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That's a great selection of Wolverine moments. Those panels have been permanently burned into my memory for around thirty years. Yep.... and it was the cumulative effect of all of those moments that made the character what he was/is. I'll reiterate my initial statement at the start of the thread.... John Byrne is directly responsible for the popularity of the character, and that issue of 'Back Issue' details it nicely.

It took a while... He was a favorite of Byrne, and gained more exposure as JB became co-plotter with Claremont on Uncanny.

Keown banked near 7 figures for the early Pitt issues, and then decided he liked making music more.

Perhaps you should invite Lone Star to discuss the situation here. Sometimes the bad publicity and exposure will lead the offending party to change their stance. Failing that, PM one of the resident lawyers.

Thanks again, AK!!! Easy to deal with, set a price that pretty much eliminated the need to haggle, and graded books accurately.

We have endless discussions about this type of thing... but it really, in the end, will boil down to the collector base.

From the short-sighted perspective of now, Ultimate Spidey 1 seems to be the point at which this new age started.....

You numbers only guys.... What's next?.... only numeric grades on CGC slabs?...

After people verbally lambasted him for overpaying, and pointed out that the value of comics certainly couldn't go any higher, and that the hobby was in the throes of declining sales and interest, he put the book in his garage, where it remains to this day, dusty and forgotten....

Census analysis provides a great assessment of supply of the book. It does nothing to address demand. Without a crystal ball, it is nearly impossible to make predictions about this book. Just ask the folks who ridiculed Bruce for paying top market prices for 2 9.6s in the last couple of years, only to watch the value of the book climb higher. It has certainly had the opportunity to soften over the past year, but hasn't.