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- runpete, on 02/08/2009, -0/+4910) Title: Fantastic Four #4
• Price: $15,000
• CGC Grade: 9.2
• Features: Silver Age Sub-Mariner
• Vendor: High Grade Comics
9) Title: All-American Comics #16
• Price: $21,000
• CGC Grade: 8.0
• Features: First appearance of Green Lantern.
• Vendor: Filter Comics / New Force Comics
8) Title: Detective Comics #38
• Price: $39,000
• CGC Grade: 7.5
• Features: First appearance of Robin.
• Vendor: Metropolis Comics
7) Title: Marvel Comics #1
• Price: $40,000
• CGC Grade: 7.0
• Features: It's the first Marvel Comic, duh! Also, first appearance of the Human Torch!
• Vendor: Filter Comics / New Force Comics
6) Title: Superman #1 (Restored)
• Price: $45,000
• CGC Grade: 8.0
• Features: The first issue of Superman's solo comic, from 1939. (Action Comics was an anthology at the time.)
• Vendor: Metropolis Comics
5) Title: Amazing Fantasy #15
• Price: $57,500
• CGC Grade: 7.5
• Features: First appearance of Spider-Man.
• Vendor: High Grade Comics
4) Title: Amazing Fantasy #15
• Price: $78,000
• CGC Grade: 8.0
• Features: First appearance of Spider-Man. (In better condition than the copy at #5.)
• Vendor: Metropolis Comics
3) Title: Amazing Spider-Man #1
• Price: $80,000 - $90,000
• CGC Grade: 9.4
• Features: Spider-Man meets the Fantastic Four.
• Vendor: Metropolis Comics
2) Title: Human Torch #2 (For some reason, there was no issue #1).
• Price: Hoping to reach $100,000+ (auction in March)
• CGC Grade: 9.4
• Features: First Human Torch solo title.
• Vendor: Metropolis Comics
1) Title: Action Comics #1
• Price: $250,000 to Priceless (auction in March)
• CGC Grade: 6.0
• Features: Obviously, with the first appearance of Superman, Action Comics #1 is the "Holy Grail" of comic books.
• Vendor: Metropolis Comics - anxdiety, on 02/07/2009, -0/+30The only reason so many of these are valuable is they come from a time when Comics were actually read and not kept sterile and collected.
- TheBadWolf, on 02/08/2009, -2/+23I got to see an Action Comics #1 at San Diego Comic-Con 2007. Got a picture with it. I may be a loser, but god I'm proud of it.
- ghidorahnotweak, on 02/06/2009, -1/+18Of course Superman wins.
- lancedice, on 02/08/2009, -0/+16scroll down slower then?
- partysan, on 02/08/2009, -0/+12There's a foot of empty space below each picture, yet it's spread out over ten pages? Go to hell.
- inactive, on 02/07/2009, -4/+16Valuable to few, worthless to many. Obviously, it's exclusive for people who has LOTS of money to waste...I mean spare.
- sjbdallas, on 02/07/2009, -2/+11Dude, I think you're incorrect. There might be a class of collector that seals their comics up or even buys them already sealed up but I don't believe it's the majority. The stories and artwork are great so there are plenty of people out there that buy comics, read them, and throw them in a box. You can't judge the whole industry based on a top-ten list.
- Harbinger67, on 02/08/2009, -0/+9The ability to follow up a very good first movie and acceptable second movie with a brain-meltingly bad third movie.
No mere human can do that. - Mr_Lyle, on 02/08/2009, -0/+9No Radioactive Man #1?
- inactive, on 02/08/2009, -0/+8I AM A DIGG USER AND MULTIPLE-PAGE ARTICLES ARE RUINING MY PATHETIC LIFE!!!!!1
- OneRottenTomato, on 02/07/2009, -5/+12Comics were originally meant to be read, enjoyed and thrown away like newspaper comics. Not sealed and gambled on. Who the hell seals and stores their music cds or tv and movie dvds, never to listen and watch them ever again, then hoping it'll be worth something someday? Yea, I'm making a mint on my old eight tracks and cassettes.
This collector mentality, among other stagnate factors, is why comic shops have been in the ***** the last few decades, and they still don't get why. Hey, I know, let's alienate a majority of our casual and financially secure comic book readership, puke out the same old and tired superhero glut and never push other genres, do nothing new and innovative to attract new readers, keep it geared towards a sexually insecure, male dominated industry, find marketing to a female demographic very insulting and repulsive, and constantly nickle and dime whats left of the drying fan base with cross-overs, multiple covers, fewer page count, more ads, wasted money on top quality paper that should be reserved for graphic novels only, and raise cover prices every year. Yea, there's a winning marketing plan.
If there ever were an industry that has gone past starvation and has now fallen back on cooperate cannibalism- look no further than the comic book industry. An prime example of how not to run an entertainment industry. - haydesigner, on 02/08/2009, -0/+7Dugg for admitting you are a loser.
=;-) - Mulanzo, on 02/08/2009, -1/+8I saw Action Comics #1 and I...JIZZED....in....my pants.
- sjbdallas, on 02/07/2009, -0/+6"But they don't suspect my real power!"
What the heck is he referring to? They appear to see him crawling walls, the probably saw him shoot some web, what else is there? - audomatix, on 02/08/2009, -0/+4I'll give you 10 cents for it.
- hadessniper, on 02/08/2009, -0/+4Yes, it's a total waste to invest your money in something that has a good chance of increasing in value over the years.
- lfroker, on 02/08/2009, -0/+4If you spent 10 dollars on superman comics in 1938 you would have 25 million right now. *****
- inactive, on 02/08/2009, -5/+8Best-article-everrr!
- garagepunk, on 08/05/2009, -4/+710 pages, ***** that ***** . . .
- bundwallah, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3@ OneRottenTomato
I agree with your view. I used to enjoy buying comics to read and enjoy and then file away. Then came the multiple cover schtick and higher prices and out I went. They're far too expensive per issue IMO. I still walk through and browse but I haven'tbought a comic book in 15 years. It used to be an added benefit that what you just read may fetch you some $$'s down the road because there weren't too many of them. I blame Spiderman #1 with all its variants and million copy print runs. - dark, on 02/08/2009, -0/+3Boo for slideshow presentations!
Those Forbes ones piss me off so much... - g33b33, on 02/08/2009, -0/+2If you press the pages REALLY hard against your ass, the pictures transfer!
- diskit, on 02/09/2009, -0/+2The power of Love.
- AtheistPride13, on 02/08/2009, -0/+2dugg for admitting that
- rdldr1, on 02/08/2009, -0/+2Comic books are a form of art. Rarity, condition, and popularity of the comic book's subject determines the comic book's value.
- Danltn, on 02/08/2009, -1/+3Dugg for Financiapocalypse.
- xCIone, on 04/15/2009, -0/+1Superman for the win=)
- trdrstv, on 09/14/2009, -0/+1Action 1 was at the SHOW!!??!?!?! I've NEVER seen it at any show, including San Diego Comic Con. The most valuable comic on Display is usually Amazing Fantasy #15 (usually a 5 or a 6 in Grade), or Superman # 1.
You NEVER see an Action 1, Detective 27, Batman 1 (First Joker, Penquin and Catwoman) at anything less than an Auction house.
So sad I missed it. .... - fxu1989, on 02/08/2009, -0/+1Naruto manga in 50 years is gonna be worth thousands.
I better steal my neighbor's son volumes now and start savoring the money... to come... in 50 years. - Vindexus, on 02/08/2009, -5/+6Buried for too many pages.
- username7410, on 02/08/2009, -1/+2Nice one!
- megabassist, on 02/08/2009, -0/+1Have you seen the classic car market? Crazy prices....
- Dr3w, on 02/08/2009, -2/+3I kept my fingers crossed for Wolverine's first appearance in Hulk. But it's not like I'd sell it anyway.
- purzzzell, on 07/02/2009, -0/+1Spider-Sense.
- jsffive, on 02/08/2009, -0/+1I didn't think there were any Action Comics #1's out there anymore...
We're talking about a seventy year old comic.
Amazing. - rdldr1, on 02/08/2009, -0/+1So wait, my collection of expensive rare beanie babies is worthless to most?
- diskit, on 02/09/2009, -0/+1*techno beat*
- diskit, on 02/09/2009, -1/+210 separate pages?
***** you! - jacl3, on 02/08/2009, -0/+1I don't really know ***** about comics but it looks to me like someone wrote on the cover of
Human Torch #2
Or is that just me? - username7410, on 02/08/2009, -2/+210 pages? Come on.
- megabassist, on 02/08/2009, -1/+1With Ryan Renyolds as DeadPool, nothing can go wrong
- PubeStache, on 02/08/2009, -1/+1I always wanted that issue when I was younger. I'm sure it'll appreciate a bit with the Wolverine movie coming out. Unless it totally flops.
- inactive, on 02/08/2009, -1/+1I don't like comics.
- cdnbmatt, on 02/08/2009, -1/+0"ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO YOU, FROM THE EDITOR--ABOUT THE NEW AMAZING!"
- PubeStache, on 02/08/2009, -2/+1Did you forget the /s at the end of that comment?
- RobotKeaton, on 02/08/2009, -3/+1Acceptable second movie? Spider-man 2 makes Spider-man look like Spider-man 3.
- inactive, on 02/08/2009, -3/+0Fantastic Four: The Coming of the Sub-Mariner?....uh, that just doesn't sound right :/
- appleofdischord, on 02/08/2009, -7/+3You ruined the suspense!
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