Sorry, let me clarify. Yes, I agree he's been popular for a long time...consistently popular. I was a big fan when the issue originally hit the shelves.
But "blew up"...$400 to $1,000, a new post about NM98 popping up every other day, comparing NM98 to IH 181, etc....all within the past few months.
This is not a valid comparison. Look at the census numbers for NM 98. Almost a little over HALF of all submitted are in 9.6 or better. These prices have to be unsustainable over the long term. I could be wrong, but I hope not as this does not paint a healthy picture for the vinatge comic book market as a whole.
There is nothing wrong with steadily increasing prices, but here is the issue: there is a direct coorelation between movie announcements and speculation. It has never been this bad before.
There is also a direct correlation between the number of copies that exist and the number of people who own those copies who will tell newbies it is valuable,
(thumbs u
Speculation at its finest. Then when the book falls in price and these speculators have moved on to their next loss...er, 'golden conquest' (at least in their eyes); these same individuals will be here telling these people that "you should buy books you enjoy and not for investment purposes."
Ironically if they did that from the start they would have an AWESOME collection and would NOT be paying four figures for a common as day 90's key.
The Deadpool looks ugly without the mask. I am in a great shape and don't mind to wear the mask to conceal my thin grey hair. I definitely look cool in that costume.
I remembered there were about five LCSs in my hometown in about five mile radius in early 1970's. There were many local drugstores too. There were too many 70's comic books. I didn't bother to buy them (actually I didn't have money by that time). Now, 70's comic books are 40 years old and the prices have gone through the ceiling.
I am sure that 90's comic books will be turned 40 by 2030 (oh boy I will be an old man). Always wondered what was the value for Hulk 181 in 1984 and 1994 before the millennium?