Are #2s undervalued? 0

[islandmisfittoys]

Are #2s undervalued?

New to comics after a long layoff. Have always been into vintage baseball cards as well. Looking at similarites between the two hobbies, the biggest thing that surprised me was the price gap between #1s and #2s of the big keys. In cards the second year card is typically 1/5 to maybe 1/10 the price of the rookie card generally. Not hard and fast but somewhere around there. Comics.....totally different. Superman 1, Batman 1, Cap 1 are all roughly half million dollar books. The #2s for each can be had for 5-10 grand in mid grade. In know keys are bigger than when the book was printed, first appearances of villians etc. Still seems like the 1st issues havent dragged the #2s along with it much at all.

[aardvark88]

So many collectors are priced out of the market on the key GA and SA comics so may gravitate to the best 2nd appearance (Action #2) or 2nd cover app. (e.g Detective # 29) they can afford. Prices are krazy for what used to be a common (30 years ago)  AF #15 8.5 that now 'retails' slabbed for about $140,000.

[Robot Man]

I dunno, but I'd trade this #2 for a #1 any day of the week...

[retrocomics]

A good #2 is seriously undervalued. Especially the morning after a drinking with Lincoln party at the local Mexican restaurant.