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Outside of my coverless NG, this is the closest I'm going to get to a copy of AF#15...thanks to fellow boardie Ryan Heshka.

Yes brotha, I got it......my post was a joke. Omega the UNKNOWN.... so I didn't know who he was (cause he was unknown)...GET IT? Now that I've eliminated all the humor by explaining it...carry on.

Gen 13 1/2 is also a great book. Incredibly tough to find in 9.8, because of the spine. Gen 13 is a great property, and if they ever do anything with it, the sky's the limit. Sure, there were a bazillion blacks printed, but...how many have been thrown out? Probably more than a dozen. The gold black is...well...gold. The only real problem is storage. I agree with Gen 13 - it is a property waiting to resurface....... Can you really get away with scantilly clad, anotomically incorrect drek these days? In the 90's that was all the rage. Seems like the only successful books are the ones with great writing these days. They're going to have to do a major overhaul to Gen13 if they want to sniff Issue #30...

That's why there are two 1st appearances in the book, not just one. True. If it's hot because of Jason Todd, then I can see that. If it's hot because of Croc, then this is the wrong book...

You want a tip...? Buy Detective #311s. Wait for some sort of "announcement." At worst, you'll have a few extra Detective #311s lying around. And a few 100 dollars lighter. FF #45 FF #36 FF #46 FF #52 Strange Tales #126 Hulk #271 Marvel Preview #7 Marvel Super Heroes #18 New Teen Titans #2 Preacher #1 Sandman #1 DC Comics Presents #49 Batman #417 Micronauts #8 The list goes on of books that had little relative value 2-3-4-5 years ago. This is strange, new territory we're in, but it's also very familiar territory. Everyone's rushing to get the next hot thing. The key to making "money" in comics is to resist the temptation to follow the crowd, to run out and spend money on the next hot thing, and buy what everyone else is not. At the prices that Tec #311 is selling for, you have essentially nothing to lose. It's not like it's a book that is going to plummet to $1 for NM copies after you've spent those hundreds of dollars. You're not likely to see a loss if you HAVE to sell, which is a wonderful aspect of many collectibles. Don't like Tec #311? How about Tec #400? Green Lantern #59? Spidey #101? DC Comics Presents #87? Flash #112? Justice League #1 (1987)? Showcase #79? (Showcase is littered with potential, actually.) Blue Beetle #1? Booster Gold #1? All books that were fairly "hot" at one point, but have settled back down to low levels relative to the non-keys around them. If Legends #3 can "hit"...this crazy market can do anything. Sure, you don't know what will hit, and when...but picking books that were "once hot, now not" is a lot easier than trying to guess what the next Batman Adventures #12 is going to be (if there ever will be another one like that.) You are off by 100 issues with the Tec #311 play. The smart money was accumulating Tec #411 over the past few years before the big jump. Right now is a good time to still be snapping up Tec #405 (tough in high grade and undervalued - 1st League of Assassins) or Batman #232 instead (this one keeps moving up). Buy all of them. Although, I wouldn't be buying Bats #232. But the rest...yes. At the prices they are at? Yes. Snap away. Bats #232 at a discount to GPA is a good buy long term IMHO. That book sells fast at shows, is requested all the time, and is still undervalued even after the gap up over the past year. It was a great buy at its prices 2-3 years from now and will continue to move up. I am not as certain about the future for books like Tec #400. It was higher in the past due to perceived scarcity in high grade. As more copies have come onto the market in 9.0+ the prices have dropped as they should. The Man-Bat is a nothing character as well, which hurts it in the 1st appearance category. Another book to keep accumulating while it is still readily available at low prices is Batman #357. I still can't believe how low some dealers price it at relative to what slabbed copies are going for. I am also wondering if the 1st Nocturna won't jump up at some point as well. That was a decent story arc. Quite possibly the worst "1st appearance" in all of funny books...some guy in a trenchcoat in 3 panels...

Just got this beaut in. Love this book! "1st comic book appearance of Mario & Donkey Kong"!!! Agreed, but this is still a sweet book. The story is 6-pages. There are actually 2 of these slabbed right now...a 9.8 and a 9.4 copy. Not sure what the label says..."1st comic appearance of Mario and Donkey Kong"...sound about right?? I'm going to get one of these and have is slabbed! Sweet Here's the whole 6-page story

Got some cool books in recently…and my 3rd Heshka painting! And my beautiful Heshka!

Aren't they all?

Any best artist list without Dave Stevens, Wally Wood or Mark Schultz is a failed list...

A CGC 8.0 is up to $1,225 with 9 bids and 2 days left... http://www.ebay.com/itm/281483899000?afsrc=1

Wow, that's a beautiful 4.5!

I just sold my 9.6 for $800 on eBay...

You agree that is crazy? if a graded version of the similar grade is selling around that price or a tad higher, what price do you think a raw copy should be? Doesn't seem like a good investment for a raw copy at this moment but what if the buyer expect the price to appreciate over time then the price is justifiable. Respectable sellers here use price guide to sell their raw copy at a little discount but comparable to graded version, I don't see anything wrong with the crazy raw price for these MM. I am neither buyer or seller of book in question. Smart sellers use internet sales. The 'price guides' are carp and are out of date and under market as soon as they are sent to the printer...if they are updated at all. If people are willing to pay $230 for a E-bay NM raw copy of a book that lists for probably $9 in Overstreet, more power to the sellers getting those figures. I don't see anything wrong with these prices other than the fact that I think they're too high given the relative abundance of the books in question...but what do I know, they may very well stick for the next decade...

You agree that is crazy? Absolutely...all of the prices on the Carol Danvers/Ms Marvel books this week are just plain nuts.

Well, it's not a Greggy or BronzeBruce sub, but I got these beauts back yesterday. Running low on SA books to slab...many of these were purchased at Comicpalooza for what I felt was a steal. The FF#52 was $20!

Another ticket for me arrived yesterday. I picked up this bad boy for $20 at Comicpalooza. This one should make one of my fellow collectors happy soon.

It's not. If you're going to convince me that this is somehow not true, you're going to need more than ambiguous editorial text. You don't need to be convinced...DC agrees, 50 years of history agrees, and the market agrees. Convincing anyone else is a moot point. Then why does this thread exist? Great question...

It's not. If you're going to convince me that this is somehow not true, you're going to need more than ambiguous editorial text. You don't need to be convinced...DC agrees, 50 years of history agrees, and the market agrees. Convincing anyone else is a moot point.

Very nice book!

That's exactly the same reaction I had. I'm thinking it's a 1K comic before long with the Cyborg solo flick and all the JL related(s) in the works. If Harley Quinn and Deadpool can do it, why not DCP#26? I tend to agree. Once Cyborg shows up in a teaser trailer, CGC 9.8s will shoot in to the 4-digits... Smaller following. Deadpool and Harley have a larger fan base. True...for now. The kids that are watching Teen Titans Go, and all the other cartoons he is appearing in, will be teenagers when the Cyborg movie finally hits. DC is creating a following and if DC is going to make him a marquee character in their gallery, then I think this will be a $1,000 book in the next few years.

That's exactly the same reaction I had. I'm thinking it's a 1K comic before long with the Cyborg solo flick and all the JL related(s) in the works. If Harley Quinn and Deadpool can do it, why not DCP#26? I tend to agree. Once Cyborg shows up in a teaser trailer, CGC 9.8s will shoot in to the 4-digits...

I'd capitalize "Teen Titans," but otherwise I think that is accurate. I'm a generous soul, though, so I'd probably go with this for BB 60: BB60: 2nd appearance of the Teen Titans. Introduction and first appearance of the new Wonder Girl (Donna Troy), who joins the Teen Titans. First adoption of the team name "Teen Titans." Agree...I think this is accurate: BB54: Origin and 1st appearance of the Teen Titans (Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad.) BB60: 2nd appearance of the Teen Titans. Introduction and 1st appearance of the new Wonder Girl (Donna Troy), who joins the Teen Titans. First adoption of the team name "Teen Titans."