a Giant Sized X-Men #1. Sent to me
by a customer who wanted some comic books cleaned and
pressed.
Here is an image of the back cover before prepping:

Take a close look at the [...]

I know, the title is a little…odd, but it will all make sense in a bit – so stick
with me.
I received an e-mail from an avid comic book collector a couple of months
ago in which this collector explained to me that he had near complete runs
of Avengers, Captain America, Hulk, Weird War, and a couple [...]

Hello comic collectors,
It seems I get to writing something on here every couple of months or so BUT I do want to bring you original content and information that you can put to use to help you in your comic book collecting. As many of you know, one of my specialties is prepping comic books [...]