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True, and there are difficulties with collecting in trades (or making available digitally) the stories from Magnus, Solar, and Turok that the other Valiant characters appeared in, so at least you have readers.

I need the Gold one. I managed to nab a Dr. Mirage gold from an eBay seller who couldn't grade for $#!†, but also may not have realized that the "extra" copy of #1 was probably worth more than the total I paid for the auction.

Haven't found that issue, or comics at all. I've seen no comic packs in NYC.

You're not wrong, just misinformed, as virtually no one adhered to the more-recent OS change when the dealers moved up the BA date to 1984 (Secret Wars??? ), wanting to turn "worthless early-Copper" into "valuable high-grade late-Bronze" - that was *before* Copper took off and I bet they regret that stupidity now. I would estimate the majority of informed, longtime collectors would select 1979-81 as the End of the Bronze Age and 1981-82 as the Start of the Copper Age. There are just too many seminal books (Warrior Magazine, Love & Rockets, Marvel Graphic Novels, Pacific, etc.), events (New EiCs at Marvel/DC, creator royalties/ownership), changes (no more cartoon books, horror comics/reprint titles all cancelled, Warren/Spire/Harvey shuts down, Contest of Champions starts mini-series wave), etc. for Bronze to go too far out of 1981. Every transition between ages has a cusp. I like the DC implosion as the beginning of the Bronze to Copper cusp. Larry Hama and Al Milgrom both lost their editorial positions as a result of the implosion, and without that maybe we don't have G.I. Joe as we know it, and perhaps epic comics.

Just be guy A or B, take your profits and go. Who cares if people choose to make some money this way? Who cares if some people lose money this way? If people at the end get stuck with the bag....who cares? Why does it offend or surprise or infuriate people so much? No one is making anyone buy or sell from anyone else. No one is going to murder a puppy because they can't buy Supergirl 8 because they have to pay $4 instead of $1. If temporary tv bumps the popularity and therefore demand and therefore cost of some comics, where's the travesty? Does it make any more sense that Kim Kardashian wearing a some brand will bump the stock price of some brand because your teenage daughter (yes YOURS) wants to dress like her? Its life, its economics, get your money where you can (in an honest fashion), or get it somewhere else (in an honest and legal fashion). Who cares? People want to bet or arbitrage both short term and long term stocks for hobby and/or professionally, why is it so bad if some people treat comics the same way? If you didn't own 1st Rocket Raccoon before the movie hype, you weren't that big of a Rocket fan anyways. If you could afford to pay $200K for a 1st Thor 10 years ago, you can probably pay $400K for a 1st Thor now. And if you can't, it probably has very little to do with the fact that the price of 1st reactron has jumped from $1 to $5 overnight.

The bigger crime is selling X:O #1 for $5. I didn't think that book ever sold that low....send the rest you have my way, . I picked up an X-O #1 priced $5 and a few other cheap key Valiants last year at NY Special Edition. And then the seller discounted the lot on top of that.

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Depends how the TV show adaptation goes. Never say never as I heard this argument made 2 years ago about The Strain. That project was frst pushed for TV by Del Toro when that didn't happen he co-wrote the trilogy of books and then the comic book series and following series hit the shelves long before the TV show aired. People still want to buy them as long as the show is a hit. Fortunately I managed to find a copy of the comic to read but it's a little beat up. I don't intend on spending to upgrade. Just seemed odd to me that copies completely disappeared.

Okay, it's been a couple of weeks now, so I'm giving up on reorders hitting the shelf. Who grabbed all of the copies of Rivers of London? I've been reading the book series and wasn't aware a comic series was in the works. I can't imagine that the upcoming television series should have too much impact on the comics since the characters first appeared in books. Any thoughts?

Digital comic https://www.idwpublishing.com/idw-publishing-announces-brooklyn-animal-control/ Slab the internet!

For what it's worth, the cover date on Wizard #1 was September 1991. It's highly likely that, like comics, the cover date is a couple months away from when it was released to keep it on a newsstand longer. The back cover has an ad for X-Men #1, which, according to the ad, is "On sale in August." The content of the issue also has X-Force #1 topping the Top 10.

The problem with this is that it's a misnomer. Most speculator covers of the early-90's-on were actually "foil enhanced" and not "chromium", so really, Foil would be the most accurate term. Then we could make a cartoon about stupid 90's specs looking through their collections and screaming "Foiled Again!". I prefer Pyrite (i.e. "fool's gold") Age, since so many people thought they were going to be rich. Or go with other metal alloys. Brass? I think we need another age or two between what we consider Copper and current books. Arguably, somewhere in 2011-2013 should be considered the start of a new age, with DC's New 52, the Valiant relaunch, and Marvel Now. I do think that the comics industry of the mid-90s has a drastically different feel than the 2000s as well, considering all of the different superhero universes that were being published in the '90s that weren't the following decade (Valiant, Comics' Greatest World, Ultraverse, Milestone, etc.). The advent of the Ultimate line could be considered the end of a late-'90s mini-age.

Whether you agree with it or not, it says right there: ads, articles in news magazines, and other such non-story content = "first time that a character appears anywhere" "...in a comic book." is implied. Because that's what we're talking about. They clearly didn't feel the need to specify that they weren't talking about original art or concept sketches. Lots of other definitions could also be twisted if you didn't take the "in a comic book" implication along with them. I think "in a comic story" would be more accurate, as there are characters whose first appearance was in a magazine (e.g. Starlord or Rocket Racoon) or graphic novel (e.g. New Mutants), and it would be disingenuous to call their first appearances in a comic a first appearance without the qualifier regarding format.

Exactly, and I always imagine these poor deluded fools with a closet-full of Hulk 180's thinking.. "just a few more years and everyone will accept this as his first appearance and I'll be rich! Hahahahahaha!" As someone who's main goal is to collect all sorts of comics rather than sell I can tell you that if anyone is doing that then it's pretty dumb. That doesn't mean that having a stack of Wolverine's true first appearances isn't desireable. Just take out the aspect of profit for a second. I know that is tough around here but not everyone is hear to make a buck. I want 180, 181, and a host of other Wolverine keys ( yes that includes 80 and that Foom issue) in my collection. Sometimes I have to have a comic only for the cover knowing that the story is cause once and a while the art or image is all that matters. But I also want the ones that are worth nada but are key to the history and development of the character. Just don't tell me that cause people place more value on one book over another that it replaces the truth. Yes, and "the truth" is that "first appearance" has always held the connotation amongst collectors that it was an appearance in the context of a story, not a literal interpretation of a visual of a character regardless of context.

You will never regret that trade. Except it was the Liefeld series.

I didn't have any issue with mine. Based on what people were reporting here, my shipment was sent somewhere in the middle of the pack

And he kept the 5 or so colored Boba Fetts 9.9's for himself and listed those on ebay. Since he made so much bank off the books and over charging for shipping if he did have that many as I can't confirm. It would have been very cool of him to give back a little and hold a free contest for one of them. Let's keep in mind here that he's a professional artist, not a comic retailer, and there will be time spent sending everything out that would not have otherwise been spent in that regard. Or he'll have others do it, which will likely mean paying those person for their time.

Pretty broad statement and really depends on the value of their 1st app. No, it has more to do with Overstreet and which appearances got listed and increased in price - look at Saberetooth, more people are probably looking for his 3rd-6th appearances than far more valuable/important characters. Overstreet? People still look at/buy that? I read it for the articles. I read it for the accurate definition of what a first appearance is. I don't think many would argue with that definition. It's typically the "1st FULL appearance" that the market tends to gravitate towards and some people just can't handle the fact that buyers want Hulk #181 (1st Full) way more than their stacks of Hulk #180 (1st) ... Except Ween interprets that to include ads, articles in news magazines, and other such non-story content "appearances."

How you see the cover to FF#1 as "horrible" is beyond me. It’s a very nice composition, balanced and intriguing and it doesn’t let the reader imagine in full what lies within – he would expect a "classic monster story" while here we have what would have given a new meaning to the word "superhero". Has it ever been explained why Mr. Fantastic had to f*** about with ropes when a monster was attacking? Was the the monster's first salvo?

I think the aftermarket prices of the color one was the cause of that. If these sell well on the bay as well, I'm sure it will be like buying comic con tickets for the next one.

Easier just to do this:

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