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As someone who owns a 123 (partly due to lack of funds for a 252), I think there's also an additional market premium attached to Kara in particular given her popular status as a character.

I echo this list, especially Bats 121 and 181; I don't think 232 is too late chronologically, since it predates GSX 1, so I'd strongly consider it in high grade. B&B 85 is a great book, I think, more for its Green Arrow impact than anything else. Showcase 73 is a great combo: Ditko art and a key Batman character. Trying to mention some non-Bat books not yet included: I think Wonder Woman 98 is the most prominent post-GA WW book. Action 340 (first Parasite) is underrated, as is Showcase 56 (first SA Psycho Pirate)--especially with the CW TV shows doing Crisis on Infinite Earths this winter. Showcase 30 is worth having as well. Superman 123 has companion/supplemental value to Action 252 (which I personally prefer to 242, b/c it also is the first appearance of Metallo).

Except that it seems to be setting things up such that the Joker is directly responsible for the death of Bruce Wayne's parents, which is an avenue I could do without...

Genuinely surprising. I see this book, along with BB28, JL1, and a few others, as very undervalued atm. But I generally believe that to be true of all Silver Age DCs, with a possible Bat-centric exception.

I'd agree that that perspective, if it exists (I haven't seen it, and certainly don't feel that way myself) is extremely disheartening. I don't have the money to pay for the true keys, and finds the idea of paying anywhere close to $85k for a TOD 10 absurd. But I have built a nearly complete collection of my favorite book, and am working towards another collection that, while not a "pure run" collection, is still built around an organizational principle. So I would hope that my refusing to pay certain prices wouldn't denigrate me as a less than real collector.

There was the mention that they had a scene with the Living Tribunal originally planned for Infinity War, so that might be the cause of it, too.

The Batman logo at the top makes that book even better, imo.

As a companion to the Golden Age thread, I'm starting a thread for people to talk about the main attractions in the Silver Age section of the bidding.

Now that bidding is open, figured I'd get this thread open so people can talk about the main attractions.

You don't mean ASM 14, right? I'd hardly call the first appearance of the Green Goblin a spec book. Maybe ASM 13?

Considering that Ruffalo can't seem to keep his mouth shut about anything (i.e. spoiling Infinity War a year before it came out), this may have already been decided...

...... Yeah I'm an insufficiently_thoughtful_person. That's pretty obvious. I do still like the look of the old label, purely from the purchaser's perspective.

I really do love the look of the old label. What was the reason behind the switch? I could never find an explanation behind it.

That's a beautiful copy. I personally love the old labels as compared to the new labels, so if I had it I'd keep it exactly as is. Congrats!

The 9.6 Nickel ashcan is currently listed on eBay, with the seller listing two other ashcans--any chance they're genuine? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Nickel-Comics-1-Ashcan-Fawcett-1940-CGC-NM-9-6-WP/122319965161?_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D52935%26meid%3D7427061106bc41caa3acea0453a868f8%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D351936730319%26itm%3D122319965161&_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&autorefresh=true

Sure, I'm focused on the younger collector because my entire interest in this activity dates back to the fact that dealers in the past were willing to let me waltz back to their wall area and get right up to any books I pleased. You're talking about a strict policy that would've made that impossible, and I disagreed with it, so I wanted to provide my little slice of perspective. Your concern is certainly valid--I wish it weren't, but if we're trying to keep this thread at the top, I might as well advocate for a little laxity when it comes to access to the wall.

And I'm sure repeat/experienced customers would be knowledgeable enough, and confident enough, to ask you if they can go in and get a closer look. But for someone just starting out, that's gonna be quite an intimidating experience, especially if they're on the younger side. Prior to my first convention I had never been in the same room as any of the books that dealers routinely have multiples of on their walls (I'm not even talking about true grail books like Batman 1, but something like a high grade Hulk 181)--it would never have occurred to me that I could go into the wall area. If you close off your wall area, I think it has the potential to stop young and new collectors dead in their tracks, because it'll never pop into their heads that they can just ask to get closer.

And I'm personally troubled by that. I started buying older comics (SA and BA X-Men and Batman) at Conventions when I was 9 years old. I read the Overstreets and went online, but my first exposure to the actual books was the dealers who were generous enough to let me behind the booths and see the books on the walls, and physically hold them. I'm eternally grateful to the dealer who, when he saw a little kid staring reverently a wall filled with every major Batman key, to go ahead and take down any book he wanted to look at. That was a formative moment for me, and kept the buying spark alive. Now maybe it was easy to say that because I obviously wasn't going to run off with a book, but it mattered nonetheless. And I'd hate to see dealers stop building those kinds of relationships in that way.

I mean, if it's PGX there's a pretty solid chance it's restored. Hence why it sold so low.

The 9.4 FF Annual 6 (White Pages) closed at $2,100 on ComicLink. It's keeping its momentum, though I wonder if the Ebay book mentioned on the previous page had the same White pages?

I agree that the comparison to Superman 1, or Batman 1, is far more apt than Iron Man 1, especially because the longterm popularity and success of the character matters so much. Until the MCU, Iron Man was really a second tier character--if he hadn't been, Sony would've acquired his film rights when they took on Spider-Man.

I definitely get a kick out of the fact that the old labels didn't even note the book as being the first appearance of Carol Danvers.

Would say Batgirl, especially since it's not just a Batgirl, but Barbara Gordon as Batgirl (though that same logic should extend to Barry Allen and Hal Jordan, each of whom is significant in their own right).

Right--Batman 232 seems extremely underrated relative to all the rest of the Bronze Age Batman books, as one of the few that introduces a new character, and the one that introduces by far the more important character.