Flip-flopping values between two books over the years: Any more examples? 1 1

[RCheli]

That's a strange post title, you say. Well, what I was thinking about was how some 2nd appearances/issues used to be more valuable than the first. (And I'm not talking about Hulk 180/181 or X-Men 266, so don't mention those.)

In the 80s and 90s, G.I. Joe #2 was always significantly more valuable than #1. Now, while #2 is still a decent book, #1 has pulled way ahead. Similarly, X-Men #94 was valued higher than GSXM #1 in Overstreet for years, probably until the late 90s. Now, it's probably 75% of the value.

Can you think of any others? 

[Buzzetta]

At one point ASM 1 and AF15 were sold for the same amounts.  I remember looking at the advertisements and seeing them listed on the same line for the same prices in the same grades... 

 

I remember internally debating with my 11 year old self which I would get if I had to make a choice in spending money I already did not have. 

[Ryan.]

I feel like I remember ASM 298 being the biggest book in the 298-299-300 triumvirate for a while. 

[Ryan.]

And New Mutants 87 over 98.

[bababooey]

DD 158 was worth more than DD 168

[oldrover]

ASM 121 and 122 have battled it out for years.

[1950's war comics]

off topic but...

i seem to remember Howard the Duck #1 being as valuable as a DD #1 back in 1976 ... i sold my Duck for a whopping $20 back then which was a small fortune for a 15 year old...

[Lazyboy]

1 hour ago, Ryan. said:

I feel like I remember ASM 298 being the biggest book in the 298-299-300 triumvirate for a while. 

It was, for years. Then Venom really got popular.

[Morganmi]

What about FF 49 and 50. I sorta remember them  switching back and forth in most valuable a long time ago.

[Doctor Dositheus]

3 hours ago, Morganmi said:

What about FF 49 and 50. I sorta remember them  switching back and forth in most valuable a long time ago.

If you think about it, FF 49 is kind of the most important out of 48, 49, and 50. All the important stuff happens in 49, but we value 48 because of the 1st Silver Surfer sppearance. Obviously the Galactus cameo at the end isn't why it sells for the highest.

[Von Cichlid]

I remember when I was a kid it being a big deal when Wolverine 10 was going for more than Wolverine 1.  

[Gatsby77]

There was a period of time in the early 1990s when Dark Horse's Star Wars: Dark Empire # 1 was more valuable than Marvel's 1977 Star Wars # 1.

And Albedo 0 was worth far more than # 2 for years.

[Brock]

I seem to recall that Iron Fist 15 (Byrne X-Men) was worth more than Iron Fist 14 (1st Sabretooth).

[1950's war comics]

pretty sure the 2nd Ant man TTA #35 was more valuable than TTA #27 for a long time

[Von Cichlid]

2 hours ago, Brock said:

I seem to recall that Iron Fist 15 (Byrne X-Men) was worth more than Iron Fist 14 (1st Sabretooth).

I think that was true for X-Men 108 as compared to 107and 109 too.  Now, 108 is actually the minimum of that sequence.  

[BrooksR]

On 8/7/2020 at 4:56 PM, RCheli said:

In the 80s and 90s, G.I. Joe #2 was always significantly more valuable than #1. Now, while #2 is still a decent book, #1 has pulled way ahead. Similarly, X-Men #94 was valued higher than GSXM #1 in Overstreet for years, probably until the late 90s. Now, it's probably 75% of the value.

Can you think of any others? 

It’s funny to think that for the longest time Joe 26 was worth way more than 21. Last year I found a nice 26 in a dollar box.

X-men 94 worth 75% of gsxm? I was thinking it’s closer to 25%  Has it gained ground?

[Gatsby77]

11 hours ago, Von Cichlid said:

I think that was true for X-Men 108 as compared to 107and 109 too.  Now, 108 is actually the minimum of that sequence.  

This one too.

As a collector in the 1990s, 108 (first Byrne) was *the* key book of the early 100s. Nobody cared about the Starjammers and every time I looked at the cover of 107 I wished it were 108 (the far more key and expensive issue).

But now it seems the hobby's literally "first appearance or bust" - artist books or key storylines don't matter nearly as much.

[WolverineX]

11 hours ago, BrooksR said:

It’s funny to think that for the longest time Joe 26 was worth way more than 21. Last year I found a nice 26 in a dollar box.

X-men 94 worth 75% of gsxm? I was thinking it’s closer to 25%  Has it gained ground?

It's just going up slowly... may jump if something ever happened to Claremont....

[comicginger1789]

59 minutes ago, Wolverinex said:

It's just going up slowly... may jump if something ever happened to Claremont....

Yeah and for a lot of people the GSX1 is way out of range. Heck a copy that looked like it took a mud bath and then got taped back together sold for almost $500 recently.

[WolverineX]

2 minutes ago, comicginger1789 said:

Yeah and for a lot of people the GSX1 is way out of range. Heck a copy that looked like it took a mud bath and then got taped back together sold for almost $500 recently.

wow, really?  I don't really see many X94s in the wild .  They may not have jumped as high as GSX-1 but they are still in a lot of people's collections.