HarrisonJohn

Since this particular issue came up here and I'm collecting New Mutants anyway (when I see nice issues in dollar bins) I looked for it while hitting a number of stores in NYC, and out of about 5 or 6 stores 2 had one copy each, both in less than mint condition, and I bought them both.

Wizard lists NM 87 as first Deadpool, though there's no mention of Cable and I thought that was his first app...? Also, what movie is Deadpool going to be in?

I've noticed that keeping them stacked does seem to correct minor wear on the books. The reason I'm asking is because right now I'm getting back into comic collecting and while I sort through what I have and re-bag and board them, I've left some of them piled up. A new issue of X-Men left at the very bottom of a stack got warped looking across the very top- since it was not water damage I could only think this was a result of the weight on top of it. On the matter of stacking books to keep air out- I wonder if you could you get the same effect by packing your long box completely full.

I've read that it's bad to leave comics piled in stacks (rather than standing up), I was wondering if that's true and if so, why.

HarrisonJohn - you said what I was trying to say - with the exception of Venom, who else is a MEGA star (and Venom is no Wolvie)? Please dear God don't say Rogue / Gambit / Bishop, X-Flavor of the month . . . Kinda sad, huh? It seems like the superhero genre was much more vibrant in the golden/silver age. Flip side - who would have even imagined a Vertigo 25 years ago? DAM Well outside of comics I'm very interested in the music industry, and you once had Elvis and The Beatles, now what is there? J. Lo and 50 Cent? After a while it's just imitations, and then imitations of the imitations. The originals are what stick around.

The value of 181 will continue to rise so long as Wolverine cements himself (via movies, video games, etc.) a place in US pop culture, the way Batman, Hulk, etc did decades before. A problem with Wolverine is that he's newer than the classic characters, so there's still generations of people around today who did not grow up with him (how many of us had/have an older family member who collected comics as a kid and talk about Fantastic Four or The Flash but wouldn't know Wolverine if he smacked them in the face), and of course Hulk 181 is not all that rare. But he's probably one of the last mega-stars to come out of Marvel or DC, so I don't see the issue ever slowing down completely, IMO.