Brock

There was a ton of hype around DCCP #1 as well, as I recall. Brave and the Bold with its Batman team-ups was pretty popular, and the idea of a Superman team-up book made sense with all the movie hype. This was also the time that the Superman/Shazam, Superman/Muhammad Ali and Superman/Wonder Woman treasuries were being published. I think that DCCP #1 may have broken through the whole "Whitmans are reprints" stigma, and become the first Whitman that was deliberately saved and collected.

3 points A good round, but not enough to save me.

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I will add my name to the list of those who have had positive transactions with this particular seller, and - like yours would be - mine was an international transaction. And although my eBay feedback as a seller is perfect, I think that 13 negatives in 73,000 transactions is statistically pretty close to the same thing. Cranky responses here aside, I think you should feel comfortable with this seller.

I feel like DCCP 1, 2 and 3 are the most common Whitman books out there.

Yes, unless King signs his name “Finch”.

Tom King See https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ItemID=45351277

During the pandemic, I sold a raw that I'd graded at 1.8 for about $450.

I'm not looking to be contrary here, but this seems like a rather "after the fact" reason for a book to be worth $1000. I can't imagine that the reason the Blue Marvel book is valued so highly is that he appeared in Ultimates Vol. 3 alongside two minor characters that have already appeared in the MCU. Doesn't that also describe every other character who appears in Ultimates Vol. 3? Booster Gold and Blue Beetle are both going to be in the James Gunn DCU, and they often cross over with Fire and Ice, who first appeared in the uncollected/low print run Super Friends, but that book hasn't spiked. The book is definitely valuable, so it has something going for it, but I've yet to hear any convincing reason as to why.

This should be such a simple fix for them, but since they're taking a cut, it's in their own interest not to solve this problem. Kudos to you for helping your buyers with this.

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I'm with you on this... I had a good round except for those two. Headline Comics #11 - 5.5 (+1) Out of the Shadows #8 - 4.0 🎯 Fight Comics #28 - 4.5 (+1) My Romantic Adventures #68 - 4.5 (+4) Nature Boy #3 - 5.0 (+4)

I did find a copy of this (raw) in the wild, and sold it pretty quick. I've never understood why this book commands the premium it does... As others have suggested, there are plenty of low print run first appearances over the years that do nothing. Why is this one different? I've yet to hear a convincing, rational explanation for this. Maybe during the bubble the (highly unlikely) potential of appearing in the MCU was a possible driver, but that doesn't really drive prices anymore in the post-pandemic market. Someone above suggested that it was great story. My own opinion was that was distinctly average - but even if I'm a barbarian or a troglodyte with poor taste, when did the quality of the story ever serve to drive a book's price as high as this? To me, this is the ultimate "Emperor has no clothes" book. YMMV, but I'd love to hear why.

I have a fun one currently… I’m in Canada, and there’s a seller who is also in Canada with a book I’d like to buy. Unfortunately, his listing is set so that he only sells to the Unites States. I message him (politely) to see if he can adjust his settings so I can buy the book. He replies almost immediately, saying “I don’t get much business from within Canada - 95% of my sales are to the USA.” I’m thinking to myself that now we know why… He suggests, however, that he will have a look and see what he can do. Three weeks have gone by, and the book is still only available to US buyers. I get that some folks here don’t like to sell internationally, but this is the first time I’ve run into someone who doesn’t like to sell domestically.

That does sound pretty interesting. Thanks for the heads up! It kind of combines the idea of variant covers and NFTs in one package that takes the whole variant craze to its logical (and yet somehow insane!) conclusion. I love the notion that someone could use the open source structure in mischievous ways. If every issue has a variant cover, could I make a print run of 10,000 copies and artificially produce a "standard" cover? I bet the folks over at Bad idea are wishing they had thought of this first!

Dave Stevens covers and Rocketeer books seem to be doing well at the moment. That’s mostly Copper…

Hey skillz - If you have a read through this thread, you’ll see lots of discussion on exactly this topic. My own opinion (and I could be wrong) is that these fat diamond books were “non-returnable” editions, used in a variety of contexts. In the previous pages, you’ll see reference to them as appearing in Whitman bags, anecdotal recollections of dealers about them being early direct editions, and photos suggesting they were sold on newsstands in the UK. Lots of people call them Whitmans (like CLZ), and CGC calls them “multi-pack editions”. It used to be that collectors called these reprints, though now we know (believe?) better… part of what this thread tries to do (at least occasionally) is throw some fresh light on this topic. We’re definitely learning as we go…

It presents well, but I’m probably at a 7.0.

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