by Ian Wells Last weekend through a contact I made via an eBay purchase I was sent a PDF of the first edition of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide from 1970. I felt it was my duty to put it under the microscope. In doing so I took some inspiration from Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg on their excellent Youtube series Cartoonist Kayfabe. What follows is a less cool, written version of what they do when they look at old Wizard magazines. Unfortunately when I opened up the file it wasn’t a complete scan. The articles proceeding the price guide section were all left out. I did find however there was still plenty of content to dig into, especially regarding the people behind this first edition. My research also took me on a discovery. I found out that last year a facsimile edition of the first ever Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide was released to commemorate its 50th birthday. Tempting as it was to buy a copy I really wanted to get rolling with my commentary of that milestone first issue.