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Loooooooooooooooong overdue for this book to increase in value. This book has been way too undervalued for decades. The movie hype has brought it to where it should have been years ago. I agree, and am a huge fan of the book, but $282 for a coverless? I bought a 5.0 a couple years ago for $500 and I think I bought a coverless a couple years ago for $40. It's hard to wrap my brain around these new prices. I hear ya. Try wrapping your mind around a Walking Dead #1 going for $2,000+...

Loooooooooooooooong overdue for this book to increase in value. This book has been way too undervalued for decades. The movie hype has brought it to where it should have been years ago.

Very cool Mike! It's that the "1st appearance" of WILDCATS?

BIG kudos to Aaron! Bought a high grade, high dollar book and it delivered! No worries dealing with this chap!!

Just got these beauties in… Thanks to bounty_coder for the 9.4...

Just got these beauties in… Thanks to bounty_coder for the 9.4...

Yes…if people consider Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #134 the 1st appearance of Darkseid, then this is certainly a very notable and robust appearance of Harley!

I freaking love that book! If you haven't done so already, go read the Annihilation series. Awesome

Dime press #4 SDCC #2 Next Men #21 Seed of Destruction #1 and #2

I didn't think the post credits scene was worth the wait...maybe i missed something...?!?

Yessir, I'm that !@#$!. Check out the others here... HESHKA ART Can't wait to get #3.

Someone else recently commissioned his 3rd Heshka...

a Coverless with a loose first wrap just sold on eBay the other day for $1450. That copy was raw I believe. Amazing

yeh, some of these are cross posted.

This month in my collection… FOR MY SET

Got this trek in from Sarasota today…

Saw it tonight. AWESOME

Just got the results from my membership coupon. I didn't have alot of higher dollar raw books to send in, so I sent some of my favorites in... Thor #165 Universal 8.0 OFF-WHITE - 1st full appearance of Him (Warlock). Thor #165 Universal 8.0 WHITE - 1st full appearance of Him (Warlock). Batman #181 Universal 8.0 OFF-WHITE TO WHITE - 1st appearance of Poison Ivy Hawkman #4 Universal 6.0 OFF-WHITE TO WHITE - Origin and 1st appearance of Zatanna.

Over-quoting is my own personal version of social network over-sharing. It makes a lot of people angry and uncomfortable but I do it nevertheless...

That would make you a rather virtuous and unique human being! Assuming, of course, that there's a difference between the truth and what the market has decided (market trends.) More on this in a bit. I'm not quite sure where to even go with this. Are you seriously suggesting that ads and previews are considered actual first appearances by the market, and that story appearances are (in general) disregarded if the character appeared in an ad or preview first...? (That is, my "belief" vs. what you have stated is "true.") Before we go on, let's correct a misunderstanding: *Cameos* are first appearances if (and this is the crucial point) they appear within the context of a story. That's what a cameo is: a short appearance in a story. If it's a head shot, like the ad in Action #12, it's not a "cameo"...it's an ad. Let's discuss your separation of "the truth" and "market trends." There is no separation. We're not talking about facts, here. We're talking about opinion. And what the market decides where opinion is concerned is true, by definition, precisely because it's opinion and not fact. Fact: Batman's face first appeared in an ad in Action #12 (assuming the book appeared before Tec #27, there's still some debate about that, but that's not relevant here.) Fact: Batman's first appearance in a story is Detective Comics #27. These are facts, and they are indisputable. Opinion: The first actual, real, genuine appearance of Batman is in Detective Comics #27. This is borne out by the values of the books in question. The market decides what the values of the books are (not any one person, or even group of people), and it has resoundingly determined that there's no question: Tec #27 wins, and has won, for 75 years. It is the opinion of the market that Tec #27 is the actual, real, genuine first appearance of Bats, and this is demonstrated by the facts that it is a $1,000,000+ book in top grades, that it gets, and has gotten, all the press as the first appearance, that DC considers it the first appearance (as demonstrated by Detective Comics #526, 627, etc.), while Action #12, if mentioned at all in the context of Bats, is merely a footnote (this may seem like an intuitively obvious "duh" to many, but it bears explaining for the illustration.) In the entire 75 year history of the Batman, no one has ever made a serious case for Action #12 even being a first appearance, not even a cameo, and the book has no additional value for it having the ad for Batman. It's just a curiosity, and the market has treated it as such. The market is an entity that is composed of all the people who participate in it. In that respect, it cannot be controlled, except at the fringes, and though it can be manipulated and influenced, it is ultimately the market which determines what is, and what is not, in terms of how things are classified within that market. And while there may be a premium for Malibu Sun #13 over Malibu Sun #12 or #14, the market does not call it "the first appearance of Spawn." I understand that it's not very sexy these days to have a character first appear in his or her own first issue, but the fact remains that Spawn #1 is the first appearance of Spawn, and not Malibu Sun #13 or Previews, or any of the other advertising that was done before Spawn #1 came out. Even less with Dime Press #4, because it's not an English language book. Because of the odd appearance circumstances surrounding Hellboy, the argument can be made, but this is not an example of "the opposite being true." It's an exception that makes the rule. The point, then, is that what the market decides is true is what is true, in the realm of opinion. This has always been true, and always will be true, by nature. While there will always be outliers and quirks that seem to shake things up, the truth is, Walking Dead #1 is considered the first appearance of Kirkman's the Walking Dead (and Rick Grimes, etc.), and not Agents #6, Capes #1, Previews, et al...because the value is concentrated on Walking Dead #1. A Walking Dead #1 in CGC 9.8 is worth $2,000 or so, with 680 9.8 copies of various flavors on the census, while Agents #6 (which likely has a lower print run than WD #1) is worth in the realm of $250-$300, with only 20 9.8s on the census. Could there be a time that ads and previews take precedence over story apperances? Of course! That's why I said "and I hope it always will" at the end of my last post...because it CAN change, and what would be true if that were the case is that the market has decided that ads and previews are more important...and Capes #1, Agents #6, and even Previews (Diamond's catalog) will be worth more than Walking Dead #1, assuming all other conditions are equal (grade, extant copies, etc.) That time has not arrived....yet....and again...I hope it never will. Ok it took me a while but.... Again I am disregarding market trends for many reasons. Agendas of sellers here and everywhere aside, Ebay and other selling venues cannot be trusted when it comes to documenting comic history because the market is compromised on an every day basis. I can go on Ebay and list Captain America Vol. 5 #6 as The Winter Soldier's first appearance while some other guy lists Issue 1 as his first appearance. Are they both right? If Issue one regularly sells for more is it now considered the first appearance of the Winter Soldier because it routinely sells for more that issue 6? The answer is no. This is one reason why a marketplace with no regulation cannot be used as a barometer for chronicling the history of comics. Even Overstreet, comicvine and others cannot be trusted because they also routinely get it wrong. That leaves me with an argument I make from time time around here-first appearances should be taken literally whether sellers and dealers like it or not. So you are correct with your Batman reference. I don't care if Action 12 sells for a lot less. I don't Care is tec 27 sells for a lot more. But when it comes time to write the history of Batman, Action 12 should be listed as the first appearance and tec 27 as the first appearance of Batman in a storyline. I'm fine with issue 27 being worth more, selling for more and generally thought of as a more coveted collectible but it is still NOT the first appearance of Batman! Thank you for your informed response though. You must one of the few who have not put me on ignore!

Doom seemed to cross over to other titles a lot more, thus why I would put him at the top of the Marvel U villains list. Goblin seemed like he was trapped in ASM which limited his impact and importance on the universe.

Incredible books as usual...

Isn't GSX a Bronze Age book?!?

Sweet! 1st appearance of the boob window! Nice!!