Here are some interesting E-bay comic book sales for the week ending August 21, 2010:

Champion Comics Ashcan $2,261.76
X-men #1 VG (raw) $1084.68
Amazing Spider-man #1 CGC 5.0 $3,800
Amazing Spider-man #3 CGC 5.0 $541
Iron Man #2 CGC 9.8 $$759
Fantastic Four #1 Fair (raw) $935
Brave and the Bold #28 CGC 6.0 $1,630.55 (1st JLA)

Comments by Joe Johnston at Comic Con have put some Captain America fans on edge about their patriotic hero, leading these two ladies to ask if Hollywood has ruined another comic book icon!

Here at Comic Book Secrets we’ve taken a wait and see attitude, but it wouldn’t be the first time Captain America has been given less than the ideal treatment (to put it lightly). Cap is one of my favorite comic heroes, so I am hoping all will be well.

Check out the clip and you can see more over at comic book movie.

Once again, Comic Book Secrets is pleased to offer the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 40th edition. Can you you believe it’s been 40 years?

The 40th Edition of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide is available online (compatible with both Mac and PC!). This guide has been dubbed the premier reference source for casual and die-hard collectors since 1970.

Don’t miss the opportunity to get a digital copy of this industry-standard book. I think you’ll find it very useful. You can get it all on your computer with just the click of a mouse. If you have a comic book collection or are thinking about starting one, you simply can’t do without this book! To order your copy, please follow the link below:

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Here’s some video taken on the Thor movie set. Enjoy!

Thor movie comic book picks will be coming soon!

Do you want to know if your comic book is worth some real money?

Maybe you’ve acquired a book from a relative, found a comic in an attic, flea market, estate sale, garage sale or while cleaning out the house? Is there a quick way to decide whether it is valuable or not?

While no list is exhaustive, in this article I’ll give you some things to look for that may point to some real comic book treasure!

Here’s the list:

First Issues – this is the most common characteristic most people look for. “Hey, it’s a number 1!” The older the comic book, the more this holds true. If you have a comic from the 1940’s to the 1970’s, there is a fairly good chance it is worth something

First Appearances or Origin Issues – First Superman? Action Comics 1. First Batman? Detective Comics #27. First Spider-man? Amazing Fantasy #15. See the trend here? The first issue of a comic book is not always the first appearance of the character. You may be holding a comic that looks worthless but actually holds a lot of value! Make sure you check the price guides (as a research tool) to see if the comic book is historically important.

Big Name Artist – Big name artists also can bring in big bucks. Their first artwork and also their “runs” in specific titles can be worth more than the surrounding issues.

One subset of comic book collecting that is often overlooked is the collecting of comic book price guides themselves. The other night I was thumbing through my tattered copy of the First Edition of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide and it is a lot of fun to go “back in time” to the early days of comic book collecting.

The introduction to the price guide written by Robert Overstreet is a big departure from the state of the hobby today. In many ways it is an even more honest assessment of the accuracies and inaccuracies of the guide than you currently read. It was also fun to read his statements about how the condition of a comic book was starting to be important to pricing! The first edition (volume 1) presented prices for each issue in “Mint”,”Fine” and “Good” condition.

Want to see how far comic book values have come since 1970? Well, according to the guide you could pick up a copy of Action Comics #1 in “mint” for the low price of $300! Compare that to the Action Comics 1 sale earlier this year.

Want an X-men #1? How about $6 for a mint copy!

One side note about these old price guides. Just like old comic books, these price guides can be quite expensive and collectible themselves. Click on the link below to see some of the current going prices for the First Edition of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide. Be careful, there is a first and second printing of Vol. 1.

Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Volume 1

Adventure Comics #40 CGC 7.0 (Apparent), one of the ten most valuable comic books according to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, recently sold at Heritage Auction Galleries for $20,315. This issue features the first appearance of the Sandman.

Click Here for Adventure Comics 40 Issues For Sale

Heritage Auctions offered a copy of Action Comics #1, the famous Court Copy, on May 19, 2010. Unfortunately the copy did not sell. This copy was used as evidence against Fox Publishing and it’s Wonder Man character, claiming copyright infringement. Most notable about the copy are the evidence stamps on the cover.

It looks like Dr. Strange has been given the nod for the first comic book movie under the new Disney ownership of Marvel.

I ran across more details here. I will follow up with some comic book picks very soon. Of course, those of you who have the comic book movie course were updated on this possibility some time ago.

More to follow!

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