Jaydogrules

Deadline still clinging to its own fake news about the first shazam "netting" $75M in "profits", in a truly sad cope article, and how it totally makes sense that they would make a sequel to such a hugely popular character and movie that everybody loved and clearly wanted to see more of (!), based on a completely made up $155M in "home video" sales that never actually happened or even could have happened by the time they published their fake news. Basically, the same kind of boot licking BS "creative accounting" they tried to use to show that Black Adam was "profitable". All three of these misguided movies have lost money. I would say that the geniuses who green lit them all should be fired, but they already have been. -J.

Yes. Coming to realize how amazing and perfect you always were is not a legitimate "hero's journey". It's tiresome and obnoxious at this point. -J.

But twitter loves it. 🤷‍♀️ -J.

You forgot about Shuri. -J.

Not when they spend 200M on it. -J.

This poor movie, along with Black Adam, were doomed the moment they were foolishly greenlit. -J.

What can I say. Nobody's perfect. 😉 -J.

Nice ! I saw that when it hit the census. Many copies have back cover flaws. Looks great from the front. Congratulations on the book and grade! -J.

Hold up. But variety and deadline just told me yesterday that it was going to make up to 19M this weekend. 🤔 -J.

And the record is 4-2 Dell'otto in 9.8 and a clean sweep in all lower grades and on raw copy sales. That's all that needs to be said on the matter. -J.

Duh. I'm allowed to state my opinions on the data and historical trends. 🙄 -J.

I'm comparing GRADES irrespective of label color and have been doing same since 2016 to no prior objection from you or anyone else. Not doing so now would in fact be "manipulating data to support a pre-determined conclusion". -J.

I refer you back to page 1 of this thread of the criteria I use for this list that considers ALL label types. And usually signed copies go for more and certainly not 10k below blue copies. The yellow label was actually more in line with what the book has sold for now twice on comiclink making that weirdly high 43k sale on heritage look like the outlier. -J.

Some of your points are exactly why I use weighted data. But as to the heritage auction, there were actually two uf 4 9.8's in that auction- one came in above the 667, the other well below, so that's a wash. Which leaves us with just this one comiclink auction, and sorry that one data point is not near enough, especially with the multiple other copies of the uf4 at or coming to auction, and with many more likely to come out in thr next few months as people cash out on the cartoon. -J.

First, you don't know what books I do or do not own. Second, yes, the data is weighted. The list is the Most Valuable Modern Variants, it's not a "hot 10 of the week or last auction result". If I did what you propose, the next UF 4 sale to go below 30K , automatically makes the 667 #1 again ? No. And I reiterate- these books do not only sell in a 9.8. An 8.0 dell'otto has gone for nearly as much as the uf 4 does in a 9.6. Data. -J.

Incorrect. This list is weighted and has become increasingly more so as these books have aged and more sales have occurred. Which is why the top 10 has remained virtually unchanged for years and I ultimately decided to double it to make it more interesting and relevant. -J.

4-2 Dell'otto. -J.

"The data" isn't one data point. That's called cherry picking.🙄 It isn't even two data points. In this case we have 6. And 9.8 is not the only grade these books are sold in. That's called looking at ALL the date. -J.

The data - 4-2 Dell'otto 9.8. Undefeated in all lower grades. -J.

I created a criteria, as spelled out and unchanged since page 1 of this thread from several years ago, before some of the books on it now were even published, that ranks these books based on a direct sales comparison methodology with tiebreakers. That's the comparison. -J.

Because it sold for 7 less and it didn't have a second 9.8 copy in the same auction that also sold for more than 10k less like the UF 4 did. -J.

Me too. And it's currently 4-2 Dell'otto in 9.8's and a clean sweep for the Dell'otto in all lower grades. -J.

No. Market cap IS messy because it assumes all copies would sell for the same top dollar amount, and that is not reality. Case in point, this copy of UF 4 just sold for over $10k less than the one copy that supposedly sold on heritage just a couple of weeks ago. -J.

Attempting a "market cap" analysis on comic books is messy. Especially when there's well under 100 slabs in existence of a particular high priced book. That's why I don't do it. But I could see why someone else might try to do it. And I'm looking at head to head 9.8 sales, in addition to below grades that have all happened in the last few months not only a year ago. -J.

Lol I'm just following the data bub. ALL the data. -J.