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Is hulk 181 a good investment book?

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smallclone

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Is hulk 181 a good investment book? I know the silver age classics seem to be harder to find in good shape and hold more prestige, but hulk 181 is soooo popular, but i see soooooo many of them and a lot in very high grades.

 

What do you guys think?

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spidrvacc

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I say yes in a big way. I remember having the chance to but AF15 , X men 1 etc back in the 80's for almost nothing compared to what it goes for today. (When I asked friends I got the same answers alot of folks give about bronze age books, they will never go up, not rare etc) I figure in 10-15 years the price you can get say a 8.0 Hulk 181 today will seem like a deal. And I also agree , get a Hulk 180 . so much cheaper and yes he real first appearance (Cameo) . A book that I feel should always have the same $ value as 181. (same goes for ASM 299) .

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Hulk #181 is a very collected book, but it’s strictly related to the popularity of Wolverine as an isolated character (hey, he’s always been a loner, you know :) ).

 

Other silver age "key" books, inversely, hold more value (by all means) because their role in shaping the foundations of the Marvel age.

 

Personally, I’d favor a Giant-Size X-Men #1 over a Hulk #181: here you have Wolverine in context, and in a great story too, and the book is a "key" as well, if you are also thinking about monetary value.

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G.A.tor

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And yes, by the way. The book just keeps gaining with no end in sight.
high grade hulks have fallen as much as 50% in the past few years :o

 

mid grade seem to be steady, and now may be an ok time to dip back into the high grade, but when 9.8 used to sell for 20-25K and can now be had for 50% of that, I wouldn't say that is a good investment (shrug)

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RichardB7521-migration

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I agree hulk 181 is not a great investment mainly because I see wolverines current popularity declining this matters because there are so many of the book available and so few buyers at current price . If you look back 10 years ago wolverine was a top 5 book evry month now he is more a top 50 book . Not saying the book will drop much or any but that is a bad long term sign for a book that is the most exspensive bronze age book.

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Johnny545

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And yes, by the way. The book just keeps gaining with no end in sight.
high grade hulks have fallen as much as 50% in the past few years :o

 

mid grade seem to be steady, and now may be an ok time to dip back into the high grade, but when 9.8 used to sell for 20-25K and can now be had for 50% of that, I wouldn't say that is a good investment (shrug)

 

Isn't the reduction in value because more high grade are added to the census everyday destroying any claim they are rare/scarce and correspondingly lessening the demand.

 

If so, won't this ultimately be true for all silver-modern books in orders magnitude over GA books.

 

Summary: only buy GA highgrade?

 

Thoughts please Gator.

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Primetime

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What is your budget and time frame for profit? If its in the 4 figure range, I think an X-Men 1 (or any major SA marvel key) is a safer book to park your money in. At any rate, The return will still be stronger putting $800 in an Avengers 1 or X-Men 1 than a Hulk 181. You will have to sit on the hulk a longer time to to turn a reasonable profit assuming you pay FMV for it today.

 

I bought a hulk 181 CGC 9.4 oww copy back in 2002 for $2125. As census numbers started to climb for 9.4+ copies, prices softened so I flipped it for $2500 around 2004 and put that money into GA/SA. Today, 9.4 hulk 181s are going for what $3k tops? So in about 10 years, I would have made about $900 had I kept that copy to this day. That $2500 was put into much stronger books ten years ago and have more than turned over in/out of my collection since then. I still have a mid grade 181 but I bought for enjoyment and not really for a big margin.

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G.A.tor

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And yes, by the way. The book just keeps gaining with no end in sight.
high grade hulks have fallen as much as 50% in the past few years :o

 

mid grade seem to be steady, and now may be an ok time to dip back into the high grade, but when 9.8 used to sell for 20-25K and can now be had for 50% of that, I wouldn't say that is a good investment (shrug)

 

Isn't the reduction in value because more high grade are added to the census everyday destroying any claim they are rare/scarce and correspondingly lessening the demand.

 

If so, won't this ultimately be true for all silver-modern books in orders magnitude over GA books.

 

Summary: only buy GA highgrade?

 

Thoughts please Gator.

supply and demand are equal variables when it comes to comic book values/realized prices (there are a myriad of other factors that affect to lessor degree of course ) high grade in any era, if bought at the wrong time, can be a problem. Far more so with bronze forward as there exists a far greater potential for hg copies to surface. Golden age books in any grade are generally not increasing in supply to an extent that would "crash" prices paid. I would think a mid grade silver book has greater potential than a high grade because demand should be higher at those price levels.
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