Lord Gemini

On 3/8/2022 at 9:01 AM, Crops068 said:

Anyone else looking forward to this when it comes out?

Yup. Been trying to hold off grabbing an ashcan copy because I keep telling myself prices will go back down. It's been...difficult.

On 3/4/2022 at 11:48 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

Ah, I think you're right - I think it was that 1:25 first print that goes for crazy $$. I ended up grabbing a couple of the 2nd print right before FOC for around $3 each; I'll probably just hold on to them awhile. Just was curious to see what other people thought about the potential for that one.

I grabbed one myself. I find myself grabbing more second, third, etc. prints these days anyway, just in case.

On 2/28/2022 at 8:46 AM, ygogolak said:

People are allowed to buy what they like. And while there may be a consensus on some things, there is not authority on 1st appearances.

Yup. The market does what the market does. Sometimes it doesn't make a lot of sense, but such is humanity.

On 2/27/2022 at 8:46 PM, Drake Dragoon said:

I visited the Clayton Crain personal website and I noticed that he has several of the same signed comic, but each labeled and priced differently, depending on the signature style:

Infinity Signature, Infinity Murder Signature, Classic Murder Signature, etc... it's actually kind of cool! Basically, it's just different pen colors and an artistic flair to the signing.

Is this a new collectible thing?

SS slabs don't yet notate the signature variants, but I wonder how long until collectors start asking for it?

After all, you pay a standard price for a basic Kevin Eastman signature, and you pay extra for the 'head sketch' doodle he puts on his merchandise at signing events. He advertises his head sketch as a bonus to his signature, which should make it 'more collectible', or worth more imo.

LMK what you think about it. Your  below.

 

It's more of a Crain thing. He's the only one I've seen that does this with signatures. The upcoming CGC signing event with him is placing his various types of signatures into different pricing tiers.

On 2/27/2022 at 7:41 PM, divad said:

Might as well get your wifey pregnant while your waiting. . . . 

That's a whole other set of problems I don't need. 

On 2/25/2022 at 11:54 AM, littledoom said:

Character returns don’t have long term values in my experience 

It was my impression that this would be her first appearance in a comic though.

On 2/25/2022 at 10:11 AM, Broke as a Joke said:

Technically, a later printing is not a first appearance, so while they may be harder to find, the value should be diminished based upon the reality that a possible 5th printing came out months after the 1st.

 

"Should" is a less than reliable concept in the spec market. 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #127 may be worth grabbing:

https://www.cbr.com/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-venus-returns-idw/

On 2/24/2022 at 4:35 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

 

https://www.comicconnect.com/item/900651?tzf=1

On 2/24/2022 at 5:15 PM, jcjames said:

And yet, I don't dare send mine of either of these in for slabbing, with the TATs and apparent QC issues being as they seem. So, in mylar they'll all stay. 

Yeah, I have a fairly sizable stack of potential submissions myself, but I just can't motivate myself to send them in only to have to wait a good nine months for them to come back.

On 2/24/2022 at 12:55 PM, Jesse-Lee said:

Off the top of my head, if you're talking 9.8 sales, Batman Adventures 12 is selling recently around the same price as UF4: ~$3,500.

Edited to add - I think Invincible 1 9.8s are even higher, I didn't check though.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1 is up there as well, though maybe not as high as UF4.

On 2/24/2022 at 12:13 PM, lostboys said:

I just checked the prices and good god, man! 

Yeah, I'm glad I collected a nearly complete run from #1 to #210 about twelve years ago, but filling in the holes from #211 into the high 200's now is proving to be painful.

On 2/24/2022 at 8:27 AM, awakeintheashes said:

These Damn Kids #1 from last week also. 

Second Sight put out a slew of one-shots last week. I wonder if any of the others will get a bump in value as well.

As for "These Damn Kids", there are web exclusive covers available at Second Sight's site:

https://www.secondsightpublishing.com/store

I grabbed the virgin variant. The regular covers are sold out there.

On 2/23/2022 at 11:16 PM, eddly said:

Seeing more strength with HR 1, cgc 9.8 getting closer to $100 or a bit above.

The biggest gain is with HRA 2, lots of recent sales... $15 or so raw and upwards of $100 cgc 9.8. Perhaps aided by the lower supply of 9.8s compared to HR 1.

Haven't really watched the last two since this post, perhaps they are a bit flat (jabba and temple peak).

HRA 1 seems to be a gaining a bit more respect.

 

I'm so glad that my LCS didn't have the regular covers of HRA 2 when it came out, "forcing" me to buy the incentive variant.

On 2/23/2022 at 2:29 PM, lostboys said:

I dont get the whole "low print run" thingy. 

I can find 20 copies of any "low print run" Spawn book on Ebay so its not like they are hard to find.

For what price though? I know my Spawn #243 didn't come cheap.

On 2/22/2022 at 6:27 AM, Arkham said:

All this guesstimation makes me want to ask again - where do people find reliable print run numbers? I can’t ever find anything for books when I research. 

I wish I knew. I'd love to find numbers on second prints, third prints, etc.

On 2/21/2022 at 10:06 PM, Jemin said:

Mines been at CGC for a month.  Just needed to fix a label.

Mine was a cracked case. I wonder if fixing a label takes a little longer. Who knows.

On 2/21/2022 at 6:10 PM, Broke as a Joke said:

People need to ask themselves what is the end result you're looking for in the spec game.  Is it a cameo in a movie, character growth in a comic based storyline, bedsheets and pajamas?  

The vast majority of these first appearances will end up as nothing.  Even in the Marvel universe where everything is based upon possible MCU ties, why should anyone pay big money on a first appearance of a character that will only appear in 5 minutes and be killed off or forgotten immediately.  

Star Wars is tricky because any characters used from the new material will have to be signed off on from multiple top dogs.  You would think they already have ideas in place for what and who they will use when the time comes.

In the Marvel universe, first appearances more often than not lead to nothing, but first appearances in the Star Wars universe, for some reason, seem to gain more traction. At least, it seems that way with the Star Wars books in my collection, both Dark Horse and Marvel.

On 2/21/2022 at 4:58 PM, sevans1979 said:

My book was received on Jan 7th. I sent it in super early. Maybe they are going in order? They gave four options. Hopefully you get your email soon. If you are curious I can message you the email contents 

Maybe so. I'll keep an eye out for it. They haven't fallen into my spam folder in the past, so if they send one, I'm sure I'll see it. Thanks!

On 2/19/2022 at 10:43 PM, William-James88 said:

That's good, I have 2 mechanical errors to report to them. I heard it was 1 year wait time so I was feeling apprehensive to start the process.

Mine was fairly quick as well. A few weeks.

On 2/21/2022 at 10:56 AM, sevans1979 said:

I opted to have my New Teen Titans #2 that I sent in for the Perez signing to be graded universal per CGCs email. It was switched from in house signing to modern a couple days ago. It will be a nice Xmas present when I get it back in December (maybe)

Hmmm, I don't believe I received an email. I sent mine in already slabbed. I wonder if that's why. Still, I wish I had the option.

On 2/21/2022 at 11:24 AM, ygogolak said:

There are two Jedi first apps according to KC.

Yeah, but every other issue seems to be the first appearance of someone. I didn't know why these two were special. 

On 2/20/2022 at 2:26 PM, CheeseFrog said:

Yup, noticed that as well.  Wondering if it’s a reaction to the annual jumping. 

Yeah, I couldn't figure out a reason why it was going up. That may be it.

On 2/20/2022 at 11:42 AM, Jaywalker0 said:

Still waiting from June? Wow, were these Modern slow track or get CCS pressing too?

Modern slow track with pressing.