The 1st Appearance of Wolverine!

Welcome back to Consigned, Cool, & Collected! Each week, Back to the Past chronicles the stories behind the nifty stuff that passes through our doors. Today’s installment concludes a series we’ve been running on the gorgeous CGC graded comics coming to auction May 19-21! This particular specimen will be part of our in-person grand finale…

The Value of Variant Covers

Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Each week, Back to the Past gives you insight into the world of collectibles sales using our thirty-plus years of experience. This week, we’re sticking with comic books and looking at the effect variant covers have on value. That includes successive printings, retailer exclusives, and A/B covers. The Early Days…

Avengers #8 1st Kang The Conqueror

What is the Silver Age of Comics?

Welcome back to Hammer Drops! Each week, Back to the Past shares its wealth of collectibles knowledge with you, the collectible-sales-do-it-yourselfer. This week, we’re continuing our series on defining our descriptive terms and defining the Silver Age of comics. We pick up where we left off last week, in the mid-1950s… Barry Allen Ushers In…