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Not at all. Today, comic-con is cool, Big Bang Theory is a top show, the Avengers sequel is the most anticipated movie and Guardians of the Galaxy was last year's biggest hit. Demand is at an all time high, all while print media in general continues to decline. This is a peak (or plateau), not a step on an upward climb. Will key silver age issues hold their value? I think so. But will they continue to increase in value? I don't think they will. I don't see increased demand in the future and that's a pre-requisite for increased value. I agree with everything you said except that we are currently at the peak. I believe we may be approaching it, but with the blockbuster movie schedule both Marvel and DC is pumping out through 2020, I think we still have some runway for prices to increase. The extent of the increase largely depends on the current market price and its room for growth plus the increased upcoming movie awareness, but I don't think we are going to stall just yet. My guess, we will see a refocus of value against top keys (Amazing Fantasy 15, Hulk 1, Avengers 1 - and the well known hero golden keys among a few others - probably only 20-30 or so books on this list) and a decline against many minor keys with characters that only stick for a single movie or fade back into "C" and "D" list status. For the most part the hobby should reset itself when major pop culture moves on from the hero flicks into something else for a time (nothing is most popular forever). Time horizon, probably 15 years or so. Just my . I'm not convinced that having a movie slate out to 2020 is that much of a guarantee that prices even remain stable, let alone continue to go up. That's a long time to hold anyone's attention, let alone tie up their money in comics. Lots of things can happen between now and then that will refocus attention away from blockbuster super hero films. Maybe it is just the fact that its Spider-Gwen #1 release day, but when I see the week's new books sucked into a frenzy of flipping on a consistent basis this market is looking more and more unsustainable. I'm not any more comforted by the Bronze or SA markets. It's the go-go 90s again with a market full of people who like comics as long as the prices always go up, which they're convinced will always happen because this time is different.

Absolutely. And I second Nick Pitarra for a guest cover.

Thanks to all these new updates I knew to check Star Trek for the first time, and pulled a TNG #55 DC Bullet at a local Hastings today!

Depending on where they are in the process they may tell you the grades over the phone or they may not. It's a free call, so you have nothing to lose!

Yeah, I was glad to finally have something concrete. I'm moving to Manhattan, and whenever I've been in shops up that way people kept mentioning this enigmatic "second show in KC" almost like it was the Flying Dutchman or bigfoot or something.

I'd rather have that half long box of Robin you lamented about on the last page than any X-. Maybe it's just us, but we can go entire 3 day shows and not sell a single Uncanny out of our dollar boxes. Robin, on the other hand, is a very steady seller at $1 a book. And we could sell 2 long boxes of Wonder Woman in a weekend of work. Easy.

Neither did he, at least in terms of the monetary value. Sometimes these things work out.

Since Uncanny X-Men, Vol 3, #35 will technically be the 600th issue of Uncanny X-Men, Marvel is renumbering it as such. You think Marvel would miss an opportunity for an anniversary issue? They did the same thing with ASM, and will likely renumber it again to #750 or #800 when it suits them.

Home Page And the Facebook page This looks to be the second large KC show I've been hearing about... EDIT: I'll just keep recycling the page and tack onto the end since the links still work and the first post is editable.

Looks like Animaniacs #1 has a DCU variant. This shot is of a sealed pack, but you can make out the logo through the plastic behind the WB symbol at lower left. To go along with the Animaniacs #1 above that needs to be added to the list, here is an Animaniacs #10 I found online today (in horrible condition , but still an example).

Found two NM #3Bs for cover in a Hastings today, so that made for a nice trip.

WOW! I once had a 7.5 white pager (sold to Rich/Korvac Saga) that I thought was a pretty stellar copy...didn't realize these actually came in 9.4??!! Seriously. How many of them do you think even arrived at newsstands in 9.4?

That's true, most of the cover-art is too busy to put a signature into them - except maybe the Phantom Variant - it looks like it's made for a signature: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Enormous-1-Phantom-Variant-CGC-9-8-FIRST-EVER-SIGNED-215-Ink-1272844006-/261773583241?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf2ebe389&nma=true&si=aKsQrWZqA5VYUQbM%252F0xlLKeIWlc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 The Hastings #1 would also be good for signatures/sketches.

Verified 2/19

Took me a long time to find a #77 I liked, and I'm still waiting to upgrade my #90. Great books!

Fortunately threads like this are too freeform for someone to attempt to dictate how they should be run. Folks who enjoy discussing a favorite book shouldn't be told that they're doing it wrong. Now Peter Loves Gwen is getting lectured on the "correct" way to watch threads in the AF #15 rebooted thread that's just a warmup for the next rebooted thread. Looks like the original AF #15 thread has been locked. , I have missed that, I need to check my watched threads more often. It just happened not too long ago, apparently someone got a bit irritated that the "wrong" thread kept getting bumped, so a popular 6+ year old thread got locked. I expect it will happen to all the other clubs that have received reboots before too long.

i defer to your knowledge, I'll make the suggested changes. I think I pulled the base lists from other lists, I certainly haven't seen every single one of the comics on the list. did you happen to see any that we're missing? For Batman, Detective, Justice League, Superman, Adv of Superman, Superman: MOS, and Action Comics, I see none missing. When I get some time, I will check the other DCU's I have in hand (I have hundreds) and I will let you know if I see any other issues missing from your list. kind regards, Kirk

Just saw this post in the WTB section, thought the photos and info could be of use to those of us hunting these things: Also see this other post by Cpt Kirk with the list/photos of the Batman books.

Three book Economy FT submission (Based on posted TAT of 25 business days with 5 con Fridays in the mix, the estimated ship date is 3/31) Received 2/17

If it is a weekday and they're open that sounds like a business day to me. I know they sometimes work Saturdays to get caught up (or not fall further behind?) but those wouldn't be a "business day" even if it is a working day.

Are they a bank, school, or branch of the federal government? I'm working today, so I anticipate that CGC would probably be working too. It's only President's Day, after all.

What service tier at CGC? If its slow track economy or value I wouldn't hold my breath; I did something similar last year around a five month sabbatical overseas and I beat my value sub home.

What the heck, I'll respond since this thread is still open for the time being. It isn't rare so much as getting prohibitively expensive. CR-OW PQ is also fairly common on AF #15, nothing to be concerned about at all. That's a great copy with exceptional centering!

I have this thread being watched also. There's usually only a few or 5-10 watched threads that show as having new posts. We all go to those and see what's new, and of course people respond often before wondering if it's an old thread, or replaced etc. Looks like this won't be a concern anymore, the original thread has been locked. (thumbs u