Which Neal Adams' books are a better investment - DC or Marvel?

[kimik]

Seeing how well the recent run of Eide's CGC'd DC books with Adams' covers did on eBay (check out the discussion at: http://boards.collectors-society.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=247068&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1) made me wonder which Neal Adams' books, Marvel (X-Men, Avengers, etc.) or DC (GL, Batman, Detective, etc.), are the better long term investment. IMHO, it is the DC GL and Batman/Detective runs as they established him as a creative force in the comics world and early Bronze DCs are tough to find in high grade (especially in 9.6 or better). What do you think?

[supapimp]

DC adams for sure, harder to find in HG and less collected compared to his marvel counter parts.

[aardvark88]

DC N Adams Bat/Detect. Great covers, early bronze & Ra's Al Ghul cover/stories in time for Bat movie hype. Underrated are the N Adams $1 cover priced DC comics. These were printed taller than regular comics so suffer from top fringe damage. Sample:

[shiverbones]

thats a really pretty cover for a later adams! I too think its all in the DC except for 1st havok over in X-men, and the 1st kree Skrull in Avengers 93 just cuz people likes them their marvels

[FlyingDonut]

Adams Hitler cover:

 

[kimik]

Nice copy Donut - is it for sale? If yes, pm me with the particulars.

 

[Mushroom]

DC by a long long way. Even though I adore his bats I think books like The Unexpected, House of Mystery, House of Secrets etc etc have great potential.

 

 

[shiverbones]

 

some of the best!

 

My pick for greatest bronze horror issue... Hands Down HOM#186

Adams Cover, Long Adams Story, Long Wrightson story. Perfect book cover to cover!

[Mushroom]

[Foolkiller]

I'd say DC Adams are harder to find. Try and find a NM 9.4 GL/GA 76... very, very tough. The others 70s Adams DCs are very tough to find as well. Although Avengers 93 is tough find in high grade, the body of the Adams Marvel work isn't as well known or as sought after as the Batman and other DC work.

[joe_collector]

Hey, this thread should be in the CGC Investment and Valuation group... wait a minute, no one's set that up yet.

 

And here I am ready for another round of Market Crash threads... Arch??

[read_em-migration]

Here's a cool Adams cover I don't see mentioned much...

 

[minutekev@50]

I collect both Adams' DCs and Marvels...I just think Adams' DC work is better known and he truly did some beautiful covers in the 60s and 70s....

Books that may explode in the future? His Superboy covers...They're just great pieces of art...

His Bats, GL/GA's, Superman, and Brave and Bolds everyone knows about...

[FlyingDonut]

Nice copy Donut - is it for sale? If yes, pm me with the particulars.

 

Yep, the DC Special 29 is for sale.

[underthebigw]

Here's a cool Adams cover I don't see mentioned much...

 

 

 

 

Far and away one of my favourite Adams covers and waaaaaay underated. Also one of my favourite BA JLA storylines. Don't know why-just nostalgia.

 

And Minutekeve is so right about the Superboy covers. Some of his best and part of what makes Adams more associated with DC than with Marvel and, correspondingly, makes his DC books more desirable ( in my mind). People forget the sheer quantity of covers and interior work he did for DC and only remember the classics, while so many other great issues are forgotten.

[Aman619]

and dont forget his beautiful TOMAHAWK covers!!

They jumped off the newsstands so much I bought them even tho the cover was the only worthwhile aspect of each issue

[shiverbones]

god! that all brown tomahawk with the horse is one of my all time adams favorites!

[Aman619]

awesome illustration!

[supapimp]

thanks for the pics

[dam60]

Adams rocks, but DC all the way - don't you just love this cover:

 

 

DAM