OtherEric Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 10:18 AM, Cool_Comics said: What Strange Adventures is worth the most besides #1 or the Deadman issues? Probably #9 (1st Captain Comet) or #79 (Classic Snowman cover) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mmehdy Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 On 12/15/2022 at 10:18 AM, Cool_Comics said: What Strange Adventures is worth the most besides #1 or the Deadman issues? #9 ist Captain Comet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoggyNelson Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 I think some classic covers are keys‼️👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 (edited) I think 9 goes for more than 1, well at a certain grade. If I went by order of highest priced: #9 #1 #79 Maybe #50 #23 #205 and then it gets blurry from here for me lol. Tough to compare between all the ridiculously rare issues from 21-120. Edited December 17, 2022 by LDarkseid1 OtherEric, Tri-Color Brian and Mmehdy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted January 3, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2023 Today's pickup: BEAUMONTS, LDarkseid1, Tri-Color Brian and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 On 11/16/2022 at 5:41 PM, LDarkseid1 said: And they just arrived! Thought they might come back a tad higher each, like literally a 2.5 and a 3.5, but not complaining. Was the 2.0 still yours, or did you sell and someone flip it? I thought I had a chance but my bid fell quite short, this one is going ballistic. LDarkseid1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted January 5, 2023 Share Posted January 5, 2023 On 1/4/2023 at 5:46 PM, OtherEric said: Was the 2.0 still yours, or did you sell and someone flip it? I thought I had a chance but my bid fell quite short, this one is going ballistic. Yeah that was mine. Just figured I’d sell my under copy. Definitely wishing I held onto my 7.5 I sold months ago lol. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 9, 2023 Author Share Posted January 9, 2023 Does anyone have a Photo Journal handy? I’m wondering what it rates the rarity of the first 120 or so issues at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 (edited) On 1/9/2023 at 2:09 PM, OtherEric said: Does anyone have a Photo Journal handy? I’m wondering what it rates the rarity of the first 120 or so issues at. This is the only journal I have. Edited January 10, 2023 by LDarkseid1 OtherEric and electricprune 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 The Gerber ratings for these books and this era were not at all accurate. Up until the end of WW2 or so they have some validity, but after that everything was a 5 or 4 indiscriminately. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 9:26 AM, buttock said: The Gerber ratings for these books and this era were not at all accurate. Up until the end of WW2 or so they have some validity, but after that everything was a 5 or 4 indiscriminately. Fair enough. I know the Gerber ratings can be variable at best, but I didn't realize they became that generic for later books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OtherEric Posted January 11, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 11, 2023 In today, courtesy of @LDarkseid1. Apparently the original high bidder ghosted him after the auction, and we came to agreeable terms. The book presents great for a 2.0, although I’ll probably go ahead and crack it anyway. I want to read the darn thing! Mmehdy, frozentundraguy, LDarkseid1 and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 9:41 AM, OtherEric said: In today, courtesy of @LDarkseid1. Apparently the original high bidder ghosted him after the auction, and we came to agreeable terms. The book presents great for a 2.0, although I’ll probably go ahead and crack it anyway. I want to read the darn thing! Crack away amigo! Enjoy that book! OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 11, 2023 Author Share Posted January 11, 2023 What I also want to know is why the 79 doesn’t get the “”classic cover “ designation on the slab. frozentundraguy and LDarkseid1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/11/2023 at 10:41 AM, OtherEric said: In today, courtesy of @LDarkseid1. Apparently the original high bidder ghosted him after the auction, and we came to agreeable terms. The book presents great for a 2.0, although I’ll probably go ahead and crack it anyway. I want to read the darn thing! I can tell you how the story ends... OtherEric and LDarkseid1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 On 1/10/2023 at 9:28 AM, OtherEric said: Fair enough. I know the Gerber ratings can be variable at best, but I didn't realize they became that generic for later books The rarity of this series baffles me. I just got back CGC 6.0’s on my #82 and #89. Looking at the census, there’s only 4 copies graded for issue #82 and 6 copies for #89, will be 1 more for each once my copies hit the census. I just can’t help but feel that’s not because they’re super rare books, based off Gerber or anything like that. Just more so people don’t submit their copies, and there’s maybe a lot of raw copies in the wild. I might be wrong of course, but my gut tells me a lot more could be graded if people wanted to. However, issues in higher grade, like 8.0 and above seems extremely difficult to come by, and I suspect most raw copies in the wild from issue 20ish to 100 are low to low mid grade. OtherEric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 On 1/13/2023 at 6:41 PM, LDarkseid1 said: The rarity of this series baffles me. I just got back CGC 6.0’s on my #82 and #89. Looking at the census, there’s only 4 copies graded for issue #82 and 6 copies for #89, will be 1 more for each once my copies hit the census. I just can’t help but feel that’s not because they’re super rare books, based off Gerber or anything like that. Just more so people don’t submit their copies, and there’s maybe a lot of raw copies in the wild. I might be wrong of course, but my gut tells me a lot more could be graded if people wanted to. However, issues in higher grade, like 8.0 and above seems extremely difficult to come by, and I suspect most raw copies in the wild from issue 20ish to 100 are low to low mid grade. They certainly aren't common. It's a tough era for DC in general. But a lot of these are tied up in older collections where there is no reason to have them certified. LDarkseid1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozentundraguy Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 (edited) After seeing all of these copies of #79 recently, I must confess I sold mine. Just after I first started collecting (early 2000's) I found this copy in a bargain bin. A couple of years ago I noticed how much it was going for and sold it on Ebay. Then early last year I spotted this copy for less than $50 at the LCS. I sold it on Ebay as well. Edited January 14, 2023 by frozentundraguy OtherEric and LDarkseid1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDarkseid1 Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 On 1/13/2023 at 6:37 PM, buttock said: They certainly aren't common. It's a tough era for DC in general. But a lot of these are tied up in older collections where there is no reason to have them certified. No definitely not common, can’t argue there. Have to wonder what the print run on the issues from this series was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OtherEric Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 Just in general, 50's DC is far scarcer than people generally credit it, I think. But yeah, I suspect in many cases there just aren't than many getting slabbed. 50 and 79 are probably the best ones as a guide for numbers, since they're both higher demand issues. frozentundraguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
