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Post by whetteon »

I had the unfortunate insight today on how expensive this "rebirth" has become for the premium issues.

Solar #0 = $62.00
Valiant Voice #19 = $100.00
Solar #1 in 9.8 = $238?
(That's just stupid money)

vs

Brave and the Bold #54 (1st Teen Titans) in 8.0 = $225
X-Men #137 (death of phenoix) & #129 (1st white queen) = $45.00
X-Men #266 (1st Gambit) = $27.00
Wolverine #1 Limited Series= $28.00
Batman: The Dark Knight #1 = $22.00
X-Force #87 (1st Cable) =$15.00
Iron Man #1 = $100.00

I'm willing to bet that the above issues will be worth their present prices or more in 5 years. I cannot say the same for these recent premium Valiant issues. Count me out on the recent spectator feeding freenzy. :p I'm off to buy some bronze and silver age keys ;) (Or to sell some valiants online!)
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whetteon wrote:I had the unfortunate insight today on how expensive this "rebirth" has become for the premium issues.

Solar #0 = $62.00
Valiant Voice #19 = $100.00
Solar #1 in 9.8 = $238?
(That's just stupid money)

vs

Brave and the Bold #54 (1st Teen Titans) in 8.0 = $225
X-Men #137 (death of phenoix) & #129 (1st white queen) = $45.00
X-Men #266 (1st Gambit) = $27.00
Wolverine #1 Limited Series= $28.00
Batman: The Dark Knight #1 = $22.00
X-Force #87 (1st Cable) =$15.00
Iron Man #1 = $100.00

I'm willing to bet that the above issues will be worth their present prices or more in 5 years. I cannot say the same for these recent premium Valiant issues. Count me out on the recent spectator feeding freenzy. :p I'm off to buy some bronze and silver age keys ;) (Or to sell some valiants online!)
With X-books it’s hit & misses, Gambit (1st appearance) use to go for $65 bucks a few years ago - it’s dropped its value. 5 years (unless X3 or X4 movie has his appearance) its dropp another 15%.

Cable :? Yeah, I remember when X-men #201 with the 1st appearance of the "baby" Cable was a hot back issue :shock: Yet New Mutants #92-100 aren't the big sellers they used to be during the 'Cable' hype.

Out of the Marvel's you listed you are best off with Ironman (Bronze Age) #1 and earlier, since there is a Marvel Movie in the works.

Brave and the Bold #54 (1st Teen Titans) is always a great comic to have, its value has being steady over the years, especially with every 'popular' Titans project and the fact that its the first time a team of side-kicks ever formed a team.

As to Valiant, Solar #0 (hardcover) only had 2000 made - so it’s not a bad collectible at that price. It’s more conservative than most sales :wink:

Solar #1 @ 9.8 seems a bit high (unless I had one for sale :twisted: )

Valiant Voice is for the hardcore Valiant collector, but to tell the truth I still don't understand the value of a low print 'newsletter'. Now if is had 'secrets' of the Valiant Universe panels or upcoming art panels or a few pages of must have storylines, then maybe.

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:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

I found the first apperance of Gambit in an old box of comics but it's all broken, with yellow pages :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
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Post by DawgPhan »

thespeculatorboy wrote:That Solar #1 is stupid, and that valiant voice is even more stupider.
I think that I might actually agree with TSB here. :shock:
anyway...both of those are stupid money, the graded comics market is full of stupid money...though there is one valiant book that I would pay stupid money for in 10.0....maybe somebody will send in abunch of books to get graded soon and I will be able to get it...I would have to kick my own *SQUEE* if I ever paid $100 for a valiant voice...of course if I had one for sale then $100 is a steal...

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Post by Brett »

In all honesty, I think that most of the big money spent on Valiant books is stupid money. There are a few books that I've spent big bucks on (100 for CEAR, $50 for the set of Unity Limted TPB's 8-) ) but they are all darn near impossible to find.

I just bought X-0 1-68, Harbinger 1-8, Armorines 1-12, and 7 copies of MRF 1 today for $70 shipped. The deals are still out there on these books and people who are paying that kind of money are simply impatient and/or lazy.

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You have given me a positive outlook once again guys! Thanks for the pick me up. Image I was getting kinda down in the dumps with some recent prices.
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Re: too expensive!

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whetteon wrote: Brave and the Bold #54 (1st Teen Titans) in 8.0 = $225
X-Men #137 (death of phenoix) & #129 (1st white queen) = $45.00
X-Men #266 (1st Gambit) = $27.00
Wolverine #1 Limited Series= $28.00
Batman: The Dark Knight #1 = $22.00
X-Force #87 (1st Cable) =$15.00
Iron Man #1 = $100.00
Where can you get an Iron Man #1 for $100?

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sckao wrote:
whetteon wrote: Brave and the Bold #54 (1st Teen Titans) in 8.0 = $225
X-Men #137 (death of phenoix) & #129 (1st white queen) = $45.00
X-Men #266 (1st Gambit) = $27.00
Wolverine #1 Limited Series= $28.00
Batman: The Dark Knight #1 = $22.00
X-Force #87 (1st Cable) =$15.00
Iron Man #1 = $100.00
Where can you get an Iron Man #1 for $100?
Yup! I don't buy cgc so there may lie the confusion. My Iron Man #1 was in pristine condition too :D
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