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19 hours ago, Philflound said:

I loved DH when it came out. I remember going to Poughkeepsie, NY at a store called Iron Vics. I was working at IBM. I went to the counter with 10 copies. A kid about 10 years old walked up to the counter with a copy of DH #1 and asked the owner behind the counter if the book was good. He actually told the kid it was sh*t. I showed the kid my stack of 10 and told him I'm buying these and he should pick it up. The kid is probably 35 now and he did buy it. I wonder if he still has it. I have to dig though my stock, but I'm figuring I have 50-60 copies of #1.

Question: was there any news or word or rumor about DH being in a show or movie? I'm just wondering why this book is heating up.

Didn't need to wait 25 years.  Plucked a stack of pristine 1s out of a 3 for $2 box a couple of years ago. Whether they are 9.8s or 9.6 I don't know.

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On 3/12/2017 at 9:10 PM, peakoilhater said:

I won the auction on the Darkhawk 5 second print.  It looked like it was in beautiful shape and I talked to the seller who described it as so.  Just got it to complete my Darkhawk collection.  I literally never see this book up for auction and have never encountered one in the wild.  I'm assuming there are not that many copies in existence.  I'm sure someone will say I overpayed, but whatever.  I had ebay points so it wasn't that bad.

It's one of those oddball items that doesn't pop up, so if it's worth $50 to you then so be it. Hard to really peg fmv on something like that.

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2 hours ago, the blob said:

It's one of those oddball items that doesn't pop up, so if it's worth $50 to you then so be it. Hard to really peg fmv on something like that.

agree. if you need it you need it.

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13 hours ago, revat said:

agree. if you need it you need it.

+1  Spend $50 up front and know you've got it secured, or spend the next 10 years trying to score one out of a dollar box. I'd rather pay up front if I knew I was going to have what I want. Great pick up!

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marc-Spector-Moon-Knight-55-Oct-1993-Marvel-1ST-STEPHEN-PLATT-HIGH-GRADE-/122397089308?hash=item1c7f6f5e1c%3Ag%3A3RUAAOSwqrtWoYL0&nma=true&si=MWCRhdvf4M7KTm6zum%2BQIQzvOBc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Nice price on a Moon Knight 55.  I know this has been strong (I sold one a while back) and I know SPlatt, despite leaving comics, has quite a following and very limited work, but I'm trying to figure out why this "artist" book continues to sell when "artist books" just don't seem to matter any more so much, plus, while Moon Knight was a low seller, probably on the brink of cancellation, there still had to be at least 100,000 of these printed, no?  And it was a hot book instantly, so it's not like thousands went unsold on the newsstand (and it might have been direct market anyway) or got trashed in 25 cent boxes..

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3 hours ago, the blob said:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marc-Spector-Moon-Knight-55-Oct-1993-Marvel-1ST-STEPHEN-PLATT-HIGH-GRADE-/122397089308?hash=item1c7f6f5e1c%3Ag%3A3RUAAOSwqrtWoYL0&nma=true&si=MWCRhdvf4M7KTm6zum%2BQIQzvOBc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Nice price on a Moon Knight 55.  I know this has been strong (I sold one a while back) and I know SPlatt, despite leaving comics, has quite a following and very limited work, but I'm trying to figure out why this "artist" book continues to sell when "artist books" just don't seem to matter any more so much, plus, while Moon Knight was a low seller, probably on the brink of cancellation, there still had to be at least 100,000 of these printed, no?  And it was a hot book instantly, so it's not like thousands went unsold on the newsstand (and it might have been direct market anyway) or got trashed in 25 cent boxes..

For me, it was a matter of wanting Moon Knight #55 back in the day... never getting it.

Like a lot of the pre-Unity Valiant books, a few other non-mainstream books like Moon Knight #55, Cry for Dawn #1, Bone #1, Milk & Cheese #1, Scud Disposable Assassin #1, etc., were on my WANT LIST but they didn't exist anywhere in my local area when I was a collector "before college".   I wanted them, looked for them, didn't find them... forgot about them.

25 years later, there are more than a few adults who don't mind paying $50+ for something that they couldn't find at all when they wanted it the first time.  

It wasn't just comics.  I paid $50+ for a 1984 Donruss Don Mattingly (PSA 9) recently... because that's something else I wanted when I was a kid... but couldn't find/afford.

middle age + money + memories = collectibles! lol

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Moon Knight was mainstream, it was just a C list marvel book, but it most likely had sales back then that would make it a top 10 title now.

I get the appeal to old farts, it's just one of those book that bucks the "key first appearance" trend of what dictates hotness.  sure, 1st byrne on x-men, miller on DD, that means something..thought 1st lee on X-Men nobody cares about anymore...but SPLATT only did MK for what, 6 issues, and then it got cancelled?  (which is weird, because by then it was selling well again, but I guess they figured it would be dead once he left?)

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3 hours ago, the blob said:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Marc-Spector-Moon-Knight-55-Oct-1993-Marvel-1ST-STEPHEN-PLATT-HIGH-GRADE-/122397089308?hash=item1c7f6f5e1c%3Ag%3A3RUAAOSwqrtWoYL0&nma=true&si=MWCRhdvf4M7KTm6zum%2BQIQzvOBc%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

Nice price on a Moon Knight 55.  I know this has been strong (I sold one a while back) and I know SPlatt, despite leaving comics, has quite a following and very limited work, but I'm trying to figure out why this "artist" book continues to sell when "artist books" just don't seem to matter any more so much, plus, while Moon Knight was a low seller, probably on the brink of cancellation, there still had to be at least 100,000 of these printed, no?  And it was a hot book instantly, so it's not like thousands went unsold on the newsstand (and it might have been direct market anyway) or got trashed in 25 cent boxes..

I think it more has to do with how nice that copy is.  I didn't go over it 100% but it looked like a 9.8 contender for what I saw.  CGC 9.8s are $195 books so I can see people digging a bit deeper for a ultra high grade raw copy.

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26 minutes ago, 1Cool said:

I think it more has to do with how nice that copy is.  I didn't go over it 100% but it looked like a 9.8 contender for what I saw.  CGC 9.8s are $195 books so I can see people digging a bit deeper for a ultra high grade raw copy.

That bottom staple though hm

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9 hours ago, valiantman said:

For me, it was a matter of wanting Moon Knight #55 back in the day... never getting it.

Like a lot of the pre-Unity Valiant books, a few other non-mainstream books like Moon Knight #55, Cry for Dawn #1, Bone #1, Milk & Cheese #1, Scud Disposable Assassin #1, etc., were on my WANT LIST but they didn't exist anywhere in my local area when I was a collector "before college".   I wanted them, looked for them, didn't find them... forgot about them.

25 years later, there are more than a few adults who don't mind paying $50+ for something that they couldn't find at all when they wanted it the first time.  

It wasn't just comics.  I paid $50+ for a 1984 Donruss Don Mattingly (PSA 9) recently... because that's something else I wanted when I was a kid... but couldn't find/afford.

middle age + money + memories = collectibles! lol

RULE OF 25 ALERT!

Every. Single. Time.

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