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Yes, well that happens with every book for the most part.

Here you go: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=THUNDERBOLTS%20%237%20Variant&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684 Exactly. Went as high as $182.50 but there are no takers for $179.99 BIN (w/free ship) and later sales are lower. Current auction is $21.50 with 3 days to go. Meanwhile, it was already at $30-50 with 4-5 days left on auction a couple days after the CBSI article was originally posted. Ever hear of the term "first to market"? This is not uncommon, with ANY book. Let's look at a current example. Renew your Vows #2 Campbell variant. People were buying this for $60-85 BEFORE it came out: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=renew%20vows%202%20variant&rt=nc&_mPrRngCbx=1&_udlo=63&_udhi It was released yesterday and is selling between $24-50 now. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=THUNDERBOLTS+%237+Variant&rmvSB=true&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1312.R1.TR9.TRC0.A0.H0.Xrenew+vo.TRS1&_nkw=renew+vows+2+variant&_sacat=0

Here you go: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=THUNDERBOLTS%20%237%20Variant&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

I believe it's him and his wife doing everything. I know they took about a month of at the end of last year / beginning of this year. It was advertised as such though. I think it could just be that it's just them and it's probably not top priority.

There are. 9.8, ASM 667 Dell'otto, and Walking Dead #1, 9.9 to name a couple... -J.

That is exactly what it is modeled after. That has been stated from the beginning. How was Wizard "shady"? Looking backs their picks were horrible in terms of present value, yes.

Nearly 4,300 pages of "Moderns Heating Up" multiple artist appreciation threads, over 10x more registered users. We will agree to disagree.

Learn to think independently and separate yourself from the herd.

You won't know if the movie is good until it's out. And by then it's waaaayyy to late to sell. Someone should make a wave chart, "the best and worst times to sell" Sell on news, buy in between. If you holding with a month left until release, you better be ready to lower your asking price.

This is what I've been doing for the past few years only applied to football cards (Yes I'm a die hard Seahawk Fan). But collecting autographed Russell Wilson rookie cards has started to become boring as I have most of what I want. Over the past few years I've invested and sold smart enough to wear I currently have about 2 grand in Autographed Russell Wilson Rookie Cards that haven't cost me a dime. Now trying to apply the same logic back into comics has proven somewhat more difficult than in sports cards. The markets I think are a lot more stable in sports cards and much more predictable vs comics which seems to have a ton of volatility one minute your 9.8 is worth $600 two weeks later its dropped a few hundred bucks and you're stuck. It's made me very reluctant to really want to pull the trigger on any big dollar items and one of the reasons I found my self on this board hoping to get an inside edge on trends or at the very least a better understanding of them. With that being said it almost at this point in time seems easier to just continue buying and selling cards and taking said profits into the comic arena where if I fail at least in the end I lost nothing. With sports cards, there is a connection between value and the real physical world. Players actually exist, and actually play sports. You can hype up players to a certain extent, but ultimately, it's anchored in reality. So if a player is good, their cards should be worth more and a player who has never been in the majors should be worth less? Definitely not the case. Because a person, anchored in reality, has given their OPINION. I see.... Transitioning that into the comic book world I almost feel like I need a crystal ball to understand what will hold value and what may one day become valuable. I do like to read comics so at least I can buy what I like to read with the hope it may one day be worth something. But this doesn't allow me to buy / sell to the point where I can make enough to afford the comics I want for instance Spawn #185 B/W Sketch or the Spawn #222 Kudranski Variant. The comparison you just made is equivalent to key first appearances in comics. Some may live up to the hype, some may not. There is no sure thing in either. I don't think there are any Moderns selling for $5-10k like in cards.

You won't know if the movie is good until it's out. And by then it's waaaayyy to late to sell.

There are so many books coming out and new collectors all the time that they may not have seen books before and want them for their collection. I see new books all the time that have been around for a decade.

All of the copies in the lot were signed.

This is what I've been doing for the past few years only applied to football cards (Yes I'm a die hard Seahawk Fan). But collecting autographed Russell Wilson rookie cards has started to become boring as I have most of what I want. Over the past few years I've invested and sold smart enough to wear I currently have about 2 grand in Autographed Russell Wilson Rookie Cards that haven't cost me a dime. Now trying to apply the same logic back into comics has proven somewhat more difficult than in sports cards. The markets I think are a lot more stable in sports cards and much more predictable vs comics which seems to have a ton of volatility one minute your 9.8 is worth $600 two weeks later its dropped a few hundred bucks and you're stuck. It's made me very reluctant to really want to pull the trigger on any big dollar items and one of the reasons I found my self on this board hoping to get an inside edge on trends or at the very least a better understanding of them. With that being said it almost at this point in time seems easier to just continue buying and selling cards and taking said profits into the comic arena where if I fail at least in the end I lost nothing. With sports cards, there is a connection between value and the real physical world. Players actually exist, and actually play sports. You can hype up players to a certain extent, but ultimately, it's anchored in reality. So if a player is good, their cards should be worth more and a player who has never been in the majors should be worth less? Definitely not the case. Because a person, anchored in reality, has given their OPINION. I see....

Suicide Squad has easily been the best DC movie that mainstream has never heard of. Rivals Guardians. That being said, each has done better than mainstream movies from each.

What the heck. GCS makes way more sense, but who leaked the Birds of Prey?!

I wouldn't considered it the CGC boards without it!

One book on the list is over 10 years old. Not a long track record by any means. Modern collectors collect all kinds of different things but stories are the glue that make them last. "Long" is a relative term. Is it as old as Bronze or Copper? No, but there is a different market for different era's of books. To just shrug Moderns aside due to age is shortsighted.

Later printings being more valuable is not a new concept. If you want to equate it to anything it would be the abundance of variants vs. their regular cover counterparts. The variants that have done well have better cover art and are a lot harder to find. There might be one cover a month that meets these requirements. This can be the best of both worlds for collectors. The second and later printings that have done well, in most cases, also posses these qualities. Modern collectors value rarity and cover art. A review of this thread will prove that it's not something new and that collectors do hold value in these qualities. http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=9303163#Post9303163

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well the last ebay auction at the end of oct went for $15.50 and that was graded VF-. It looks like an NM raw would cost you $25-$55 , maybe more as its pretty rare to find in high grade. And with only 1 CGC 9.8 and 1 CGC 9.6 on the registry, I wouldn't be surprised if a CGC 9.8 set you back $125-$200+. Its not the most popular character/comic ever, but most collectors know it to be rare, especially in high grade. This analysis is mostly conjecture, but that's how I would view it...in terms of hunting for a high grade copy, there's some people you can pay to hunt for copper comics.... I would think you're looking at more than $200 for a 9.8, being as there is only one. As was mentioned a few pages back, hard to find 9.8's can pull some good cash.

X-23 #1 Dell 'Otto Variant Voldemort 9.8 $1,250 + $50 shipping

That's as close to a print number as you're going to get. Value is hard to say as they don't come up often. Seems to be more on the bay now than any one time I remember checking in the past.

Question, why would one buy from ebay for $100 when you can get it for $80 (I believe this is for a complete set of 3, Color/B&W/Ultra Rare Purple) direct from retailer? That said, I really do like the art on this one. Maybe it's his listing

Really?!