What’s my comic book worth?

It’s a simple question - but one that’s surprisingly difficult to answer.

Where do you start?

Traditional Printed Price Guides? They're outdated almost as soon as they're printed.

Online Price Guides? Where do their values come from, how often are they updated, and do they account for different grades?

Price Guides for Slabbed Comics? How much time does it take to compare the last sale date price vs various 90 and 365 day average prices for each nearby grade?

Scouring the Internet for Real Sales? Time-consuming and tedious.

There must be a better way.

Well, now there is.

We're thrilled to introduce the HipValue Price Guide, part of HipComic's My Collection: Comic Scanner app and online resource. It's 100% free - for all features and prices:

https://www.hipcomic.com/my/catalog/us/marvel/comic/the-amazing-spider-man-1963/300/

How Does It Work?

Real-Time Market IntegrationEvery time a comic book is sold online, whether on HipComic, or other major marketplaces and auction houses, our system instantly captures the sale and updates our price guide. This real-time integration ensures that you're always equipped with the latest market insights, reflecting the true demand and value of each comic.

Proprietary Image Recognition and AI Technology

Our proprietary image recognition and AI technology is a first in the industry. Capable of handling both raw and slabbed comics, our system can analyze marketplace data and images to identify specific issues and variants. It recognizes subtle differences between editions - like a newsstand vs. direct edition - and reprints.

Advanced Algorithms Ensuring Logical Pricing

We've developed sophisticated algorithms that ensure logical and fair pricing across all conditions and grades. The comic book market is nuanced, and prices can vary dramatically between grades. For instance, if multiple sales occur at an 8.0 grade, our system intelligently adjusts the pricing curve so that an 8.5 grade isn't undervalued—even if recent sales data for that grade is scarce. This prevents pricing anomalies and maintains a coherent value progression across all grades.

Why This Matters for Collectors and Sellers

For collectors, this means you can accurately assess the value of your collection without second-guessing outdated guides or incomplete data. For sellers, you can price your comics competitively, ensuring quick sales while maximizing returns. The HipValue Price Guide eliminates the guesswork, providing a reliable foundation for all your comic book transactions.

Setting a New Standard in the Industry

There's truly nothing else like it. By blending state-of-the-art technology with comprehensive market data and expert knowledge, we've created a tool that not only reflects current values but also understands the intricacies of the comic book market. This is more than a price guide—it's an intelligent system that evolves with the market, just like the comics we all love.

How Well Does It Work?

We're thrilled to introduce the HipValue Price Guide to you today, and we want to be transparent about its current capabilities. We've achieved near perfect accurate pricing for over 98% of the top 10,000 most popular comics, which is a significant step toward our goal of providing the most reliable comic book valuations for all comic books. However, we recognize that there are cases where the pricing may be significantly off, particularly outside this top tier. Factors like misidentified comics, inconsistent data from various platforms, or unusual sales can affect accuracy. We're actively working to address these challenges and are committed to refining our system over the next couple of months to ensure near 100% accuracy. We believe in the potential of this groundbreaking tool and wanted to get it into your hands now, even as we continue to perfect it. Your early access allows us to gather valuable feedback and make improvements more effectively. Exciting enhancements are on the way!

How Can You Help?

If you spot any prices that seem off or have concerns about specific comics which are in the top 10,000, we'd greatly appreciate your input. Please let us know in our dedicated Discord channel: #datacorrections. To check if a comic is among our top 10,000, look at the number of actual sales powering its pricing data in the HipValue Price Guide. If the number is above 35, it's part of this group and benefits from our advanced pricing algorithms. If there's no sales number listed, the price is based on our older model and may not be as accurate yet.

What’s Next?

By sharing this early version with you, we're taking a collaborative approach to build the most accurate and comprehensive comic book price guide together. Thank you for joining us on this exciting journey!

- Mark Rosenberg
Comic Book Collector
CEO & Founder | HipComic