Hepcat Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) I've compared the NM- Overstreet price for the last ten cent issue of the five mags below: Batman #143 - $275 Detective - #297 - $200 Superman #149 - $265 Action #282 - $200 World's Finest #121 - $190 The World's Finest is about 30% less expensive than the Batman or Superman mags despite the fact that it contains both characters and should therefore appeal to both Batman and Superman collectors and fetch higher prices than the Batman and Superman comics. Yet it clearly does not. Why then do many/most Batman and Superman collectors shun World's Finest? Is it because Batman collectors basically try to finish off their Batman & Detective runs first before tackling World's Finest but they never finish the daunting task? And similarly Superman collectors never finish their Superman & Action runs? Or is it some other factor that's specific to the World's Finest title? Edited January 29, 2008 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted January 28, 2008 Share Posted January 28, 2008 After you collect the SA Superman family of comics, there is not much $$ left for World's Finest: 1. Action 2. Superman 3. Adventure/Legion, Superboy 4. Superboy 5. Lois Lane 6. Jimmy Olsen 7. Detective 8. Batman 9. Flash 10. SA Green Lantern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sasha Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 But it is also a good reason to collect worlds finest because with 30 % lower prices you can by way more of them ,but how often you find some in highgrade . lets say from nr. 50 to 100. mmhhh.... not often. took me quite some time to find a nice nr. 72 and 73 .Also cgc has never graded some in this time frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonker Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I think part of it was the idea that both Batman and Superman were "on loan" to whoever was assigned to put together WF. So all the big developments (key issues) were reserved for their home books, not WF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodan57 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 O.K., here's a Marvel guy stepping on some DC toes, but this is a serious question -- was there really a 'big event' continunity to reserve for the big books? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 O.K., here's a Marvel guy stepping on some DC toes, but this is a serious question -- was there really a 'big event' continunity to reserve for the big books? Are you kidding? There were always new super pets to introduce. (He says that affectionately...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
namisgr Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 O.K., here's a Marvel guy stepping on some DC toes, but this is a serious question -- was there really a 'big event' continunity to reserve for the big books? Each shade of kryptonite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brasseye Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Why then do many/most Batman and Superman collectors shun World's Finest? other factor that's specific to the World's Finest title? Once you get the those early issues, collectors can't bear the thought of getting those issues with the incredibly campy covers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonker Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 O.K., here's a Marvel guy stepping on some DC toes, but this is a serious question -- was there really a 'big event' continunity to reserve for the big books? I just meant relative to the main Superman/Batman books. Things like the 1st Supergirl, 1st Brainiac, early Legion appearances were outside WF. I'm not a fan of the pre-New Look 1960s Batman, so I can't help you there, but some people do chase certain of those books. I just think the compromises inherent in shoehorning the two characters into the same stories make WF not quite as ( relatively ) desirable as the parent titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brasseye Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 goodness... a well thoughtout reply ...you didn't wonder onto this board by mistake What you said makes a lot of sense (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) I'm not a fan of the pre-New Look 1960s Batman, so I can't help you there, but some people do chase certain of those books. I am. I thought the New Look Julius Schwartz Batman lost the charm he got from his far out adventures and added nothing, until Neal Adams gave him a measure of edginess in the late sixties. Part of the reason is that I was no fan of the way Carmine Infantino drew Batman. I loved his work on Flash and Adam Strange but his Batman looked somehow wimpy. Edited January 29, 2008 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I love World's Finest! As primarily a Superman collector, I consider it a must have title. Some very cool covers and fun stories...here are some of the ones I have scanned. I am missing about 9 issues to have 90-225 complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hook Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Here are a couple I own, and like very much...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd4ever Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 As has been said, it is a book that is almost completely without keys or any significant hero-changing events. Thus, kind of boring to collect. Having said that, I snatch up HG copies for a nice price when I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 But to a hard core collector "keys" are just a nuisance. He wants all the issues to complete his collection and the keys just make it more difficult to achieve his objective since they're more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hook Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Being a born-again Curt Swan fan....I love 'em for their beautifully rendered sense of the mundane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 After you collect the SA Superman family of comics, there is not much $$ left for World's Finest: 1. Action 2. Superman 3. Adventure/Legion, Superboy 4. Superboy 5. Lois Lane 6. Jimmy Olsen 7. Detective 8. Batman 9. Flash 10. SA Green Lantern Is that your DC comic collecting order of priority? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hepcat Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) Being a born-again Curt Swan fan....I love 'em for their beautifully rendered sense of the mundane. Given the Curt Swan artwork, perhaps it's not surprising that World's Finests in the late fifties and early sixties looked more like the Superman rather than the Batman titles. But the editor was Jack Schiff of the Batman titles so they read more like the Batman titles. Edited January 29, 2008 by Hepcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 I love World's Finest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aardvark88 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 After you collect the SA Superman family of comics, there is not much $$ left for World's Finest: 1. Action 2. Superman 3. Adventure/Legion, Superboy 4. Superboy 5. Lois Lane 6. Jimmy Olsen 7. Detective 8. Batman 9. Flash 10. SA Green Lantern Is that your DC comic collecting order of priority? Yes, that was my DC priority list from 16 years ago. Now I primarily collect GA DC 1937 to 1940 only. Need some thrashed copies of pre-hero Detectives and Action #1 still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
