What is 'comic book collecting'?

What is 'comic book collecting'?

Mark Zaid (Owner of Esquire Comics) gives expert video advice on: When did comic book collecting become popular?; How do you become a comic book collector?; Should I insure my comic books? and more...

Comic book collecting is just that; the difference between collecting and reading. When you're buying a comic book back in the old days, you buy a comic, you'd read it, you'd discard it. Now you retain the comic for either your own intrinsic value or, perhaps, the value of that particular comic book from an investment standpoint, but you're collecting it, you're preserving it, you're taking proper care of it, obviously, whether you're reading it or you are holding it for investment purposes.