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I agree with Jim and support the notion that all X-Men # 94s are worthless and should be sold immediately to me at a maximum of 1/3 GPA xxx ooo Rupp Just, wow...

I just wonder if as our generation of physical paper comic book buyers and collectors passes on, will the digital age kids of today care as much about old paper comics, especially if they never bought or read them as kids. If so, great! I'd imagine there would be some, but enough to keep prices perpetually rising or at least steady with the demand? It will be interesting to see how the collecting landscape changes with time.

If you're not a DD fan, I wouldn't do it. There is uncertainty in the long term value of comics, so I'd only want to own books that I want to own regardless. I mentioned DD1 because I think it's still affordable for a first appearance of a major character (and I like DD), but it may not be for long, especially if DD finds himself in a Marvel produced Avengers movie (or even a new Marvel produced DD movie). I love GSXM1, but those three first appearances in it are never going to be as big a deal in the market as Wolverine's first, IMO. If Storm, Nightcrawler, and Colossus were going to get a price bump, they would have already from their many previous movie appearances. Are any of them likely to have a solo movie? I like the characters because I like the X-Men, so GSXM1 is a must-own for me regardless, but I'm not holding out for any price bump due to movies or any other reasons. 30 years from now (your buy and hold timeframe), will those three characters have risen to some iconic status, maintain where they've been for the past 40 years, or taper off? I don't know. As far as buying a mid-grade 181 is concerned, I think they will continue to grow in price as the higher grades become too expensive for many buyers. I think we're seeing that low-mid grade value bump going on right now. At least it's frequently brought up in the Bronze forum here. I do think 30 years from now that Wolverine is much more likely to have or maintain his iconic status, therefore I think he's the better bet from a long-term buy and hold value increase potential.

I'd go IH181 between the two. Easy for me to say this since I already have the two you're considering, but if I was spending $800 right now on a key I'd be looking at a DD1.

Great books, Doktor!

Congrats on the signing and slabbing!

Me either. I mean, I understand if you are an OCD completist, but you have to be an over the top one in my opinion. I like to collect them all myself, but I have zero interest in these Wolverine "ad" books. I agree. That's the weird part about those "ad" books for a collector like me. I am an X-Men fan and a Wolverine fan. Key issues related to either are my primary focus (to the point that once I'd completed my Stan Lee X-Men run, XM 1-19, I sought out all other X-Men appearances during that time that were written by Lee). And even with that level of OCD, and as an owner of IH180-182, I've no interest whatsoever in picking up the three "ad" books. Considering the situation, I'm really curious why it is that I don't consider them must own books. I can't answer the question for why I don't, but I haven't bought them yet and I'm not seeking them out. I just don't care.

The ads are kind of silly to me since they were released after IH180. I just don't get it.

Congrats, Doktor!

...causing an immediate spike in the price of all "old style" slabs with label notes!

Nice! And nice avatar, too!

Great raw!

I feel like it's people trying to get theirs before they're priced out of it. Could be wrong, though.

I agree.

Thanks for keeping the tread going, Harvey!

Congrats on the daughter! I've got one of my own. Worth a lot more than my XM1!

Man, nice 9.0!

Whoa, great copy!

Exactly the way it happened for me.

Wow, congrats on the win! Beautiful book!

Nice, welcome!

I love the hoarders!

Wow, the colors pop on that one!

And another, great 9.2!

Beautiful 7.0! Good to see some activity in here again.