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Mar 23, 2020 due to the recent surge of superhero movies, ive recently found the joy of comic book collecting again with about a twentyyear absence from the hobby. The number 1 thing i hate when it comes to foreign editions is when people ask is this worth as much as the us one ive heard it so many times it just makes me fuming mad, after seeing the us version of a comic 150,000 times, and just one of a brazilian, german, french or asian print, people will actually devalue them because they cant understand the text or read the cover, its insane. Discover your new favorite foreign language fiction books at low prices. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Abebooks has been part of the rare book world since going live in 1996. Thats how most international comic book collectors do it. Some popular comicbook franchises include spiderman, superman, xmen, batman, green lantern, and continue reading. He appreciates it as a traditional comic book shop and likes the prices. Jawdropping selection, including rare, outofprint and foreign language books mostly french, spanish, german, and italian, but also russian, mandarin, and even malay. The overstreet comic book price guide volume 50 spider. The paperback of the overstreet comic book price guide, volume 47 by robert m. The case for foreign comic book collecting part 1 one thing you realize with a large collection is the majority of the comics in the collection are easily replaceable. With the comic book collector database, inventory, manager app, you can keep track of your entire collection easily.
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Ive been collecting foreigninternational editions for about the. The comic market peaked in late 80s through midlate 90s. Collectible international edition comics for sale ebay. Theres enough comics to build a fortress of solitude.
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Most want a few minutes of escapism by reading an entertaining story or nostalgia. Marvelklubben was a danish subscription initiative, conceived by the comic book editor at interpresse, one of the largest nordic publishers back then. A glossary for book collectors, booksellers, librarians, and others. In this video matt from foreign comic collectors magazine fcc and jon z of cbsi are joined by scott mac to discuss 5 tips to help new members of the foreign collecting community to. If youve stumbled across a treasure trove of comics, then sell my comic books is a great place to find out what you have. The first issue of a longrunning comic book series is.
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