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I feel the exact same way when I see ads for Marvel Spotlight # 6. I'm like "2nd appearance of Ghost Rider?" and these day's it's almost always for vol. 2, the 1979 issue with Star Lord. Wacky times...

I liked this idea better when Bradley Cooper was attached. Seriously, as awful as The Crow 3 was with Kirsten Dunst, I was intrigued when Bradley Cooper had apparently chosen The Crow reboot for his follow-up to 1st Oscar nomination for Silver Linings Playbook. Get him or Marky Mark to headline the movie and it could be a game-changer.

$487 for a 9.4 Marvel Premiere 1?? I paid $260 (admittedly, would have been a GPA low) for my 9.6 ~ three years ago. People done lost they minds...

Well - and how about the writing on the cover? Or does it get a pass because it's a Church notation?

Wow - this idea was even savaged by folks over on the bitcoin forum. (I presume ICO = "Initial Coin Offering?"): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=917002.0 And (shock!) apparently there was a "glitch" today: "OK, as anyone who attempted to buy CBC found out, there was a bit of a glitch. Our apologies if you went to buy CBC today and could not. We do, however, have some good news to announce very, very shortly. Stay tuned."

Awesome! Never forget - George Clooney starred in the sequel: Return of the Killer Tomatoes!!

Friday or bust! I know nothing about crypto beyond an article I read a year ago that basically said I'd need to devote a spare bedroom to coolants for my computers if I wanted to try to be a player in the bitcoin mining game. But my 10 second Google search of "asset-backed crypto" yielded this: http://voin.co/beware-the-asset-backed-cryptocurrency-tidal-wave/ And the top hit for "bitcoin" right now: http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2015/01/13/as-bitcoins-price-slides-signs-of-a-squeeze/?_r=0 If Bitcoin's plummeting, won't Ripple (the underlying value backing the CBC) be falling as well?

Ahem, See the discussion of the now-defunct comicshares.com (albeit minus the Crypto overlay) here: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=3874807&fpart=1 In particular, G.A.tor's comment on page 3: Another pearl of wisdom:

300 9.8s (including 50 which are Sig Series) is a _ton_ for a Bronze book, even if it's only 10% of those graded. While the fan base for Star Wars is beyond huge, most fans will be fine with a nice-looking copy, and aren't going to be shelling out $700+ (soon to be $1,000+) for 9.8s.

Not 50s, but for awhile I was going for a slabbed run of mutt & Jeff 1-30. I got 18 of them before selling. 1's common, but 2-4 are evil to find. Heritage sold a raw 2 last weekend - only the third copy I'd seen for sale ever.

Right...next are you going to go out & tell us to buy Fox & Crow 1?

Echoing Telerites above, Ghost Rider 1 was listed in the article with a single 9.8. There are now 19 blue Universal alone. One of them sold a few days ago on eBay for $2,175. I was tracking it & considering pulling the trigger. In 2006 the then-lone 9.8 sold for more than $6,400. There are far far more high-grade copies of most key Bronze books out there than have been slabbed, even today.

It's not Moon Knight hate. I _love_ the character. But he's a third-tier character relative to Ghost Rider and Punisher, who are both solid second-tier characters that were also once mega-popular a-listers for a few years in the early 90s. Moon Knight's never had _nearly_ the popularity of Ghost Rider. And like Dr. Strange, he's struggled to float a consistent monthly book. Has Moon Knight ever had a series run more than 75 issues? No. Ghost Rider and Punisher have done it twice. Each. Has he ever starred in a movie? No. Ghost Rider and Punisher have each had at least two. Yes, Moon Knight's the next logical character for a Marvel movie announcement, so % return on Werewolf 32 will likely be better over the next three years. But Ghost Rider has a far bigger fan base among folks who came of age in the 90s. 5 years from now, and esp. 10 years from now, once all the movie hype has passed, he'll continue to be the bigger character.

It's been said, but marvel spotlight 5. That werewolf by night 32 is currently selling for more than it across a range of mid-high grades is bananas.

IDK. I was able to score some great deals in the last three weeks, but everything I tracked on Heritage and eBay last night ended high. I may take a hiatus until late Jan.-mid-Feb., when holiday cc bills come due.

It's true!

It wasn't nine years, but how about seven years? I started accumulating Daredevil 111s (1st Silver Samurai) back in 2006 in the misguided belief that he'd appear in the first Wolverine solo movie. Any longtime Wolverine fan knows that Wolverine+Japan = Silver Samurai. And it was fun because that particular issue was hard to find in strict 9.4 or better anyway. Then he didn't appear in the first (atrocious) Wolverine film. Ugh...oops. Needless to say, I did well in 2013. Same principle today? X-Men 221. Anyone whose read the books knows that Apocalypse means Archangel means Mr. Sinister. Ditto Moon Knight. Slabbed true auction copies of Werewolf 32 have basically disappeared from the marketplace. Why? Because it's a no-brainer that he'll appear in a movie or Netflix series eventually. Savvy folks are buying now, not 3-5 years hence. It's not rocket surgery...

True, but I think we'll see Nova 1 crash over the next 18 months. Between last week's revelation that he won't be featured in GOTG 2 and the huge uptick in census copies, it may have peaked for now. The fall may already have started, as the last 9.8 sale was for $700 vs. the prior avg. of $900-$950. More importantly, it's a perception thing. Not that there's anything wrong with the book per say, but by next August, investors will have moved on to greener movie speculation pastures. Detective 474 and Flash 117 are already poised to be this year's Marvel Presents 4 & 7.

Interesting point re. the X-Files. I was obsessed with the show in high school, and remember when # 1 and 2 were both solid $20+ books. Hadn't thought about it in a year, and last weekend I found (and passed on buying) a copy of # 2 for $.99.

Also, most of those who criticized the first part of this season are now singing the praises of recent episode's, particularly last week's mid-season finale. The show's stronger than ever, even if the comic hype has died. Also, GPA shows an increase in the 90 day values in every grade, 9.2-9.9. The only reason it doesn't show increases in 7.0-9.0 as well is the lack of sales in those grades during that time period. Not a coincidence -- after prices fell throughout the year, the show returned in October and prices (across the board) began rising again.

Other folks have noted that, while the overall movie was bunk, Angela Bassett nailed the role in Green Lantern. We should be so lucky as to have her reprise the role for Suicide Squad.

I'd love to see Oprah as Waller. I think it will end up being Viola Davis, but remember that Oprah scored an Oscar nom her very first time out of the gate, in The Color Purple. She also did a fairly minor role in Beloved, even post-billionaire status back when her talk show was back in full swing. And yeah - I love Detective 474 -- it's part of the incredible Marshall Rogers run and was much ignored for years while folks chased the Joker story in 475-476. But...it's his second appearance. Speculators are gonna' go all Shazam 25 (but...but..."first since GA") on that shiznit.

Yeah - the whole retroactive "OAAW 81 doesn't count because it's not Kubert & 'doesn't feel' like a Sgt. Rock story" argument makes no sense to me. Although he's not named, I consider GI Combat 68 the first appearance - it's Kubert, his name is implied (the story's called "The Rock & The Wall") and DC agrees, by virtue of their including it (and 81-82, but none of the other "prototype issues") in the Showcase volume.

Noun or verb, they both have widely-accepted (and secular) secondary meanings. And the author's use in this case is totally secular. Here are the Merriam-Webster definitions: Canon (noun) 3 - a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works Canonical (adj.) 3 - of or relating to the group of books, plays, poems, etc., that are traditionally considered to be very important

Echoing the above, both canon & canonical have long since moved beyond their strict Biblical meanings. First instance, most purists don't consider the Aliens v. Predator movies canon.