I'm afraid that isn't "rising above." You validated TwoPiece's reply with, "There is a combination of interest, nostalgia and financial speculation in all those purchases", then shoot it down by calling it "a poor opinion".
But whether or not those comics bring financial gain depends on many things NOT universally common to everyone, such as how much you paid for them, and when you try to sell them. I purchased a Hulk 180 CGC 8.0 a few years ago about $80 over GPA, and it sat there for quite a while. I didn't care because I wanted it. Here we are today and clearly it's gone well beyond that '$80 over GPA' I spent, BUT if I had tried to sell it for a gain before the jump in value...