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25 Sleepers For Under $25 from the 70s- Overstreet Monthly 10/93

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Hey Kids, Comics!

Hey Kids, Comics!

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I was flipping through some old OSM and came across this article. The large pic of Batman 232 caught my eye so I thought I'd post the list here for observations. I posted the current 9.2 price after the 1993 price.

 

1) Amazing Adventures 1 - Black Widow & Inhumans in new series - $12/100

2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350

3) Amazing Adventures 18 - 1st Killraven + Adams art - $12/38

4) Astonishing Tales 1 - Dr Doom inhis own series + Kazar - $20/100

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325

6) The Cat 1 - 1st appearance of Cat/Tigra - $12/50

7) Champions 1 - $18/50

8) The Demon 1 - $20/100

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375

10) Detective 437 - New Manhunter - $12/75

11) E-Man 1 - $15/30

12) First Issue Special 8/Warlord 1 - 1st Warlord - $15 ea/45/40

13) Frankenstein (Monster of) - $15/110

14) Iron Fist 1 - $25/95

15) Jonah Hex 1 - $25/175

16) Man-Thing 1 - $16/85

17) Marvel Two-In-One 1 - $20/100

18) Mister Miracle1 - $15/130

19) Powerman 17 - 1st issue - $12/25

20) Son of Satan 1 - $10/35

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360

22) Star Wars 1 - $18/95

23) Strange Tales 178 - Warlock begins - $18//40

24/25) Submariner 34 & 35 - Pre Defenders #1 appearances - $15 ea/130/95

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AGGIEZ

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2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360

 

 

^^

 

That's about it though. 4 for 25...not so good.

 

I'd like to see what a new Top 25 sleeper list looks like today...

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2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360

 

 

^^

 

That's about it though. 4 for 25...not so good.

 

I'd like to see what a new Top 25 sleeper list looks like today...

 

No love for Killraven??

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AGGIEZ

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2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360

 

 

^^

 

That's about it though. 4 for 25...not so good.

 

I'd like to see what a new Top 25 sleeper list looks like today...

 

No love for Killraven??

 

 

lol ummmm, no

 

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2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360

 

 

^^

 

That's about it though. 4 for 25...not so good.

 

I'd like to see what a new Top 25 sleeper list looks like today...

 

Subby 34 and 35 go for very decent coin in 9.4 and above, but apart from those, the rest have proven to be disappointing....

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2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360

 

 

^^

 

That's about it though. 4 for 25...not so good.

 

I'd like to see what a new Top 25 sleeper list looks like today...

 

it's DC's world and Marvel is just living in it :banana:

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2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360

 

 

^^

 

That's about it though. 4 for 25...not so good.

 

I'd like to see what a new Top 25 sleeper list looks like today...

 

it's DC's world and Marvel is just living in it :banana:

 

:cloud9:

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2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360

 

 

^^

 

That's about it though. 4 for 25...not so good.

 

I'd like to see what a new Top 25 sleeper list looks like today...

 

it's DC's world and Marvel is just living in it :banana:

lol true until 1963

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sufunk

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Not all of those are mind blowing increases but even the worst is a 100% increase.

 

It would be VERY interesting for someone to find a list of the top 25 stocks to watch from 1993 and see what their prices are today to compare against the comics hm

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Not all of those are mind blowing increases but even the worst is a 100% increase.

 

 

Umm - not quite. A 1993 dollar has the same buying power as $1.50 today. So a doubling of nominal price means it has only increased 33% in real terms. Not a great return over 18 years.

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1) Amazing Adventures 1 - Black Widow & Inhumans in new series - $12 (inflation adjusted $18.11)/100 average annual rate of return after inflation 10.57%

2) Amazing Adventures 11 - 1st furry beast - $10/350 average annual rate of return after inflation 20.31%

3) Amazing Adventures 18 - 1st Killraven + Adams art - $12/38 average annual rate of return after inflation 4.46%

4) Astonishing Tales 1 - Dr Doom inhis own series + Kazar - $20/100 average annual rate of return after inflation 7.30%

5) Batman 232 - 1st Ra's Al Ghoul - $22/325 average annual rate of return after inflation 14.36%

6) The Cat 1 - 1st appearance of Cat/Tigra - $12/50 average annual rate of return after inflation 6.16%

7) Champions 1 - $18/50 average annual rate of return after inflation 3.66%

8) The Demon 1 - $20/100 average annual rate of return after inflation 7.30%

9) Detective 400 - 1st Man-Bat - $25/375 average annual rate of return after inflation 14.46%

10) Detective 437 - New Manhunter - $12/75 average annual rate of return after inflation 8.72%

11) E-Man 1 - $15/30 average annual rate of return after inflation 1.67%

12) First Issue Special 8/Warlord 1 - 1st Warlord - $15 ea/45/40average annual rate of return after inflation 4.12%/3.40%

13) Frankenstein (Monster of) - $15/110 average annual rate of return after inflation 9.74%

14) Iron Fist 1 - $25/95 average annual rate of return after inflation 5.58%

15) Jonah Hex 1 - $25/175 average annual rate of return after inflation 9.45%

16) Man-Thing 1 - $16/85 average annual rate of return after inflation 7.69%

17) Marvel Two-In-One 1 - $20/100 average annual rate of return after inflation 7.30%

18) Mister Miracle1 - $15/130 average annual rate of return after inflation 5.58%

19) Powerman 17 - 1st issue - $12/25 average annual rate of return after inflation 1.91%

20) Son of Satan 1 - $10/35 average annual rate of return after inflation 5.07%

21) Star Spangled War Stories 151 - 1st Unknown Soldier - $25/360 average annual rate of return after inflation 14.49%

22) Star Wars 1 - $18/95 average annual rate of return after inflation 7.64%

23) Strange Tales 178 - Warlock begins - $18//40 average annual rate of return after inflation 2.30%

24/25) Submariner 34 & 35 - Pre Defenders #1 appearances - $15 ea/130/95 average annual rate of return after inflation 10.83%/8.80%

 

These rates of return blow - I'm positive there are thousands of stocks and hundreds of comics that have real rates of return better than most of these. Here's just one - AAPL. Share price on March 2, 1993 (random date I just picked) $13.56 (inflation adjusted to $20.46). Current price $336.10, average annual rate of return after inflation 17.90%

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I think x5 is probably the minimum I would want over 17 years if I was "investing" in a collectible.

 

The interesting thing I see is that all the #1 issues are x5 or less, other than Amazing Adventures, Jonah Hex, and Mister Miracle and even those are less than x10. Thus the #1 issues simply were not huge winners.

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Not all of those are mind blowing increases but even the worst is a 100% increase.

 

It would be VERY interesting for someone to find a list of the top 25 stocks to watch from 1993 and see what their prices are today to compare against the comics hm

 

That $12 is now $18.11, due to inflation, so the annual percentage rate increase for that book is 4.46% after inflation, which sucks.

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Hey, like I said, I'll take 4% a year as my WORST investment over ALOT of the stocks I had in the 90's!

 

4% a year is a wet dream compared to how a lot of those stinkers performed! ( can you tell I'm still pissed about Worldcom?!? lol )

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