Anyone know when X-FACTOR #1 hit the shelves?

[towards2112]

[jbud73]

Having invested heavily in Dazzlers, Marvel Star Trek, X-Men 137 (actually that last one didn't turn out too bad)...by the time X-Factor came out....I saw the light and only bought 1 copy.

 

By then, I knew better. But it was an expensive lesson.

 

You knew better in 1985 - now I really am pissed 'cause you should have tracked me down and explained this to me. Of course I was 11 years old at the time, but I now can rationalize blaming you for my 50 copies of Spiderman #1.

[casey1870]

A friend of mine speculated HEAVILY on X-Factor 1, and has about 1000 of them. Not that it matters, but I'll bet you he could pull a 9.9 or 10.0 out of that pile. He's got five unopened distributor boxes of them.

 

Whenever I needle him about it, he points out that his other 80s speculation (Amazing Spider-Man 252, Dark Knight 1 and Secret Wars 8) did pretty well, and then laughs at me about the 1000 Man of Steel 1s I still have.

 

Does he sell on ebay? I've noticed this guy "earlshaw.net" has a nm/m Secret Wars 8 every other week on ebay,must have a box of them.....

[bullseye]

my uncle used to speculate quite a bit when he was heavily into comics in the 70's. He took fairly heavy hits on a lot of things but ghost rider #1 did fairly well for him as he purchased over 70 copies of it.

[SharpComics.com]

A friend of mine speculated HEAVILY on X-Factor 1, and has about 1000 of them. Not that it matters, but I'll bet you he could pull a 9.9 or 10.0 out of that pile. He's got five unopened distributor boxes of them.

 

Whenever I needle him about it, he points out that his other 80s speculation (Amazing Spider-Man 252, Dark Knight 1 and Secret Wars 8) did pretty well, and then laughs at me about the 1000 Man of Steel 1s I still have.

 

Does he sell on ebay? I've noticed this guy "earlshaw.net" has a nm/m Secret Wars 8 every other week on ebay,must have a box of them.....

 

Iv'e bought from Earl before. A seller I would recommend. I picked up a Magnus #12 for around $12 shipped a few months back. A nice, solid NM+ copy.

 

And as for SW #8....he might just have a box or so. For example, a good friend of mine bought out a dealer a few years back and he ended up with AT LEAST a short box worth of #8 . So the quantity IS still out there on this book. Funny thing is, my pal won't sell in quantity and has yet to have any of his books graded . Oh well, at least I can still get MY copies relatively cheap

 

k

[casey1870]

A friend of mine speculated HEAVILY on X-Factor 1, and has about 1000 of them. Not that it matters, but I'll bet you he could pull a 9.9 or 10.0 out of that pile. He's got five unopened distributor boxes of them.

 

Whenever I needle him about it, he points out that his other 80s speculation (Amazing Spider-Man 252, Dark Knight 1 and Secret Wars 8) did pretty well, and then laughs at me about the 1000 Man of Steel 1s I still have.

 

Does he sell on ebay? I've noticed this guy "earlshaw.net" has a nm/m Secret Wars 8 every other week on ebay,must have a box of them.....

 

Iv'e bought from Earl before. A seller I would recommend. I picked up a Magnus #12 for around $12 shipped a few months back. A nice, solid NM+ copy.

 

And as for SW #8....he might just have a box or so. For example, a good friend of mine bought out a dealer a few years back and he ended up with AT LEAST a short box worth of #8 . So the quantity IS still out there on this book. Funny thing is, my pal won't sell in quantity and has yet to have any of his books graded . Oh well, at least I can still get MY copies relatively cheap

 

k

 

He told me this "i have 200+ copies of this book-all fresh out of the diamond boxes" so yep there's alot out there!

[shadroch]

There are more copies of this book out there,its scary.while not on the scale of Superman 1,SW8 might be the most heavily speced Marvel of the era.

[bullseye]

is sw8 a key or something? or did people pick it up for that ugly [#@$%!!!] cover?

[shadroch]

In Marvels time-line.it is the first app. of Spideys black suit,aka Venom.

[bullseye]

ohhh thought it was star wars 8 rofl