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Yes, I was watching that one too... it surprised me with that strong a finish for a book that looks about a VG+ 4.5, and not much pressing potential.

I think a number of Green Lantern runs and issues could rise in value when we get more news on the HBO Green Lantern television series, and after if if it is a hit that continues for multiple seasons. Whether the Johns run rises seems to me to be a question of how many of the ideas from those issues get picked up in the series.

Well done!

That would have been cool, but I’m still happy with the fact that we got Jay Garrick and Doctor Fate in the same year…

Two new additions today...

A lot of questionable things get said on these boards. We know this one hasn't been true since Amatino Manucci introduced double entry bookkeeping in the year 1299.

This part of the market is so volatile right now, it's hard to keep track. I don't want to be contrary, but a lot of the previously mentioned titles were hot a couple of years ago, but IMHO it's pretty tough to move Immortal Hulk, Lady Thor or Captain Marvel books at the moment, even below cover. There are a lot of sporadic Star Wars books/1st appearances that are good, so I typically grab all the Star Wars books in these kinds of situations. Spawn books are usually a safe bet, especially before #300. Many of the popular cover artists from this era (Hughes, Middleton, Frison, Cho, Artgerm, etc.) will sell for at least a little over cover, and some may surprise you. There are a number of hot Ninja Turtles issues in this timeframe. Video game books from this period can do very well.

Apparently that’s been the strategy for my entire collection…

I was a huge fan of this series when it came out, and thought the stories were awesome. However, I was 13… I will buy one of these to see if they still stand up.

Fun cover, but the wrong Hughes…

I think it's one of those things where the charity mails your mom 300 stickers for sealing envelopes in the desperate hope that she'll feel guilty and make a donation, and eight-year-old you finds the sheet of stickers six months later and decides that - since you are the ONLY one in the wide-eyed world of eight year olds with these stickers - you will repurpose these as personal identification tags and stick one in every single one of your comics books, because it's SOOO much more sophisticated than just writing your name on the cover. Not that I would ever have done something like that, of course...

I used to work in Geneva. My rule of thumb was that if I wanted to find comics, I had to drive to France.

There seems to be a hot book of the week this week - Star Wars High Republic Adventures Quest of the Jedi (there's a mouthful) #1 looks to be on a tear.

I just checked to see if I had one... I'll grab these if I seem them in high grade in the wild, but I only have 4, 12 and 25.

Ouch! $1,000? That should definitely bring more out of hiding.

There are only four copies on the CGC census, with one of those only an 8.0. Seems like a tough book!

Keep in mind that the production cycle means the OPG prices were largely set towards the end of 2022 (e.g. market reports were due by December 19). At that stage, the market was definitely slowing, but the duration of declines, or any possible rebounds, would have been unclear. When the new edition comes out in July or August, it's likely to look a bit disconnected from reality - but the real test will be what they do in the 2024 edition.

Another deadbeat. eBay user ryansem made three separate offers on a book, and I accepted the third one. He then filed a cancellation request with eBay saying "Order placed by mistake".

Here's my latest Whitman registry set addition, courtesy of a seller in Manitoba. Lower grade than I like, but one step closer...

I just added a DC Whitman to my registry set that cost me close to $200 and got me 1 point. Do the Marvel price variants work the same way?

This is a great post... well argued and reasonable. You definitely have me thinking!

I just finished “Between Ape and Human: An Anthropologist on the Trail of a Hidden Hominoid” by Dr. Gregory Forth. He reviews the fossil record of floresiensis, the human-like but hobbit-sized creatures who lived on the Indonesian island of Flores, and then compares that species to the ape-men described as living in the island’s mountains today by the indigenous Lio people. No smoking gun, but an interesting tour through circumstantial evidence. I’ve since turned to “The Ascent of Rum Doodle” by W.E. Bowman, which Bill Bryson has called “the funniest book ever written.” Well, the joke’s on us, as the book is very “meh” and Bryson’s introduction is the funniest thing about it…

Absolutely... in addition to the wrap and colour issues already raised, the second copy has lower page quality, and a stamp on the cover.

The Good Asian seems to be slowly heating up. I'm noticing that the David Choe "B" cover of #6 seems to have jumped a bit lately (and is approaching $25), but not the David Johnson "A" cover - does anyone know why this might be the case?

You should try the DC Whitman variants…