Comic book collecting is an enormously popular hobby, and collectors, dealers and enthusiasts alike will want the updated 11th edition of this must-have comic book price guide. The 2005 Comic Book Checklist & Price Guide contains listings and US prices for more than 115,000 comic books, with over 400 photos for easy identification. Thoroughly researched and up-to-date with information on comic books from 1961 to the present, this edition contains creator information and character data, all in a handy checklist format. A special section for auction prices is also included, together with completely updated prices and key content data on thousands of comic books published since the previous edition. The reference also contains extensive coverage on older titles, making this edition the collector's guide every comics fan needs.
Author John Jackson Miller has spent a lifetime immersed in the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. Miller is best known for his Star Wars work, including Star Wars: Knight Errant, his national bestselling novel from Del Rey, and his long-running Knights of the Old Republic comics series from Dark Horse. He's written for Dark Horse's Mass Effect comics, Marvel's Iron Man and Crimson Dynamo, and Bongo's Bart Simpson. He wrote the comics adaptation of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
Miller is also a noted comics industry historian, specializing in studying comic-book circulation as presented on his website, The Comics Chronicles (comichron.com). In 2002, his work spawned the first of four Standard Catalog of Comic Books volumes. He's also edited magazines including Comics Buyer's Guide, Comics & Games Retailer, and Scrye: The Guide to Collectible Card Games.
In games, his work includes writing for the Star Wars Role-Playing Game and reference guides including the Scrye Collectible Card Game Checklist & Price Guide.
