Is this the Third or Fourth Sign of the CGC Apocalypse?

[comicinvestor-migration]

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=719278818

[Rickdogg]

C'mon man! USE THE BUY IT NOW!

[ArAich]

 

 

Bloodshot. Thats what my eyes are right about now after being on this 'puter so freakin' long...

[Rickdogg]

WATCHOUT IT'S MICHAEL!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[blowout]

.......come on...........there's no way anyone will buy that........................is there........

 

....if they do then you amy be right..............

[clobberintime]

I am getting ready to dig thru the couple of long boxes of Valiant I still have if it sells! If it goes, I will put my plasm binders up on ebay with buy it nows of $50! The perfect combination - cgc and and rare Valiant comics - now where are my Rai 3 and 4s?

[Bronty]

Hey I think the Rai 4's would actually have a market slabbed. They still sell OK raw on eBay.

 

But that Bloodshot book is scary for sure...

[supapimp]

this is how i know i was never a speculator, i don't own a valiant book or have ever bought one.

[Rubicon]

I worked in a comic book store during the Valiant days. I only liked Shadow Man. The owner of the store would do subscriptions and there were so many people holding aside like 5 - 10 of each Valiant Title. It was a horrible sight. I bought what I like and that being Shadow Man. What did in Valiant anyway? Was it Birth Quake ( Death Quake ) or something like that? I can't remember.

[hogations]

"this is how i know i was never a speculator, i don't own a valiant book or have ever bought one."

 

Early Valiants are not bad reads. SOLAR is quite good and I actually liked the Harbinger trade paperback. You can probably find these trades lurking in the cheapy bins at shows for a song as well. Give 'em a try, you might be surprised

[FlyingDonut]

hey - pre-Unity Valiant books are actually pretty good. I liked Harbinger, Solar, Rai, Magnus, etc. After Unity they suck monkey johnson, but the earlier ones were OK.

[blowout]

"this is how i know i was never a speculator, i don't own a valiant book or have ever bought one"

 

........beleive it or not, it wasn't just speculators that bought valiants, they were actually good quality books with strong creative teams................i bought them to 'read'...................i know, a crazy thing to do with comics..............

[scottish]

I liked the Valiant line as well. Never bought a crapload of copies, but did enjoy the read(s). Wouldn't mind getting a run of some of them again.

[aardvark88]

Barry W Smith did some gr8 detailed art w/ Archer & Armstrong. Too bad the print runs were crazy high for dble sz issue #8 w/c a lot of ppl speculated on.

Some of the hi-# Valiants r actually hard to find w/ their lower print runs. Even the mag sized Turok (Valiant/Acclaim) #2 & 3 r tough to find for the Turok completist.

[Guest]

I liked Valiant in the early days because the stories were good. I think the demand from true readers/collectors started the Valiant phenomenon, but then the sportscard/speculator element got on the bandwagon, sales got artificially high, started to be pumped out....

 

.... and the rest is history.

 

I wonder if demand for late Valiants will creep up in the coming years?

[FlyingDonut]

There's demand for early Valiants now. Pre-Unity ONLY, and ONLY the "major" titles, but they jump at $5-10 each. The Magnus 12 and Solar 10, the big Valiant "keys" aren't insane, but sell at $10-12.

 

Listen to me, I sound like Doug Sulipa.

[drbanner]

Listen to me, I sound like Doug Sulipa.

 

This is not a bad thing - Doug has the best market report in the guide!!

[supapimp]

a run, how about the whole entire collection?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=717930763

[blowout]

......go valiant............

[Guest]

Doug is a favorite dealer of mine, as well.

 

I can't speak for anyone else, Dan, but anytime you've got insights to share from a retailer's point of view, I'm all ears.