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Anyone who would have foolished complained about a Summer 1985 book not being Copper would have been totally wrong. I've never seen any one here question the copperness of any post 1982 books. While there is no clear delineation a mid 1985 independant with Dave Stevens cover is the pretty much the very definition of Copper. Good Folks, what do you think??

Nitpick; A Mid1985 Independant is 100% Copper as is the entire Crossfire series

I'm a fan of Byrne's pre 1988 work, and super fan of 1977-1980 so consider being banned an honor as it's forum for the highest echelon of sycophant losers. As for me, was banned from a somewhat well known in certain circles, Mastering Engineer's music forum, for mentioning i did not see what the big deal was about "The Monkees". When I was in 4th grade both myself and a buddy also my age were banned from the local Friendly chain restaurant. I've no remembrance of exactly why but I suspect we were making "Big Beef" jokes. My buddy told his connected Dad, who told us he would take care of it "his way". 2 days later went back no issues. Man I've probably not thought about that in the last 25 years.

IMHO anything less than 9.8w on those will be a huge hurdle due to near zero interest with bulk being glut non-keys. Except on the Conan's but unless they are high grade (9.4+ 68-79, 9.6+ 80 and up) it too will be a struggle Overall it will be days of effort + hassle and you'll be extremely lucky to net $60 in a slow grind with under $50 being far more probable. From Spring 2020 - early 2022 it might have been 3x that, but those days are gone. IMHO if you can still find one that has any interest in comics give them all to a child who will enjoy them and your payment be a priceless sense of smug self-satisfaction. Apologies for my bluntness in this post, but I don't believe in causing people to waste their time, which is finite.

Yeah but if all one wins is a single $35 dollar book, I believe Doug still charges $40-50 in shipping. So not such a deal in those cases.

With few exceptions always easier to purchase collectibles than sell them If that is the case, based on you mentioning it's 25-30 books, there are easier ways to net $12-$15 dollars.

Likely a bi-product of what is being offered for sale "Junk" drops first, falls furthest and takes huge shifts (aka insanity) in market for it to slowly rise again. With trading cards that corresponds to "Junk Wax" with Comics the closest ballpark analog is "Glut era".

Sadly wrong perceptions permeate the hobby thus ASM252 Newsstand especially in 9.8 command higher coin than the Direct which may possibly be the slightly more "rare" edition including in 9.8. "It's a newsstand baby", in the case of ASM252 (and Thor 337, ASM361) is total frickin' joke.

The area was once the ROIO (bootleg) capital of North America. Internet pretty much ended selling them brick and mortar same as official product. Used to take 2 hour train rides there in Jr High and High school days, pick up Zepp or Sabbath or Maiden live CD's then gorge on 3 bucks of 50 cent dogs at Gray's. Just as well, the sodium and fat in just one of those franks would likley kill me now

As for me I'll stick to the simple pleasures of sniffin' glue

Yes congrats! cgcdata is a huge service to the hobby and to me personally - Thanks! The cachet of the recognition should permit you to proceed unabated in your Ultimate Plan

Purchasing collectibles is nearly always easier than selling them

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IMHO would about same on comiclink but with 50% lower fees for seller. Thus potential higher net.

17 in 9.8 on census compared to a gazillion of #1. When I picked mine up there were only 9 IIRC I do recall the issue selling in the 450-600 range but that was in the middle of the bubble. Double that for now for ow/w direct sale -- I'm a bit skeptical, but still it's rather plausible

The DC Special WIH #21 cover is a stone classic! thanks for posting these pics!!!

If Only DC Digests had the cachet of DC 100 pagers... Many have the same scarcity in high grade but none of the demand.

Depends on when but yeah i could easily see 90k as starting point as long as its a 1/1 Still a very visable, viable, and bankable major popular IP unlike the aardvark. Scoobs star is probably near as big now as ever. I wish the Flintstones was at Scoobs level, I'd be sittin' pretty

Your statements were correct but a shelf life exists. Old paradigms will no longer apply due to aging out factor. My posts in this thread are all plausibile as are yours even if less so. Fact everyone will die. Fact death is significantly more likely as humans age past age 60. Fact if demand drops prices will not maintain over time. Fact this is uncharted Territory for independent characters limited to cult followings Opinion; new collectors will not be as likely to spend big money on Cerbrus 1 reducing demand enough to drop FMV. These new or young collectors will almost certainly flock to Marvel over all else. Opinion; The tiny supply of Cerebus 1 will prevent a crash 8-12 years out but as demand decreases FMV will dip or rise only in relation to inflation BTW at one time Little Lulu 1 and the first Stanley issue (i forget the 4 color numbers) had very high rankings on the late 70s and early 1980s Overstreet Silver Charts. Attrition of sadly near all bigtime Lulu collectors has reduced demand down to the point that many under 45 even here are like Little who... Cerebus was never anywhere near as popular as Lulu was at her height. IIRC at one point in 50s it was selling 800k copies a month. I wont even go into Roy Rogers 1 and the western genre which was beyond huge for 2 full decades

This is uncharted territory for cult characters from the late 70s and 80s like Cerebus thus no way to know. Bone is from the 90s so 1-2 decades of growth is probable as the collectors enter their prime earning years. TMNT is not cult! They have full household name status at least in the USA.. TMNT is akin to a-list Marvel and most certainly DC a-level status Lemmie guess you have $$$ interest in Cerebus 1. Is it 9.6 or 9.8 with WP

Agreed but are there enough to hit the radar meaning is it too rare for its own good?

Collectors who were 45 years old 20 years ago will be 75 years of age in 10 years. Much much greater attrition is coming than has already occured. Time is relentless and human life is fleeting. Unless younger Cerebus fans replace those aging out the lofty FMV will decrease.

yes, demand exceeds supply. I do wonder though as attrition sadly claims its not large hardcore fanbase if it will sustain current levels 9-12 years out. My total guess is it will slip in demand. IMHO an iffy non short term proposition at current FMV?

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