Your first backissues "expensive"...

[Kermit the frog]

to everyone

 

what were your first "expensive" backissues when you started being a more serious collector/fan?!

 

regards

[14 of spades]

for many many years i was mostly a newsstand and cheap 1980s back issues guy, when in a span of about 2 weeks several summers back, i purchased myself raw copies of:

 

IM 1 VG

Subby 1 Fine

Subby 8 VF-

PPSSM NM+

 

(and a few others, can't think of them right now)

 

those few books overnight kinda changed the "feeling" of my collection, if u know what i mean.

[Norrin_Radd]

How are we defining "expensive"?

 

My second week of collecting off of eBay I bought an USM #1 White CGC 9.8 for $305.

 

[sold it for $700 when the movie opened.]

[Stronguy]

I dropped a whopping $20 on this in 1985. Until then the most I had ever spent on a single book was probably $2.

 

[143ksk]

The first "expensive" back issue I bought was a VG/FN Spidey #1 for the whopping sum of $65 in 1975.

[Wally's Comics]

 

This could be a embarrassing question to ask - because what could be considered expensive to some could be considered chump change to others.

 

To me any book over $50 is expensive, eventhough I have been known to buy $300-400 books on any given day.

 

I would have to say the day I bought ASM 100 in CGC grade

(meaning I decided to extend my ASM run from 101 and up to starting to buy the first 100 in CGC grade) this was when I got the expensive book bug...

 

[ronm3-migration]

My first expensive issue was a Batman 3 in NM- for 1300 from Carlos Rosario as Brain Damage comics in Brooklyn. My second was Detective 37 in VF/NM for 800.00 and my 3rd was Captain America # 1 for 4000.00 all from Carlos Rosario in 1989 and I was 21 years old.

I paid him off on big batch of batman books and I handed him a bank check for 4grand for the Cap. Unfortunately I later sold all of these books to Fishler.

[chromium]

to everyone

 

what were your first "expensive" backissues when you started being a more serious collector/fan?!

 

regards

 

In 2002 I bought my first $100 book... FF#57 in 9.0/9.2

In 2003 I spent $250+ on a FF#5 in 4.0

In 2004 I dropped 500+ on a FF#2 in 4.5

And this year (last week) I spent $1200 on a single book

 

I felt queasy on each and every occasion and looking at the list I don't like where this is going

[Silvers24]

Well, to me paying for more then 7 to 10 bucks on a comic is expensive. For back issues mainly. BUT nonetheless my first expensive one is 5 bucks on Marvel Super-heros Secret Wars #1 in VF condition. But still 20+ dollars cheaper then that of buying the Graphic Novel.

 

I am wanting to spend the 15 on USM #1, and 10 on ASM #99. But idk if it's worth it.

[Kermit the frog]

This could be a embarrassing question to ask - because what could be considered expensive to some could be considered chump change to others.

 

To me any book over $50 is expensive, eventhough I have been known to buy $300-400 books on any given day.

 

I would have to say the day I bought ASM 100 in CGC grade

(meaning I decided to extend my ASM run from 101 and up to starting to buy the first 100 in CGC grade) this was when I got the expensive book bug...

 

 

i prefer to not define expensive as an specific $$$ number...each one will just share/present their choices, either they be a 5$ comic or a 5.000$.

 

from my side i remember buying the DD miller complete run some years ago (end of the 90's) for around 120$, it was great re-discovering those fabulous stories!!!

 

one of my most expensive ones was x-men 94 in around VF/NM for 300$...crazy money for a comic book, but i love this one!!!

 

regards

[Silvers24]

Dude, are tyou talking about "DareDevil: The Man Without Fear" the five part run? With the cool covers? Or what? I think the ones I am talking about came out in the early/late 90's. Heck, idk if there done my miller. Now I need to check.

 

 

This DareDevil: http://comicspriceguide.com/p-indiv.asp?whichpage=&comicTableID=1611&pub=1

[ninanina]

The 1st one I remember would be a FF #1 back in the early '80's for about $300.00. Didn't keep it long but managed to make a bit on the flip about a year later.

[Forbush-Man]

Probably the X-Men # 1 I ordered for $13.00 back in 1970. Guide was around $8.00, but I didn't even know there was a guide until a couple years later.

 

Robert Bell also had FF 1 and Spider-Man 1 listed for $100.00, which might as well have been a $1,000.00 back then.

[jordanscott]

back in the day, i'd been known to drop a few hundred dollars on individual early x-men issues.

 

don't think i've ever paid over 1k for a single issue.

[EastEnd]

In 1979, I spent $4.50 on a VF Iron Man #2 at Mike's Comic Hut in Flushing, Queens. I wrestled with the purchase for probably 30 minutes but ultimately pulled the trigger. I never told my mother because it would have gotten me in trouble. Still own the book and will never get rid of it.

[skybolt]

Over $100 - A raw FN+ copy of Tales of Suspense #40

Over $1,000 - Batman #42 CGC 8.5

[arexcrooke]

Paid $250 for ToS 41 in f/vf about 2 years ago. I had only been collecting for about 3 months at the time. I passed on a IM 1 that was 9.2/9.4 for $200.Wish I had that one back.

[marvelcollector]

The first book I recall spending significant money for (say over $15) was a JIM 83

in 1979 (I was still in high school ) I spent $125 on it, allegedly in VG/F

condition...it's more like 2.0, but still one of the favorite books in my collection.

[JuliusSeizure]

First $100 book: X-Men #94 around VG+

First $250+ book: Avengers #4 around VG/F

 

Haven't cracked the $500 barrier yet, but came close on the Avengers #1 VG/F

 

When I was a kid, I remember buying X-Men #101 for $30 or so. That was a pretty big deal at the time.

[Timulty]

I guess, it would be my Captain Marvel Adventures #71 Edgar Church. It was $300.