Following the death in April of Vermont comic book retailer and collector Christine Farrell, her legendary collection is about to go up for auction. Farrell, who succumbed to a long illness at age 72, ...
Shelves and tables full of comics sit inside Earth Prime Comics in Burlington, which Christine Farrell opened in the early 1980s. Christine Farrell started reading comic books when she was a kid, and ...
In 1954, the United States Senate held hearings to deal with a raging menace that it feared was fueling a nationwide crisis of juvenile delinquency—the comic book. FBI director J. Edgar Hoover said ...
Rare comic books sometimes have a hefty price tag. There are various factors that warrant a specific comic book having more value than others. A few elements that can add zeros to a comic book's worth ...
Comics and graphic novels have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I didn’t start with Marvel or DC Superhero comics, though. I started with a lot of Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon ...
A copy of the first Superman issue, unearthed by three brothers cleaning out their late mother's attic, netted $9.12 million this month at a Texas auction house which says it is the most expensive ...
EAST LANSING, MI — Before visiting Michigan State University’s massive comic book collection, I asked librarian Jason Larsen to set aside what he considers the five rarest or quirkiest items. Not the ...