Supraman16

I’m in!

My little collection. Not the highest grades but I got these years ago. Maybe I’ll upgrade some of the issues later on to higher grades but I’m pretty happy with the set currently.

I was just getting ready to submit my stash of Transformers 1 and I noticed one of them have a much more pronounced blue tone to the background. It’s not sun faded at all, and all of them are 1st prints. Notice the pics I’ve attached below. Anyone else notice this? I wonder if this is a similar “variant like the Rai 0 “Glossy” variant??

Just got this badboy back.

I want to get my ASM 194 signed by Milgrom and Pollard and submitted for CGC Signature series grading...how would I go about doing this? Will there be any vendors going to this show who are authorized by CGC for to submit books for the Signature series that I can send my ASM 194 to get it signed at this show? Thanks for any tips go about getting my book signed by these legends.

Got a couple of 194’s but this is my favorite. Got it personally signed by Wolfman and Lee myself. Need to get it pressed and resubmitted...looks much higher than a 9.0 to me.

Prelim movie reviews for Venom don't look good. I wonder how much of a hit ASM 300 will take if these reviews are accurate.

That's just sick! I would be looking hard at those older labels to see if any of them would benefit from a press and resubmit...

I say save your money and get one that's complete/universal grade.

High grade CGC Universal available on Ebay are starting to dwindle down: CGC 9.0: 2 CGC 9.2: 1 CGC 9.4: 1 CGC 9.6: 2 CGC 9.8: 1 I say get them while you can before they are gone for awhile locked up in personal collections.

I think there are certain events that will trigger a plateau or downward trend: Character no longer prominent or interesting anymore. Horrible movie or media exposure. Prices are so high that people can’t afford it and issues that are for sale start to accumulate due to not anyone buying them anymore. In regards to Wolverine and Hulk 181, I don’t think this is the case yet. In fact, now that Disney has countered Comcasts offer and essentially made it very clear they want Fox and determined to get back the rights to the X-men, wolverine, etc and gets those characters back to the MCU, I think the prices will just keep going up. There are less and less copies available, especially graded ones and ones with the MVS intact. IMHO, I say buy now before Hulk 181 (or even Hulk 180) goes higher.

I believe Cindy Moon's first appearance is in ASM 1. Cindy Moon as Silk first appearance is ASM 4. Now the question is which variant is going to be the most valuable. I believe the Campbell Negative Variant is the rarest...

Just picked up this bad boy...

Yeah, the numbering on this whole series is hard to figure out.

One of the best pieces of advice I've gotten in terms of building wealth is having income property...I'm working and saving towards that one day. The biggest downside is of course the hundreds of thousands dollars it takes to actually get a decent income property. In that context, high quality, in demand comics of key characters that will always be remembered and desired for years to come are much "cheaper".

IRA's, 529's, and stocks are good investments...I got all three already. But comics are less volatile and at times appreciate much more than stocks. Diversification is key, but holding onto some key comics, such as Hulk 181, that will never be reproduced and only keep going up in demand is even smarter.

I definitely see less available on ebay. And even though the CGC census states over 10K copies graded, I suspect there is a lot less than this available; the reason for this is that the census is based on the number of submissions CGC gets to be graded. This is no where representative of the actual number that actually exists. Also after pressing services became more popular and available, I'm sure there are more resubmissions of the same issue that was previously graded in hopes of getting a higher grade. Technically you should resubmit the CGC labels back so the census can be updated, but how many people do you think actually do that?! Also take into account there are plenty of issues that have the MVS cut out and restored (this is one of the most popular issues to have someone do some touchup on the cover in hopes of selling for higher grade, only to be caught by CGC), you have much less blue labels out there than the census actually indicate. In either case, I'm not selling my three 181's...I'm passing them on to my kids one day...

Iconic character that is very marketable (look at all the toys, etc), beautiful classic cover, and a comic that everyone wanted when they were growing up and now that they can possibly afford it, the possibility for Wolverine joining the MCU if the Disney-Fox deal passes...I think that's what driving the prices. I think supply and demand also has a role to play in the prices, especially in higher grades.

That's one of my biggest fears is that it'll come back with a lower grade due to either more damage from handling the book (opening the case, pressing, dry cleaning, etc) or a change of opinion about the grade (I know CGC is currently extremely strict grading standards compared to before). I'll definitely check with CGC/CCS if it may qualify for conserved grade...thanks for that idea. But overall, I don't think i'll be selling this anytime soon so I'll probably hold on to it as is for now. I definitely appreciate everyone's opinions...thanks.

I did. And also called CGC up. There is nothing specific mentioned about what they specifically noticed to account for “interior lightened”.

I got this original sketch many years ago. On the back James wrote a letter about the origins about the Crow.

My admission ticket to this exclusive club:

Did not know that. Still awesome cover art nonetheless.

One of my favorites from the Silver Age is Gold Key’s Magnus Robot Fighter. I fell in love with it when I saw Russ Manning’s art (especially the painted covers) and story which I thought was well beyond it’s time. Post up some of your favorite Gold Key Magnus comics. I’ll start off with one of my Grails: Magnus Robot Fighter 1 CGC 9.0. I have comics that are more expensive but this one has a special place in my heart given it’s rarity and beautiful painted cover.

RMA: I definitely agree with all that you said. Especially about the fact that $12 is extremely cheap considering the amount of work that a good press job takes. But most pressing companies advertise a "full service" when you choose their pressing services, but I guess what's me off is that they seem to be doing a "Quick Press" even though you pay for the higher end service. There is no way to really check to see if these companies are doing everything that you paid for, you just have to take their word for it that they did everything possible to press and dry clean your comic for the best results. Especially nowadays where these companies are being pushed to the limit in terms on the number of submissions they have to get done in a timely manner and get submitted to CGC.