Hello Matt,
I would like to request a score adjustment on the following books:
The Crow #1 (1989 Caliber Press): Last 3 sales for Universal label, $3100 (comiclink) $2150, $3200. The book has almost in value from 2018-2020. Only 33 Universal 9.8’s on the census. Points Increased. I also increased #2-4 a bit.
Dark Horse Presents #35 (1989 Dark Horse Comics): Only two recorded sales $124 (2014), $404 (2020) and 4 total 9.8’s on the census. This book is a prelude to the first Aliens vs Predator story and the first appearance of the Heartbreakers. Due to the lack of sales, I was only able to provide a small bump for this book which reflects a sale of a 9.4 in 2019. The one sale for 2020 is way out of line with the other sale and I am not able to make a large jump off one sale.
Aliens Earth War #1 (1990 Dark Horse Comics): If Alien: The illustrated story is not taken into account, Aliens Earth War #1 is the first full appearance of Lt Ellen Ripley in comics. She had a cameo on the last page of Aliens volume 2 #4. This book is by no means rare in 9.8 but this is the first appearance of a major character in the Dark Horse Aliens story line. Unfortunately, this book has not had recent sales that merit a point increase. It may actually be a bit overvalued at this time but hopefully some new sales will fix this. While I understand the significance of the first appearance we must justify the scoring by using recent (preferably multiple sales in multiple grades) in order to provide accurate totals.
Predator #1 second print (1989 Dark Horse Comics): First appearance of the Predator in comics. There are only 29 9.8 universal label copies compared to 139 copies of the first print. AVP #1 first and second prints share the same amount of points. I slightly increased #1 and #1 second print. The sales suggest that the 1st print is worth more points at this time.