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Yes, that was a "whoa!" moment in the life of Wolverine.

 

Here's some that I remember being watershed moments, and I posted these before in another Wolvie thread:

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.

Just did a deal with Doc (Brian) on some raw ASM's.

 

Easy deal.....accepted my price with no haggling, and paid fast.

Thanks again, AK!!!

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

Currently we're in a period of unprecedented price-growth for many comics, with Hollywood movies, CGC, EBay and other factors creating what I see as a "Perfect Storm" for comic prices.

 

This is certainly a great time to be a dealer (or greggy) but I'm wondering what possible factors will contribute to future growth? The movie machine is winding down (at least for Marvel/non-DC), the Census can go nowhere but up, the collector base is "graying", and we've already had a few very noticeable "market corrections" already.

 

So what factors would have you believe that comics will continue their incredible price growth in the years ahead?

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

I think it's too early to tell on the end of the Modern age. A new age has clearly begun but we don't really have the benefit of hindsight yet as to the cutoff point between the Modern age and the next age.

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

I still vote that we drop the metals altogether once you hit the 1980s

and start using decades.

 

The 1980s should be called 'the 1980s'.

(We all know what books come to mind when you say "1980s"...

and it's not necessarily the same books as when you think "Modern Age".)

 

The 1990s should be called 'the 1990s'.

 

There's no need to introduce more (and lower valued) metals into comic book collecting.

 

What's "Silver" about 40 year old paper, anyway?

Copper Age? Give me a break.

You numbers only guys....

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

Aside from the rapid solidification of comics collecting in the early 70s aided greatly by the Overstreet Guide leading to higher prices....there was a famous media-event in 1972 (I think) that goosed Action#1. A copy was sold to a young guy who paid the then "fabulously ridiculous price of $1200 for a copy! (forget the details...his story was well-known and hopefully someone else will remember the details...)

 

Wonder how much he sold it for...and where he is now...and if it was a pedigree copy, or not??

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.