Market report on comic books

We have all heard of collectors complaining about the hobby burst in the 90's. And we still hear about the old time collector complaining about how comic books aren't good like they were back in the days. There are many more doomsayers in the comic book collecting industry. But before I get further into comic books let me say a few things.
"Misery loves company." And when one person complains to another, the other person eats it up.
"Its easier to see the glass as half empty than half full" We are bought up in a pessimistic world. Why? simple, its much easier. And when things don't go the way we want to we simply blame the next person.
"Negativity will always overrule positivity" Its a simple human trait, most people tend to focus on what went wrong rather than what went well. The value of ten comics can go up but if one comic book drops in value the collector would rather focus on that one.
Okay back to comics, it seems that the market on comics have steadied itself. Over the years many modern comic books have gained or maintained a healthy value. The Walking Dead, Morning Glories, Thief of Thieves and some other comics have all maintained a steady market. Though sometimes we see a price drop, early issues are constantly in demand.
Next comes the movie comic book tie-ins. When the Avengers movie was announced many silver age Avengers comics got a small bump in price. When certain characters were announced in new movies, the first appearance of that character usually went up in value.
Want more examples? Batman Adventures #12, NYX #3, Vengeance of Bane #1 have all increased in value over the years. So to the people that says the comic book hobby is going down the drain, perhaps we should tell them to stick their head in the drain first.
I also want to point out. Many people that collect other things tend to think that comic books are a bad market. While its not the best, its certainly pretty healthy and when you buy comics to read and enjoy it outweighs the investment part. I also want to add, been a collector of many other things I have noticed that comic books have been outperforming many other collectibles in the secondary market.

Why do people shun oversized comics?

I often see larger oversized comics in comic stores untouched. And recently when I went to the Comic Con I've noticed that nobody gave them a second look. These magazines and sometimes treasury sized comics are often left on the side, untouched. But I for one really like them and plus they seemed so lonely just sitting there...

Usually magazines have a lot more content than comics. They also have better artwork whether is black & white or colored. And plus if they're more expensive the extra contents usually makes up for it. So ok, now you're probably thinking how do I store those huge buggers? They do make bags & boards and boxes for magazines. And if you want to they make a great display when framed.

And now we are going to talk about treasury sized comics. Some of the beginning collectors are probably thinking what is that? Well treasury comics are huge, much bigger than magazines. Think large size Life Magazines, yup they're about that size. These usually have about four different stories in them. Some of them are reprints but boy are they nicely done. You see old comics are printed on newsprint paper and over time the color fades and the paper changes color. The paper thats used in treasury comics are much better, and they make the color glow. But these are much, much harder to store. There are no boxes that will hold these and trying to find the bag & boards can be a pain. But that shouldn't stop you from at least getting one to check out.