Will Silver age follow Golden age?

[ultimatevenom]

So I actually printed out this entire thread and read it on the train yesterday. I will say that this is one of the best threads that I have read in a long time!

 

I am glad that so many of you are enjoying this thread and some of the input has made great reading.

 

Carry on the great work guys

[Aces]

People who buy the SA or the GA are buying as collectors not readers.

 

Is that so?

[dam60]

People who buy the SA or the GA are buying as collectors not readers.

 

Is that so?

 

Aces, you're in NY - anytime you want come on by and I will show you the stacks of low grade silver that I have in my Batman run that I enjoy flipping through. However, I interpreted the original question to be referring more to the HG CGC slabs; and by definition you cannot read a slab.

 

I don't know - too much sun for me today?

[Aces]

People who buy the SA or the GA are buying as collectors not readers.

 

Is that so?

 

Aces, you're in NY - anytime you want come on by and I will show you the stacks of low grade silver that I have in my Batman run that I enjoy flipping through. However, I interpreted the original question to be referring more to the HG CGC slabs; and by definition you cannot read a slab.

 

I don't know - too much sun for me today?

 

I figured you were refering to HG books.

 

I just like to remind folks that some peeps here actually read them too.

[Murph]

In my experience, a lot of titles ARE starting to be collected because of ppl actually reading them. I've started to go after Ant-Man TtA issues now in HG because I read the series and it was excellent.

 

Brian

[GOODBYE!-migration]

One thing that is an important long term factor is TPB's like the $7.99 Marvel Age Digests. Yes $8 seems alot for a digest but then Starbucks sells million of $3-$4 drinks every day. Funny how coffee was a nickel back when 68 page comic Magazines like Four Color were 10 cents.

 

Digests/TPBs have the potential to get people into back issues long after the book is published. I remember reading the Dr Strange reprint TPB from 1979 that my dad bought as a remainder at the bookstore for something like $3 back in 1981, when $3 was alot more than it is today. That was definately one of the influences that got me into comics now that I think about it.

[joe_collector]

One thing that is an important long term factor is TPB's like the $7.99 Marvel Age Digests. Yes $8 seems alot for a digest but then Starbucks sells million of $3-$4 drinks every day. Funny how coffee was a nickel back when 68 page comic Magazines like Four Color were 10 cents.

 

Where I come from, that same cup of coffee is around 75 to 99 cents (CAD), while the comic book is.....? Specialty coffee is a different story, and has nothing to do with the conversation.