ft88 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Late 1970s - early 1980s #1 issues in high grade seem to have endless supply. Not that ASM was some sales slouch either but how many more of those were read vs bought for collector interest. Sexy female characters outpace strong female characters although a good story or TV/movie would trump that. Possible tastes change, but doubtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Looking for some opinions. 1st Black Cat or 1st She-Hulk? I know there seems to be more heat on BC but who is the better long term investment or book with more growth?? Thanks I'd go with Black Cat. She-Hulk 1 is common as dirt in every grade. ASM 194 is common as slightly more rare dirt in every grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 Late 1970s - early 1980s #1 issues in high grade seem to have endless supply. Not that ASM was some sales slouch either but how many more of those were read vs bought for collector interest. Sexy female characters outpace strong female characters although a good story or TV/movie would trump that. Possible tastes change, but doubtful. I dunno, She Hulk is a green Xena who maybe likes boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juice Head Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Thank you for the ideas and opinions about Black Cat/She-Hulk. A lot of good points were made...and yeah my problem is that they are common as dirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MK Ultra Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 If the books were at equivalent prices now, it would be a different discussion. But since the prices are different. The ASM seems to go for $850 to $950 and She Hulk $150 to $200 in 9.8 on ebay, I stand by my point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Bad slabs rule. Crack 'em and read 'em. No, I was just in awe of why people choose to slab krapola - it's either no idea or no idea . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 My own personal copy of Iron Man #30 which I will be putting up for sale, now that a copy has sold for the piddly sum of $15,000. With comic book values rising the way they are, my cherry picked copy from the shelves of my LCS should easily beat that figure of only $15K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ygogolak Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 My own personal copy of Iron Man #30 which I will be putting up for sale, now that a copy has sold for the piddly sum of $15,000. With comic book values rising the way they are, my cherry picked copy from the shelves of my LCS should easily beat that figure of only $15K. Got a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Who on earth paid $15K for ANY copy of iron man 30 unless there was a 3 karat diamond in it or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 My own personal copy of Iron Man #30 which I will be putting up for sale, now that a copy has sold for the piddly sum of $15,000. With comic book values rising the way they are, my cherry picked copy from the shelves of my LCS should easily beat that figure of only $15K. Got a link? Ask and ye shall receive: http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?referral=EAlist&id=689571&title=IRONMAN I guess this book would have rightfully gone for a whole lot more than just this measly $15K if it had White pages instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 ridiculous. 34 and 35 only have 2 and 3 9.8s respectively. there is only one of #30 because it hasn't been worth it to press a 9.4 or 9.6 into a 9.8 until now! it's a nothing issue. the only selling point is that there happens to be one 9.8 copy, right now, until there are 5 next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou_fine Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 ridiculous. 34 and 35 only have 2 and 3 9.8s respectively. there is only one of #30 because it hasn't been worth it to press a 9.4 or 9.6 into a 9.8 until now! it's a nothing issue. the only selling point is that there happens to be one 9.8 copy, right now, until there are 5 next month. Well, I guess that's the trick.....it's all about being the first to market with these almost common as dirt books. Just make sure you are not the first to buy though, when it comes to these types of books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Hood Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 ridiculous. 34 and 35 only have 2 and 3 9.8s respectively. there is only one of #30 because it hasn't been worth it to press a 9.4 or 9.6 into a 9.8 until now! it's a nothing issue. the only selling point is that there happens to be one 9.8 copy, right now, until there are 5 next month. Well, I guess that's the trick.....it's all about being the first to market with these almost common as dirt books. Just make sure you are not the first to buy though, when it comes to these types of books. It should become another case of another on-line auction house unable to collect payment for the consignor. It's not logical that someone is that stupid to pay that much for a non-key garbage book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 ridiculous. 34 and 35 only have 2 and 3 9.8s respectively. there is only one of #30 because it hasn't been worth it to press a 9.4 or 9.6 into a 9.8 until now! it's a nothing issue. the only selling point is that there happens to be one 9.8 copy, right now, until there are 5 next month. Well, I guess that's the trick.....it's all about being the first to market with these almost common as dirt books. Just make sure you are not the first to buy though, when it comes to these types of books. It should become another case of another on-line auction house unable to collect payment for the consignor. It's not logical that someone is that stupid to pay that much for a non-key garbage book. This. The only one interested in this sale is the tax-man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Have no clue why but... The pope is heating up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Linguini Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Will the crusaders Muhammad comic ever increase in value? Seems kind of underappreciated for what it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batmiesta Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 What is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Will the crusaders Muhammad comic ever increase in value? Seems kind of underappreciated for what it is I think the Crusaders books have some potential... great covers, good production value, wonky distribution with some scarcity, controversial content, etc. But for the moment, I think there's no market awareness (see previous post!) so nothing to trigger a price increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Geez, after looking at your Pope link, I clicked off sold, and amazingly there's a lot fewer available than have been sold of late, so as guess it really is currently hot. Forgot all about the st Francis until I looked at these listings. Of this Marvel trio, I think the Mother Theresa was the smallest print run, I remember reading that somewhere, but the Pope seems to be in the sales lead currently. Joe Sinnott drew that Pope book, and I have a JPII pencil sketch by him. I first met him at a con in the early 80's, just after he drew the book, so it's what he wanted to sketch for me. I was quite happy, figuring it would be different, as most probably ask him to sketch the Thing or Cap or Spidey, I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Readcomix Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I don't know what that Crusaders Muhammad comic is either, and I can't find one on eBay to take a peek, either available or sold, for what that's worth. Who was the publisher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
