Modern Individual Book Market Share (2000 to present) 0

[valiantman]

Modern Individual Book Market Share (2000 to present) - as of February 2023

ComicMarketCap.com

Edited March 3, 2023 by valiantman

[valiantman]

Take a moment to think about the comic market as we've always understood it...

What's happening when a character's book (not a first appearance) sells for $1,000 but the same character's actual first appearance only sells for $100?

It doesn't make sense that a non-first appearance would sell for $1,000 when the first appearance of the character only sells for $100...

BUT... it does make sense that the first appearance market value for 10,000 copies at $100 each is $1,000,000 total,

while the non-first appearance "limited edition" for 50 copies at $1,000 each has a total market value of $50,000. 

The market isn't crazy with the first appearance price at $100 and the later variant at $1,000 because $1,000,000 total (first appearance) is far greater than $50,000 total (limited variant non-first appearance)... and this works for all decades of comics, not just moderns.

Edited March 3, 2023 by valiantman

[valiantman]

Question: But why not go by the individual prices of the book?  A $1,000 book is more important than a $100 book!

Answer: Is a $1,000 stock more important than a $100 stock? The stock market never uses the individual stock prices to determine market share or to determine any type of rankings.

Rankings always include the number of shares.

A $1,000 stock with 5,000 shares = $5,000,000 total

A $100 stock with 2,000,000 shares = $200,000,000 total

The $100 stock represents a company worth $200,000,000 while the $1,000 stock represents a company worth $5,000,000.

Individual stock price (shown above) is meaningless for any kind of rankings by itself.

Edited March 3, 2023 by valiantman

[troydivision1]

Interesting point.
Just like choosing a 'blue chip' stock.
My question is, how was this list determined?
It would also be interesting to separate spec books / variants / off the rack books.
 

[valiantman]

On 3/3/2023 at 2:44 PM, troy.division said:

Interesting point.
Just like choosing a 'blue chip' stock.
My question is, how was this list determined?
It would also be interesting to separate spec books / variants / off the rack books.
 

Any book is eligible, the goal of comicmarketcap.com is to identify all books with at least $1,000,000 calculated results. Below $1,000,000 it may only be a sampling of "popular" choices.

The similar results for Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (both versions), despite the widely different values and number of CGC graded copies, is particularly interesting.

The "invisible hand of the market" may be leaving a fingerprint right there.

Edited March 3, 2023 by valiantman