Discuss Hard To Find Or Currently Hot Comics Of Any Era

[StarBrand]

There's an eBay auction of a CGC 8.5 copy of Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (2008) that's currently at $56 with a few hours to go:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRIMO-GUARDIANS ... 35d873fea8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I was tempted to post this to the Auction Hall of Wow and Disbelief! thread in Hall of Fame, but it seems any copy of this (even unslabbed and described as VF) is getting serious action:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Collectibles-/1 ... Complete=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I've got one that I estimate is a 9.4. I'm thinking I'm going to sell soon.

Good idea, though I wonder if it will go for more in a month, when the movie draws closer.

[kjjohanson]

There's an eBay auction of a CGC 8.5 copy of Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (2008) that's currently at $56 with a few hours to go:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRIMO-GUARDIANS ... 35d873fea8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I was tempted to post this to the Auction Hall of Wow and Disbelief! thread in Hall of Fame, but it seems any copy of this (even unslabbed and described as VF) is getting serious action:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Collectibles-/1 ... Complete=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I've got one that I estimate is a 9.4. I'm thinking I'm going to sell soon.

Good idea, though I wonder if it will go for more in a month, when the movie draws closer.

Maybe I should throw it up on eBay with a ridiculous BIN and Best Offer and see what sort of offers it gets.

[Elveen]

I had a GotG #1 2nd print tht I sold for $60 (I think) in Phoenix.

[hulk181man]

There's an eBay auction of a CGC 8.5 copy of Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (2008) that's currently at $56 with a few hours to go:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PRIMO-GUARDIANS ... 35d873fea8" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I was tempted to post this to the Auction Hall of Wow and Disbelief! thread in Hall of Fame, but it seems any copy of this (even unslabbed and described as VF) is getting serious action:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Collectibles-/1 ... Complete=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I've got one that I estimate is a 9.4. I'm thinking I'm going to sell soon.

Good idea, though I wonder if it will go for more in a month, when the movie draws closer.

Maybe I should throw it up on eBay with a ridiculous BIN and Best Offer and see what sort of offers it gets.

Yep, that book's been steady in the $50-100 range for a little while now.

The Starlord:Annihilation Conquest limited series might be one to watch. That's where Starlord hooks up with Rocket & Groot for the first time. This series is surprisingly affordable in comparison to GOTG # 1 and it came out many months earlier.

[GGSAE]

I'm surprised the 1990 #1 GOTG hasn't seen more of an uptick in price.

[kjjohanson]

I'm surprised the 1990 #1 GOTG hasn't seen more of an uptick in price.

I *have* seen a few auctions where mid-to-high grade copies were getting close to $10. It doesn't surprise me that there's not much movement. A couple things:
• that was during the glut
• it's not the team that's in the movie. We may see something going with the new series of the future team that's supposed to be coming, but still, there's no movie to give that team a push

[kjjohanson]

Kirkman's Outcast could hit the ground running.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-f ... ast-638909" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Outcast has hit the ground running.

I just took a look and I'm a little surprised at the action it's been getting on eBay. I still think that given a little time we're not going to see very high prices for this book. I'm really interested in seeing what the first issue print run looks like.

[GGSAE]

I'm surprised the 1990 #1 GOTG hasn't seen more of an uptick in price.

I *have* seen a few auctions where mid-to-high grade copies were getting close to $10. It doesn't surprise me that there's not much movement. A couple things:
• that was during the glut
• it's not the team that's in the movie. We may see something going with the new series of the future team that's supposed to be coming, but still, there's no movie to give that team a push

1990, so I don't see the print runs being that high, and it was a lesser title, but I have no facts on the actual print run. That and the copper age books have been heating up for a number of months now.

[kjjohanson]

I'm surprised the 1990 #1 GOTG hasn't seen more of an uptick in price.

I *have* seen a few auctions where mid-to-high grade copies were getting close to $10. It doesn't surprise me that there's not much movement. A couple things:
• that was during the glut
• it's not the team that's in the movie. We may see something going with the new series of the future team that's supposed to be coming, but still, there's no movie to give that team a push

1990, so I don't see the print runs being that high, and it was a lesser title, but I have no facts on the actual print run. That and the copper age books have been heating up for a number of months now.

I don't know the actual numbers either, but in general (Marvel or DC) first issues from the late '80s or early '90s are going to have fairly high print runs because there was a fair amount of attention to the perceived value of first issue then. I started reading and collecting some time around 1987 or so, and one of the shops I regularly visited had the option on their pull list of "all #1 issues." I imagine a lot of people grabbed first issues even if they didn't subsequently follow the series.

Not that I don't want to see this book get some action. I plan on selling off all of my GOTG books while it's getting all this attention.

[IMJ]

Prices on a CGC 9.8 #1 GOTG have been pretty high for months now. Outlandish, actually. The last few issues of that series are tough to find the way that the last few of Warlock & The Infinity Watch and Silver Surfer are.

There are also a lot of sellers asking 6 to 20 bucks for an Avengers #257 as well. I don't know if any of them are seeing it in exchange though. Also, I've said it before in this thread somewhere and I'll say it again, Hulk #234 and Cap #217 are inflating and I have seen people are getting their prices for those books.

Also, the mainstream belief is that Rocket's first appearance was Hulk #271, but it's not. Marvel Preview #7 predates that book by years. On a brick 'n mortar note, several of the well known comic shops in my area are indeed pushing Hulk #271 as Rocket's first appearance as well. Graham Crackers, Dreamland, and Unicorn Comics among them. Terry who owns Unicorn was telling me that he must have had 4 or 5 copies of Hulk #271 in his back issue bins for years at maybe 3 bucks but then the current craze drove his high grade copies up to around $150 on his wall, and apparently he's been getting it. His prediction was that it will drop to a twenty dollar book after the movie hype dies. It's hard to say if I agree with that or not, because most of the other Marvel movies were rooted in Silver Age characters with higher holding value than GoTG which is mostly a Bronze and Copper era draw.

I'm curious as to how Strange Tales #180 and Fantastic Four #65 will continue to fare.

[kjjohanson]

Prices on a CGC 9.8 #1 GOTG have been pretty high for months now. Outlandish, actually. The last few issues of that series are tough to find the way that the last few of Warlock & The Infinity Watch and Silver Surfer are.

There are also a lot of sellers asking 6 to 20 bucks for an Avengers #257 as well. I don't know if any of them are seeing it in exchange though. Also, I've said it before in this thread somewhere and I'll say it again, Hulk #234 and Cap #217 are inflating and I have seen people are getting their prices for those books.

Also, the mainstream belief is that Rocket's first appearance was Hulk #271, but it's not. Marvel Preview #7 predates that book by years. On a brick 'n mortar note, several of the well known comic shops in my area are indeed pushing Hulk #271 as Rocket's first appearance as well. Graham Crackers, Dreamland, and Unicorn Comics among them. Terry who owns Unicorn was telling me that he must have had 4 or 5 copies of Hulk #271 in his back issue bins for years at maybe 3 bucks but then the current craze drove his high grade copies up to around $150 on his wall, and apparently he's been getting it. His prediction was that it will drop to a twenty dollar book after the movie hype dies. It's hard to say if I agree with that or not, because most of the other Marvel movies were rooted in Silver Age characters with higher holding value than GoTG which is mostly a Bronze and Copper era draw.

I'm curious as to how Strange Tales #180 and Fantastic Four #65 will continue to fare.

I guess Hulk 271 would be the first appearance in a comic, rather than a magazine?

[IMJ]

I guess Hulk 271 would be the first appearance in a comic, rather than a magazine?

Hm. True, ya. I guess this is like Battlechasers appearing in Fantasy Illustrated before Battlechasers #1 or whatnot...
Either way though, the market is talking on this one and Hulk #271 is the book to have.

[StarBrand]

15 ten-packs of Outcast 1 sell out at 100.00 ea, as one buyer snaps up the final 3.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151339695171?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[StarBrand]

Wantedcomix blew through their available single copies of Outcast 1. Here, their last 80 copies went in less than 48 hours at up to triple cover.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OUTCAST-1-FIRST ... 5d4d90b34d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[kjjohanson]

Wantedcomix blew through their available single copies of Outcast 1. Here, their last 80 copies went in less than 48 hours at up to triple cover.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OUTCAST-1-FIRST ... 5d4d90b34d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

15 ten-packs of Outcast 1 sell out at 100.00 ea, as one buyer snaps up the final 3.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151339695171?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's going to be interesting to see what happens when the speculation phase ends and the actual demand phase kicks in.

[iggy101us]

I saw stacks of this at the LCS and passed. It seems like a race to see who can unload them all first. I wonder how many actual readers are there and what the print run is.

[StarBrand]

I saw stacks of this at the LCS and passed. It seems like a race to see who can unload them all first. I wonder how many actual readers are there and what the print run is.

There were no incentive variants, so whatever the print run is, it would have been substantially higher if there had been incentives. Also, it did sell out from Diamond a day before it's release. By the way, I'm holding my copies for now, not unloading them. I'm often a bit of a contrarian.

[StarBrand]

Wantedcomix blew through their available single copies of Outcast 1. Here, their last 80 copies went in less than 48 hours at up to triple cover.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OUTCAST-1-FIRST ... 5d4d90b34d" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

15 ten-packs of Outcast 1 sell out at 100.00 ea, as one buyer snaps up the final 3.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151339695171?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's going to be interesting to see what happens when the speculation phase ends and the actual demand phase kicks in.

When the speculation phase is over it's going to be interesting to see how many dealers are out of the book, and if it was able to break through the ten dollar per copy barrier. Right now speculation on eBay remains strong, as does supply. Can the current demand for it break down the supply?

[StarBrand]

With Kirkman writing Outcast, there's also always the chance it's actually a really good book, too.

[iggy101us]

With Kirkman writing Outcast, there's also always the chance it's actually a really good book, too.

Kirkman writing for now . . . how long can he keep it up with so many projects? Have you read it yet? How's the story?

[StarBrand]

With Kirkman writing Outcast, there's also always the chance it's actually a really good book, too.

Kirkman writing for now . . . how long can he keep it up with so many projects? Have you read it yet? How's the story?

I'm going to read it tonight...

[StarBrand]

There are a few buyers out there who feel really strongly Outcast 1 is a buy right now at $8-10.

[iggy101us]

Adventures of Superman #14 with Joker story and cover. It sold out pretty fast. Print run for Adventures of Superman #13 was 10,045 copies per comichron in May. Monthly Batman sell around 100k copies. Not sure what print run was for #14 but it seems to be in short supply as it sold out at most LCS.

[StarBrand]

Adventures of Superman #14 with Joker story and cover. It sold out pretty fast. Print run for Adventures of Superman #13 was 10,045 copies per comichron in May. Monthly Batman sell around 100k copies. Not sure what print run was for #14 but it seems to be in short supply as it sold out at most LCS.

Good tip. Cool cover.



http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADVENTURES-OF-S ... 2a3f2cffa9" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[iggy101us]

Adventures of Superman #14 with Joker story and cover. It sold out pretty fast. Print run for Adventures of Superman #13 was 10,045 copies per comichron in May. Monthly Batman sell around 100k copies. Not sure what print run was for #14 but it seems to be in short supply as it sold out at most LCS.

Good tip. Cool cover.

I managed to pick up a few copies. Not sure if I should hang on to them or flip them. Detective Comics #880 also had Joker/Jock cover and that has pretty strong demand.