The days of finding Valiant issues cheap are gone

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:38 pm

So I went to a comic convention today and was looking for any Valiants I could find, but the first four or five dealers didn't have anything.

I went to the back part of the room to the last dealer's tables and found some Valiant but this guy was absolutely insane. He wanted outrageous prices for his Valiants. For example, he wanted $10 for Rai #0, $85 for Harbinger #1 and $55 for Magnus #1. I wanted to tell him "good luck selling those Valiants at those prices", but it wasn't worth my time and I walked away trying not to laugh.

I did find about 55 issues of comics that I needed in another dealer's .40 cent boxes, so the trip was worthwhile.

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 2:47 pm

Somebody must listen to Only the Valiant with a price like that on Rai 0.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:03 pm

There's some putz over on the CGC boards clogging up all the threads with his stuff for sale, but he claims to have three boxes of VALIANT and Acclaim, so I asked him about a few issues. He only responds with about half the stuff I asked about (no mention of why) and one of the books I asked about was Rai #5. He wanted $15.

One of the books he claimed in the list was Unity Red for $5. I jumped quickly, but that was one of the ones he didn't respond with a price.

-slym

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:06 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:So I went to a comic convention today and was looking for any Valiants I could find, but the first four or five dealers didn't have anything.

I went to the back part of the room to the last dealer's tables and found some Valiant but this guy was absolutely insane. He wanted outrageous prices for his Valiants. For example, he wanted $10 for Rai #0, $85 for Harbinger #1 and $55 for Magnus #1. I wanted to tell him "good luck selling those Valiants at those prices", but it wasn't worth my time and I walked away trying not to laugh.

I did find about 55 issues of comics that I needed in another dealer's .40 cent boxes, so the trip was worthwhile.

Sounds like they are stuck in a mid-nineties time warp.

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:29 pm

Daniel Jackson wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:So I went to a comic convention today and was looking for any Valiants I could find, but the first four or five dealers didn't have anything.

I went to the back part of the room to the last dealer's tables and found some Valiant but this guy was absolutely insane. He wanted outrageous prices for his Valiants. For example, he wanted $10 for Rai #0, $85 for Harbinger #1 and $55 for Magnus #1. I wanted to tell him "good luck selling those Valiants at those prices", but it wasn't worth my time and I walked away trying not to laugh.

I did find about 55 issues of comics that I needed in another dealer's .40 cent boxes, so the trip was worthwhile.
Sounds like they are stuck in a mid-nineties time warp.

It is hit or miss sometimes. I was at a local con in Charlotte back in December. A guy had 5 long boxes full of Valiant. All .50 and I walked away with 2 Harbinger 41's and 7 Deathmate Green Previews.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:12 pm

tarheelmarine wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:So I went to a comic convention today and was looking for any Valiants I could find, but the first four or five dealers didn't have anything.

I went to the back part of the room to the last dealer's tables and found some Valiant but this guy was absolutely insane. He wanted outrageous prices for his Valiants. For example, he wanted $10 for Rai #0, $85 for Harbinger #1 and $55 for Magnus #1. I wanted to tell him "good luck selling those Valiants at those prices", but it wasn't worth my time and I walked away trying not to laugh.

I did find about 55 issues of comics that I needed in another dealer's .40 cent boxes, so the trip was worthwhile.
Sounds like they are stuck in a mid-nineties time warp.
It is hit or miss sometimes. I was at a local con in Charlotte back in December. A guy had 5 long boxes full of Valiant. All .50 and I walked away with 2 Harbinger 41's and 7 Deathmate Green Previews.

Cool.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:35 pm

i still find deals upon occasion but being in a big city is a great help to that

greg · Post by **greg** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:40 pm

Lightning Strike wrote:...$85 for Harbinger #1...

Maybe he should just use Ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0323911788

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:42 pm

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:52 pm

-slym

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:24 am

harby 1's hotting up

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 9:05 am

greg wrote:
Lightning Strike wrote:...$85 for Harbinger #1...
Maybe he should just use Ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0323911788

I guess this person has the inside track......

MOVIE IS COMING VERY SOON!!!! They are already thinking of franchising the comic book and developing a 2nd and 3rd film just like the X-Men movies!!

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 11:42 am

ya in 2012

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:02 pm

superman-prime wrote:ya in 2012

Hahaha.....that soon?

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 12:58 pm

I think a lot of people are seeing the CGC prices on Harby #1 9.8 and are getting pipe dreams about buying one off ebay that will grade that high.

superman-prime · Post by **superman-prime** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:35 pm

thats a huge dream

Lightning Strike · Post by **Lightning Strike** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:18 pm

superman-prime wrote:thats a huge dream

yep

dave · Post by **dave** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:12 pm

i be happy to find an lcs...

ian_house · Post by **ian_house** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:42 am

dave wrote:i be happy to find an lcs...

'True dat'

b3studios · Post by **b3studios** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:57 am

I found the best Valiant deals *ever* this weekend.
While perusing a local used bookstore I found a copy of Magnus #25 for 25 cents. Great for use in the baby room decorating project.

I then brokered a deal for a complete run of VH1 and VH2/3 (and a batman animated series run) for the unbelievable price of $0!
Yup that's right, a whole set of VH1 and VH2/3 for zero dollars and zero cents.

Of course, they were comics that I had originally given to my young cousin, who has since grown up, started high school, joined the football team, and became cool. No longer needs the comics laying around...

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:12 am

b3studios wrote:I found the best Valiant deals *ever* this weekend.
While perusing a local used bookstore I found a copy of Magnus #25 for 25 cents. Great for use in the baby room decorating project.

I then brokered a deal for a complete run of *VALIANT (1991-1996)* and *Acclaim (1997 series)*/3 (and a batman animated series run) for the unbelievable price of $0!
Yup that's right, a whole set of *VALIANT (1991-1996)* and *Acclaim (1997 series)*/3 for zero dollars and zero cents.

Of course, they were comics that I had originally given to my young cousin, who has since grown up, started high school, joined the football team, and became cool. No longer needs the comics laying around...

Are we talking a complete run? Variants and all.

b3studios · Post by **b3studios** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:34 am

Elveen wrote: Are we talking a complete run? Variants and all.

Complete as in one of every issue, with variants on all the VH2 stuff and many of the VH1 stuff as well. Not all of the gold books, but several.

But certainly a complete reading of all the issues/story lines. I'm actually kind of stoked to have these back, as he's not interested in them anymore, and I have the room and such for them again. Also, I'm not moving anytime soon, so I don't have worry about lugging them around.

and the price was perfect (if you don't consider that I already paid for all of them years ago).

tarheelmarine · Post by **tarheelmarine** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:20 pm

b3studios wrote:
Elveen wrote: Are we talking a complete run? Variants and all.
Complete as in one of every issue, with variants on all the *Acclaim (1997 series)* stuff and many of the *VALIANT (1991-1996)* stuff as well. Not all of the gold books, but several.

But certainly a complete reading of all the issues/story lines. I'm actually kind of stoked to have these back, as he's not interested in them anymore, and I have the room and such for them again. Also, I'm not moving anytime soon, so I don't have worry about lugging them around.

and the price was perfect (if you don't consider that I already paid for all of them years ago).

Very cool

maraxusofkeld · Post by **maraxusofkeld** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:27 pm

I'll agree, that was a sweet deal. I got my Valiant start from that, a friend gave me all of the pre unity except for Rai #1-3. So it definitely helps

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:48 pm

maraxusofkeld wrote:I'll agree, that was a sweet deal. I got my Valiant start from that, a friend gave me all of the pre unity except for Rai #1-3. So it definitely helps

Nice friend.

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