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The reason I ask is because I bought a couple box fulls yesterday.
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Found this it probly what you need to know... http://www.comicbooksecrets.com/theblog/instant-comic-book-values-and-price-guide/diggummup said:The reason I ask is because I bought a couple box fulls yesterday. They are all in great shape and in plastic sleeves with the cardboard backing. There are signed ones, a few old ones, a couple pro. graded (cgc) ones, and mostly newer (80's-90's). Many have prices on them, some are pretty high, also some have been graded by whomever, mostly 9.0 or higher, don't know what to believe.I can give a few pics later, right now I don't have the time. Just wanted to get this out there in case there are any knowledgeable people out there in this field. I don't usually buy stuff i'm not familiar with but this was a great deal I though, so I took a chance. I haven't even counted them or sorted them yet. A few example of what appear to be better titles are Hellraiser #1 signed by Clive Barker cover C limited ed.(2 copies), X-Men #14 Marvel, Walt Disney Darby O'Gill and the little People (1959), Punisher Dark Reign #1 signed by Mike McKone, The Marvels Project Variant Edition #1 with a sketch drawn and signed by George Perez? 09 and several more with a plain cover. Also are many Sonic the Hedghog, X-Men, Masters of the Univ., The Avengers, Halloween, Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Hack/Slash, Grim Stories, Tarot and the list goes on and on. Hundreds of them it looks like.
Thanks for the info. Spart.spartacus53 said:Depending on the titles, you'll make your money on the Silver Age comics Also note that in any series, they were sometimes character lineup changes and these can also be worth a good deal. A good example would be Avengers #4, where Captain America was reintroduced. There was also a Spider-man in the upper 90's, I think #96 that has value because it was the first comic published without the comics code approval..
Here are some of the titles that have held value over the years.
DC - Batman believe it or not, some of the newer ones in this series can have value from the Dark Knight
Marvel- X-Men, Spider-man, Fantastic Four, The Hulk, Iron Man
Independent Comics - Small market and it's a hit, or miss
I could kick myself today, I had the whole run of X-Men comics from #1-100, but never cared for the book, so I sold them off many, many, many, years ago. I did hold on to all the Spider-Man comics, which at one time printed up to 4 tittles and that is well over 1,000 comics right there, and several copies of key issues.
The comics to avoid are any mini-series, or one shots, they will never be worth much in our lifetime.
The only one shot I have that is worth something is Iron Man / Sub Mariner #1 and I have 3 issues of that one.
The saddest part is that in today's economy, there is little money for frivolous spending on comics and it is hurting the prices... So if yo can, I would suggest holding them a bit longer.