The humble Watcher lurking

I have this criteria

golden age a vg I am happy.

Silver age fine I am happy.

I don`t need to break the bank. Collecting comic books is more than investing.

I got stocks and bonds for investing. 

Let me read my comic books. ha ha lol.

On 6/5/2024 at 2:52 PM, wiparker824 said:

I mean yeah, we’re not going to see massive film bumps like we used to but also these 3 in particular it’s not like we’ve not seen these characters in movies before… this is Venom 3, Deadpool 3 and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine’s been in what 10 movies now? 

Hard to imagine a lot of First Appearance buyers were just on the fence about buying these books for the last 25 years watching Wolverine in film, but needed film 10 from Hugh to push them over the edge. 

Interestingly, all three are dropping in price before the movies, usually, it`s after the movies. Looking to be a great time to be a collector these next few years for bronze, copper and modern superhero  comic books.

Interesting, that we have the Deadpool and Wolverine movie coming out plus the new Venom movie, yet Hulk #181, New Mutants #98, and ASM #300 all continue to drop in prices. Is movie hype finally over? 

On 6/2/2024 at 10:53 PM, DC# said:

Here is a sample of the June Comic Link Featured Auction - Session 1 and first half of Session 2.   If I get around to rest of Session 2 I will add it here later.    Definitely a mix of really strong results (some actual crazy results) and some surprising soft sales.     Last vs 90 and Last vs 12 is starting to look a lot better across a lot of books.   

 

One comic book that stood out for me that went for a low price was The Walking Dead #1 CGC 9.8 for $1900. I can`t remember the last time Walking Dead #1 CGC 9.8 went for under $2000? 

Wow! I just watched it again. Not only is this the best Godzilla movie ever made it`s one of the best movies ever made. For people not in the know we will find this is a different kind of Godzilla movie. Highly recommend. 

Comcast On Demand has it for rental for $5.99 up today.

On 5/22/2024 at 12:56 PM, Hepcat said:

Uncle Creepy!

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Uncles we say. We all love Uncle Creepy, but Uncle Fester from the Addams Family wants to chime in. HA HA.

On 5/22/2024 at 11:50 AM, Hepcat said:

Only pikers and dilettantes content themselves with a #1 issue. Hardcore Sabrina fans are out to get the entire run!

Sabrina and Vampirella. The best.

On 4/21/2024 at 9:57 AM, Chicago Boy said:

Looked it up 8440 Sunset Blvd was a glamorous hotel.

Davey Jones was living like a king.  Not too bad for a 22 year old at the time.  

On 5/21/2024 at 8:22 PM, archiecomicscollector said:

Adding one of my favorites…Sabrina The Teen-Age Witch

….. but as she doesn’t appear on the cover of Archie’s Mad House #22, I’ve included her first cover appearance and first stand-alone issue.

I had Sabrina #1. I should have never sold it. 

On 5/17/2024 at 10:09 PM, grendelbo said:

Want some candy? 

 

Love that cover. One of my favorite characters of all-time. Now he is owned by Marvel via Disney. Would love to see Predator vs. Wolverine match! 

On 5/21/2024 at 11:21 PM, kimik said:

First Class was a fantastic reboot.

I so wish they gave us multiple sequels of that. To me, that was one of the best X-MEN movies.

On 3/11/2024 at 12:05 PM, Hepcat said:

In other words the sports cards for which you'd most like to provide a forever home in your collection.

Really for baseball only this one. It`s on my bucket list. Jackie Robinson rookie card.

On 5/20/2024 at 6:06 PM, FoggyNelson said:

I never saw son of Frankenstein yet , maybe some day

The funny thing was I had insomnia(too much coffee) last night and caught it on the Pluto TV app. It was pretty good.  Basil Rathbone of Sherlock Holmes fame was in it. 

On 5/19/2024 at 1:10 PM, Zonker said:

And as noted above, these are 1970 dollars, not 2024 inflated dollars.

To put into the 1970`s perspective this was minimum wage in 1970.

1970

So buying those hot artists and number 1s at 10 to 20 cents a piece and then selling them to the back market for a dollar to two dollars a piece was a great deal back then. Those comic book dealers in the know were cleaning up. 

On 5/18/2024 at 1:14 PM, Bosco685 said:

 

If this is based on the Steve Ditko Spider-Man it could be awesome.

This is the best show on Disney+ now.

On 5/11/2024 at 1:37 AM, thehumantorch said:

To be fair, as much as I don't love his art I have to acknowledge that his art to a significant degree defines 1990s art.  Despite his lack of technical ability he still brought something to the art form, helped sell millions of comics and attracted a lot of fans.

Agreed. He always has he is the creator of Deadpool. He is set for life at age 55.plus he has one of the best comic podcasts going now. Always at least an hour dive, not one of those cheap 10 minute quicky Youtube videos. 

On 5/8/2024 at 9:43 PM, MattrixAlien said:

Thoughts?

They are both the same, but sports cards have new hot multiple rookie card keys every year, while in comics not much since The Walking Dead #1 came out over 20 years ago. With sports cards that get more multiple hot rookie cards in 1 year or 2 years than comic books get hot keys in twenty years. 

On 5/14/2024 at 9:34 PM, shadroch said:

From the late '60s through my high school days, a magazine called Children's Digest reprinted Tin Tin stories, often with thirty pages or more per issue. The magazine's circulation was over 700,000.   I guess it was the best-selling comic magazine in the country. I wonder how many comic shops carried it

Mad Magazine might have bet it in sales, but it`s all about what they considered comic books back then? I guess Mad Magazine meant magazine and not comic book back then? That Children`s Digest I did hear with Tin Tin was good because my older cousins male and female said try it out and they had a subscription to it.

On 5/14/2024 at 9:24 PM, Jayman said:

I’m sure my father saw Dracula too, but I guess the Frankenstein movie was more memorable to him.

I did find this tidbit on Wikipedia though:

wikipedia notes: When the film finally premiered at the Roxy Theatre in New York on Feb. 12, 1931, newspapers reported that members of the audiences fainted in shock at the horror on screen.

I guess pre-code horror movies. Frankenstein, Dracula, Mummy, King Kong, heck even Tarzan. So before pre-code horror comics. Movies got hit first.

good long info here. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Code_Hollywood

@Jayman

They say that Bela Lugosi had a similar opening in Dracula 1931, but I can`t find it anywhere?

On 5/14/2024 at 8:48 PM, Jayman said:

My father, long since passed, was born in 1922. He told me once that he saw Frankenstein in the theater when it was originally released. He remembered the scene where the monster walked out and you get to see him for the first time, people were literally screaming and covering their eyes! He did too. Modern society has become very jaded as to what we deem scary anymore.

On 2/14/2024 at 10:59 PM, conan09279 said:

If you haven’t seen it before, check out Targets. Karloff tells a story in the middle of the movie that is mesmerizing. Great flick.

The late Roger Corman was involved in this one. Very good one.

On 5/14/2024 at 2:17 PM, piper said:

Anyone up to put together a Top 5 or 10 Horror Actor list?

For me Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, and Vincent Price have to be on it.  What mainstream modern actors should be on the list?

I am ready when you are ready.  ps. Let`s do top 10.