ComicConnect Scraper

Scrape ComicConnect.com — the online comic book auction house and marketplace behind record-setting sales of Action Comics #1, Amazing Fantasy #15 and more. Get live auction lots, buy-it-now listings, and the public sold archive with realized prices — perfect for comic price research, CGC census cross-referencing, deal hunting, and market analytics.

Features

• Keyword search across ComicConnect's browse listings (comics, original art, video games, memorabilia)
• Live auctions: starting bid, current bid, auction end time, reserve status, buyer's premium
• Buy-it-now listings: fixed "Buy Now" prices
• Sold archive: realized sale prices with sale dates — thousands of historical comps
• Grade parsing: numeric grade (0.5–10), grade label (VG+, NM, etc.), grading company (CGC / CBCS / PGX or Raw), and publisher — parsed from every listing
• Series + issue number extracted from titles
• Automatic pagination, cover image URLs, direct listing links

Input

{
    "searchQueries": ["amazing spider-man", "batman"],
    "listingStatus": "both",
    "maxListings": 40
}

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Comic titles / keywords to search
listingStatus	string	live (auctions + buy-it-now), sold (sold archive), or both
maxListings	integer	Max listings per query per status (0 = unlimited)
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional; not needed for typical runs

Output

One dataset item per listing:

{
    "itemId": "1103473",
    "title": "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-98; 2003-13) #30",
    "series": "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963-98; 2003-13)",
    "issue": "30",
    "publisher": "Marvel",
    "grade": 5.0,
    "gradeLabel": "VG/F",
    "grader": "Raw",
    "gradeRaw": "Marvel VG/F: 5.0",
    "listingType": "auction",
    "status": "live",
    "startingBid": 1,
    "currentBid": null,
    "buyNowPrice": null,
    "soldPrice": null,
    "currency": "USD",
    "noReserve": true,
    "buyersPremiumPercent": 15,
    "auctionEndsAt": "2026-08-11T05:23:17.000Z",
    "soldDate": null,
    "description": "off-white pages Steve Ditko cover/art; 1st app of the Cat Burglar",
    "image": "https://www.comicconnect.com/coverimages/gallery425/ama1-49193.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.comicconnect.com/item/1103473",
    "searchQuery": "amazing spider-man",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-07-28T18:00:00.000Z"
}

Sold-archive items instead carry soldPrice, soldDate and soldDateRaw (e.g. "Sold on Saturday, 06/27/2026 1:57 AM").

Use Cases

• Price comps: pull realized prices by title/issue/grade from the sold archive
• Deal hunting: monitor no-reserve auctions ending soon with low current bids
• Market analytics: track CGC-graded comic prices across grades over time
• Census cross-reference: combine with CGC census data to gauge scarcity vs. price
• Collection valuation: look up recent sales for books you own

Notes

• Prices are in USD. Auction hammer prices exclude the buyer's premium (buyersPremiumPercent, typically 15%).
• auctionEndsAt is computed from the site's live countdown at scrape time.
• grader: "Raw" means the book is ungraded (dealer-graded); CGC/CBCS/PGX indicate slabbed books.
• This actor scrapes only publicly visible listing data.