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On 1/19/2022 at 8:04 PM, William-James88 said:

Sorry, I meant Sub Mariner 1. You can get a really nice copy for 1000.

 

Do you really see any way possible he can gain popularity? I don't know of anyone both 30 years ago and now that care much about Namor or Aquaman...They're just, lame.

On 1/19/2022 at 5:54 PM, William-James88 said:

while not marvel, the best book for exactly what you describe is Ninja Turtles 1.

By the way, you can get a pretty decent Namor #1 for $1000, if you like the character. And it's Silver Age.

I don't feel great about Nova 1, that book is so damn plentiful, I don't see it panning out over decades.

Hell, the one Marvel character that has the most potential for the next decades is Miles Morales. You can get a good copy of Ultimate Fallour 4 for $1000. And while plentiful, I think it's more scarce than most bronze age Marvel.

This is good advice. I didn't know that about the Nova 1, just have heard all the hype about him and everyone saying HOT HOT HOT HOT. I just looked up the TMNT 1 and boy is it already sky high! I don't think $1,000 would go far there. And I thought Namor 1 was a 1990 book?

On 1/19/2022 at 5:49 PM, shadroch said:

What is it that you think a one time $1,000 investment is going to do for you?

Get me started...And get me more than $999 would get me but less than $1,001 would. 

On 1/19/2022 at 5:35 PM, skyline23 said:

If your goal is to make money then I think my pick would be Tomb of Dracula 10. I think there already has been a steady  run up in price since the Blade movie was announced, but I would bet for it to pop more once he is actually seen on screen in a trailer or in a cameo in another show (maybe Moon Knight?).

I don't want to flip. I'm wanting a solid book (the best option) to hold onto for decades 

Thanks but I want to stick to strictly Marvel as that is really the only interest I have in comics. 

How do you guys feel about Nova 1? 

On 1/19/2022 at 3:36 PM, Wolverinex said:

X-men 94 since GSX1 and Hulk 181 are probably too expensive.  

That's a good one! Always liked that book.

Hulk 181 is my grail though, sadly I think I missed the boat on that one and it just keeps sailing further away

Well I'm really playing catch up. Hate how late I am to the party but it is what it is. If you knowing what you know now had $1,000 to put into any bronze aged CGC book, where are you putting it and why? Figure this might get me on the right track.

I was going to think silver age but I don't think $1,000 would go too far there. 

On 1/19/2022 at 3:11 PM, MAR1979 said:

I believe there is a past history. The odd thing is I agree with both their points simultaneously.

Ok, the fact that we are arguing over comic books being bronze, copper, pewter, or aluminum is equally as goofy. 

Maybe I'm really the ignorant one here and don't know better but WHO CARES?

Selling an Amazing Spiderman 252 CGC 9.8 as a copper age or a vibranium age doesn't change the fact that it is a Amazing Spiderman 252 CGC graded at a 9.8

Again...Maybe I'm the ignorant one here but I cannot believe that regardless what chip falls that it is worth insulting another person and taking the time and energy to beat away at a keyboard angrily because you don't agree with another adult over a cheap magazine that was created to bring children happiness. This is a new one for me...I figured joining this board would be nothing but sweet nostalgia and everyone talking about better days while we bask in our sunsets. But here we are... 

Can a moderator please close my thread? 

Guys, guys...How in the world are you adults that are arguing with each other on a message forum based around comic book collecting?

How? 

On 1/19/2022 at 12:55 PM, valiantman said:

The CGC Census has increased 19% in just 90 days.  http://www.cgcdata.com/cgc/cgc90days/

OOOOooooo that's a cool tool! Didn't know about that site. 

What I originally was pointing out I must have confused it with another tab I have open. Looking at it now it seems it has been losing a little value over the years. I must have been looking at a different titles chart while I was thinking it was this. Disregard this thread...Thanks for the above link though!

On 1/19/2022 at 12:58 PM, ygogolak said:

So you're saying you just would buy it as an investment.

Lots of other "investments" you could get for $1k.

Yes completely as an investment. Opinions on better option 9.8s for $1k?

I cared so little about him I bought this book 27 years ago just because it was a #1 and first appearance. I never even removed it from it's protective sleeve until today. I noticed what newstand editions were going for so I looked through the couple that I had and sure enough one was! Do you guys think this could be pressed out to a 9.8 grade? If not what do you guys see this rating at?

They are flooded on the market and over $200. Last month they were $72

On 1/18/2022 at 6:46 PM, William-James88 said:

CGC does not distinguish the two, they are lumped as the same comic 

Does it not seem that newstand editions are catching on more and more? I see a lot of sellers differentiating them from the normal ones (rightfully so if you want $$$) but at some point will CGC not be forced to recognize the collecting differences here? GoCollect and GPAnalysis both recognize the difference...

Also I asked a grading on my X-Men 266 and it was brought to my attention the good fortune that I had a newstand edition. So it is a thing...?

Well I'm looking at GPAnalysis and it is only showing sales history for the newstand from 2021 to 2022. The regular issue tracking goes back to 2002. Not sure why...

But anyways 19 were sold in 2021 and 1 was sold so far in 2022. Since all CGC books are serial numbered could you not just track the numbers that way to see how many exist? (At least 20 at this point) But what I'm also wondering is if I have an issue, send it in to grade it...They send it back to me graded, I'm not happy, crack it open, and send it back in. Would that register more than 1 book in CGC circulation?

So I'm looking on GPAnalysis and I see where they have the sales on the CGC 9.8 newstand but I do not see where I can find how many total copies of 9.8 newstand exist right now. Is there a way to see that?

Why doesn't Dark Phoenix get the love that Phoenix gets? Starting from scratch with my CGC collection I'm thinking Phoenix would be a good place to start. So I'm trying to figure if you were going to spend $1,000 would you go with a 9.0 X-Men 101 or would you shoot for a 9.8 of the X-Men 134? 

There's so many options and too little money! I should have started this 15 years ago! 

This thread 

On 1/18/2022 at 1:51 PM, shadroch said:

My friends and I didn't watch much television growing up. I'd watch the MMMS cartoons when it was my turn to pick a show after dinner but the only afternoon show we watched was Gigantor, and later 8th Man. I rarely watched Saturday cartoons/ monster movies unless it was raining. 

My friends older brother had a walkin closet that had thousands of comics, unbagged, in piles on the floor, on the shelves, just everywhere, with piles having been knocked over and having been stepped on.  It was a half finished attic so in the summer it was an oven and in winter you'd need a sweater.  For some reason, his parents won't let us take the comics out of the closet so we'd occasionally spend an afternoon in it reading them. One big problem was they were completely disorganized so you'd read a book and you might spend hours looking for the next issue. The brother didn't live in the house, and I never met him but one day his parents offered to sell me eveything for $2500.   I didn't have $25 dollars at the time.  

I don't know why but that reminds me of the time in elementary school when I was hanging out with my friends and one of their older brothers that was in middle school had a plastic mechanical pencil. To that point none of us even knew anything other than a #2 existed. He clicked a stick out about 4" and then held down the clicker as he pushed it all in his arm as he screamed. I'll never forget that as long as I live. 

You guys think it would be worth flipping this to help fund a 6.0 ASM 129?  

I joined GPA

On 1/18/2022 at 9:19 AM, djpinkpanther67 said:

I remember when GS X-men 1 & X94 started heating up around ‘78. 
 

I remember in the 90's GS X-Men was hot but not that hot. I think I remember them around $500. Good condition ones too. I was a kid so my amount I could spend was limited to what my dad thought we should spend and for him around $200 was the max. So GS X-Men was always right there just out of reach. Man do I wish I had a crystal ball for us back then... 

On 1/18/2022 at 9:15 AM, djpinkpanther67 said:

I miss the days of going in an LCS with $20 and walking out with at least a short box full of books.

I miss the days of just going to LCS. All the ones here around here either closed up or turned into board game shops. 

I remember my old honey hole had rows and rows and rows of carboard boxes to flip through. 2 counters to go to with a wall behind them of magnificent silver age comics. And then a whole nother room full of nothing but comic action figures and cards. I always had to be dragged out of that place by my parents or else I would have ended up there from open to close. 

I blame the internet for killing them all.

On 1/17/2022 at 10:14 PM, spracknetch23 said:

I wasn't into the "cool stuff" until the '90s. Spider-man Saga is responsible for sparking my interest in collecting silver age superhero back issues. 

I think I'm there with you. I can't remember exactly why or how I got into Marvel comics but I think it was either from the Spider-Man or X-Men series on TV. I remember I had a friend in middle school and I think one day he brought to school some comics after we were talking about the TV series and up to that point I didn't even know comics existed. Needless to say the rest is history once I discovered that. But Marvel action figures and the playing cards were a much bigger thing to us than the actual books.