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When did X-Men jump the shark?
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On 7/24/2021 at 9:48 AM, Gatsby77 said:

Well - or any keys.

During that same period I bought 3x Strange Tales 110 (4.5-CGC 6.5), Showcase # 4 (Cgc 3.0), TMNT # 1 (CGC 5.0), X-Men 1 (CGC 3.0), Avengers 1 (CGC 2.5), and more.

Several of those have out-performed the stock market over the past decade.

Not sure I can say the same about the Cockrum/Byrne X-Men run in raw high grades.

You may be surprised. If your 94, 95, 96, 100, 101, 107, 109, 120, 121, 129, 130 are 9.4s, and you paid $10-$12 apiece for them, then they all have.

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On 7/24/2021 at 11:52 AM, kimik said:

You may be surprised. If your 94, 95, 96, 100, 101, 107, 109, 120, 121, 129, 130 are 9.4s, and you paid $10-$12 apiece for them, then they all have.

Really?

Interesting.

My 94 and 95 were only 6.5 and 8.0, respectively.

Never had 96,100 or 101. Although the rest you list were solid 9.4s - and I had a few 109s and 130s.

*Love* 129. It was the first X-Men story I ever read (age 11, via Classic X-Men # 35). If I were to rebuild the run, I'd get 94 first, 129 second.

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On 7/24/2021 at 11:48 AM, Gatsby77 said:

Well - or any keys.

During that same period I bought 3x Strange Tales 110 (4.5-CGC 6.5), Showcase # 4 (Cgc 3.0), TMNT # 1 (CGC 5.0), X-Men 1 (CGC 3.0), Avengers 1 (CGC 2.5), and more.

Several of those have out-performed the stock market over the past decade.

Not sure I can say the same about the Cockrum/Byrne X-Men run in raw high grades.

Kudos. That's amazing   what are you buying now?

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On 7/24/2021 at 12:10 PM, Gatsby77 said:

Really?

Interesting.

My 94 and 95 were only 6.5 and 8.0, respectively.

Never had 96,100 or 101. Although the rest you list were solid 9.4s - and I had a few 109s and 130s.

*Love* 129. It was the first X-Men story I ever read (age 11, via Classic X-Men # 35). If I were to rebuild the run, I'd get 94 first, 129 second.

If you bought them in December 2020 you likely outdid the equity market return from 2010-11 as well just like almost every other book. The bulk of the gains have been from March 1 of this year until now across the board.

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On 7/24/2021 at 5:32 PM, Wolverinex said:

Kudos. That's amazing   what are you buying now?

Stocks.

My last two big comic purchases were last summer.

  • Ghost Rider (1974) # 1 - CGC 8.5 - for $410 shipped.
  • Marvel Team-Up # 1 - CGC 9.4 - for $710 shipped.

You can see my passionate defense of Marvel Team-Up # 1 as a key Bronze Age book (as well as my purchase in last July's C-link auction) here: 

 

 

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On 7/25/2021 at 9:31 AM, Gatsby77 said:

Stocks.

My last two big comic purchases were last summer.

  • Ghost Rider (1974) # 1 - CGC 8.5 - for $410 shipped.
  • Marvel Team-Up # 1 - CGC 9.4 - for $710 shipped.

You can see my passionate defense of Marvel Team-Up # 1 as a key Bronze Age book (as well as my purchase in last July's C-link auction) here: 

 

 

Nice,  I enjoyed reading that. 

 

What stocks are you buying? Seems even more overvalued than comics 

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On 7/25/2021 at 9:44 AM, Wolverinex said:

Nice,  I enjoyed reading that. 

 

What stocks are you buying? Seems even more overvalued than comics 

Thanks.

One of the things that annoys me about the current comic book market is - until recently (as with the run-up in the Byrne X-Men run), it was almost entirely movie speculation first appearance-based.

There were folks in that Marvel Team-Up thread arguing that # 55 (first Mockingbird) was legitimately a bigger key than # 1. Which is :screwy:

I agree that equities are probably overvalued, but it's stability and liquidity for me - the ability to sell and have access to the funds within 24 hours.

I sold a large portion of my comic book collection in 2014 and it took 6 months and ~100 hours of work to do it right, with sales split among here on the boards, Comiclink auctions - which took ~4 months from submission to payment, and a wholesale deal for the rest (thanks to an amazing boardie). After taxes, I made less than 20% overall on the collection.

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On 7/25/2021 at 10:17 AM, Gatsby77 said:

Thanks.

One of the things that annoys me about the current comic book market is - until recently (as with the run-up in the Byrne X-Men run), it was almost entirely movie speculation first appearance-based.

There were folks in that Marvel Team-Up thread arguing that # 55 (first Mockingbird) was legitimately a bigger key than # 1. Which is :screwy:

I agree that equities are probably overvalued, but it's stability and liquidity for me - the ability to sell and have access to the funds within 24 hours.

I sold a large portion of my comic book collection in 2014 and it took 6 months and ~100 hours of work to do it right, with sales split among here on the boards, Comiclink auctions - which took ~4 months from submission to payment, and a wholesale deal for the rest (thanks to an amazing boardie). After taxes, I made less than 20% overall on the collection.

Absolutely,  as an investment,  buying and selling Amazon stock is much easier

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