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I totally agree...I don't dabble in signature series books, but assume this 9.6 would sell for more than a blue label 9.6?

Congrats! Nice grades on the slabbed books in your run...

Sounds like a cool show with some great dealers! Hope all goes well...

Even though I prefer Silver Age books I was thinking the same thing, especially if the OP likes Venom and thinks he's here to stay in the MCU...it also has a cool cover. Based on current GPA numbers, $500 will get you a CGC-graded 6.5 - 7.5 copy, but I don't know if it's lagging behind recent sales...

It will be interesting to see how speculators treat books tied to subsequent Marvel shows should prices for most of the above books drop after WandaVision ends... If enough people get burned chasing these books, will they change their behavior? I'm guessing probably not...

This sounds interesting, depending on how things with the virus play out by the end of the year... Looks like it's formally covered on the SDCC site here - https://www.comic-con.org/cci. Thanks for the head's up!

Based on my one experience with their “Buy Now” or “Make an Offer” options, you are not assessed the 20% buyer’s premium...

A-1 Comics is his store, and I agree that Brian is a great guy to deal with! https://a-1comics.com @A-1 Comics, INC

Out of curiosity, which earlier ASM issues would’ve been available if you didn’t receive an offer for all of them?

I think this is just the way it is with superhero shows, movies and comics... It could become a slippery slope if other characters were brought in to help with an issue the titular character is dealing with...if Marvel brought in superpowered beings to deal with the Hex, why shouldn’t they bring in more powerful characters to help out weaker characters in subsequent shows and movies? As a kid I used to wonder why the Avengers or FF would not step in to help Spider-Man when he was overwhelmed with an issue in his comic, but realized it would make for a boring story...

5.0 for me as well...

I'm also thinking 6.0, but could see it possibly getting a 6.5...

6.5, with a shot at 7.0...sweet book with nice page quality!

I agree, and without the staple tears I could've seen it possibly hitting 6.5. Great gloss and colors on this book! Those massive Comics Code stamps always make me laugh...

I considered throwing a tracking bid down on this book, but the piece missing at the lower left corner of the front cover turned me off...I wonder if that may have impacted some other bidders as well? I'd rather have a copy with more spine stress and wear than a copy with a piece missing, but I don't know how many other people feel this way...

Regarding back cover surprises, I was looking at a Tales to Astonish #49 in CGC 9.0 a few years ago with the intent to buy, but upon close inspection I saw that someone drew a beard on Albert Dorne on the back cover so I passed on it... I'm not sure if it was missed during grading or factored into the final grade, but it was not noted in the graders notes. Keeping on topic, that is a beautiful copy of Daredevil #1...congrats to both buyer and seller!

I also agree with this grade...great catch! @Randall Ries, I also initially thought the spine looked weird on the interior photo, but it's because the bottom staple is on the front cover rather than on the spine, causing the inside of the cover to look like it does when the book's opened...is that what you were referring to in your comment?

Agreed... I can't count the number of times I've seen a book with a very nice-presenting front cover that has issues on the back cover...hope this isn't your experience when you have a chance to check it out further! If everything else is clean and it's truly an 8.0, the $340 USD price tag exactly matches the last sale of this book in CGC 8.0 on GPA...

6.0 for me as well...

3.0 for me as well...

I also noticed this when checking out raw books from the Savannah pedigree, and it was a bit of a turnoff...do they carry a premium when they come to auction? I don't buy pedigree books unless I happen to find one at roughly the same price as a non-pedigree copy, so I don't track their activity in auctions. I'm just curious as to how the Savannah pedigree tracks compared to other pedigrees...

One option would be to hold onto it until you find a nice cents copy you like and then sell it...that way, if the price for an FF #9 goes up by the time you find your cents copy you should be able to sell your pence copy for more than you paid... This is, of course, assuming a "rising tide lifts all boats" and both cents and pence copies increase equally in value relative to today's price.

I totally agree, and economically-impacted collectors being able to take advantage of the current market is definitely a silver lining to the craziness...

As someone who had many years to acquire an X-Men #1 but didn't (I considered biting the bullet and looking for a 6.0 last October but never followed through... ), prices seem crazy right now, and I suspect sellers are asking for the moon and settling for less considering how much prices for this book have skyrocketed just in the last month...if I remember correctly, about a month ago a few 6.0 copies were offered up for sale on these boards for between $15,000 and $17,500. I have no idea how to value this book at the moment, and it feels like I can't even refer to GPA right now to get a handle on things because prices are jumping so quickly. To your point, at some time in the future I'd assume people will start liquidating their copies if they're bearish on prices staying at their current levels. However, this book could end up becoming the IH #181 and ASM #300 of the Silver Age where demand constantly outstrips supply and prices remain high...only time will tell. We're living in crazy times right now...hard to believe a year ago that I (and several others) thought comic prices might take a hit because of the economic impacts of COVID.