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The third week of September saw an increase in the volume of units sold for newsstand editions published during and after 1998. However, dollar value fell as there wasn’t any big ticket item sales during this week. 53.4% of newsstand comics sold are sold at $10 and below prices. This week saws sales of She […]
Welcome to the 11th edition of Comic Sunday Speculation where I pick one book to speculate on. Usually, these picks are “out there” picks, meaning they have low probability of success. Keep this in mind when reading through this series. In this article, I am focusing on Vengeance. He is the natural nemesis of Ghost […]
I published the first ever sales report on the most valuable 9.8 newsstand comics from Copper age in June 2020. (The next one will be towards the end of September). In this article, lets take a look at these comics and see if any of the prices have shifted. Below is a table showing: Issue […]
With recent rumors on a Spider Girl movie starring Arana, it is time to look at her key issues to speculate. I highlighted her first appearance 3 months ago in this article: undervalued Spider comics. If you have not gotten it then, now might be a bit too late. Fortunately, there are other issues that […]
The 2nd week of September 2020 saw a total of 116 newsstand copies (published in and after 1998) being sold. While the unit sales is in line with previous sales, the dollar amount has fallen due to the lack of big ticket sale items. 45% of newsstand comics sold are sold at $10 and below […]
After writing about undervalued modern 9.8 that can reach $1k, my interest in these segments has been increasing. The recent spike of of Black Panther Vol 4, #2 9.8 from $300 to $600-700 further cemented my view that there are still solid investment opportunities for 9.8 buys. In order to have an more organized view […]
One of the hardest thing to do in comics is to estimate the demand a character that leads to increases in his or her first appearance comic books. It is twice as hard for modern characters who lack history to establish him or herself. This is why I use the comic appearances metric in my […]
The first week of September saw a total of 117 newsstand (published after 1998) copies being sold. A higher percentage of sales happen on the above $100 mark. 36% of newsstand comics sold are sold at $10 and below prices. There isn’t one stand out series that sold the most. Instead, there is a wide […]
Today’s article takes a look at a character that is very likely to make an appearance in the Hawkeye TV show: Swordsman. According to Clint Barton’s origin, Swordsman is his mentor and will likely turn up as a villain in the TV show. Being a villain, this will probably be a short term speculative issue. […]
With all the rage now on modern 2nd prints, I thought it would be interesting to look at later printing for older books. In this article, I will be focusing mainly on Marvel Tales that feature Spider-Man. From the list I pick the ones that matched the following criteria: Key issue i.e. must contain first […]
