Von Cichlid Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/14/2018 at 1:03 PM, FineCollector said: So is this a run that can be assembled out of dollar bins, or do dealers demand better money for the later issues? I remember having to pay around 4 to 5 dollars each for copies of 1-10 around 1989-90. That was a lot of money for a 11 year old. There was even a point when #39 was going for around 10 dollars in that same era. Now though I could easily pull anything but #1 from the dollar box in my LCS in nm condition. This title has suffered the same fate price-wise as many late copper era issues with great stories and art, but really high print runs( like Liefield NM's, McFarlane ASM's, and Jim Lee PWJ's). Back then I remember the art as being a primary reason why a certain title was hot or not. This was before the market was saturated with Image product and imitators though. When PWJ 6 and 7 and the #39 came out, a Jim Lee Wolverine story was still a special thing. With art not being nearly as important now and those high print runs, you get what we have now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aweandlorder Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Von Cichlid said: I remember having to pay around 4 to 5 dollars each for copies of 1-10 around 1989-90. That was a lot of money for a 11 year old. There was even a point when #39 was going for around 10 dollars in that same era. Now though I could easily pull anything but #1 from the dollar box in my LCS in nm condition. This title has suffered the same fate price-wise as many late copper era issues with great stories and art, but really high print runs( like Liefield NM's, McFarlane ASM's, and Jim Lee PWJ's). Back then I remember the art as being a primary reason why a certain title was hot or not. This was before the market was saturated with Image product and imitators though. When PWJ 6 and 7 and the #39 came out, a Jim Lee Wolverine story was still a special thing. With art not being nearly as important now and those high print runs, you get what we have now. Yup I'll add to that Dave Stevens with Rocketeer.. I was touching up on that a little on the modern section. When a Rocketeer book came out it was a HUGE deal, same as it was with back then Art Adams announced for a book or annual.. The fans were there for the art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srezvan Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I'll revive this thread to share my recent acquisition. #1/100 print with original head sketch by Arthur Adams. F For Fake and Jimbo749 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADAMANTIUM Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, srezvan said: I'll revive this thread to share my recent acquisition. #1/100 print with original head sketch by Arthur Adams. That is pretty sweet! Seems I don't give Arthur Adams enough credit... But then again ever since his con visit to Dallas, seems I get the Adams and the kuberts mixed up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...