Tips for Selling Comic Books on Ebay: A Guide that Pays the Bills

Selling comic books is actually a lucrative field if done right. In my experience, comic books can sell for upwards of a hundred thousand dollars, or a few pennies. There is no secret to selling them. A lot of buying comic books for profit is luck and careful consideration of the comic series.

While I think just trying to make off comic books isn't very fun, it can pay off some bills if you've been collecting for years.

The top venue for selling comic books is Ebay. Ebay has revolutionized the buying and selling process of comic books. It used to be, a seller would have to go to a comic shop to sell. With Ebay that isn't the case anymore. A comic shop will likely not give you half of what the comic will actually sell for. That isn't to say getting offers from comic shops is wrong, but the real money for key comics can be had on Ebay.

As with much collector material, the older the item the better the chance it will hold value. Also, with comic everything is about the size of the print run. If you purchase an issue of X-Men or Batman that have over 100,000 copies sold, that issue will only have value to you as a reader or collector. If you buy an independent comic with a low print run - perhaps a #1 - that comic just might return your investment. Still, that doesn't mean higher print runs won't hold value. First appearances of characters and first issues of any comic will often hold there value or turn a profit. A first appearance of Wolverine (which was in a Hulk comic) in good condition will hold far more value than the next regular issue of the Hulk, no matter how old.