Bryan Neely
Founder and CEO
Bryan's interest in comics began at the age of 11 when he met his best friend and fellow comic book fanatic Tim Beck in middle school. Instead of spending their lunch money they would save it and visit their local comic shop where they would buy whatever comic books their meager funds could buy. Over the years Bryan's interest for comics grew as did his longstanding friendship with Tim. Tim tragically passed away in 1994 from leukemia leaving behind his three year old daughter.
Bryan attended college at Ball State University and graduated in 1997 with a degree in Telecommunications with a minor in English. In 1995 he began working in the telecommunications department at Ball State University in Indianapolis, where he discovered he had a natural talent for original ideas in computer programming. The school took notice and immediately hired him to design several well received websites for the university. During this time Bryan launched a website named Marvel World that featured data and related information exclusively focused on Marvel comic books. The website was started and continues to be Bryan's tribute to the memory of his best friend and comic aficionado Tim Beck.
Since the initial launch of Marvel World in 1995, the site has grown and was later renamed ComicsPriceGuide.com. The website features hundreds of publishers and thousands of individual comic book titles. It has integrated a wide variety of new and upcoming technology since being founded and was honored by Apple, Inc. as their featured web application of the day on the Apple website for the industry breakthrough iPhone on February 25, 2008.
Though Bryan works non-stop on ComicsPriceGuide.com he is still an avid collector of comic books, with a love for reading and collecting all ages and genres. However, the center of his comic book collection focuses mainly on Silver Age superhero titles and Dell photo covers.
Bryan can be contacted via email at: bryan@comicspriceguide.com
President
Tom Gordon III
President
From an early age, Tom has been surrounded by collectors. As a fifth generation collector in his family, his interests and knowledge are something he notes as being a genetic trait. He has been attending various flea markets, antique, comic, and toy shows over the past twenty years throughout the country. A truly passionate collector and historian, Tom has a life-long interest in comics and character memorabilia. While he is known for his knowledge in the field of comics, his expertise comprises a wide variety of collecting areas including numismatics, political Americana, civil war memorabilia, antique advertising, and general Americana.
Tom has been featured in a variety of interviews on the subject of comics. He was featured in Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine in April 1993. In 2006 he was an industry expert on VOOM HD network's television program Treasure Seekers, which spotlighted San Diego Comic Con International. He has also been a panelist at comic conventions.
In 1997 Tom founded Monumental Collectibles, which specialized in vintage comic book and character memorabilia. He has bought and sold rare comics from a variety of pedigree comic collections including the Edgar Church/Mile High, Pennsylvania, Okajima, Western Penn, and Gaines File copies. He is known for having a sharp eye for detail regarding comic grading. He has also spent time tracking many of the changes in the hobby and observing the collectibles marketplace. In 2000 he became a major supporter of CGC the only independent third party comic book grading and certification company. He believed, correctly, that CGC would create a more level hobby and allow entrance to new collectors.
In 2003, he joined Geppi's Entertainment Publishing & Auctions through Gemstone Publishing as Managing Editor where he assisted with a wide variety of publications including The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys, Official Price Guide to Disney Toys, Scoop, and various other projects. He was also involved in the collecting, compiling, and documenting of pricing data relating to comic books, rare toys, and character collectibles.
Tom's ability for locating unknown and non-cataloged collectibles has allowed him to assist and contribute to various publications. He is an advisor and contributor to The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys, and many other numerous industry publications. Tom is also a contributor/writer to The Political Bandwagon, an industry publication relating to political Americana.
His freelance writing was featured in the spring 2008 issue of Heritage Magazine when he authored an article on another one of his passions, historical Lincoln memorabilia and the history surrounding the Lincoln assassination.
In June of 2008, he joined ComicsPriceGuide.com and was named President of the company. He joined to assist in the continued development of an online comic book price guide which would have greater interaction and distribution of pricing data for the hobby.
Not only He is an avid collector, including pre-Golden Age comics to modern comics, radio premiums, coins, art, political memorabilia, Lincoln memorabilia, and historical Americana. He is widely respected and has formed lifelong friendships with many of the hobbies best and brightest.
Tom can be contacted via email at: tom@comicspriceguide.com
