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Where's my go to "well that escalated quickly" meme, when I need it.

I thought the same about the Curator collection, when I saw that the only copy of FF #48 with good registration is the Curator copy. It's. such a consistent issue on eye appeal with that issue, the guy must of gone well out his way to find a nicely registered copy.

$1500 with 2 hours to go...

Watch the Journey into Mystery episode, all the Loki's talk about the moment Thanos killed them.

The only thing I can think of is people missing the deadline on an auction, then going hard on the next one. Bidders regret, when they get the bit between their teeth. I've seen it when bidding on identical books, the later ones either go a lot cheaper... the first bidders went all in. Or, they missed the first copy, then re-set their upper limit not to miss the second book.

It's interesting to line his style up with his contemporaries.

He's looking a tad Chad Kroeger there.

it's a good feeling, once things cool down

Actually those books looks alright. I've eye'd up a few of them, and looked, and I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary with the assigned grades.

An old-ish label, one of the safer pickups from Heritage. A classic, and classy issue

Agreed, they had a great premise to start with. I would of been happy with a few more Bruce Lee-esque references. But it went. down the family-lite mode, of moderate risk to the hero, and a climatic battle the dived into the ridiculous from the get-go.

I just had a look at some of their books coming through... I would be looking very closely at books before putting in any strong bidding. This is a 9.6 on Heritage...

Special Marvel Edition 15... am I just getting old and jaded, but boy did ruin all the hype once the movie landed.

Thats it, it was sitting there for a while. At $500 at the time, it looked like a solid asking price. Now, fast forward, that's an absolute bargain. I've always been a fan, and this limited series was always a 'grail' set from back in the day. It was such a high class production at the time, and went straight to the top of everyone's 'must have' list, and stayed there for there for over a decade. It's contempories have faded, GI Joe first issue was a similar over sized book, and hugely coveted back in the day.

Thinking about it, the Thor, Avengers, and TTA all had #93 in them, so your brain was in the right ball park. The messenger was knocking on the wrong door, in the right hallway Though Thor 193 isn't a casual book, it gets a lot respect. Price wise, it hasn't seen much of bump lately, that's true, but I'm sure it's not far away from happening. FF Annual #5 has slowly appreciated too. I whole heartedly expect Neal Adams books to pop out at some point. In the slabbish age, his covers stand out even more, and are well worthy or their own collectors focus. He has so many great books, Dc, and Marvel, and a good few are ridiculously priced already, ce la vie.

I've got a few other 9.9's. They've gone crazy now, and I'm selling my first Gambit. Still holding onto Bishops first full appearance in 9.9. Though there's a 10.0 floating around...

The Clink. For 500 clams.

I picked it up just before the madness. So less than a good auction result for a #1 in 9.8, newsstand copy lately.

The FF #72 is hot property in lower grades, as is the TTA #93. The other SS FF's (after 50) soften pretty quickly outside of the top grades. Square bound surfers are fantastic in top grade, but we have seen them pop out from the rest of the run outside of the obvious keys. The census numbers all look fairly even all the way through the run. As for the which ones will start to climb next... the FF SS's, or the first series in those under 9.0/9.2 grades. It such a disparity to monstrous 9.8, even 9.6 prices we see on the run. It'll be interesting to watch the prices in the continued lead up to SS appearing in the MCU. You're not thinking Thor #193. Another classic square bound Surfer well worth collecting.

No, just scan's I grabbed off CL. Though kudos on the Winnipeg copy, that's a great looking book!

I personally agree with you, re the other FF appearances. They are great books and are 'relatively' cheap once you step off the nose bleed prices for the trilogy. TTA 93 seems to be going through big swings on prices, but the cover keeps it resurfacing on everyone's want lists.

Once collectors get their FF #48, 49, & 50, what's next on the hit list? The SS series is very obtainable with only 18 books in it, and prices have been steadily climbing across the run. As for the 9.2's, 9.0's, and 8.5's gaining value it'll be interesting to see. We're already seeing this in comparable runs, Doctor Strange, and Nick fury 1st series. All three series are attractive on a number of levels.