How does ComicBase price comics of low value?
Even though many comics can be found in quarter, dollar, or 1/2 price clearance boxes, ComicBase tends to use cover price as the basic price for low-value comics. The reason is that clearance boxes represent comics as an interchangeable, “bulk” commodity, whereas ComicBase s price represents what you would pay if you were looking for a specific comic. With few exceptions, retailers demand at least cover price for comics that they re willing to bag, board, and organize as regular stock (as opposed a comic which “might be in one of those boxes over there.”). For a comic to be listed below its original cover price, it must be in such extraordinarily low demand that it would be hard to sell–even to a relatively interested buyer–at its cover price.
