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Are these worth ''Slabbing''? Raw NM/MT Miracleman #1,2,3.

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Mr 9.8

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I have several sets of the first 3 issues of MM I have been meaning to have certified and then posted on here to sell. However the more I think about it I come to the conclusion that these are not going to bring in much even in 9.8. I mean not even the Gaiman issues in 9.8 are bringing in much money (unless it's #23,24) so should I sell these books raw or just pony up the cash, have them slabbed and hope for the best?

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No.
Okay that's 1 ''No'' and a ''maybe''.

 

Look ... those 3 issues are incredibly easy to find in high grade because they were part of the Eclipse warehouse sell-off - I personally have an entire longbox filled with pristine copies of #1-3, and I'm fairly certain I'm not the only one that has a hoard like that. If you want to slab some sets for yourself, that's all fine & well - but don't expect to be able to recoup much more than the slabbing cost if you end up selling them.

 

And that's only if they come back as 9.8's - if they're CGC 9.6's, you pretty much can't give them away.

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No.
Okay that's 1 ''No'' and a ''maybe''.

 

Look ... those 3 issues are incredibly easy to find in high grade because they were part of the Eclipse warehouse sell-off - I personally have an entire longbox filled with pristine copies of #1-3, and I'm fairly certain I'm not the only one that has a hoard like that. If you want to slab some sets for yourself, that's all fine & well - but don't expect to be able to recoup much more than the slabbing cost if you end up selling them.

 

And that's only if they come back as 9.8's - if they're CGC 9.6's, you pretty much can't give them away.

 

Word.

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EwanUK

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No. Virtualy all MMs have dropped so far in price it's no longer worth it. Too many graded now.

 

To be worth anything they now need to be -

 

9.9 or 10.0

9.8 sig - has to be top census

no.23 or no.24 in 9.8 - now the only 2 really valuable 9.8 issues - and no.24 is softening

no.8 in 9.8 - but only cos I need one, after that forgedda bout it

 

Apocs and Family in 9.8s

A1 Sketchbook in 9.8

 

 

I'm thinking of starting an Eagle Comics Judge Dredd collection now. ;)

 

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No. Virtualy all MMs have dropped so far in price it's no longer worth it. Too many graded now.

 

To be worth anything they now need to be -

 

9.9 or 10.0

9.8 sig - has to be top census

no.23 or no.24 in 9.8 - now the only 2 really valuable 9.8 issues - and no.24 is softening

no.8 in 9.8 - but only cos I need one, after that forgedda bout it

 

Apocs and Family in 9.8s

A1 Sketchbook in 9.8

 

 

I'm thinking of starting an Eagle Comics Judge Dredd collection now. ;)

:grin: Dont mind the company!
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Just a little tease, but as s a 2000AD reader since Feb 1978 (age 6 - think it was Prog 52) I applaud your interest.

 

As I've said previously, I have 50 or so super-high grade, white page, issues below Prog 300. I was lucky enough to source most of these from another collector who stored them untouched and unread for years in big piles - ala Mile High!

However, this collection never grows as I just cannot find any other comparable issues.

 

Eagle Comics - used to love these - and the early Eagle versions, particularly the Baxter paper series (e.g. Nemesis & Judge Child) are very nicely produced, in fact Kevin O'Neill did specific new work for the Nemesis series. When I was 13 I had a paper-round that the newsagent would pay me with Judge Dredd comics!

When Dez relaunched they were ok - but when the license went to Sal Quartto at QC? (or whatever) the quality dropped significantly. The cover artwork on a lot of the books is awful.

 

However the whole Eagle / Quality area is quite challenging - both in terms of high grade and the obscure later titles. Full set of Zenith anyone?

 

My latest line of 2000AD collecting is 1st edition / 1st print Titan books.

 

Just a min, will go do some pics.... :)

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