Expert: Brian G. Philbin - 1/6/2008

Question
I would like to know how much I can get for this comicbooks, they are the spawn#1 which is in perfect conditons just as new, and also the colection up to the 20 number, also I have all the issues of the death of superman and the reign of supermen, all the issues in perfect conditions and also all the issues of knightfall again in perfect conditions and the dark night returns and the arkham asylum in good conditions, I need to sell them now and I want to know how much I can get and please also if you could tell me how to sell them, I'm not kidding I also have other comics but I think they are the most valuable so please I'll wait your answer, they are all firsts prints.

Answer
Hi, Sebastian,

Spawn has a little bit of value at the moment.  #1 in Near Mint condition is around $10 in value, according to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide.  #5 and #9 are around $6 and the other issues you have average around $3 each.

The Superman and Batman issues are some of the biggest selling DC comics of all time and, as such, don't have that much value.  Superman #75 in the polybagged edition is around $18, but everything else from that period averages around $3 each.  Batman's Knightfall is about the same #482 is around $10 and the rest average around $3 each.

Please see my website on identifying the values for your other comics, as well as grading your comics properly in order to find the appropriate value for your collection and it also has tips on determining what kind of value you can get out of the books:

www.metropolisplus.com/comicsbasics.htm

Hope that's helpful!

Pax, harmonia,

Brian G. Philbin