Windex Scarcity Index?

[CentaurMan]

With Adventure 247 with a rating of 4 and would most of the late 50's and early 60's DC should be around that range? I'm guessing the early 60's Marvel will have a rating of 1.

 

The formula breaks down if the book isn't expensive enough (I peg $75 in Good as the minimum price), otherwise people don't bother to get their mid-grade issues slabbed when they sell them, so I never got a representative sample of post-code books. That said, I think pretty much any superhero DC from 1958 or later would score between 0 and 5.

[CentaurMan]

Ok, here's the scarcity index for All-Star Comics:

 

Issue....Scarcity

#1........11

#2........13

#3........13

#4..........8

#5..........7

#6..........6

#7..........6

#8........10

#9..........9

#10......11

#11......12

#12........8

#13........8

#14........9

#15........8

#16......11

#17........9

#18........6

#19......13

#20........8

#21........8

#22........9

#23........8

#24......10

#25......12

#26......10

#27........9

#28........6

#29........6

#30........7

#31........5

#32........6

#33........8

#34........8

#35........6

#36........9

#37......12

#38........6

#39......14

#40......12

#41......13

#42......13

#43........6

#44......11

#45......11

#46......15

#47......11

#48......16

#49......13

#50......10

#51......15

#52......14

#53......12

#54......10

#55......10

#56......10

#57......10

 

Looks like a pretty common book through the mid-1940's, becoming more scarce in the latter 1/3rd of its run. I don't collect this issue so I'm not sure how that stacks up against people's general knowledge of the title.

[Silver Surfer]

I can't even recall a single high grade copy of All Star #10 being posted on these boards in the last 8 years, and that includes anything over a 7.0! There are a couple 8.0's [Rockford is one of them] and the Church 9.6 but they sold on Heritage almost a decade ago.

[lou_fine]

I'm guessing the early 60's Marvel will have a rating of 1.

 

No, you are being far too optimistic!

 

Since the index was really design for pre-code books and earlier, your standard SA Marvel book would probably be coming in at a very generous +0.01.

[showcase22gr1959]

With Adventure 247 with a rating of 4 and would most of the late 50's and early 60's DC should be around that range? I'm guessing the early 60's Marvel will have a rating of 1.

 

The formula breaks down if the book isn't expensive enough (I peg $75 in Good as the minimum price), otherwise people don't bother to get their mid-grade issues slabbed when they sell them, so I never got a representative sample of post-code books. That said, I think pretty much any superhero DC from 1958 or later would score between 0 and 5.

 

Thanks for clarifying your data.

[showcase22gr1959]

I'm guessing the early 60's Marvel will have a rating of 1.

 

No, you are being far too optimistic!

 

Since the index was really design for pre-code books and earlier, your standard SA Marvel book would probably be coming in at a very generous +0.01.

 

Yeah...and those Marvel SA books are plentiful, but mind you are in high demand and being hoarded.

[pmpknface]

BUMP!

[Cat-Man_America]

It seems to me that the Windex Scarcity Index just doesn't provide a clear enough window into real world value. Without thoroughly scrubbing the data for spots of little or no interest, it can't even be called a wash.