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Copper/Modern Uptick..?

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Marvelfangirl

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Rule of 25. (thumbs u

Image and Valiant are getting close to the Rule of 25!

hm

 

Very, very, very early Valiants, maybe, but definitely not Image, as adults were stockpiling those, not kids .

And how would you know that JC? :baiting:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I started collecting the summer of 1989, and the hottest wall books were Batman 426-429, even though they were from a year earlier. I don't look back fondly on the books of that time period (Acts of Vengeance, Byrne's Wolverine mini-run, Batman Year 3, so much as I do the books that were the unobtainable "wall books" at the time (Batman 426-429, Punisher mini, TMNT 1).

 

That is actually a very good point, and during my very-rare youthful forays to the closest LCS/book store, I can remember gazing at the early copies of MTU on the wall ($25 for MTU 1!!!) and wondering if I would ever be able to afford them. At the time, MTU was in the 20's-30's.

 

These are still some of my favorite issues, although books that I bought as a kid still resonate just as high.

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Very, very, very early Valiants, maybe, but definitely not Image, as adults were stockpiling those, not kids.
And how would you know that JC? :baiting:

 

Umm, because I used to help out at 2 LCS on weekends? (shrug)

 

In 1988-89 I started noticing kids being replaced by fat sweaty nerds, and by 1990, kids were already a rarity at the LCS level, mostly due to price, marketing and speculation. Some still bought sportscards (ironic because most of the specu-adults were from sportscards), but comics were well on their way out for the younger crowd.

 

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Somebody who is 38 with cash was 13 in 1986, and is looking to rebuy his/her youth. A broad generalization, yes, but applies 99.9% of the time.

 

That is scary accurate for me, even down to my age.

 

Oh, and I was out with a bunch of people a couple weeks ago. We were talking music, mentioned 'Careless Whisper', and a 22-year-old asked, "What's that?" doh!

 

Oh, to be so lucky :sick:

^^

I'm guessing you're more of a Metal fan? :grin:;)

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Marvelfangirl

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Very, very, very early Valiants, maybe, but definitely not Image, as adults were stockpiling those, not kids.
And how would you know that JC? :baiting:

 

Umm, because I used to help out at 2 LCS on weekends? (shrug)

 

In 1988-89 I started noticing kids being replaced by fat sweaty nerds, and by 1990, kids were already a rarity at the LCS level, mostly due to price, marketing and speculation. Some still bought sportscards, but comics were well on their way out for the younger crowd.

I was :kidaround:

 

I thought you were the ones buying all the books lol

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Rule of 25. (thumbs u

Image and Valiant are getting close to the Rule of 25!

hm

Rule of 25 only addresses demand. :grin:

 

And popularity with kids (especially the "Golden Age" of 8-12y ears of age) from 25 years ago, which will translate into a switch over to video games permanently around 2014-2015.

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Rule of 25. (thumbs u

Image and Valiant are getting close to the Rule of 25!

hm

Rule of 25 only addresses demand. :grin:

 

And popularity with kids (especially the "Golden Age" of 8-12y ears of age) from 25 years ago, which will translate into a switch over to video games permanently around 2014-2015.

 

Yeah, it'll be interesting. Video games definitely fit the 'fond memories from childhood' category. I wonder how Beanie Babies, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh and the like will go... hm

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I thought you were the ones buying all the books lol

 

lol, hardly, and I have never followed the sheep, something you should already realize by my tenure here.

 

I have always bought Bronze, from the day I started reading til now, no matter how many stupid people were telling me otherwise.

 

Back in the mid-80's, I'd walk up to the counter with a stack of HG Bronze from a new collection, and have all the dweebs tell me why I should be buying multiples of Elementals, Concrete or Fish Police. Even the owner was pushing the Indies and telling me how dumb I was to put money into those books.

 

Same thing in the 90's, I'd go through a new stack of Bronze, pick out as many as I could afford, them take them to the counter, and listen to the jabs and jokes about how I should be buying a case of X-whatever #1. Again, the owner (same guy) still kept pushing the books at me.

 

Although I left a ton of money on the table by not buying SA or GA in the 80's (I don't like that era), I am happy to say that I did not buy a single multiple of any 1990's book (absolutely zero Image books), and only bought issues that appealed to me personally (first Valiants, Death of Superman, Sandman, Hellblazer, etc.). I also stopped buying new comics in 1992 (I think it was the Bloodshot #1 preview cover/posters plastered all over the LCS that totally turned me off)

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I thought you were the ones buying all the books lol

 

lol, hardly, and I have never followed the sheep, something you should already realize by my tenure here.

 

I have always bought Bronze, from the day I started reading til now, no matter how many stupid people were telling me otherwise.

 

Back in the mid-80's, I'd walk up to the counter with a stack of HG Bronze from a new collection, and have all the dweebs tell me why I should be buying multiples of Elementals, Concrete or Fish Police. Even the owner was pushing the Indies and telling me how dumb I was to put money into those books.

 

Same thing in the 90's, I'd go through a new stack of Bronze, pick out as many as I could afford, them take them to the counter, and listen to the jabs and jokes about how I should be buying a case of X-whatever #1. Again, the owner (same guy) still kept pushing the books at me.

 

Although I left a ton of money on the table by not buying SA or GA in the 80's (I don't like that era), I am happy to say that I did not buy a single multiple of any 1990's book (absolutely zero Image books), and only bought issues that appealed to me personally (first Valiants, Death of Superman, Sandman, Hellblazer, etc.). I also stopped buying new comics in 1992 (I think it was the Bloodshot #1 preview cover/posters plastered all over the LCS that totally turned me off)

Good for you :applause:
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[Good for you :applause:

 

Don't give me too many kudos, as I cannot count the number of SA books I passed on just because they sucked - I can still remember a guy rolling into a local Con with 20+ longboxes full of SA for a buck a piece - I actually bought a few ASM's before a dealer descended and scooped them all up.

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[Good for you :applause:

 

Don't give me too many kudos, as I cannot count the number of SA books I passed on just because they sucked - I can still remember a guy rolling into a local Con with 20+ longboxes full of SA for a buck a piece - I actually bought a few before a dealer descended and scooped them all up.

SA books for a $1 each :o :o

 

doh!

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