Is there a struggle for horror comics to maintain its stellar selling records?

I've been collecting horror comics from a high grade perspective since 2001, and I've seen a lot of interesting things in the past few years.

First, when I started collecting, these books were for the most part ignored by the high grade collecting community. The introduction of CGC helped to bring collectors (like myself) to collect high grade copies of our favorite horror titles, but over the years I've noticed significant increases to these issues. Of course, the Wrightson and Adams covers bring the most notable and amazing prices to date. This has brought out yet more high grade copies, but unfortunately the market remains enough of a niche that the prices have now exceeded what the market will pay for them. There are exceptions, of course-House of Mystery continues and remains a flagship title for most horror collectors, and prices continue to edge out other DC titles such as House of Secrets. Abel never got his respect, although his title was pivotal in starting the legend of the Swamp Thing.

Secondly, a long time collector and competitor is now selling his horror collection. It is with mixed emotion that I say this, as I am now losing a friend that I've spent many a night discussing the genre. Although I will be able to accumulate more books for the collection, there is a gap here that will need to be filled with another collector. I'll miss you bud.

As I close this journal entry, it's clear that the market for these books are finite, and a delicate balance between price, availability, and demand must be reached. Although I suspect that prices will be falling in upcoming months, I am optimistic that the horror medium will continue to be strong in the long run. It's withstood the test of time, and I'm here to roll with the punches.