VeryFineNearMint-migration

Thought you guys would enjoy these, just posted about them today on our VF / NM blog -- Rocketeer Movie Pizza Hut Giveaways, 1991 -- wouldn't be surprised if Dave Stevens had a hand in their design:

Oh, don't totally disagree -- my "hypothesis" though on www.newmutants98.com though, is unlike ASM 128 and Hulk 181, that NM 98 had a ton of copies well preserved in bags and boards from the very start, versus comics from the '70s which were still considered disposable kids entertainment at the time...

...so, not saying that ASM 128 or Hulk 181 will ever depreciate. Because even though they had high print runs, they had a low relative rate of being well preserved. NM 98 on the other hand...

VF / NM

Rocket Raccoon limited series from 1985, formerly in 50 cent or dollars bins, is rocketing (forgive the pun) upwards. It being a very early Mike Mignola project don't hurt, either!

It's on eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Comics-/63/i.html?_sop=1&_from=R40&_nkw=rocket+raccoon

And actually, did an interview with Carl Potts a while back, who talked about assigning it to Mignola:

http://veryfinenearmint.com/2010/01/10/industry-interview-carl-potts/

Best,

VF/NM

Quite possibly! Was just considering how some books (from various eras) devalued from say $50 to $10 or less, so with NM 98 at $100 (unslabbed), it could possibly descend to $25...it really depends on if / when many copies come out of the woodwork, and at what volumes...

VF / NM

Yeah, a while back I was just looking up availability of domain names, and "newmutants98.com" was available -- scooped it up, then it was a matter of, "What should I do with it...?"

Here's what I ended up doing with it, had some fun...hope you enjoy!

VF / NM