Why is Avengers #1 such a slow grower (money wise)? 0

[namisgr]

I, too, care, and have always thought that it's a great book, even if not of the same importance as FF #1, AF #15, and the like.

 

When I first started reading and collecting as a 17 year old, I was prompted by a comic-reading friend to do so who'd been saving his collection since '64 when we were 10. One of his oldest books was an Avengers #1 (pretty beat up, given that he was ten when he first read it), and in the early seventies he'd gotten it signed by Stan. On our trip to the Phil Seuling NY Comic Con in 1975, he had Kirby and Frankie Giacoia sign it, too - truly, a special original owner copy of a really cool SA Marvel.

[Memorex]

As a kid I was a huge Avengers fan and when I was 12 (back in 1972), I was always surfing thru the city of San Francisco, looking for new comic book stores  or used books stores. One day I got off the twin peaks cable car tunnel (midway) and found a comic book store that had Avengers #1 on their window display (same as the Sports Almanac in "Back to The Future II"), I looked at the price: US $ 11.30 and went back home to save my allowance and earn enough money for the quest of getting it before someone else did.

After a week, I went back with the enough amount of money, only to find out that the price was raised to US $ 11.80 and I had it! . . . .  But the problem was, that it included my transport fee back home!

I always tell my family this story, how I regreted all my life not to bargain for it, explaining at the store that by doing so, I couldn't get back home. I probably would have made some kind of arrangement, but instead I bought with the money a #3, #7, #14 & #16 all of which I still possess except #7 that was shreded down by my pregnant cat, making a nest on the top of my closet where I kept my comics away from harm.

I left United States that same year and lived in South America ever since, so I didn't have a chance to buy Av #1 ever again. But now that globalization has brought us E-Bay, Amazon & CGC. You can still collect comics from abroad.

My goal right now is to get a low grade copy of Avengers #1 just to close an empty space in my life.

My collection is all readers books so my copy of Avengers #3 is low grade as would be the #1 if I had it!

[waaaghboss]

On 4/3/2016 at 6:45 AM, *Bronze age fan* said:

 

 

 

When you collect something as a fan, you buy Avengers #1-402.

Avengers went past 300?  

[serling1978]

Avengers #1 definitely hit a speedbump as far as value goes, but as a collector I don't really care. Still one of my favorite series to "complete".  I did stop around 370 something I think because I didn't have much interest even going above #300.  Couldn't help myself though on some in the 25 cent bin of my LCS 😕

[jason4]

Wahhhhhh it's not a 1st appearance! 

Real collectors know this book is awesome and dont care.  Wish I had a better one but good for now.