Leiter, Marcia. Collecting Comic Books.
Boston: Little, Brown , 1983. 162pp. ISBN 0-316-52030-6 (paper).
Preface... ix
Acknowledgments... xiii
Chapter
One: START COLLECTING... 3
How to Collect - What to Collect - How to Shop - Where to
Get Comics
Chapter
Two: CONDITION AND GRADING... 26
Determining Condition - Defects - The Grading System -
Determining Market Price - Investment - Insurance
Chapter
Three: STORAGE AND PRESERVATION... 48
The Enemies of Comic Books - Where to Store Your Comics -
Indexing - Handling - Preparing Comics for Storage - Comic-Book
Restoration - How to Repair a Comic
Chaper
Four: THE STORY OF THE COMIC BOOK IN AMERICA... 69
The First Comic Books - The Golden Age of Comic Books - The
Silver Age of Comic Books - Comics Fandom
Chapter
Five: RELATED COLLECTIBLES... 81
Newspaper Comic Strips - Pulps - Big Little Books -
Underground Comic Books - Original Comic Art - Magazines
Chapter
Six: SELLING YOUR COLLECTION... 97
Take Inventory - Selling Part of a Collection - Selling an
Entire Collection - Consignment - Becoming a Dealer Yourself
Afterword... 105
Appendix
A: SELECTIVE SHOPPING GUIDE... 107
Adzines and Fanzines - Price Guides and Directories - Clubs
- Conventions - Dealers - Supplies of Storage and Preservation
Materials - Sources of Original Comic Art - Comic-Book Distributors -
Comic-Book Publishers
Appendix
B: CURRENT MARKET VALUES OF SELECTED POPULAR TITLES... 133
Overground Comics and Magazines - Underground Comix
Glossary... 149
Index... 153