Foil Stamped Greed: The Comic Book Speculation Bubble

How did a beloved cultural medium built for children temporarily mutate into a hyper-speculative financial market, only to violently implode and bankrupt thousands of local retailers? The Comic Book Speculation Bubble of 1993 is a fascinating case study in manufactured scarcity and retail hubris. In the early 1990s, publishers realized they could dramatically inflate sales by convincing adult in...