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Awesome! Thank you!

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I'm visiting San Francisco for a week (this Saturday). Anyone have any good comic book store recommendations that (preferably) have a nice back issue selection? I prefer Silver Age Spideys. Thanks!

Yes. Turn the book upside down.

Where have you seen the other covers? I’ve been trying to find them.

It also causes me anxiety.

What part of your collection bothers your OCD the most? Mine is this set. This entire series is at least a 9.6 EXCEPT my favorite cover. I really want to trade it up to a 9.6 just to end the pain.

It was actually an accident, so I replied in white. I’m an insufficiently_thoughtful_person.

One isn’t empty

But it's okay to sell hype, right ?

I certainly agree with the overarching sentiment of both of your comments. That being said, I would argue that every investment market has relatively "ballpark" trends that may be used as a guide for "purchase/sell" windows of opportunity. Moreover, I would offer that nearly every other investment market has far more sophisticated and readily available data and reports to those participating in the field. And, as far as I know, such data doesn't drastically impact those said markets to the point that they numbers no longer qualify. The most simple idea I can think of would be real estate. This market, like comics, has trends and ups and downs. But there are still readily available reports and guides on when to buy and sell a home (https://www.quickenloans.com/learn/best-time-to-buy-a-house). While there is certainly a lot of variance in every market, there is enough similarity to make reports like these readily available and don't cause the market to bottom out simply because they are accessible to anyone taking the time to research. We should also consider that the majority of comic sales are happening on places like Ebay where I'm doubting the average buyer would track down and visit this particular thread or any similar location where such a correlation guide may be shared. So perhaps this idea is still worth visiting?

Unfortunately I don't have a subscription to GPA. I'm not a comic investor. In fact, I own just 9 comics (all Spider-Man) that I bought because they are all of sentimental value to me, nothing more. But, if I were someone who collected for investment purposes, I would look closely at any movie/media correlations to see if any exist. So I posted this question because I was curious if some has done such a study. I can't imagine it would take very long, but I'm unwilling to purchase a GPA subscription just for my own curiosity

Wow! What an awesome story.

Yes, exactly. So I guess to put my question more succinctly, when do statistics SHOW that people care? I don't have a GPA subscription, but it would be interested to correlate monthly sales data with a movie's announcement, production, and release calendar. And measure that across maybe the past 5 years worth of Marvel/DC movies and see if there is a correlation. A lot of work, for sure. But potentially worth it for those who have investment interests.

For the past few years, we have seen a lot of activity with comics that have associated movies with them. For example, we saw a lot of ASM 13 (Mysterio) issues around the time of Spider-Man: Far From Home and ASM 300 around the time of Venom. The same with may be said for nearly every comic movie both released and in the works (Eternals, Sinister Six, etc). The list goes on and on. I'm curious if anyone has done any significant research to determine when an associated book becomes "hottest" as it relates to the movie release? For example...does a book's value peak before the movie release as the hype grows, or is the value greatest after the movie has been released to the general public? Does the value of the book fall after the movie goes away? It would be interesting to track comics sales of something like ASM 13 from the announcement of Far From Home, through the release to see when the book peaked and how they relates to other similar issues like ASM 300 and Lethal Protector 1 (Venom) or Fantastic Four 52 (Black Panther) as they tracked from the announcement, through the release of their associated movies. This way, for those who may be sitting on first appearances of rumored heroes or villains in upcoming movies, they may know best when to put them on the market or when those who may like to own them may determine the best time to make the purchases.

I was going to guess a 9.2. Does anyone know what the GPA is on this book in that grade?

Areas of concern:

Trying to decide if I should slab this or not. Will probably sell this year. I'm not that good at grading, but I see two troublesome areas. Please let me know what you think!

So many of us fixate on the "perfect" grade or presentation. But oftentimes, I love a well worn comic as much as one that is pristine. To me, there is something deeply personal about a comic that exhibits the degree of affection and enjoyment that previous owners got out of the book. There are so many personal stories wrapped into the scribbles, tape, rough edges, torn/missing/cut pages that accompany a well-worn book. For example, I paid $5 for this book on Saturday just b/c I loved how deeply attached this person was that he made sure to write his name and address on the cover in the event it ever escaped his ownership. I would love to track this person down and talk to them about their memories of reading this and other books. He obviously read it so much that he had to tape the cover on to keep it together. Do you have any of your favorite examples to share?

30 years ago, my parents bought this "Marvel Comics on sale here!" light box for me (in Montana of all places). It was made with fluorescent components. Over the years, I would replace bulbs and enjoyed keeping it in my room. For the past 5 years or so, I haven't been able to get it to work correctly. Over time, the interior outdated components have gone bad and are getting harder and harder to find and replace. So today, I took it upon myself to gut the inside of wires and faulty components and replace with dimmable LED light strips. The result is that I now have my light box back! In full blazing glory!

90 years young! Cheers to my favorite Spider-Man artist!

I have bought a couple raw books from Comic Connect and they provide their own grade opinions. I usually buy a couple decimal point grades up fro what I want, just in case CGC disagrees. If I were after a 9.8, I would only buy that already slabbed.

You guys ever notice these similarities?