$10,000

[rawmedian-migration]

You've got $10,000 to buy silver age books raw or slabbed.

 

You're going to keep them for at least 10-20 years.

 

What would you buy?

[Spiderphill]

Amazing Fantasy 15 3.0 no chipping

[namisgr]

You've got $10,000 to buy silver age books raw or slabbed.

 

You're going to keep them for at least 10-20 years.

 

What would you buy?

 

The books I'd most enjoy owning. For me, that's early SA Marvels in high grade. While I prefer raw books to entombed ones, and unmanipulated books to pressed ones, it's hard to find high grade silver that hasn't undergone treatment and been slabbed.

[HighStakesComics]

You've got $10,000 to buy silver age books raw or slabbed.

 

You're going to keep them for at least 10-20 years.

 

What would you buy?

 

Great question. The contrarian in me likes X-Men #1. It's pretty cheap compared to the rest of the heavy hitters. You can get a 7.5-8.0 for about 10 dimes. A decent FF #1 is also intriging at these prices. The risk with both these books is that Disney does not own the movie franchises. And movies seem to be driving growth the last few years or so.

 

Ultimately, I'd probably go with the nicest Showcase #4 I could find for $10k. There are certainly more popular characters than Flash, but it's rarity will always make it collectible. And most consider it the dawn of the Silver Age, exalting it above the ebb and flow of movie hype.

[DR.X]

Fantastic Four #1 or an Amazing Fantasy #15.

[Dark Knight]

AF 15, Hulk 1, or Showcase 4 or a combination of two but in lower grades.

[Santos208]

Best grade i can get bats 121 for 10k, thats what ill buy.

 

Or stock up on all BnB 28s 10k could buy

[RockMyAmadeus]

As much 1955-1963 Bats and Tecs as I can, in no less than VG condition.

[Jaydogrules]

Amazing Fantasy 15 3.0 no chipping

 

+1

 

This. All day, everyday and twice on Sundays.

 

-J.

[Primetime]

AF 15 and Hulk 1 unrestored, with no chipping, ow or better paper.

[Boboset]

The nicest copy of AF15 or Hulk 1 that you can find. No chipping.

 

[white_rushin]

The nicest Flash #139 I can find, jk.

[jjeanius]

Amazing Fantasy 15 3.0 no chipping

 

This.

 

All day, every day...this!

[trmoore54]

I don't necessarily disagree with the previous poster recommendations...but rattling around in my head is buy 10-15 mid-grade (VG-ish) FF 5s

[Jaydogrules]

Amazing Fantasy 15 3.0 no chipping

 

This.

 

All day, every day...this!

 

...and twice on Sundays.

 

-J.

[Steviehuv66]

 

FF # 4, Really High Grade

[thunsicker]

FF #1. Everything else seems to have run up a lot more in the last 5 years. I've got to think it's a relative value.

[Aman619]

Tough question... The most money to be made today is in TV and movie hyped books. But the 10-20 year timeline would make buying these books not the best use of the 10K

 

So you'd have to pick a lower grade mega key... But perhaps by then demand has waned and the lower grade copies lose steam.

 

Better might be. 92 to 9.6 graded copy of a book that guides for 2-3k that you figure will have gained value due to movies and KEEP all of that gain. A character that will stay popular.

 

Have to think who that might be!

[joeypost]

Hulk 1

[oakman29]

Hulk 1

 

Agree! (thumbs u