All the Overstreet Top 20 Silver Age Lists 1 1

[chrisco37]

5 minutes ago, Chicago Boy said:

What's so special about Adventure 247 ? 

1st Legion of Superheroes

[aardvark88]

Overstreet 1989-90 top SA comics:

1. AF #15 $1,800

2. FF #1 $1,600 (no longer king of the hill SA Marvel)

3. Showcase 4 $1,600 (scarcer than AF #15)

4. ASM #1 $1,500 (keeping pace with AF #15)

5. Adv Comics #247 LSH

6. Detect 225 Jon Jonz $750 Martian Manhunter

7. JLA #1

8. X-men #1

9. Brave Bold #28 good buy at nm $700

10. Incred Hulk #1 sweet deal nm $700

11. TTA 27 Ant-man

12. Flash #105 hotter than:

13. Showcase 8 scarce

14. JIM 83 good buy at nm $ 580

15. Avengers #1

16. FF #2

17. Showcase #22 Green Lantern nm $ 575

18. Brave Bold #1 due to scarcity

19. Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #1

20. ToS 39 Iron Man good buy nm $ 525

25. Richie Rich #1 nm $440 no growth

28 . Cerebus Aardvark #1 ungettable nm $400

[Tbone911t]

2015-2016 Overstreet #45 Top 20 Silver Age List 2015-2016

1. Amazing Fantasy #15 240k

2. Incredible Hulk #1 150k

3. Fantastic Four #1 120k

4. Showcase #4 80k

5. Amazing Spider-Man #1 60k

6. Journey into Mystery #83 60k

7. Brave and the Bold #28 60k

8. X-Men #1 44k

9. Tales of Suspense #39 42k

10. Tales to Astonish #27 40k

11. Showcase #22 34k

12. Avengers #1 33k

13. Flash #105 23k

13. Justice League of America #1 22k

15. Showcase #8 19.5k

16. Adventure Comics #247 19k

17. Fantastic Four #5 18.5k

18. Our Army at War #83 18k

19. Green Lantern #1 16k

20. Strange Tales #110 15k

2015-2016 Overstreet #45 Top 20 Silver Age List 2015-2016

[1950's war comics]

4 hours ago, ComicConnoisseur said:

Hard to believe that Richie Rich #1 was ahead of  JIM #83,AVENGERS #1 and X-Men #1 or Adventure #247 was ahead of both AF#15 and Hulk #1 

I know thats crazy (but Richie Rich #1 is on my bucket list radar) !!!

[NoMan]

i kinda want the Big Boy book

 

[Knightsofold]

Thanks guys!!  I'll add the prices I have to my lists.  It is pretty fun!  

 

[zosocane]

fascinating.  That JLA 1 would be above BB 28.

[1950's war comics]

11 hours ago, NoMan said:

i kinda want the Big Boy book

 

I know how you feel cause i want the whole Big Boy run now !!!!!!!!!!!

[Hudson]

I will start off with OSPG #9 (1979).....

Please note the second "value" listed is the "value" listed from the previous year.

#1) Fantastic Four #1.............................................$600      $360

#2) Showcase #4....................................................$450      $180

#3) Amazing Fantasy #15.....................................$360      $255

#4) Amazing Spider-Man #1................................$300      $255

#5) Hulk #1............................................................$240       $120

#6) Journey into Mystery #83..............................$255       $120

#7) Fantastic Four #2...........................................$210      $135

#8) Fantastic Four #3...........................................$150      $90

#9) Flash #105......................................................$150      $105

#10) Showcase #8................................................$150      $75

#11) The Avengers #1.........................................$120      $60

#12) Jimmy Olsen #1...........................................$120      $75

#13) Brave and Bold #1......................................$120      $105

#14) Tales to Astonish #27.................................$120      $90

#15) Showcase #1................................................$120     $105

#16) Showcase #14.............................................$120      $60

#17) Tales of Suspense #39...............................$105      $60

#18) Fantastic Four #4........................................$105     $75

#19) Amazing Spider-Man #2............................$90       $75

#20) Hulk #2.........................................................$90      $60

Please DO NOT ask me why Hulk #1 is listed at #5 @ $240 and JIM 83 is listed as #6 @ $255.  I have no idea.

Things I find interesting from this list....

1) FF clearly ruled (holding 4 of the top 20 slots).

2) The huge price increases over the previous year (look at Showcase #4 which went from $180 to $450).

3) The fact that a book could get on the list for only $90.

4) AF 15 price at $360 (I bet everyone wishes they had bought every copy available at those prices).

That is all I have time for right now.

Hopefully some other board members will be kind enough to help the OP out as time permits.

[alexgross.com]

the next topic related to this should probably be regarding construction of a functional time machine! 

[1950's war comics]

I was 18 in 1979 and $100 was a considerable sum to me as i can remember,... i actually had a decent job paying 5 bucks an hour so take home was about $160 a week

i did not have the wisdom to buy any high dollar comic at that time although i do remember buying an 1885 Liberty nickel for $125.00 a few years later which didn't increase in value much over the years

[aardvark88]

Overstreet 1998-99 shrank SA list to top 10. The 1997-98 nm values almost the same:

1. AF #15 nm $27,000

2. Showcase 4 nm $25,000

3. ASM #1 nm $19,000 still keeping up with AF #15

4. FF #1 nm fallen to $18,400

5. Showcase 8 nm $12,500 scarce Flash

6. Incred Hulk #1 nm, a great buy at $11,000

7. X-men #1 nm $ 5,500 (seems underpriced comparatively)

8. Detective 225 nm $5,200 scarce Jon Jonzz

9. Flash 105 nm $5,200

10. Brave Bold #28, underpriced nm $5,000

Hulk #181 nm at the time was aggressively valued at $450 yet  cheaper than HoS #92 nm $460 !

[marvelmaniac]

Unless there is a way to put the lists in chronological order this will just be random pages of lists...

So far you have...

79/80, 81/82, 85/86, 86/87, 89/90, 98/99, 2015/2016, 2016/2017

I will add 2008/2009

[Knightsofold]

If we actually get em all I'll edit my first couple posts or do a new thread with em in order.

Thanks for the editions so far!

[H0RR0RSH0W]

Here is OPG #44 2014-2015

 

[zosocane]

Can someone tell me why Adventure Comics 247 in the mid-80s went all the way to top SA book?  It doesn't even appear in the top 20 in 1979.  I love that book, don't get me wrong, but I don't remember Legion ever being that big with my friends when I was a young reader/collector.

[Tri-Color Brian]

Nevermind...

Edited July 5, 2017 by tricolorbrian

[Tri-Color Brian]

2 hours ago, zosocane said:

Can someone tell me why Adventure Comics 247 in the mid-80s went all the way to top SA book?  It doesn't even appear in the top 20 in 1979.  I love that book, don't get me wrong, but I don't remember Legion ever being that big with my friends when I was a young reader/collector.

I don't understand it either, but for some reason the legion was very hot in the 80s.

[JTLarsen]

1 hour ago, tricolorbrian said:

I don't understand it either, but for some reason the legion was very hot in the 80s.

Levitz. Giffen. Darkseid. Epic.

[Readcomix]

On July 5, 2017 at 7:07 PM, JTLarsen said:

Levitz. Giffen. Darkseid. Epic.

And the book is incredibly tough as SA keys go; probably the hardest one to find a decent copy of by far, unless you are a war guy and targeting OOAW 83. 247 is still on my bucket list.