Why is daredevil 1 so cheap? 1 1

[rckstr1253]

Why is this key so cheap compared other silver age heroes?

[Mr bla bla]

DDs got a ton of great storylines:  Colan, Miller, Waid, Bendis, Brubaker. Imho DD is the most complex and interesting character in the MCU.

[1950's war comics]

i heard they were very common back in the day . DD#1 and Avengers #1 also , so even though the demand is there , there is still a big supply to keep the price down ??

[s14roller]

It's a cool book and I'd like to add one, but DD as a character compared to Spidey, X-men, etc., just isn't as popular IMO. 

[KirbyJack]

It is a bit of a mystery; all the other titles that Stan wrote exclusively are Marvel’s A-list, but DD has always been a step behind.

Stan did the first 50 plus issues. That should translate to nerd mania!

[The Lions Den]

Two words: Ben Affleck  

[ThothAmon]

42 minutes ago, s14roller said:

one, but DD as a character compared to Spidey, X-men, etc., just isn't as popular

If you were a teenager when I was you wouldn’t have missed buying DD every month.  Loved me some Spidey and XMen too but Frank Miller’s whole take on elektra et al was a must read. A super nice white copy of 1 is definitely on my wish list. 

[paul747]

6 hours ago, rckstr1253 said:

Why is this key so cheap compared other silver age heroes?

It will catch up, It has been going up and will continue to climb. Definitely not as rare as other silver age books.

[tv horror]

I never warmed to the character maybe it was because "The Sight" was just a bit far fetched, flying I could accept invisibility I could accept but DD knowing the colour of something by touch no that was a step too far. Saying that I did like his yellow costume run 1-6 don't ask why I just liked his stories in that early period. 

 

[rabidwolf]

Don’t think will be for long. 

I used to think same thing about X-men 1. It was relatively cheap as well due to supply but the inevitable price hike has started. 

[rabidwolf]

18 minutes ago, tv horror said:

I never warmed to the character maybe it was because "The Sight" was just a bit far fetched, flying I could accept invisibility I could accept but DD knowing the colour of something by touch no that was a step too far. Saying that I did like his yellow costume run 1-6 don't ask why I just liked his stories in that early period. 

 

Huge fan of the yellow costume myself. Issue 6 is my all time favorite cover

[DanCooper]

Daredevil 1 came out in 1964.

1964 is considered, by some, as the start of comic book speculation.

"Collectors" were now paying attention to even newsstand issues being released in 1964, like Daredevil 1. Hence, there is a better chance that more copies survived in higher grades from this time frame forward.

Here's an excerpt from one of the early Overstreet guides on 1964:

[ComicConnoisseur]

19 hours ago, rckstr1253 said:

Why is this key so cheap compared other silver age heroes?

I imagine eventually they won't be cheap compared to the others, so this could be a good buying opportunity for the future.

[ComicConnoisseur]

17 hours ago, Mr bla bla said:

DDs got a ton of great storylines:  Colan, Miller, Waid, Bendis, Brubaker. Imho DD is the most complex and interesting character in the MCU.

Everybody knows about the great Frank Miller run, but those Bendis and Brubaker comic runs are right up there as some of the best comic books written these last 20 years.

[namisgr]

1.  It was a second tier title in the 1960s.

2.  It's superabundant in all grades.

[Jeffro.]

I agree with namisgr but I also think a reason Daredevil 1 lags behind other # 1s due to the fact that DD was forgettable until Miller came along. Miller made DD interesting and relevant. Others after him have picked up the ball and run with it. However, before that, DD was just so much whatever and it seems clear that just because others came along and made the character more interesting, it didn't result in collectors flocking to DD 1. I'm not convinced that it's ever going to catch up to the other Marvel keys. It hasn't yet. People have been saying it's undervalued for YEARS and they are still saying it. At this point, what's going to change and send it to the stratosphere? 

[pemart1966]

My   in no order:

1.  Abundant in grade as db cooper noted above.

2.  Was the last major Marvel hero of the early-mid 60s.  Saturation point reached by the time #1 came out?

3.  Revolving carousel of artists during those early years.  I hated when this happened on a title.  It made me hold my breath every issue before I opened the cover hoping not to see an artistic catastrophe and if I did then question whether I was going to continue buying the title.

4.  Major costume change less than 10 issues in.

5.  Didn't become a monthly title until 1966.  May have gotten lost for some kids with all of the Marvel books that were being issued at that time.

Edited July 10, 2018 by pemart1966

[Lucky Baru]

17 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

Two words: Ben Affleck  

Yep.  If I was Frank Miller I'd have been pissed at what they did to my story of the characters.

[Lucky Baru]

17 hours ago, rabidwolf said:

Huge fan of the yellow costume myself. Issue 6 is my all time favorite cover

Always like Time Sale's take on it.

[ComicConnoisseur]

Let's not forget though that the Netflix Daredevil series is hands down the best TV super hero series ever and is now considered the gold standard of super hero tv series, especially season 1.

So Daredevil has been redeemed since Batfleck.