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Nope, just a sweet cover.

$5.01 actually. how so? Does your LCS charge shipping & handling when you get to the register? shipping on that was $3, not $5. and yes, that means the book was worth $3.01 to someone for them to own it. justification for it maybe being a $1-$3 book in a comic shop or non-shipping setting for sure. almost anything can be justified at that price. but it didn't "sell for" $3.01 as far as the seller is concerned. it sold for a penny and the seller needs to figure out how to get it to the buyer with the other $3. maybe they can ship it for $2.25? maybe. after fees they have lost money I think or got pretty close. certainly not a basis to price it at $3 later on and then charge $4 shipping. (of course, a seller can try whatever they want...) Yea, you're time must be worth nothing if you're selling comics for that price.

Not so great for protection from the elements. Well, he's got an extra layer of X-Force boxes on the perimeter . . . They are all polybagged #1's so its just as good as vinyl siding.

So someone dressed like Lebron to do a spoof skit? Weird No Lebron dressed up like that for a SNL skit.

$5.01 actually. how so? Does your LCS charge shipping & handling when you get to the register?

So someone dressed like Lebron to do a spoof skit? Weird

Is that Lebron?

What happens, I think, is: 1) They print millions. 2) After the initial hype, they become worthless. 3) People don't take care of them since they're worthless (ex. longboxes full of them, jostled around, getting bent, no boards, thrown out or given away, etc.) 4) The number of high grade copies decreases until those become more scarce. 5) When the demand for the issue starts rising, people realise that it's worth something. 6) The 3 milion high grade copies that once existed is down to 800,000 high grade copies. Although the remaining good copies of the comic still exist in huge numbers, a lot of the extreme excess that speculators bought (ex. 100+ copies per person) has effectively been ruined. Great analysis. And..I think that all combines with 'pump and dump' sales to create panic buyers. Print run was not that high really for these books. I can't find it in the Copper thread right now, but I was surprised how low it was compared to the Death of Superman. http://comicbookspeculation.blogspot.com/2013/10/undervaluedsuperman-man-of-steel.html

1st Lucifer, TV show, etc...

http://comicbook.com/2014/09/14/review-edge-of-spider-verse-2---face-it-marvel-you-hit-the-jackp/

halfway down: http://boards.collectors-society.com/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=7806919

Correct, from the lots of Shazam #1's that people have been finding I would venture to say that it was one of the first books to be widely speculated on for long-term value and profit.

Why are you spending time worrying about this instead of doing research on where to buy cheap or what the next book could be? There seem to be an abundance of posters who are concerned with "who is buying these?". A redundant question I might add.

Exhibit A:

There were a lot of people that said that about the Doomsday books as well.

You forgot, "the market is primed for a crash" and "it's the 90's again". I didn't forget because that was not my point, I don't think either is true. You can deflect with retorts but the question was genuine, I was actually hoping for an answer. The hobby survived the 90's it will survive this phase. maybe not an answer so much as a take. The older stuff has a better chance on being a Personal Collection book than the newer stuff.

Any Joker cover has seen some good action in the past year.

Great book to pickup as well.

Hasn't this one always been hot Don't know that it's been that high, but yes.

Already sold them when the movie came out. No reason to sit on them. I hope you made some ok money, I was too lazy to pull them out. They were $1 bin books for #1 and sold for $20.

I see a lot if talk about the Cyborg one. Needle hasn't moved...yet

Already sold them when the movie came out. No reason to sit on them.

You forgot, "the market is primed for a crash" and "it's the 90's again". I didn't forget because that was not my point, I don't think either is true. You can deflect with retorts but the question was genuine, I was actually hoping for an answer. The hobby survived the 90's it will survive this phase.

The Anthony Bourdain Dr. Who variant is interesting.

Mine as well take advantage of the system since others are doing it anyway.