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Infinity, I see what you did there.

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I agree that these are two covers, but for example there was just a sales thread last week that had a beautiful 4.5 Shocking Mystery Cases 51 and it sat there for over a week. The price was reasonable based off other recent sales and ebay asking prices. But no one jumped on it...If I had an extra grand laying around I would have considered it, but I don't so I just watched lol.

I don't think you are very far off. I will join you in unpopular opinions. Although I agree Cole is extremely talented, I have no idea why anyone likes that blue bolt 112. That book is even rising in price, and I see oohs and ahhs when posted on the board. But I am frankly not impressed or compelled to it with so many other rich PCH covers.

Ghostly Weird and Witches Tales best two covers in that lot in my opinion. Awesome books. Thanks for sharing!

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Just to play devils advocate some of the counterarguments of why the books are not down is pointing to a few books that are "icons" or well known and saying "look its not down!" Also what makes a cover "iconic" other than the artist or pre-established community opinion. When a new collector finds their first favorite superhero, books with major events surrounding that hero or their arch-nemesis are keys and it is evident. They dont need to be told or influenced of that. With PCH I don't this directly translates, collector sees cool torture cover with art and drawings he likes so he purchases...decides he no wants to collect PCH, but asks where do I go after that one book? Collect the run? Collect the cover artist? Collect the Publisher? Most of the times they have no knowledge unless another PCH collector teachers or guides them. So then all new collectors get guided to the same books making them "hot or desirable". I didn't need anyone to tell me that after I started liking luke cage I needed to move on to Iron Fist...I naturally got there because of team up mags. The interest was organic and collecting driven by interest...There are not tons of collectors pushing those characters even less after the netflix iron fist show .

wow, when you have someone saying take them all....and the books are hundreds to thousand dollars each... nothing makes you feel more like a bottom feeder.. hah

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Its funny you mention that you get raided by flippers trying to make 5-10% on each other. I feel like I see that alot with PCH, dealers and collectors passing the same books to each other over and over after owning it for 3-6 months. The question is then....are the flippers and resellers keeping the PCH market hotter than it really is? I feel like I see many people buy a PCH book with the intent to flip it, or they get their satisfaction of owning it and after few months try to sell for a small profit to get another PCH book just to own for a few months. Like a small gratification of saying "I used to own that book". When it comes to Hero books yes there are flippers as well, but I feel there are a larger number of people whom have multiple hero books that you can not pry from their dead hands and they keep for years. Example...someone owns a BA 12 because they love harley quinn, they will not sell it 6 months to a year later to buy a batman 181 because they also love poison Ivy. Just doesnt happen. With PCH I feel it does. What does that say? Im not exactly sure, but I think its something to think about... Maybe this goes back to the genre's interchangeability. ...BUT this may also go back to "there's always buyers" because they are caught in a loop that creates a false market.

I think this comment isnt very accurate. Thats like saying "The Artist" winning an award when it came out even though its a movie in black and white could be a representation of that genre still being strong. Those are very select and handful of books. Not every hero book is going for AF 15 or FF1 numbers.

Hello, Please grade my CSS 26. I am trying to assess how much water damage brings down the grade on they golden age books. I just purchased this one and although it presents well in a mylar when you pull it out there is wavyness and water damage on back cover that permeates some of the bottom of the pages. PS there is no color loss on the front cover it just appears that way from the scanner because of the waviness.

This is one thing that got me started on the Atlas JIMs. The stories, three cheesy mystery/monster stories that I could read and enjoy with a nice bourbon and chuckle to myself while I admire the art. One of the reasons I collect those raw, because when they are slabbed you cant enjoy them. @jimbo_7071 I agree with you. I feel like many of the books are interchangeable and it comes down to preference. To a lamen they can get their GA fix by picking up a couple here or there with no real consequence to which one it is.

I think this is a good point, new comic readers are brought into superhero runs, origins, initial releases because of new printings, movies, games, cartoons, toys, etc. So there are ways for new collectors to be groomed. There is a connection of how one collector moves down the chain. I don't know if this is being done the same for other GA genres. A 40 year old man doesnt want in to barnes and nobles and see a teen cosmo and say, hmm... I think ill collect GA teenage dope slaves or other romance books .

It great that we are getting input in on this topic. I agree that some books are still very hot because they always will be. I think its unfair to say the market cant be down people will always want BCM 50 or CSS 22, because people will always want FF1 and Hulk 181. What I am saying is that if I see some books for sale on the board, and its a silver first appearance of a hero that book almost never lasts compared to PCH books. @fifties You bring up a point that I think is actually more two point than you realize. You are getting outbid on ebay for PCH books because people are dumping them at lower prices than they were before and so collectors are bidding on them because the price is lower than it has been in the past. @IngelsFan I agree with you I think that some of the books are being overpriced and that is hurting it some. I have seen some dealers that are hunting raw PCH because it has an "austere" to it only to try and slab it and sell it to a newbie like me "but less diligent haha" for 3-4x what he paid for it. I have literally seen people pay 100-125 for a Haunt of Fear...slab it then put it for sale for 400 and have it sit on their page or listing. This brings me to my next question and save all your stones and spears . But I feel most PCH collectors to be older more experienced comic book collectors. Just look at how many decades of PCH collecting was thrown around in the messages above. Is PCH a niche? Is that buyer/collector pool shrinking? I feel like if I have a dude with 400-500 bucks...he's at a con, show, or hell LCS and he wants to treat himself; he's going for the marvel spotlight 5, or the Edge of Spiverse 2, or beat up copy of his intro ASM 9. I don't think he's saying oh you have any Cole or Everett Covers.....much less saying got any Baker or Schomburgs? Think about it. I don't think I am that far off. This is a little concerning for me.

Howdy, Just felt like starting a post of open discussion. I am not new to collecting but newer to collecting PCH. I started with Atlas Jims, then branched out to other Atlas and now a few CSS. A LB Cole here, working on another there. I felt the horror books are super cool and the art and stories are amazing, but yet I feel like alot of collectors are losing steam on PCH. I see boardies throw them up and they sit for awhile. I see auctions and the books arent commanding what I thought they were and I know some dealers are trading down in value for silver marvel keys because thats what people want. I feel like I even seen some PCH owners getting rid of their books at cost. Anyone have thoughts on this? Is PCH dying? Is it soon to be like westerns and war books, were there is only a handful of niche collectors and most of the books are extremely cold? Many of those books are still relatively affordable. I hesitate to put 400 in a PCH book when a 400 marvel silver first appearance seems to only go up. I know some people say its because of the movies, but Avengers Endgame was the last movie and there is a two year lul of no MCU, so I dont think people can point to that. I just thought I would open a dialogue and let dealers, PCH collectors, and investors chime in. I appreciate you all and can't wait to see the comments. Ref

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