Just how old is enough can be a little nebulous, and so it can be with comic books. Anything published after 1980, says Heritage Auctions, will "have little if any value," while Anderson & Garland ...

accepting gifts like a plate of cookies and donation of old comic book issues, and sharing spirited conversation in return. At one point there was a discussion over the new movie "Nosferatu." ...

If you were to own a near-mint edition of this comic book, you'd be looking at a sizable payout for the copy through auction ...

It means the issue of Action Comics #1, which sold for 10 cents when it was released in 1938, is the world's most valuable comic book ... was "buried in a stack of old 1930s movie magazines ...