AlexanderM

Not every collector is a "'PQ' snob". And some outright just don't care about it, understanding the arbitrariness of it (barring brittle, of course). -J. low pq tends to fall short of books with superior pq when it's time to sell. So yes pq matters. This does not occur on any verifiable or consistent basis. -J. Um, yes it does. Why don't you run a regression analysis on price and PQ for books in the same grade, during the same timeframe, and you'll see the correllation. After years of looking at GPA, LINK, E-bay, etc. prices, it becomes obvious that PQ does have an impact on sales prices. You are speaking in broad strokes. And this is simply not true. You cannot do anything more than provide anecdotal evidence to justify your opinion, and I can just as easily counter with anecdotal evidence to support the contrary position. If you don't mind paying more for that part of a label that is known for being notoriously arbitrary, more power to you. But as I said there are enough shoppers out there who it doesn't matter to, that negate whatever perceived price difference you think there may be. -J. Whatever. The evidence is there. PQ does effect price and you're only fooling yourself if you think otherwise. If you want to argue about CGC's consistency on PQ designations, that's a completely separate argument. Are you really going to sit there and tell us that the same ST #110 CGC 7.0 book with WHITE pages would sell for the same price as this OW copy? On any given day, absolutely. And you cannot state otherwise. That's the problem with anecdotal evidence....it cannot be tested using the scientific method. I understand that "PQ" enthusiasts love to look for that anecdotal evidence and say "A-ha-, see!". And a day or week or two later a CR/OW book sells for the same price or more even, and the room falls silent. "PQ" obviously matters to you and loads others, but it does not matter enough to enough others for it to truly and/or significantly affect price in the grand scheme of things. If a person makes a buying decision based only on "PQ", they are literally just buying the label, not the book. We are always told to do the exact opposite of that. -J. Actually, I have stated otherwise...anecdotal or not...it's a reality. I'm not a "PQ snob"...the primary reason it matters to me is because I know it matters to others...and impacts the market price should I ever decide to sell a book. And we pay CGC good money for their opinion on the grades and PQ of those slabbed books. Although sometimes their consistency leaves something to be desired, we cannot see inside a slabbed book therefore their opinion/label is all we have to go on. I think the "buy the book not the label" really only applies to the grade designation and visual appeal of the book, not the PQ. I think the key is - does PQ factor into the grade already? If i does, that should mean that between a W book and a OW book in 6.0.... the W book must have other issues holdin it back (since its not the PQ) and it might only be a 5.5 or lower structurally etc. if it had OW PQ. So there would be basis for saying that two equal graded books, it might be the one with the lowest PQ that must be better on other areas... ___ On the other hand i PQ does NOT factor into the grade, then it could be considered something extra and I would assume a price premium for equally graded books. I am not aware if it does or does not factor into the grade already, but I actually think it does..

Cap 1 will not outpace Action 1 or Tec 27 but it could outpace Supe 1. Holding it back is the fact that it's more commonly found than the others. But it's a first appearance as well as a #1, and it's got a real history component, as the man says, which the others do not have. The cover can be appreciated on levels beyond that of any other golden age key. If the #1 itself is going beyond the reach of many, then maybe consider the books that contained ads for Cap 1 which were on the stands before Cap 1 itself. At least one of those ads features a prelim image of cap before the wings were added to his head. And these books can be found pretty cheap The fact that it has a history component that AC1, Tec27... or for that matter AF15 and BB28 do not have... could be a strenght, but it could definitely also be a weakness. Because whereas the others are timeless... their stories and legends exist like timeless fairytales..while CA1 is tied to a particular time in history. What happens when WWII is a distant memory like perhaps "Battle at the River Jhelum"?? Will CA1 loose some relevance because it is not as timeless as the other big ones? Many in this thread have a CA1, so I'm not counting on people saying "yes, it will loose relevance".. hhehe... but just consider it..

Yes.. JLA!!

Yeah, an overdue bump.

That's of course the cream of the crop, but the BB title has many important issues. I like it and have probably 50 of the first 100 BBs.

Me too. The creative team behind Dr Strange only really made two major super-heroes... Spiderman and Dr Strange. That is good company to be in value-wise.

Which JLA do you think is the most undervalued right now?

That 10 is a classic!

If I had to sell all my comics - my JLAs would be the last to go. And my BB28 would have to get forced out of my cold stiff fingers.

Nice copy mate!

What do you think about the current value of this book? Overvalued..undervalued? First GA Superman in SA

It will be sniped...

I honestly think Marvel have always been good at picking up ideas and doing well with them. Show Howard the duck to most Europeans and they will swear it is Donald. Kazar? who? Surely thst is Tarzan! But often they have managed to make their version more well-known than the inspiration. JLA is a TEAM of Super-heroes...shortly after we see Marvel's first team of Super-heroes. And a million other examples. But Marvel are imo. better at maximizing the potential of the characters they own. Many many more people around the world, for example, know Xmen than know JLA. And therefore it is no surprise at all that this year's global ps3 bestseller was Lego Marvel Super-heroes. The brand power that Marvel is building internationally is just outperforming DC by miles.

'Foe' was not the right word. The JSA Sandman (later becomes member of JLA).

Of the later villains I always also thought that the Royal Flush gang along with Sandman were special appearances in the JLA universe. (thumbs u

That is an awesome row of 9s Brad!

Fixed

I've decided to take a couple of snaps of some of my first 15 issues plus BBs.

Nice! I love that cover! and a very bright copy mate!

Nice!

Beautiful books. Any news about whether or when a jla movie may start filming?