PatrioticMarine

With the new environment over the last decade and how comic book movies and shows (MCU, etc.) can significantly affect the prices of comics, I wanted to seek input from the more experienced collectors here about the below which I heard being discussed by some other collectors, is the below true from your experience?
 

1. Books with villains will have a lower ROI because most (except Thanos) usually don't continue reappearing in subsequent movies.
2. One of the major reasons why DC books (with the exception of Batman and Superman Golden Age books) have a lower value and ROI is because Warner Bros. is incompetent at building a cinematic universe.
3. At some point people will get burned out on comic book movies and it will no longer be so closely linked to current pop culture. At that point prices will all go down.

Again, I'm unsure how true the above are, I just heard them in discussions at cons and by individuals there and other places. Just trying to see you believe they are valid since you possess more knowledge and expertise.

On 8/12/2022 at 3:48 AM, KirbyTown said:

Your questions are pretty broad, but maybe this can assist:

A major difference between Kirby's Cap '41 ('40) and his Cap '64 is whether the average collector will even SEE the former issue in their lifetime, let alone have the opportunity to purchase a copy; that's 90 blues on the census vs. 3,700.

Two years ago, an incomplete Captain America Comics #1 PR with a detached cover and eight pages missing sold for $39,500.

Five months ago an Avengers #4 NM sold for $29,000.

(It just so happened that around the same time, a Captain America Comics #1 NM sold for $3,120,000) 

Hope this helps!

Thank you. That helps! :-)

For some characters they have their "1st appearance" and a "1st Silver Age appearance." Will a "1st appearance" in a lower grade be more valuable than a "1st Silver Age appearance" in a higher grade? What if the census numbers are pretty similar? I read about Captain America, Namor, and the Riddler are among some characters in this scenario.

On 8/10/2022 at 12:29 PM, Lazyboy said:

Fixed (to remove the overlap), but

I didn't even notice that as I was reading through everyone's posts. Good eye.

Individuals on this board, at cons, etc. categorize CGC comics as "high grade," "mid grade" or "low grade," but what does that mean exactly? Is there some standard, accepted definition of these or is it completely arbitrary? It seems like the latter to me, but I could be wrong.

Does the sequential, quantitative order resemble academic grades (A, B, C, D, F)? Would the grades be segregated in the way below?

High grade = 8.0 and above
Mid grade = 6.0-7.5
Low grade = 0.5 to 5.5

Just trying to make some sense of all this when people categorize comics in this way.

Looking for a Hawkman #4 in 9.2 or 9.4, anyone seen one for sale or is selling one?

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, if it can someone enlighten me please?

We all know that Pristine has obscenely overprices their comics, even though they have some good issues in high grades. Having said that are there similar stores/competitors you guys can recommend that actually price near market value and don't blatantly try to rip people off? I actually read a review about how they're "simply fleecing the uneducated," which was pretty accurate and funny.



 

Hi Joey, it's Ben from eBay who was interested in your Batman #181. I can't send you direct messages for some reason. Can was talk about that item you have for sale now?