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Figure the same. Also why kill Tony? Hes the movie money maker. Can anybody say "Tony Stark Director of Shield".

 

RDJ's contract is ending soon...

Plus, it has already been extended once. I believe his original contract was for 3 movies, and he will now be in at least 8? That is why he got the percentage deal that netted him north of 50 mil for the first Avenger movie. And I think all new major cast members are being signed to longer contracts now (think they must commit to 6 now).

I have to say, I am just getting into GA comics, and a lot of the cover work from Fiction house is amazing. Keep them coming, and I will take any people want to part with.

Yeah. Captain Marvel #17 2nd print is what drives my opinion. Its her 3rd appearance but she is on the cover and look at what those books sell for now. Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars #2 is the same thing but a 1st appearance. Seems pretty obvious to me.

 

which is why I don't understand why it isn't taking off. It fills the requirements of why a modern comic gets hot yet the Howard variant blows it away.

It also fills the requirement for a crash. Most stable priced issues seem to simmer rather than soar. From my experience price stable books are ones that years later people realize were important, or ones that built over time. Not these come out and 2 weeks later they are in the stratosphere. Harley is the perfect example of this (despite going from slow build to very hot). BA 12 and Batman Harley Quinn are now key books, and priced as such. But they were not issues people horded, or over night sensations, it took a long time for them to gain value. Now I can see a price dip over then next few years, but nobody is going to have that currently $1500 book be worth $10 in the foreseeable future.

Sold my Batman 635 earlier this year for $8. Didn't think anything was special about the book (dolt!). Anyways, it's not getting back into my collection anytime soon. Lesson learned: Know what's going on and who's in each book. It was one that I had read when I first got it and put it away.

 

Ah well

Looks like Batman 567, 570, and 655 may be getting some heat soon also. It kinda bugs me, but so much about moderns is now dependent on other media.

I purchased and then resold Saga 1 (granted it was a 9.2 at best) about 2 years ago for a small profit. That does not make me too happy these days. I also sold my NM 98 (about a 9.0) about 1 year ago for $100, now I could get like $150 or more for it. We all have bad luck at times. Right now all the stuff I am hopeful on I dugout of my basement long boxes and sent to grading at NYCC.

A few other items need to be taken into consideration.

1. Jessica Jones was specifically picked because the story of a truly broken hero is not something comic based entertainment has really addressed yet. Yes, we have the AoS basic similarities, but 2 episodes with a character that comes across otherwise as pretty functional, vs multiple episodes dealing with a very broken character is very different. There is a lot of material there. We got five seasons of Breaking Bad on the simple idea that good guy science teacher becomes a meth maker. On the very surface, would you also say there was not enough material there, or enough to dig into?

2. This whole notion of material and how much you can get out of just 28 comic books is also misleading. Even if you say between 2 and 3 comic books makes a 1 hour of TV, you pretty much have your 13 episodes right there. Plus, TV writers will without question add new storylines, plots etc. Yes, our current TV comic heroes have a lot more source material, but the writers rarely stick to what appeared in the books, but usually use them as the starting point. I have no fear that the entire run is enough for 1 season, and season 2 may be all new stuff. So be it.

3. Marvel has done a great job with lower list characters. In the public eye (as in not comic book people), Iron Man was B or even C list, and the build a multi billion dollar universe around him. The only truly household name character Marvel had 20 years ago was Spider-Man, and they have not been able to use him yet (I know that is changing). Guardians of the Galaxy!?!?! Need I say more.

People are holding and hoping for the next NM98 or WD1.

I'm pretty sure that NM98 and WD1 becoming a big deal is at least partially because nobody was holding them... and even when they were a few years old... no one cared.

 

It's a catch-22 to hold something immediately and hope it becomes the kind of thing nobody held for years.

The thing is you never know. Look at Batman 635. I bought that issue new 15 years ago, read it, bagged it, and forgot about it for 15 years. Now the stupid thing is shooting though the roof, based on movie rumors. Yeah CGC has my hopefully 9.8 copy now, but at the time I had zero reason to buy more than one. I think most of the time it is impossible to predict when a modern issue will become a key, or even what will become hot.

Raise your hand if you bought multiple issue of Batman Adventures 12 in 1994. I highly doubt many people did, it was an out of continuity kids comic based on a TV show.

A quick group shot of a collection I am slowly beginning to process..... I was happy with a low grade Superman # 24......I was stunned to find an incomplete Superman # 1 hiding inside it. Its missing the first 2 wraps and the centerfold.

 

 

Sweet score! If you need a home for that Pep...

Why do I never find collections with good stuff in them.

I think Alias 24 is very questionable from a speculation standpoint. I put my personal max on the book at like $10, with the TV show coming up nobody has taken me up on that. Alias #1 looks fairly solid right now. I think values will spike a little more then settle in with NM raws selling $75 to $100.

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What in holy blank in comic covers is that abomination.

Go look for mid-grade Disney books by Barks! For the money, its great entertainment.

 

Oh yeah, and go buy the Gerber photojournals. They will break your heart when you find books you must have and then find out that everybody else must have them too!

Problem I am quickly seeing in GA is that the supply demand equation for the best stuff really stinks. I am looking at pictures, then looking at number of copies around the internet, and looking at prices, it does not always make for a nice equation. I am also sure the same covers that look great to me are cover almost any collector would want.

I have the Adlard Sketch variant, is very high grade for WD 100. Hope that one continues to grow, think it is the highest price cover currently.

I check with comics from NYCC. For MST they are marked as received 10/16.

Thanks for all the responses and support. I have plenty superhero stuff as it is, and looked at GA in other genres is just a way to keep things interesting. Both EC and Planetary look promising.

I think I would lean towards the old Sci Fi and Horror stufff. When I think of old GA stuff other than early superhero, I think EC, but I know there is tons more out there. In general, I think I am looking for great art more than great stories.

 

When it comes to old Sci-Fi there's EC, Planet Comics and then everything else... and I'll tell you the "everything else" does not come to market much (as one of those collectors).

 

The good thing about Horror (and PCH, Pre-Code Horror) in general is that there is lots to collect out there, so that's a good thing for getting into that area of the hobby.

 

(see how I directed him away from my interests? heh heh heh... )

 

I concur with the others, getting copies of the Gerber GA books will give you tons of entertainment and education and be great source material going forward.

 

and yes there is good bit of reprint material out there so you can enjoy consuming those stories as well as collecting the originals!

Yeah, yeah, stay away from my wheelhouse. No, I do see plenty of EC stuff I like, I know it has been reprinted often, but it still has the neat factor to it. I know it may be "overdone" but I see a few Tales from the Crypt cover that are just great.

I think I would lean towards the old Sci Fi and Horror stufff. When I think of old GA stuff other than early superhero, I think EC, but I know there is tons more out there. In general, I think I am looking for great art more than great stories.

I have good knowledge in Silver Age Marvel (DC not so much), and was wondering what a good starting point is for GA stuff. You do not have to stick to superhero. So what are basically good GA starter books that will not break the bank, for the inexperienced.

all of the JR JR New52 Superman covers are abysmal....

To be honest JR JR has been for at least the last 15 years.

Im just waiting for the Harley Gwenn variant to hit

I would buy that

Here's my ticket, rip the stub, Swick

 

What is the 9 d price? German version? Deutchmark?

 

So do we have counselors standing by for the almost inevitable crash of this particular book?

 

This book is going to hurt a lot of people.

 

Doubt it, fans, actual gwenpool fans are buying this book, that means the book is going to stay in PC's so the book won't be recycled and relisted from buyer to buyer. She's only just getting started, same was said for spider gwen and both EoS2 and the Land variant maintained their value, they drop a bit but they aren't dollar books like people thought they were going to be.

 

I bet she gets her solo series early next year, too much money for marvel to not take advantage of it.

 

Sure, Spider Gwen has real fans now. I met a ton of them at NYCC. I even asked one girl (she was doing a Spider Gwen cosplay, and a good one) was this a temporary thing. She just said I love the character and will stick with her no matter what. SG has now had two series and a large number of appearances in a short time in other books. Gwenpool has had one gimmick variant cover, how does that make a lasting fan base? Yes the character could last, but there is nothing to base that on yet.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=howard%20the%20duck%20gwenpool%20lim%201%3A25&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc&_trksid=p2045573.m1684

 

All thanks to CGC........

 

 

It's like watching a trainwreck.

So do we have counselors standing by for the almost inevitable crash of this particular book?

Holy moly! What's wrong with Caps chest?!?! Lmfaooo...how did they even let that go to print!?

You mean the Liefeld giant chest at the wrong angle. Well yes they did. I need to find the reasons Liefeld sucks breakdown again. Oh here it is!!!!

http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/4/21/2960508/worst-rob-liefeld-drawings

and wait part 2!!!

http://www.progressiveboink.com/2012/6/14/3084348/the-second-40-worst-rob-liefeld-drawings

I scanned the book so it was auto cropped. Had not thought of putting colored paper on the scanner.

A first appearance is the character being used is a significant fashion. It has no relation to what or when the story is.

Hot comic is it a hot grade?