What is your best kept secret spec book or idea...Bronze silver, or gold?10374
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tedsaidwe called it comics Vascular monthly...the LCS here did the same thing, buying by Overstreet, selling by CVM.....another local shop now out of business would use an old overstreet wrapped inside a new cover...to purchase, then go by CVM to sell.Ugh |
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Quote:Originally Posted by TowmaterThe thread is about comics you feel are good specs....no matter why, and regardless what anyone else thinks or says. Its all opinions and different peoples ideas, and everyone is free to say what they think...share what you think and no worries. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tedsaid I have one Whitman book. Batman #307 I believe. The shop down the street from me has a bunch of DC Whitman books. Grade range varies, and he definitely commands a premium for some. I guess some Whitmans are less common than others. Not exactly sure how they work out. There are a bunch of pence copies on so many titles. It's not like the 30, 35 cent price variants. Still, a low print run, plus the scant amount of surviving higher grade copies can make them a more a in-demand commodity. We're seeing it with Canadian price variants from the BA now, and high grade Australian price variants of keys can command a premium. If I can find them, I buy them. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Steverogers11 Unforunately, the best material from the DD comics was wasted in the DD and Elektra movies. |
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| I expect female superheroes (and villains)to continue to take off, as they look so much better in costumes, check out any con for confirmation. So She Hulk 1 will continue to rise, Enchantress, Red Sonja, Power Girl, Shi, Huntress to name a few possibilities |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater Very true but I think with FF and X-men Disney will knock it out of the park |
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 I had no way of knowing that 9.8 graded copies signed by Adam Hughes weren't what you were looking for.
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Quote:Originally Posted by doog One book I always look for is Supergirl # 1 from 1972. |
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| Here’s a few I think may have potential Secret Wars. #2. 2004. 1st Quake/Daisy Johnson. From Agents of Shield Rumored to be joining the MCU Captain Marvel #17. 2004. 1st Phyla-Vell Machine Man #2. 1982. 1st Arno Stark Rumored to take Ironmans place but darker. Soulfire Preview First Book with 1st Malikai A Michael Turner book. Rumored to be in development for a movie. Not many of these out there Superman 501. 1st Conner Kent a clone of Superman & Lex Luthor. First seen in the New Titans season 2. This is interesting. |
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| Atm for me it's marvel bronze 20c picture books in very high grade. These books are now 47 years old. And when I say high grade I mean 9.8s. I've bought a few raws and I'm thinking one or two may reach that with a press. I've never gotten a book pressed and when I see Ironmans in 9.8 fetching 1k plus that's not bad for a run book. Another book that I've bought 2 copies of is uncanny X-men 94. For years this book and giant size were worth the same till the giant size broke away from price and rightly so. And I believe the 94 will never be worth the same as the giant size again. But when collectors get the giant size there is a chance they'll go for the 94. And if prices continue to rise and price X-men fans out of the giant size then the 94 is a book they may settle on. Plus the 94 has 3rd full wolverine and 2nd Colossus and storm ect. And first issue written by Claremont who would go onto writing and making X-men the fan favorite for over 100 issues. I think this book has potential in the long term. My 2c feel free to discuss  |
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| Some Black Widow Speculation on my part... I've slowly been rescuing copies of Secret Empire Omega #1 (2 Covers) and Tales of Suspense #101 (17,000 Print run w/ 2 covers) from the dollar bins as first appearance of the Black Widow Clone. I've also been rescuing Captain America #617/618 from the dollar bins - 1st Wolf Spider Olivier "The Dutch Giant" Richters was cast in the movie and IMDB lists him as "Muscular Gulag Inmate" which points to Wolf Spider being involved since it's the Gulag... Super Speculation? Not really...but an easy way to turn $1 into $20+ when the movie drops if they pan out... |
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One area that's taking off is overlooked "hidden meaning" covers. Stuff that nobody would think to even look at when flipping through dealer boxes, then one day somebody points it out and it takes off. Here's an example - Tip Topper #17. Look at the trend chart: nothing, nothing, nothing, then boom and you could have 5-10x'd on it. There are lots of these still sleeping out there. Happy to mention a few more of these if anyone's interested. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by TommyJasmin I live for those covers, please continue |
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| Ok, here's another @doog: Dogface Dooley #5. Pre-2017 (and again, even now very few people are aware), this could be bought dirt cheap. The key - let's just say the artist had other things on his mind when drawing the sputtering puff of smoke coming out of the flamethrower. Sorry about the low-res pic - I never know optimal sizing and got scolded last time I threw a high-res pic on the forums, as you can tell I'm not on here much.  |
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| great shares Tommy that's the concept I had in mind..things most might miss that are so amazing | ||
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FF #209 (1st appearance HERBIE!). Why not??  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Darkseid_of_town Thx @Darkseid_of_town... You were pretty clear in your subject line but people didn't seem to be picking up on it - speculation ideas that are not commonly known, any era. FWIW I do try to mention these themes as I see them in my market reports, you might want to sift through those. Granted, most of the themes I bring up, people on these boards are already aware of (Baker cover, MLJs, out-of-context monster covers, etc.) but it's nice to see real data-points. Here's one more "hidden meaning" example while I'm typing. Archie titles are riddled with these, and most of these books for years could be found in dollar bins. Still can, but that window is starting to close.  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by brysb Absolutely @brysb - the idea being, characters lurking out there that nobody's talking about or speculating on, because there's nothing immediately obvious about the appeal. Apologies of course if you're a huge Herbie fan But the trend chart is dead flat on this book, for way over a decade now. Anyway, one could argue this example is maybe similar to what happened with Incredible Hulk #271 - a lackluster cover with a raccoon thingy that... who could have guessed even after Marvel movie magic was in full swing, they would make into a super-cool part of a super-team with Bradley Cooper doing voice-over?? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by TommyJasmin Agreed. It's funny that you mentioned Rocket Raccoon because I had that in mind when I posted about FF #209...who would have ever thought the 1st appearance of such a throw away character (up until the film) would ever be worth more than $1?? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by brysb Yep I remember him from the FF cartoons as they didn't include the human torch a character starting fires in a kids cartoon |
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@TommyJasmin Great covers. Looks like some of them were done intentionally and others were not and the editor didn't pick up on it. Like that Alf cover and the action comics cover that looks plain wrong. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Towmater it's ok..they can just re do the same material...how many times have we seen uncle ben bite it now?? |
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| @KatKomics Too many? Is the one without uncle Ben considered the best? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by brysb  I thought about bat-mite, he could be just a great character if brought to the big screen Also I bought X-Men 109,120,121 and alpha flight 1, I think they could do well |
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OH MY GOD! That Action 457 Cover is just wrong in so many ways! Could it possibly take the title from the champ : The Rifleman "Wood" Cover?  |
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Quote:Originally Posted by southerncross Hell yeah! Except for me, it's the DC 20c comics, not the Marvel ones. I just LOVE super high grade late silver and early bronze, and I've got a whole short box of pristine comics just waiting to be sent in. I've got Batman and Superman, Wonder Woman and World's Finest, Brave and the Bold, Flash, JLA. Plus an assortment of other odds and ends, such as Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane, Wanted, Kamandi, Tarzan, etc. I bought a whole bunch of those super packs a couple years ago. I've sent a few in, and got 9.4's to 9.8's, with a couple surprise 9.0 or 9.2. Most are fantastic. Crisp, clean, bone-white pages, and never been read. I love em! Can't wait to get them graded, see what else shakes out.  |
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| MLJs? Is that for the name Archie Comics had before they became Archie Comics? Or does it mean something else? I don't know if I'm the only one, but I'm totally not getting any innuendo from that Action Comics cover. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Tedsaid Well imagine you saw it from about 10 feet away. It would probably catch ones attention enough to at least want to know what the front cover dialogue was. |
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| If we're looking for more obscure books, here are a few that I've thought could pop but haven't had great success: Adventure 327: First Timberwolf- DC's very similar precursor to Wolverine. Never well developed. Superboy 98: First Ultraboy...an interesting character never well developed. Marvel Team-up 1: First Misty Knight Marvel Team-up 65: First US Captain Britain, starting to move. Captain Marvel 34: Apparently nobody cares how CM got the cancer that killed him. Swamp Thing 2: First Anton Arcane, still not recognized by Overstreet I believe. TOS 75: First Sharon Carter doesn't seem to impress people much based on the prices. |
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| Flash 92 - Impulse is a fun character. | ||
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| @BigRedOne1944 Nah rifleman still has the crown. Just look at the smirks on their faces just sells it. | ||
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