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Are UK price variants really that rare? The market for Marvel Comics has been pretty strong in the UK since the 60's.

45K for a mis wrap? A mis stake on the part of the buyer I would say.

Maybe its the fourth appearance in 'Marvel Time' not real time. In Marvel Time Secret Wars 8 is the first appearance, even though in real time it was published 7 months after ASM 252.

Is there much interest in UK price variants? Are they as sought after and/or rare as the Canadian ones?

With that in mind, would people expect the actual quantities of Newstand to Direct copies that were actually published be comparable? Presumably the only real difference would then be the mentality of the person that originally purchased the book, with direct copies being sold bagged and boarded and generally better protected.

Definitely a nice find. Not many pages pop up from the first Romita Jr X-Men run these days.

That is a sweet page! Love mohawk storm I bet this one set you back a pretty penny...auction win?

The corners are not super sharp, so I'm guessing it would come back a 9.4

Is there a specific reason for the lack of 9.8's prior to 2009? I have quite a few pre Unity valiants that I have also never got around to getting graded. Is there something i should look for on the harbinger 1 that would stop it getting a 9.8?

So at this point its still fair to say that Valiant remains pre Unity or nothing as far as desirable books go?

Has the release of the Bloodshot movie had any effect on comic values? I have long had a perfect raw copy of Bloodshot 1, but never considered sending it to CGC for grading. Might now be the time?

Thanks for posting this V. Most enlightening👍

I don't know if its been mentioned in this thread already, as I am new to it, but I have a question on the newstand editions. I have been reading that there is a big market this year in particular for newstand editions over direct editions on Copper books. Is that across the board, or on some books in particular? Also, anyone have the numbers on how many newstand editions exist vs. the direct ones?

Wow...I am so out of the loop I only just found this Fantastic stuff Felix!!

That is extremely unlikely to happen. Killing Joke is a story containing Batman and the Joker, two of the most iconic figures in comic book history. Miracleman 15 is a story containing... ...well you get my point.

I disagree. A newby could be confused since you don't say clearly that these layouts were drawn in a separate sheet. I think that you're playing with words. My 2ç. Ferran, he's in the business of selling art. I think he's said enough here (no horse in this race, just feel things are getting a little nuts). I think Ferran is entirely correct in what he is saying. Comiclink are, in my view, still attempting to cloud the issue. They have all the relevent information to hand, why not explicitly state it in the description?

Oh and just to add a little to that this month is the first time I have seen exactly that "$Make Offer" on a panel page. Seems like zombie pages are priceless http://www.splashpageart.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=25972&ArtistId=84&Details=0&Mag=Walking+Dead&From=TDetail The prices quoted on the newly listed #110 pages seem a little on the high side across the board.

From 'BACK ISSUE #21" Daredevil #158-172 Tight Miller drawings (he also spots blacks i.e. indicated where black should and should not go), Janson inks. Daredevil #173-184 Looser Miller pencils, Janson inks and spots blacks. 179 Janson starts colouring as well. Daredevil #185-190 Miller layouts on small sheets of paper. Janson draws, inks and colours. And then, 191 was Miller again on pencils.

It won't, as the reserve is probably at least $12K.

But even you have to admit, compared to the journey the book took from 1-48, the path from 49-107 has been extremely pedestrian.

I don't think thats the case at all with Capulo's Batman run. It will never be hotter than it is right now, and in my view he would make some serious money selling the pages individually while the heat is on.

The only sure thing is that they will all take a big hit when it comes time to sell.

A nice page if you like art with no characters, no zombies and nothing happening. If you DO like any of those things, maybe not so nice.

Remind me again why there is such a clamor for the original art from this series?

I think you are dead right on this. After the speculator spike has ended, I can see WD art falling into three distinct pricing catagories: Tony Moore art (highest) Adlard large art (mid range) Adlard small art (cheapest) I also think the price difference between these three types will widen over time, with only the very KEY pages breaking out. And by KEY, I don't mean zombie or Governor appearances but MAJOR first apps, deaths and significant event pages. Probably only around a dozen or so pages would fit this criteria.