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Pricing Trends for May 2012
Collectors continue to show love for zombie fiction, as this month The Walking Dead Weekly #1 shot from near-cover price to $52 in near mint, and similarly The Walking Dead (Image) #48 swiftly lurched to $28. Other issues of the Walking Dead (Image) have jumped by 200% into the $15/issue range. Another Robert Kirkman creation, Thief of Thieves is also seeing a similar trend. Thief of Thieves #3 currently comes in at $8.50 in near mint, with fresh sales expected to push it to $15 or more.
Sub-Mariner has been struggling as a back issue; #2 nearly halved its value to $4.25 this month, and some near mint issues can be found close to its original cover price. Wonder Woman has also been declining this year; Wonder Woman (1st Series) #196 is now down to $5200 in near mint.
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What's Hot and What's Not April 2012
As the AMC TV series comes to a close, The Walking Dead is gaining strength amongst collectors. The second printing of The Walking Dead (Image) #1 shot to $10 this month, almost quintupling its March value. The Walking Dead Weekly #27 jumped to $10.50, from $2.50. Sales for both series are strong. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may be seeing one of their periodic revivals, as the first issue of the first series soared to $1,275 in near mint, up from $850 in March.
Ten-year-old back stock is heading into dollar and quarter bins. Formerly a hot incentive included with Wizard #111, Darkchylde Redemption #0.5/A rapidly lost half its value last month, going from $5.00 to $2.50. Young Justice #24 similarly dropped several times, ending at $0.75 from $2.50. Most current sellers already list the issues below their current value.
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March 2012 Pricing Trends
Indie title Morning Glories is gathering a bigger fan base, as #1 shot from $2.25 to $10 for first printings. Incentives and variants also continue to be popular with active collectors: sketch cover Ultimatum 3/B, from 2009, is now selling at $15, up from $3.99; and the Gary Frank cover for Batman (2nd Series) #6/A settled at $7.50 out of the gate with prices expected to go higher.
Lower grade listings of Silver Age comics books are pushing prices down. Wonder Woman (1st Series) #155 more than halved its value from $79 to $30 this month, and Batman Annual #7, formerly at $1050, dropped to $775 in near mint. Gimmicks from the 1990s are also weak: the platinum cover Adventures of Superman #500/PL sunk to $47 from February's $64 benchmark price.
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February 2012 Pricing Trends
It’s no secret that comics often fall into line with according their scarcity: for instance, Batman (2nd Series) #5/A and Flash (4th Series) #4/A more than doubled from their cover price to $7.50 and $6.0 respectively right off the bat. Even scarcer variants, like one specified for comic shops for a particularly large minimum order, are worth even more: to wit, Amazing Spider-Man #666/A-18, a reprint of the original issue, but with a fresh cover exclusive for Kings Comics, is selling for $20, while similar reprints for other retailers are going for $13 and up.
In Silver Age news, Batgirl had a rocky month with gains and losses, but ended low. Detective Comics #359 with her first appearance dropped $200 to settle at $3300 in NM at month’s end. And #381-401 of the Incredible Hulk are all going soft, with many a comic already in dollar box status. The most dramatic drops were for #387, which dropped to $1.75, and for #401, which fell to $2.
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(What
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— Staghead
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