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[awakeintheashes]

I would buy Wizard today if it was still published in the same original format.

I loved it...

 

Bleeding Cool and Bleeding Cool magazine is pretty much Wizard today.

[MrWeen]

The prices on that New Teen Titans 44 continue to wow me. Not even 2 years ago you could pick up slabbed 9.8 copies of that book for $50 or less. Really unless Nightwing ever makes it to the big screen I don't see what the big deal is with that book and why everyone feels the need to skyrocket it.

 

This book is essentially a mega key in the Batman mythos. Some day I will write up a lengthy post about how important this book is. It also isn't hurting it any that is the origin of Deathstroke. Finally the black cover does make it tougher than average to find in very high grade compared to many other CA books. (Only 50 or so new 9.8 have popped up on the census since it became a hot book mid 2013.)

 

 

And continues to climb.

 

Direct edition 9.8s are now $400 a pop

 

With no BINs available to hold the bidding back I would not be surprised to see the copies up now break $500.

 

I Just won the last 9.8 on ebay The bidding stalled at $410

I have no clue what kind it is the barcode is cut off in the pic. All I know is it's a 9.8 WP copy and thats what I wanted. I paid more than I would have liked but its a book I can cross off my list

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tales-of-the-Teen-Titans-44-CGC-9-8-comic-wp-/281270196121?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item417d029799

 

Thats the only other 9.8 still has 3days and already at $400

 

You bought a normal direct edition. The newsstand and Canadian newsstand versions have a different price box than the direct version.

 

I'd like to personally thank you for continuing to drive up the price of this book

 

I just wanted the book

 

Newsstand or direct doesn't matter to me

 

For those who are interested in all the different versions of this comic do not forget this one!

 

[GLCBrad]

The prices on that New Teen Titans 44 continue to wow me. Not even 2 years ago you could pick up slabbed 9.8 copies of that book for $50 or less. Really unless Nightwing ever makes it to the big screen I don't see what the big deal is with that book and why everyone feels the need to skyrocket it.

 

This book is essentially a mega key in the Batman mythos. Some day I will write up a lengthy post about how important this book is. It also isn't hurting it any that is the origin of Deathstroke. Finally the black cover does make it tougher than average to find in very high grade compared to many other CA books. (Only 50 or so new 9.8 have popped up on the census since it became a hot book mid 2013.)

 

 

And continues to climb.

 

Direct edition 9.8s are now $400 a pop

 

With no BINs available to hold the bidding back I would not be surprised to see the copies up now break $500.

 

I Just won the last 9.8 on ebay The bidding stalled at $410

I have no clue what kind it is the barcode is cut off in the pic. All I know is it's a 9.8 WP copy and thats what I wanted. I paid more than I would have liked but its a book I can cross off my list

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tales-of-the-Teen-Titans-44-CGC-9-8-comic-wp-/281270196121?pt=US_Comic_Books&hash=item417d029799

 

Thats the only other 9.8 still has 3days and already at $400

 

You bought a normal direct edition. The newsstand and Canadian newsstand versions have a different price box than the direct version.

 

I'd like to personally thank you for continuing to drive up the price of this book

 

I just wanted the book

 

Newsstand or direct doesn't matter to me

 

For those who are interested in all the different versions of this comic do not forget this one!

 

 

I love that version! Seeing it in person is the only way to put in perspective how actually small it is!

[Vikingreed]

, what is that from?

[Vikingreed]

I would buy Wizard today if it was still published in the same original format.

I loved it...

 

Bleeding Cool and Bleeding Cool magazine is pretty much Wizard today.

 

Interesting.

I visit their site, but have never read their magazine.

I take their articles for what they are, but enjoy spending 5 minutes or so power reading what they post.

[awakeintheashes]

I would buy Wizard today if it was still published in the same original format.

I loved it...

 

Bleeding Cool and Bleeding Cool magazine is pretty much Wizard today.

 

Interesting.

I visit their site, but have never read their magazine.

I take their articles for what they are, but enjoy spending 5 minutes or so power reading what they post.

 

Minus the price guide and slick looking cover, it's pretty much the same thing (industry news, hyping books and some humor), IMO.

[kimik]

That's what I've been doing with Valiant since 1997... I started the "rule of 25" in my head when the books were 6.

Call it my "get-rich-quick-overnight-nineteen-year-plan".

 

You would have done just as well or better with a lot of Valiants with just the "rule of 10" when the first big wave of collectors jumped back in during the early 2000s as well. (thumbs u

 

 

Edited February 24, 2014 by kimik

[MrWeen]

I would buy Wizard today if it was still published in the same original format.

I loved it...

 

Bleeding Cool and Bleeding Cool magazine is pretty much Wizard today.

 

Interesting.

I visit their site, but have never read their magazine.

I take their articles for what they are, but enjoy spending 5 minutes or so power reading what they post.

 

Minus the price guide and slick looking cover, it's pretty much the same thing (industry news, hyping books and some humor), IMO.

 

Bleeding Cool mag is def a poor man's Wizard. It's good but nowhere near as valuable a resource. You can grab a Bleeding Cool torrent anyway and read them free plus the website is a better resource. A lot of people poke fun a Wizard but their massive run is a gold mine for articles and other treasures. Also once they got it going the price guide was the best modern guide ever done. Once they ended their print run they did publish a small run of online issues which were much better than the last few issues of the printed series but even those didn't last.

[MrWeen]

, what is that from?

 

I think it came from the Nightwing DC first appearance Toy line.

[whetteon]

Lyria's Top Watched CGC Copper Age Comics looks eerily like Wizards Top 10 from 1992ish.

 

 

• TMNT #1 CGC 9.2 @ $3300 & 55 watchers
  
• New Mutants #98 CGC 9,8 @ $202 & 42 watchers
  
• New Mutants #87 CGC 9.6 @ $51 & 35 watchers
  
• X-Factor #24 CGC 9.6 @ $127 @ & 28 watchers
  
• X-Men #266 CGC 9.8 @ $192 & 26 watchers
  
• X-Factor #6 CGC 8.5 @ $28 & 26 watchers
  
• New Teen Titans #44 CGC 9.8 @ $400 & 26 watchers
  
• Sandman #1 CGC 9.6 @ $36 & 25 watchers
  

[valiantman]

Wizard: The Guide to Comics turns 25 in 2016, and anything Wizard Top Ten said was hot... was once hot.

(Even if it was mostly hype, those books were "wanted" for all the kids who didn't have them.)

 

How many hundreds of thousands of teens were eating up Wizard in the early 1990s like it was candy?

Before the internet... those monthly price guides WERE the market for kids.

Anything we couldn't afford was a "someday I'll have it" kind of book.

 

So, look at a bunch of the early Wizard Top Ten or Comic Watch lists... buy now... sell in 2 to 5 years.

(Ignore anything with a million copies printed... literally, one million is too many.)

 

That's what I've been doing with Valiant since 1997... I started the "rule of 25" in my head when the books were 6.

Call it my "get-rich-quick-overnight-nineteen-year-plan".

 

Not really. I'd have to sell to take advantage of the rule of 25. I'm something like 99% buy, 1% sell for 17 years in a row.

I wanted the books, found Ebay when I was in college. Started my nostalgia early.

 

But I have added some of the non-Valiant Wizard Top Ten books more recently... purely for nostalgia.

Vengeance of Bane, ASM 361, Man of Steel 18, etc.

 

I just lost on an auction for Moon Knight 55.

Why would I want that? Because after 20 years, I remember that I never had it.

 

More please! Thanks for sharing the scan

 

These aren't scans, but here are some Wizard Top Ten lists that a guy posted on my ValiantFans.com messageboard about 10 years ago:

 

 

Wizard #2

 

Top Ten

 

1 - X-Men #1 (Variant cover E)

2 - X-Force #1

3 - Uncanny X-Men #281

4 - New Mutants #87

5 - Uncanny X-Men #248

6 - Spiderman #1 platinum variant

7 - X-Factor #63

8 - Silver Surfer #34

9 - New Warriors #1

10 - X-Factor #71

 

Wizard #13 -- August 1992 top 10

 

1 Harbinger #1

2 Spawn #1

3 Magnus #0 (send away)

4 Unity #0

5 Spectacular Spider man 189

6 New Mutants 87

7 Uncanny X-Men 266

8 New Warriors 1

9 Uncanny X-Men 201

10 ASM 101

 

Wizard 14 -- September 1992

 

1. Harbinger 1

2. Solar 10

3. ASM 101

4. Spawn 1

5 ASM 361

6. New Mutants 87

7. Youngblood 1

8. Uncanny X-Men 201

9. John Byrne's Next Men 1

10. New Warriors 1

 

Wizard 16 --- November 1992

 

1. Rai 0

2. Magnus Robot Fighter 12

3. Eternal Warrior 5

4. ASM 101

5. Harbinger 10

6. ASM 361

7. Shadowman 8

8. Harbinger 1

9. Uncanny X-Men 201

10 Shadowhawk 1

 

Wizard 21 --April 1993

 

1. Magnus Robot Fighter 12

2. Rai 3

3. Rai 4

4. X-O Manowar 4

5. Rai 0

6. Solar 14

7. Spawn 4

8. Superman 66

9. Shadowman 8

10. Simpsons comics and Stories 1

 

Wizard 22 -- May 1993

 

1. Magnus RF 12

2. Rai 3

3. Rai 4

4. Rai 0

5. Spawn 4

6. Spawn 3

7. Youngblood 2

8. X-O manowar 4

9. Solar 14

10. Sword of Azrael 1

 

Wizard 29 -- January 1994

 

December 1993 top ten

 

1. Daredevil 319

2. Moon Knight 55

3. Green Lantern 46

4. Daredevil 320

5. Prime 2

6. Fantastic 4 381

7. Wolverine 75

8. Moon Knight 56

9. DareDevil: Man without fear 1

10. Catwoman 1

 

Top 10 comics of 1993

 

1. magnus RF 12

2. Rai 0

3. Sword of Azrael 1

4. Spawn 4

5. Bloodshot 6

6. Vengeance of Bane 1

7. Rai 4

8. Shadowman 16

9. Rai 3

10 Batman 497

 

April 1999

 

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer #1

2. What if... #105 (vol 2)

3. Daredevil #1 (vol 2)

4. Inhumans #1

5. Jay and Silent Bob #1

6, Crimson #1

7. Pokeman, The electric tale of Pikachi #1

8. Darkminds #1

9. Tomb Raider/Witchblade #1

10. Kiss, The Pyscho Circus #1

 

September 1998

 

1. Battle Chasers #1

2. Oni Double Feature #1

3. Thor #1

4. Kiss, The Pyscho Circus #1

5. Danger Girl #1

6. Clerks #1

7. JLA #1

8. Witchblade #1

9. Uncanny X-Men #350

10. MAGE: The Hero Defined #1

 

August 1997

 

1. JLA #1

2. Witchblade #1

3. Darkchylde #1

4. The Darkness #1 (Black Cover)

5. JLA #2

6. Fantastic Four #1

7. Astro City #6

8. Witchblade #10 (Variant Cover)

 

 

August 1996 Issue #60

20. Wolverine #75

19. Marvel Versus DC #2

18. Lady Death #1

17. Avengelyne #1

16. The X-Files #2

15. Legends of the Dark Claw #1

14. Spawn #9

13. DC Versus Marvel #1

12. Spawn #1

11. Gen 13 #1

10. Angela #1

9. Shi #1

8. Dawn #1

7. Lady Death In Lingerie #1

6. Wolverine #100

5. The X-Files #1

4. Witchblade #2

3. Witchblade #1

2. Hitman #1

1. Preacher #1

 

 

March 1994 Issue # 31

 

10. X-Men Unlimited 33

9. Daredevil: Man Without Fear #1

8. Gambit #1

7. Moon Knight #56

6. Prime #2

5. Marvels #1

4. Wolverine #75

3. Daredevil #319

2. Moon Knight #55

1. Ninjak #1

[joe_collector]

Wizard #2

 

Top Ten

 

1 - X-Men #1 (Variant cover E)

 

Oh man, I'm buying me a case of those.

[Cyclops]

Lyria's Top Watched CGC Copper Age Comics looks eerily like Wizards Top 10 from 1992ish.

 

 

• TMNT #1 CGC 9.2 @ $3300 & 55 watchers
  
• New Mutants #98 CGC 9,8 @ $202 & 42 watchers
  
• New Mutants #87 CGC 9.6 @ $51 & 35 watchers
  
• X-Factor #24 CGC 9.6 @ $127 @ & 28 watchers
  
• X-Men #266 CGC 9.8 @ $192 & 26 watchers
  
• X-Factor #6 CGC 8.5 @ $28 & 26 watchers
  
• New Teen Titans #44 CGC 9.8 @ $400 & 26 watchers
  
• Sandman #1 CGC 9.6 @ $36 & 25 watchers
  

 

[divad]

March 1994 Issue # 31

 

10. X-Men Unlimited 33

9. Daredevil: Man Without Fear #1

8. Gambit #1

7. Moon Knight #56

6. Prime #2

5. Marvels #1

4. Wolverine #75

3. Daredevil #319

2. Moon Knight #55

1. Ninjak #1

 

This is definitely the worst of the bunch . . .

[MyThreeSons]

I did buy a case from diamond back in 1992

[valiantman]

March 1994 Issue # 31

 

10. X-Men Unlimited 33

9. Daredevil: Man Without Fear #1

8. Gambit #1

7. Moon Knight #56

6. Prime #2

5. Marvels #1

4. Wolverine #75

3. Daredevil #319

2. Moon Knight #55

1. Ninjak #1

 

This is definitely the worst of the bunch . . .

Moon Knight #55 still has value... so they got 1 out of 10.

[CopperMiner89]

New Mutants 100 (final issue) seems to have really taken off since X-Mas. I've been tracking the X-Force books for about six months now and this one keeps going up.

 

Combination of last New Mutants and beginning of X-Force appears to be a winning combination.

I picked up two first prints in the last month in dollar bins and now glad that I did.

 

In CGC 9.8 it's now a $140 book.

 

 

[whetteon]

New Mutants 100 (final issue) seems to have really taken off since X-Mas. I've been tracking the X-Force books for about six months now and this one keeps going up.

 

Combination of last New Mutants and beginning of X-Force appears to be a winning combination.

I picked up two first prints in the last month in dollar bins and now glad that I did.

 

In CGC 9.8 it's now a $140 book.

 

 

[paul747]

New Mutants 100 (final issue) seems to have really taken off since X-Mas. I've been tracking the X-Force books for about six months now and this one keeps going up.

 

Combination of last New Mutants and beginning of X-Force appears to be a winning combination.

I picked up two first prints in the last month in dollar bins and now glad that I did.

 

In CGC 9.8 it's now a $140 book.

 

 

Any idea on the print run for this. I have a Standard catalog and it says capitol city :102,000 ordered? is this correct or where there other distribution.

[followtheleader]

The price guy in Wizard really became super pointless. Especially the CGC portion.

 

To me, they should have focused on new news and greatly expanded the financial interest. The treasure box was great (even though it was the tiniest box) and the trending charts were solid. But that was 1% of the contents.

 

Pat