Undervalued relative to importance

This community member expressed the importance of Teen Titans very well in this writing

“First appearance of the teen titans. Price point hasn’t seen significant increases like its other peers (silver age superhero groups), besides spawning multiple volumes, still being an ongoing series and having a well received TV show.”

Undervalued relative to peers

So let’s examine is the price point of the Brave and the Bold #54 has not really seen any increase.

On first glance, the community member is on to something here. Across the grades, Brave and Bold #54 consistently under performed the other 2 books. Is it because people are forgetting about this book or is that other fundamental reasons?

One reason for the price differences is definitely the supply factor, especially at the higher grade level. At 8.0, we can see Brave and the Bold #54 has 150% the supply of My Greatest Adventure #80 and 60% more than Hawkman #4.

Another reason is that the other 2 books have real first appearances. In contrast, Brave and the Bold #54 is mainly a team appearance. All the members within the team has already appeared somewhere else.

Personally, I think the lower to mid grades of Brave and Bold #54 are pretty much in line with their peers. At the 8.0, it might be undervalued, especially relative to Hawkman #4.

Editor’s note: Due to the immense passion shown by this member, his language can be unsuitable for publishing. Hence certain words have been deleted to protect the gentle minds of my nerdy comic readers.

Undervalued relative to importance

Gwen Stacy has always been an important character in Spider-Man’s life. With the ascension of Spider-Gwen, this has further cemented Gwen’s role in the Marvel universe. Below is what the member said”

“First app of Gwen Stacy who is the immensely popular Spider-Gwen. Her valuations do not match how popular of a character she is and don’t follow the same trajectory as the first apps of key Spidey villains that came out around the same time.”

Undervalued relative to peers

Lets compare ASM #31 with other surrounding issues to see if Gwen’s first appearance is indeed undervalued.

The best comparison for Gwen will be Mary Jane. Hence, I compared ASM #31 with both ASM #25 and ASM #42. The former is a cameo while the latter is the first time we saw Mary Jane’s face.

As you can see, the prices on #31 is already much higher than both #25 and #42, even though the latter has lessor copies on the census.

I also compare #31 with #28, the first appearance of Molten Man. This is a C class villain and hence should be valued lower than Gwen. On the mid and lower grades, this is indeed the case. If it is the other way, i.e. #31 is priced below #28, then it is much easier to say the former is undervalued.

Overall, it is difficult to conclude that Amazing Spider-Man #31 is very undervalued. It might indeed be the case but it is not a slam dunk case if you look at the values of her peers.

Kazar has been talked about pretty frequently in our group but the focus has always been X-Men #10. Here is a different book to think about.

Undervalued relative to importance

Here is what the member has to say:

“1st solo story of Ka-Zar in the marvel universe. X-men10 is the 1st but is many hundreds of dollars. This 1st solo story is still buyable at $20 – $25 in nice grade. Also. It is squarebound which we all know are real hard to get in high grade”

Undervalued relative to peers

The easiest is to compare another character whose sole story is also in this series: Black Knight

The thing about great undervalued picks like this is that it is very obvious, especially when you do a bit of number crunching.

Looking at the above, there is a lot of room for growth. All Kazar needs is just a movie announcement and this book will move very close to what the Black Knight has achieved.

Great pick!