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Is X-Men #1 still considered a hot book?

If anyone has a low grade CGC version of FF5 they are willing to part with, please let me know - thank you!

Thank you! The truth of the matter is that I've never spent more than 3900 on a book - and that was x-men #1. If I wanted one now, well ... I don't think it would happen! I really hope so though.

Haha hey, 2,000 books is also nothing to sneeze at. But yeah, I *think* I had about 30k books where someone literally hired an 18 wheeler to come down the street to pick them up and bring them back to his lair.

Thank you! I learned that bigtime when it came to my Canseco collection. The feeling of "having it all" was cool for sure, but man ... it is just a *LOT* to keep/store ... and a lot that I didn't fully care about. With my new "collections" I found that I have just as much joy with keeping only what I'm white hot about, and it also allows me to dabble in other things! Thanks brother! I love them to death. My wife understands the cards ... she gets the comic thing ... the transformers is what she doesn't get, haha. Thanks brother! Thanks brother! I'll reach out just in case - I'm not sure I could get rid of any since cards are my first love, but doesn't hurt to explore! Man, I think that is a fantastic goal. If there is one thing I've learned over the years - 20k cards is one thing ... 20k books is QUITE another! Good luck on your quest! LOL! I chase rabbit trails like crazy in articles I write. Too much passion, not enough time/space to type! Who are Jordan and Brady? (HA!) I actually sold a ton of 2nd year Brady stuffy a few months too early ... BLECH. I have many horror stories of selling too soon, but that's part of the game, I guess!

Thank you Ernie!

5 points to you on posting an office gif!

Selling out of a collection is a crazy thing. You hate to see things that you did battle for walk out the door, but when the dust settles, you may find yourself in a position considering do things with the money that are outside of your comfort zone. That’s where I found myself in early 2019, after I sold the vast majority of my Jose Canseco baseball card collection. Here is a taste of what was outside my comfort zone that I have fallen madly in love with and have invested in: (links to more in depth articles on each are at the bottom of this article) Vintage Baseball Cards … Transformers … and yes, even Jose Canseco baseball cards again … On my evening walk in early 2019, I started thinking hard about what I wanted to invest in, and while you probably know by now that vintage baseball cards had my attention, I may throw you a curveball here: Did you know that before I started diving into the wonderful world of vintage cardboard, I actually started getting into comic books? A seed was planted in my head all the way back in 2012 when I saw an episode of Collection Intervention hosted by Elyse Luray. As a summary, a man (Joe) had thousands of comics that were taking over the home of he and his fiance, Rebekah. Eventually, he took a massive chunk of his collection to a dealer, to which the dealer offered to trade in his collection for a single comic book: The Incredible Hulk #181 – the first appearance of Wolverine. The dealer claimed the signed raw copy should be in the 9.0 range, and should fetch $1,000 at the time. For some reason, that book stuck out to me forever. I would think about Hulk 181 from time to time, and cringe each time I saw the price, realizing the ship had sailed. That’s okay though – I’m a card collector, so what do I care, right? Years later, I saw a comic setup at the Tri-Star baseball card show, and immediately went over to them, asking about “that one Hulk comic where Wolverine was in it”. They had a copy and I was able to hold one in my hands for the first time. Though I loved it, I simply wasn’t prepared to purchase, because I didn’t know anything about pricing…and again… I’m not a comic collector. I’ve done plenty of dabbling into reselling. I’ve bought and sold thousands of comic books in bulk, without knowing really what was there. I always had fun looking at the covers. Here is a collection acquisition from years ago. All those boxes are comics! After my Canseco collection sell-off, I found myself on my evening walks in early 2019 formulating what I really wanted to do with the money. As mentioned before, comics were first on the list – not in bulk, though – but quality over quantity. I had a blast studying, learning, and researching what was out there. The criteria for what I would go after was: They have to be slabbed/graded They have to excite me They have to so promise of being a good investment I did pretty well staying in line with these, though my love for certain books may have overshadowed their investment potential. Oh well – that’s how it goes sometimes, right? Shown below are virtually all of my comic books, and why they are in my collection: Avengers Annual #10 CGC 9.4 (First appearance of Rogue) I *love* the X-Men movies, and really enjoyed Rogue as well. This was literally a product of me researching where she first appeared, and pulling the trigger. Amazing Spider-Man #361 CGC 9.6 (First appearance of Carnage) As a kid, I loved the Venom/Carnage stuff, though, I don’t have many (if any at all!) memories of reading. I always thought Venom & Carnage were cool ideas, though. Looking forward to the next Venom movie! New Mutants #98 CGC 9.6 (First Appearance of Deadpool) When I had the bulk of comics from buying/selling collections, the name Deadpool would come up often. Everyone was looking for his comics for some reason. Then, we watched the movies (on Vidangel, that is – a filtering service to make it more family friendly) and all fell in love with the character. This was high on my list to get! Amazing Spider-Man #300 CGC 9.2 (First Appearance of Venom & last black suit) Unbeknownst to me at the time, this cover is one of the most iconic covers of the time. I thought it looked cool, but am very happy to get this. Venom was a super intriguing character to me as a teenager, so I really wanted to pick up his first appearance. Walking Dead #1 CGC 9.2 This is my lone non-marvel comic book in my collection. Back in 2019, this would have been one of my best books, but the pricing for everything else has gone bananas, so that’s why it is here. It was one of the first comic books on my list to pick up. Almost literally everyone who would come over to buy comics in bulk from me would ask “Do you have any Walking Dead comic books?” Never once did I find any, but because so many people were asking me about Walking Dead, I found myself asking about Walking Dead comics whenever I would buy collections. Still, no luck at all. When the “comic book switch” was flipped, I realized that I could intentionally seek out this book, so I did! I haven’t watched the past few seasons (I typically seem to ALWAYS gravitate toward the Office these days) but it is such a great show, and I look forward to watching again. Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 6.5 (First Appearance of Punisher) As a kid, I really like the Punisher, but my parents didn’t really like the idea of me reading his comics. I don’t blame them, but when I laid my eyes on his first appearance in the Amazing Spider-Man (Spidey was one of my faves as a kid) it made the list of books to get. Fantastic Four #48 CGC 5.5 (First Appearances of Silver Surfer and Galactus) I have zero emotional ties to this book at the moment – I just heard it was a good investment. Plus, it helped me dip my toe in the silver age of comics! Such a cool cover, too. X-Men #4 CGC 6.0 (First Appearances of the Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver) This is my current comic crush. I picked this up from Rene & Casey of Storage Wars fame. We’ve chatted over the past couple years from time to time as well, so it was fun to make a purchase from a couple I watched on a TV show I enjoyed. As for the book itself, I am a big fan of both the Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver. One of my favorite scenes in Avengers End Game is this (well, a portion of it, anyway): And holy cow, how can you not love Quicksilver? I LOVED the Evan Peters version in X-Men. Plus, something fun – last night, I found Quicksilver in an episode of The Office! Needless to say, I am in absolute love with the show WandaVision. X-Men 4 is one of those books that I was happy to have picked up, but love it more as time goes on! Avengers #1 CGC 3.5 This book makes me giddy, if for no other reason than the movies (especially Infinity War and End Game) are some of my favorite movies, ever. I love the cover, and think this is a drastically underappreciated book! Giant Size X-Men #1 CGC 7.0 This was a no-brainer. I LOVE X-Men, and was told this was a great book to invest in. Incredible Hulk #181 CGC 7.0 (First Appearance of the Wolverine) At long last, we come to the point in our journey where I can say that I picked up the comic book that planted the comic book seed in my head nearly a decade prior. This was a heart purchase, not a head one. I watched the value of this book stay steady, drop a tad, and now it is exploding once again. There is a lesson to be learned here for me: In spite of the fact that a comic (or any collectible for that matter) costs significantly more than it did yesterday doesn’t mean that it isn’t a bargain when compared with tomorrow. I have all the faith in the world in this book, and love it to death! But wait … there’s one more! X-Men #1 CGC 3.5 I salivated over the thought of owning the first X-Men. One night while I was in bed searching on eBay, I found a suitable copy for my collection. I made an offer and went to bed. When I woke up the next morning, I nearly dropped my phone – my offer was accepted! I couldn’t believe it. Now, I have the trifecta! I may never get another comic book again, but I’ll tell you that my favorites to add would be #1 copies of Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Hulk, and first appearances of Spider Man, Thor, and Doom. They seem like a pipe dream these days, but I guess you never know what can happen. Never in a million years would I have guessed that I would own these – or that I would even have the love I do for them! For now, I’m super thankful for what I do have – they turned out to be a very good investment, as they have more than doubled in price on average! They are some of my favorite pieces in my collection of collectibles. And to think I was considering selling them all not too terribly long ago. Boy, am I glad I didn’t 🙂 As you may have read, I have invested in some other areas as well. Here they are – I have written articles on them, and taken pictures: Transformers Vintage Baseball Cards Jose Canseco Cards (coming soon!) Last but not least, a picture of virtually every comic in my small collection together:

Thank you Bkd Reader! I have enjoyed my time here so far. Thank you! LOL right?! We left in the violence, so it was really more PG-13 and probably very close to the same time as the regular movies. We didn't miss anything though. I guess it says something if we can say we really enjoyed it in spite of cutting out a bunch!

Strangely enough, we were able to watch both movies inside of 28 minutes. I wonder if we missed anything?

Hey guys! First, a brief introduction. My name is Tanner and I am a former Jose Canseco baseball card supercollector. I have bought and sold 10 million cards over the past decade, a custom card creator and author. I regularly write articles for various card collecting forums, but have found myself with an article I have written about some of my latest comic books that I wanted to share with you all. Thank you in advance for reading! ======= If you have read my book Confessions of a Baseball Card Addict, you know that I have also bought and sold perhaps 40,000 or so comic books. I never knew much about them, though. I just bought several collections at good prices and flipped them. I really did love them, though - I've flipped collections of paintings, rings, shirts, etc. Comics were on a different level for me. I love the art on the front, and superheroes. Who doesn't love superheroes, right? Here is my garage once upon a time with about 20,000 comics. It took a guy hiring an 18 wheeler and three movers to get them! I do have a confession to make, though. I don't remember ever cracking a single comic to read cover to cover. That's not to say that I didn't have some books when I was a kid. I remember Spiderman 2099, Venom, Carnage, X-Men and others. I even had some, but I'm just not sure if I ever read them or not. When I did buy and sell comic collections, a few things stuck out to me. First, comic book collectors and baseball card collectors a *very* different. Second, I remember a few comic / characters that stuck out to me whenever people would ask if I had any. A question asked of me was: "Do you have any Deadpool?" My response was "Uhhh...who is Deadpool?" I had no idea who he was, but it was described to me as a sort of "anti-hero" (huh?) that looked kind of like Spiderman. Recently, my family watched both of the Deadpool movies, using Clear Play (a filtering service that cuts out language, sex, nudity, etc.) and really enjoyed them! While our viewing experiences of them were PG, I'm not so sure we'd appreciate the rated R version of him all that much! Anyway, one of the books I decided to pick up was the New Mutants #98 - Deadpool's first appearance! For fun, I also picked up a Deadpool baseball card that was a parody of Jose Canseco's 1994 Collector's Choice baseball card, for obvious reasons! Perhaps the first superhero movies that really clicked with me was of the X-Men. My whole family loves them. Heck, my wife remembers loving watching the cartoons when she was a kid on Saturday mornings! Man, I sure hope they do some movies with more X-Men characters in with Avengers and such in the next few years!!! Anyway, this is a really good book to buy right now, so I picked it up: Giant-Size X-Men #1. 1st Appearances include the new X-Men, Storm, Nightcrawler, Colossus & Thunderbird. This next comic was at the very top of my list to pick up. Through all the tens of thousands of comics I've sold, I heard a consistent theme from all potential buyers, asking about the comic of a certain hot television show. A hushed-toned question would emerge from the lips of all: "You don't have any Walking Dead comics, do you?" As a viewer of it, I didn't even know the Walking Dead came from a comic book. Sure enough, they did, and thanks to the popularity of the show, it was a super hot series to get into. Out of the thousands of books I have gone through, I never ran into a single issue. It would be the stuff dreams were made of if I did! Because of this and my enjoyment of the show, I had to pick up what is a holy grail comic for many: Walking Dead #1. Last but not least, (heck, it is my favorite!) is one I have a bit of a story on. Back in 2012, I watched a show called Collection Obsession, I believe. The show chronicled a couple who were at odds due to the comic book collector's immense collection, and his fiance's inability to walk through their house without tripping over a long box. The mediator convinced the collector to bring a massive chunk of his collection to a shop and sell them. 4,000 comics made the trip, but he and the owner couldn't settle on a price. As a happy medium, the collector traded *all* of them for a single comic book. The Incredible Hulk 181. This book is special because it is the first appearance of none other than Wolverine! Ever since that episode, I just thought that book was the bee's knees, however, at $1,000, there was no way I would grab it. Well, fast forward up to a couple months ago, my son and I went to the baseball card show, and we saw a comic vendor there. I asked him "Hey, there is a Hulk issue of signifi...." He interrupted me "Yes! Hulk 181 - 1st Wolverine appearance. Everyone wants this!" He hands me a slabbed copy of it, and I turn it around, notice the price and almost choked. $3,500. "Wow, this really went up in value!" He told me "Yes, it has been extremely hot over the past couple of years." I don't know what the ceiling for this is, but all of my research shows that this is a solid book to buy. I ended up coming back home and researched for a while, then found the right copy for me. Here it is! I'm quite happy with my pickups and have a few more incoming! They seem to display quite nicely with my unopened boxes of baseball cards :) 87 Fleer Box + NM98 = WINNING! While I'm on a comic theme, I thought I'd share a custom booklet card I created of Comic Book Men. Man, I gotta say - I flippin' love that show. I found this picture of them online: Sent 4 scraps of paper to their shop for them to sign... ... and made this booklet: I love how it turned out! Later on (a couple years ago) my family went to a local comic-con where local sign language interpreter celebrity Leyel (she is one of our most favorite people ever!) invited us to. Here she is interpreting for Lou Ferrigno. She is friends with Ming from Comic Book Men and introduced us to Ming in person! That was a fun day, for sure. Is this comic obsession of mine short lived, or will it be for life? Time will tell, I guess, but for now, I'm really enjoying them. I'm enjoying them so much, in fact, I might actually buy a few raw copies of some books to actually read for the first time in my life! There just might be some Guardians of the Galaxy or Infinity Wars books in my future - I'm open to suggestions, as well!