Undervalued Golden age Comic Books...

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Thought I would try this for each forum and hope these become well received threads. I'm always looking for a good speculative investment. (Hopefully your posts will be for more than just liking it, like a long running series or low print runs of quality stories.)

 

Well, never was a collector of the Golden age stuff 'cause I could never afford it, but since I've made a thread for the rest... I'm sure many of you can post your opinions.

[ciorac]

Thought I would try this for each forum and hope these become well received threads. I'm always looking for a good speculative investment. (Hopefully your posts will be for more than just liking it, like a long running series or low print runs of quality stories.)

 

Well, never was a collector of the Golden age stuff 'cause I could never afford it, but since I've made a thread for the rest... I'm sure many of you can post your opinions.

 

Small publisher Mile Highs?

[Forbush-Man]

Thought I would try this for each forum and hope these become well received threads. I'm always looking for a good speculative investment. (Hopefully your posts will be for more than just liking it, like a long running series or low print runs of quality stories.)

 

Well, never was a collector of the Golden age stuff 'cause I could never afford it, but since I've made a thread for the rest... I'm sure many of you can post your opinions.

 

Small publisher Mile Highs?

 

Please don't mention any books I'm collecting.......PLEASE.

[ciorac]

Thought I would try this for each forum and hope these become well received threads. I'm always looking for a good speculative investment. (Hopefully your posts will be for more than just liking it, like a long running series or low print runs of quality stories.)

 

Well, never was a collector of the Golden age stuff 'cause I could never afford it, but since I've made a thread for the rest... I'm sure many of you can post your opinions.

 

Small publisher Mile Highs?

 

Please don't mention any books I'm collecting.......PLEASE.

 

sorry! Harvey titles then.

[Forbush-Man]

I don't know about "under valued", but there are books out there which are priced relitively low considering their importance. Fawcetts for example (Whiz/Captain Marvel's).

[aardvark88]

U can still pick up small publisher Mile Highs from Heritage for under $200 with Kirby cover; some for about $100. Recommend small publisher Davis Crippen comics too but I won't list any specific titles because I want a chance to pick them up 1st.

[showcase4]

looking for a good speculative investment.

 

Nedor's....buy 'em up now, before it's too late

[ft88]

If you rephrased the question to

 

"what are people going to want more tomrrow than they want today regarding nice Golden Age"

 

I'd say in order

 

pre Robin Detectives.

Action 1-20

high grade GGA/classic headlight covers

high grade cartoon books that can slip under the radar.

Flash Hawkman covers (personal preference skews this I'm sure)

 

The trick here is to find these away from auction houses like heritage where they typically sell for high prices. I disagree about the Fawcetts, except for the classic Raboy covers in very high grade.

[Theagenes]

Small publisher Mile Highs?

 

Please don't mention any books I'm collecting.......PLEASE.

 

sorry! Harvey titles then.

 

Hey wait until I get the Harvey Flash Gordons!

[143ksk]

The two books in my frame of reference that are undervalued are Wilbur 5 (first appearance of Katy Keene) and Laugh 20 (first issue of a title that ran for over 40 years). Both can be bought for next to nothing (relatively speaking).

[SuperBird]

for a speculative investment, pre '45 DC superhero seems like it has some upside at the moment. There are other 'safe' bets, like any WW2 covers, but I don't know what the potential market may be in the future for nedors, fawcetts, etc. I will say it is very hard to track down Raboy WW2 covers, though.

[towards2112]

Whiz in the #30 - #40 ish range that don't have paper quality problems.

[Sid]

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[lou_fine]

If you rephrased the question to

 

"what are people going to want more tomrrow than they want today regarding nice Golden Age"

 

I'd say in order

 

pre Robin Detectives.

Action 1-20

 

Now, can we really say that the pre-Robin 'Tecs are undervalued based upon the huge multiples that they are currently fetching in the marketplace across all condition grades?

 

My personal thinking is that the early Actions are probably a bit more undervalued in the marketplace right now, given all of the current focus on the pre-Robin 'Tecs.

[tth2]

Now, can we really say that the pre-Robin 'Tecs are undervalued based upon the huge multiples that they are currently fetching in the marketplace across all condition grades?

Depends on what someone means when they use the term "undervalued". If they mean undervalued based upon Guide price, then huge multiples actually paid would indicate that the Guide clearly does undervalue the book. If they mean undervalued based upon actual market price, then that would depend on whether someone thinks there is still upside from current market price, regardless of what multiples to Guide are being paid.

[Ivanko]

If indervalued means there is future upside, I really don't know if mid-number Whiz or Captain Marvel Adventures will have much upside. The current storylines have the wizard dead and being replaced by the former CM in a white (light grey?) suit, CM Jr trying to become CM (will he be underpowered?), and Mary possibly not getting her powers back at all.

 

The reference to the past is becoming less strong with each passing month, with the exception of Jeff Smith's redo of the Monster Society of Evil, and Alex Ross's Kingdom Come/Justice series. Without a reference to the past, would Supes be what he is today if he fizzled in the 70's and there were no movies?

 

If undervalued means values at or below book, then yes, Whiz and CMA fit the bill. I think the current values have a lot to do with the saturation of the market of Fawcetts over the past 2-6 months, but I also believe they will always be at or below book, unless something happens in the present to draw positive attention to the character. Heck, look at the number of low-mid grade Special Edition #1's have been bouncing around ebay for at or below book. This is his first appearance, and they are tough to sell; how long would an Action #1 or Tec #27 stay on ebay for a BIN under book? I think it would be a different story.

[G.A.tor]

I don't know about "under valued", but there are books out there which are priced relitively low considering their importance. Fawcetts for example (Whiz/Captain Marvel's).

shhh....i am working on the whiz now....

rick

[Norrin_Radd]

Now, can we really say that the pre-Robin 'Tecs are undervalued based upon the huge multiples that they are currently fetching in the marketplace across all condition grades?

Depends on what someone means when they use the term "undervalued".

 

It also depends on what your definition of "is" is.

 

In the short time I've been watching them, Pre-Robin Tecs have gone from very expensive to . They are red hot!

 

(And all things hot cool off at some point.)

 

 

There are some great GA Joker covers that are still only a few hundred in nice shape (Fine). Joker covers are THE most collectible GA Batman comics after pre-Robin Tecs and are MUCH more affordable.

[ft88]

I agree the pre Robin Tecs are hotter than hot, but there is still huge room upside for those. They really are taking a life of their own, similar to the first 20 issues of Spiderman did the past 5 years. I used to think AF 15 couldn't go any higher and it kept right on climbing.

 

That said, I think the GA Batman is the place to be but not in the Batman line, IMO there are just too many copies of the title floating around compared to the Detectives. That said, if you can find a nice 7.0 or better unrestored of some key calssic cover Detectives there is still upside even if you have to pay multiples (which you will) Tec 73, 120 140, the first Two Face cover and the Joker covers come to mind. Tough to find these issues though and if you do the price you pay may not make them investment worthy.

 

As an aside, with pre Robin Tecs so hot I would bet that Tec 38-50 are probably too high and not a good investment except for any classic cover issues.

[whetteon]

looking for a good speculative investment.

 

Nedor's....buy 'em up now, before it's too late

 

 

Don't listen to this man. He's crazy. Nedor's are over priced garbage.

 

(please send scans of all Nedor books and prices to, whetneedsmorenedors@hotmail.com)