Not when the number of flippers of issue one exceed the number of buyers of current issues, but the number of people buying number one for four figures. Might be sooner than you think. Not everybody that buys the compendium is even remotely interested in owning a thousand dollar comic.
Good point. $1000 issues take a lot of the fans out of the market. I don't see many old school collectors dropping that kind of coin for a new series when they can pick up some relatively rare bronze age keys in 9.8 for that $$$.
And thats the crux right there.
A few collectors of older comics are getting royally pissed that a 'modern' can command so much money.
Its simple.
Quite a few people nowadays find those older comics plain boring.
Most moderns contain dialogue and storylines that would be considered obscene/immoral/add your own term, back then, but are relevant to how society is now. So younger people find relevance with characters in modern books but couldn't give a rats-behind about some guy who looks like a lizard (or whatever).
The only exception is Batman, as he has been remade into a character for the 2010's - the last 3 films were masterpieces as stand alone movies,but as a triogy, unsurpassable.
With the exception of Iron-Man I have found the Marvel Films as exciting as paint drying.
Next-up - a talking Racoon. Really? Please.
How many times has an older character died??
Unless they are a zombie, in moderns,its just once.
At least collectors and sellers of modern comics don't go onto other age forums and be disrespectful about things those people collect.
If TWD bombs - so be it.
I would never go onto another 'age' forum and be so classless as to basically hope someones hardwon collection would go down the toilet.
Great post!
Even though I hate the most recent developments in the series.