January 2012 Pricing Trends
The DC 52 restart has officially lost its steam, with only variants, like the Mike Choi cover for Batman (2nd Series) #4/A taking flight from their original price to $7.50 in NM. Meanwhile, the 2009 relaunch of Batgirl (3rd Series) isn’t doing so well, with most available issues selling for less than cover, with Batgirl (3rd Series) #14 at $1.75.
An unconventional Harvey-Award-winning Western is attracting collectors again, but real sales and availability raised and dropped the values for Book 2 ($28) and 4 ($14) respectively. The Walking Dead (Image) Sketch variant #81/A sold out quickly, taking an almost 200% leap in value to $8.50 in the process.
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Offices Closed Until January 3
We're giving our hard-working staff a well-deserved break to enjoy Christmas and New Year's with their families. Our loyal robots will still be working, so you can place orders and download purchases any time. However, there will be no update this week.
Mark and Joe will be back on January 3 to help and answer all your questions, as usual. In the meantime, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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December 2011 Pricing Trends
Prices have largely remained steady through November, though we’re seeing interest in rare variants and classic Silver Age. The Hulk (4th Series) #2/B variant with the red Hulk cover jumped to $19 on recent sales, and the original Justice League of America’s first issue went from $29,900 to $30,100 in NM.
The new DC 52 issues are holding on to their price gains last month, but collectors seem to be bucking earlier series restarts. From 2007, Justice Society of America (2nd Series) 1/A dropped from its $10 to $6.50, and Wonder Woman (3rd Series) #1/A from 2006 lost a third of its value. Even a Silver Age classic is showing some softening, with recent sales dropping The Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1 from 1964 down to $1925 in NM value.
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November 2011 Pricing Trends
While prices have leveled off DC’s new 52 issues are still going strong this month. Like many of the first issues, Wonder Woman (4th Series) #1 more than doubled its cover price to $8.50. Certain #2’s continue the sprint, as Batman (2nd Series) #2/A (the Jim Lee variant) shot to $7.50. Even reprints – rarely a collector’s item – are doing well in this line, with the second printing of Justice League (2nd Series) #1-2 going to $9 on recent sales.
In contrast, summer’s hot issues are fading. The spoiler variant of Ultimate Spider-Man #160/E had a meteoric rise in July and August, but has fallen to $13, with current copies for sale around the $8 mark. Even the fan favorite series Chew is softening, as #4 similarly dropped to $13.
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October Pricing Trends
DC’s restart of its line-up is getting a big thumbs up, as many of the new #1’s have more than doubled their original price within this month alone. Both sporting a cover price of $2.99, Detective Comics (2nd Series) #1 bounced to $7.50, and Batgirl (4th Series) to $7.00, while the $4.99 polybagged edition of Justice League (2nd Series) #1/B soared to $11.
Not all of DC’s re-numbering ploys have been as successful. This same month, Action Comics #1000000 (part of the 1998 DC One Million storyline) plunged to $1. And not every #1 is a sure-fire investment, even among titles that generate excitement at their debut. Maxx #1 now sells for $0.90, and Howard Chaykin’s City of Tomorrow #1 dropped to $3.25. All of these issues are widely available at their current value and below.
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I've been out of comics for a few years. I have started to pick up some
titles again. Well, then some has turned into more and now a lot. I see there are
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from Marvel/DC? My biggest drive in going this direction would be saving some $$$.
(What
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