The secondary comic market regularly ebbs and flows as book sales go through moderate changes, and occasionally see big jumps (or falls) in value. Overstreet Access tracks these changes through diligent research into the market and via assessment of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide marketing reports. Those changes are routinely updated on OverstreetAccess.com’s Recent Value Changes page, which can be viewed with a membership to the website.

Charles Schulz introduced the world to the Peanuts gang in seven nationwide newspapers on October 2, 1950. This seemingly simple four-panel creation would go on to become a cultural phenomenon and is among the most popular and influential in comic strip history. The strip centers primarily around Charlie Brown, his sister Sally, best friend Linus, frenemy Lucy, and pets Snoopy and Woodstock. Schroeder, Pigpen, Franklin, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie are some of Charlie’s other friends who appeared in the strip.

At its height, Peanuts was published daily in 2,600 papers in 75 countries, translated in 21 languages, with a readership of around 355 million. Schulz drew 17,897 Peanuts strips in a span of five decades.

It didn’t take long for the popular comic strip to be adapted in other mediums. United Features published the first Peanuts comic book in January 1954. Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy van Pelt, and Linus van Pelt starred in the one-shot. Schulz illustrated the cover, and co-wrote stories and produced art for the book.

Overstreet Pricing Editor Yolanda Ramirez recently did a valuation update on Peanuts #1, and repriced a Near Mint-/9.2 copy at $30,000. That represents 20% in growth and a $5,000 increase. The value has risen across all grades. A Near Mint/9.4 is now valued at $60,000, and a Near Mint-Mint/9.8 is up to $240,000.

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