Help Me Decide

[Chillax23]

Not sure if this is an appropriate post or not - sorry if it isn't

 

I am having a hard time deciding on the next purchase. I am deciding between a CGC 2.0 copy of X-Men 1 vs a CGC 8.5 copy of Hulk 181. Price is a factor and the X-Men 1 is the cheaper option by a couple hundred compared to the IH 181.

 

I have always wanted a copy of IH 181 as Wolverine is my favorite individual character. However, I am a huge X-Men fan and they are easily my favorite team. To me, the X-Men 1 is the bigger key and scarcer book, but the Hulk 181 is increasing quickly in price and I feel like I may be priced out of the higher grade copies in a years time (when I will likely make the next big purchase) - although the same could be said for X-Men 1 as well.

 

So help me spend my money - which would you choose and why?

[Vision75]

X-men 1 in a heartbeat. Bigger key I'm not sure, but relatively much scarcer.

[revat]

I think it is appropriate to post the question here.

 

 

[BlowUpTheMoon]

X-Men

[Dick Pontoon]

 

If the X-men has tape on it, buy the Hulk.

[divad]

To me, the X-Men 1 is the bigger key and scarcer book, but the Hulk 181 is increasing quickly in price and I feel like I may be priced out of the higher grade copies in a years time (when I will likely make the next big purchase) - although the same could be said for X-Men 1 as well.

 

Hulk 181, and this is why.

[divad]

I would also look for an old label NM- (double stigma)

[Chillax23]

 

If the X-men has tape on it, buy the Hulk.

 

No tape on the X-Men 1 (I wouldn't buy it if it did) - BUT it does have a small piece missing on the front cover (about a 1 inch irregularly shaped piece near iceman's head) so that causes me a wee bit of concern. Otherwise the book presents like a 4.0 easily.

 

[telerites]

I'd take the Hulk if the PQ was ow/w or white. Maybe even just ow but no cream or some hideous miscout. That's just me on BA books.

[Foxtrot70]

Welcome to comic collecting on a budget credit limit. If it isn't this decision its gonna be something else. Flip a coin. You will end up w both anyway.

[Crimebuster]

X-Men 1

[Chillax23]

For those of you voting X-Men 1 - would the piece missing on the front cover dissuade you or would you be willing to look past it (I guess that is what you get at the 2.0 level).

 

Also for those voting X-Men 1 - is it b/c it is the rarer book and bigger key?

 

For those advocating the Hulk 181 is it simply the rise in value issue - i.e., the fact that it will continue to rise in value thus pricing me out of the higher grade books quicker than the X-Men 1 will rise in value and pricing me out of the lower grades?

 

Cheers all

[AmazingSaul]

Chose X-Men. There's like a billion hulk 181s. All my buddies have at least 3 181s and only 1 X-men 1. You can't go wrong as you can collect the series from 1 and up.

[Silver]

I think if you like them both equally a nice looking Hulk 181 is the better investment.

[jimjum12]

Not a big fan of books missing large pieces on the cover...... when you buy a "problem" comic, you will always see the problem.... it will never get "better". My advice...... if you're 35 or younger especially, get the 8.5 IH 181 ...... and then don't make another large purchase until you've saved enough money to swing a 6.5 or better X-MEN 1 ............. It'll fit nicely next to the 181... GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

[Spiderphill]

Be persistent in your journey. I turned an avengers 4 8.0 into an af15 3.0 in less than a year.

[SteveC77]

H181 hasn't peaked and is still gaining steam. I'd go for the H181 8.5 in a second over the low grade X-Men #1. Best of luck with your purchase.

[rjpb]

Not a big fan of books missing large pieces on the cover...... when you buy a "problem" comic, you will always see the problem.... it will never get "better". My advice...... if you're 35 or younger especially, get the 8.5 IH 181 ...... and then don't make another large purchase until you've saved enough money to swing a 6.5 or better X-MEN 1 ............. It'll fit nicely next to the 181... GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

I agree, especially if the X-Men team you are a big fan of is the BA team and not the SA team.

 

While I'm not interested in either book myself, I do have a certain fondness for SA Marvel, and if I had to choose, I'd rather own an X-Men #1 than a Hulk #181, but not a beater with a chunk out of it - I'd see it every time I looked at the book and I know it would bug me. I wouldn't require a 6.5, but a 2.0 with inferior eye-appeal wouldn't cut it.

[Bronx]

You can't go wrong with either but I would go with IH 181. Higher grade and a better investment. At such a low grade, you can look for an xmen 1 in 1 or 1.8 and get a better deal down the road. At those low grades a beater is a beater so wait for another.

[oakman29]

AF 15 or a Hulk#1 (thumbs u