PeterPark Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 The other big ones to me are: Sgt Rock 329 Warlord 22 DCCP 10 Green Lantern 116 Did I miss anything? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted August 14, 2019 Share Posted August 14, 2019 On 8/12/2019 at 9:57 AM, PeterPark said: The big 8 are all really, really tough. I've seen interest shift among them, too. What would be the ranking among them? DCCP 22 Batman 324 Superman 348 Superboy 6 Flash 286 Action 508 Justice League 179 Legion 264 ???? What does anyone else think? I know that, when I finally went looking for the Legion 264, I found a copy fairly quickly. I would agree that it's the easiest of the big 8 to get, but it's still a tricky book. Brock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 On 8/12/2019 at 1:57 PM, PeterPark said: The big 8 are all really, really tough. I've seen interest shift among them, too. What would be the ranking among them? DCCP 22 Batman 324 Superman 348 Superboy 6 Flash 286 Action 508 Justice League 179 Legion 264 ???? What does anyone else think? DCCP 22 is still definitely the hardest, though high prices are starting to bring more copies out. I think Action 508 is not that hard, and Flash 286 is fairly easy. Legion 264 seems to be very easy at the moment. In terms of the current market, I think JLA 179 is the toughest. As always, DCCP 1, 2 and 3 are the easiest Whitmans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Powe Posted September 9, 2019 Share Posted September 9, 2019 I have a 9.2 Whitman Flash 275. Of course it has been graded by another, I would say reputable, grading company. But I do love that cover. It is strange that a 6.5 is the highest on the CGC census. But I guess it is just not in anyone's wheelhouse to grade theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithl Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 hardest one for me to find is a flash 286 in a high grade? I did ok with the others Brock, ADAMANTIUM, DonSal1976 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) On 12/6/2019 at 6:26 PM, keithl said: hardest one for me to find is a flash 286 in a high grade? I did ok with the others They are all tough to find in any grade for sure. Ironically, of these 8 issues, the best condition one of these HTF Whitmans in my collection happens to be the Flash! My books aren't graded, but probably two books from my set would grade higher than your graded copies, while two of yours would easily outgrade my best copies. Just a matter of what you find available at any given time. I see at least 3 copies of DCCP22 on ebay right now (the optimistic buyer of the DCCP in 7.0 from a couple months back has it relisted at about twice the price!) ... but about 12 years ago there were none to find and all were still hidden away in collections and inventories. I've seen some copies of these 8 in higher grade than I have in my set come up for sale, but I haven't been willing to invest the bucks to make the upgrade... Edited December 12, 2019 by Warlord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithl Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 3 hours ago, Warlord said: They are all tough to find in any grade for sure. Ironically, of these 8 issues, the best condition one of these HTF Whitmans in my collection happens to be the Flash! My books aren't graded, but probably two books from set would grade higher than your graded copies, while two of yours would easily outgrade my best copies. Just a matter of what you find available at any given time. I see at least 3 copies of DCCP22 on ebay right now (the optimistic buyer of the DCCP in 7.0 from a couple months back has it relisted at about twice the price!) ... but about 12 years ago they were none to find and all were still hidden away in collections and inventories. I've seen some copies of these 8 in higher grade than I have in my set come up for sale, but I haven't been willing to invest the bucks to make the upgrade... I too have several quality books. Its when I'm looking I cant find them and when I'm not they seem to pop up? Congrats on the Flash 268. A high grade still eludes me. this would be my best grade for that book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithl Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 I meant "I too have seen quality books." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithl Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Does any one want to have a guess at how many copies of these books are out there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastballspecial Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) DCCP 22 stands by itself. I have found almost all of the others. All the rest are at a second tier I think while rare not scarce like DCCP 22 Warlord 22 I have found 3 copies of over the years to compare. I would be on the fence about moving the Legion and Flash up only because I have only found them once. Edited December 13, 2019 by fastballspecial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 1 hour ago, fastballspecial said: DCCP 22 stands by itself. I have found almost all of the others. All the rest are at a second tier I think while rare not scarce like DCCP 22 Warlord 22 I have found 3 copies of over the years to compare. I would be on the fence about moving the Legion and Flash up only because I have only found them once. I’ve seen the Legion book 5 or 6 times in the past year, but Flash only twice. The Warlord book seems to be particularly tough in high grade (at least to me). And (as always) I wonder what book DCCP 22 was bagged with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithl Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 On 8/13/2019 at 2:58 AM, PeterPark said: The other big ones to me are: Sgt Rock 329 Warlord 22 DCCP 10 Green Lantern 116 Did I miss anything? what about Flash 274? would that make this list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPark Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 23 hours ago, keithl said: what about Flash 274? would that make this list? I've never heard anyone mention this issue as relevant beyond being a whitman or particularly rare as a whitman...the top 3 are thought of as exceedingly rare aside from the top 8 and the GL is a key... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua33 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Wouldn't Superman vs Muhammad Ali count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 I can't recall ever finding any of the rarest 8 issues in person - all of those issues in my collection have originated from fellow collectors, ebay, or online comic dealers. The scarcest I've ever found in person, at a show, is Warlord #22. I about fell over when I found this Warlord in a $5 box at the annual comic con in 2017. PeterPark, ADAMANTIUM, jimjum12 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/17/2019 at 5:54 AM, Joshua33 said: Wouldn't Superman vs Muhammad Ali count? My feeling is that this one isn’t too difficult to find - though, like all Whitmans, it can be tough to find in high grade. It's just that the standard version of this book commands some pretty good prices, so the Whitman builds on that. Warlord 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithl Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 I think Batman 323 Whitman is a hard book to find? any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warlord Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 On 12/21/2019 at 5:35 PM, keithl said: I think Batman 323 Whitman is a hard book to find? any opinions? Yep, it's definitely in the 2nd tier HTF category, the Big 8 being Tier 1. In other DCW news, I found a nice WW 258 in the wild this week. Not a bad copy of a Tier 3 HTF book. Brock 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bellrules Posted January 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2020 Some recent purchases MisterX, Shark, Warlord and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I always love when this thread bounces back to life... Here's my new pickups this week: Shark, ADAMANTIUM and bellrules 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...