Mijael.Levy Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 All those overpriced "keys" with a villian appearing in the next movie are , because the villian isn´t really a well know character and he´s a gets killed on the movie . I remember people paying a lot of money for Sgt Fury 5 or avengers 55 if you like villians get well know villians Magneto, Loki , Dr Doom etc The 1st appearance of Magneto is definitely a book to get................as it features the 1st appearance of the X-Men as well. (thumbs u My point was that if you are chasing movie related 1st apps of villains or lesser characters the time to buy is well before the movie hype starts in earnest. The time to chase them is when a film is rumored/announced by the big two, not after it has been cast or is in production. Buy early and at low prices, flip at the peak, and even if you are stuck with a copy or two you will still be able to move them at a higher price than you accumulated them at. Agree, those are short time investments and you have to move them on time before its too late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FineCollector Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 i'm curious why this is healthier? are the "collectors" who rushed out to buy Avengers #55 in any grade at any price in 2013 when Ultron was announced better off now that prices have come down by 2/3's? this will not be an isolated occurrence. these so-called " first appearance keys" will continue to implode when the movies either a)dispense w/ the characters b)suck c)fade into oblivion. Agreed. We've talked about young people/women/new collectors/etc with deep pockets driving prices up. If you didn't get stuck holding the bag when prices fell, someone else did. No one likes being on the bad end of a deal, and whoever was paying $200 for VG copies of Sgt Fury 5 won't be putting much more of his money into what appears to be a losing prospect. We can't afford to be so short sighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divad Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 All those overpriced "keys" with a villian appearing in the next movie are , because the villian isn´t really a well know character and he´s a gets killed on the movie . I remember people paying a lot of money for Sgt Fury 5 or avengers 55 if you like villians get well know villians Magneto, Loki , Dr Doom etc The 1st appearance of Magneto is definitely a book to get................as it features the 1st appearance of the X-Men as well. (thumbs u My point was that if you are chasing movie related 1st apps of villains or lesser characters the time to buy is well before the movie hype starts in earnest. The time to chase them is when a film is rumored/announced by the big two, not after it has been cast or is in production. Buy early and at low prices, flip at the peak, and even if you are stuck with a copy or two you will still be able to move them at a higher price than you accumulated them at. The real time to buy them is to already have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 All those overpriced "keys" with a villian appearing in the next movie are , because the villian isn´t really a well know character and he´s a gets killed on the movie . I remember people paying a lot of money for Sgt Fury 5 or avengers 55 if you like villians get well know villians Magneto, Loki , Dr Doom etc The 1st appearance of Magneto is definitely a book to get................as it features the 1st appearance of the X-Men as well. (thumbs u My point was that if you are chasing movie related 1st apps of villains or lesser characters the time to buy is well before the movie hype starts in earnest. The time to chase them is when a film is rumored/announced by the big two, not after it has been cast or is in production. Buy early and at low prices, flip at the peak, and even if you are stuck with a copy or two you will still be able to move them at a higher price than you accumulated them at. The real time to buy them is to already have them. True, but you can accumulate most movie or TV related key at decent prices until the casting is announced or in some cases when production has started. While there is an initial 1 week spike after the initial announcement, most books pull back fairly quickly after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 All those overpriced "keys" with a villian appearing in the next movie are , because the villian isn´t really a well know character and he´s a gets killed on the movie . I remember people paying a lot of money for Sgt Fury 5 or avengers 55 if you like villians get well know villians Magneto, Loki , Dr Doom etc Don’t be silly. They might be less popular, but they are important characters. Very important. It seems to me not only you are ignorant about the Marvel age, but you seem to be proud of it… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zosocane Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 All those overpriced "keys" with a villian appearing in the next movie are , because the villian isn´t really a well know character and he´s a gets killed on the movie . I remember people paying a lot of money for Sgt Fury 5 or avengers 55 if you like villians get well know villians Magneto, Loki , Dr Doom etc Mijael, first, I thank you for stirring the pot on the SA forum. It's been a bit dull here lately. Second, I generally agree with you, but sometimes one can't be so sure that the first appearances of lesser known bad guys won't explode and hold value. Villains like Dr. Doom and Green Goblin stand the test of time and, as such, FF5 and ASM 14 are very collectible books that generally hold value and steadily grow. I don't think JIM 85, however, would have become such a collectible and valuable book if Tom Hiddleston hadn't absolutely hit it out of the park with his rendition of Loki and turned Loki into a globally-adored superstar bad guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPR Comics Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 All those overpriced "keys" with a villian appearing in the next movie are , because the villian isn´t really a well know character and he´s a gets killed on the movie . I remember people paying a lot of money for Sgt Fury 5 or avengers 55 if you like villians get well know villians Magneto, Loki , Dr Doom etc Don’t be silly. They might be less popular, but they are important characters. Very important. It seems to me not only you are ignorant about the Marvel age, but you seem to be proud of it… +1 It's unfortunate the treatment that Strucker and Ultron got in the films, but come on, they are two major villains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zosocane Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 All those overpriced "keys" with a villian appearing in the next movie are , because the villian isn´t really a well know character and he´s a gets killed on the movie . I remember people paying a lot of money for Sgt Fury 5 or avengers 55 if you like villians get well know villians Magneto, Loki , Dr Doom etc Don’t be silly. They might be less popular, but they are important characters. Very important. It seems to me not only you are ignorant about the Marvel age, but you seem to be proud of it… +1 It's unfortunate the treatment that Strucker and Ultron got in the films, but come on, they are two major villains. Strucker a major villain? I do agree that Ultron didn't get the true bad-spoon treatment he deserved in the movie. And that could have made Av 55 a long-term hot book instead of a flash in the pan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPR Comics Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 As a Sgt. fury, Nick Fury and Capt. Savage fan, he's a major villain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 there is no reason to think ultron is dead as in never to come back. James spader was so good I can see them bringing him back in avengers 8 or something. He is in the cartoons as well. Remember he just needs to be hiding in the interweb sonewhere, he need not die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 With the current market prices on the Silver Age books, I'd say it's almost all heating up Really? I'm seeing lower prices on most mid-lower grade books. What are you seeing heating up since the spring? The keys/1st apps/hot covers are up, most commons are flat or down. Just like most other years, I guess. The thing is the "key" pool is ever expanding... Which is great for long time collectors with long boxes full of the drek, but not for short term "key" chasers that get sucked in...... If they went for less key stuff they would be picking up lots of affordable books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mijael.Levy Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 All those overpriced "keys" with a villian appearing in the next movie are , because the villian isn´t really a well know character and he´s a gets killed on the movie . I remember people paying a lot of money for Sgt Fury 5 or avengers 55 if you like villians get well know villians Magneto, Loki , Dr Doom etc Mijael, first, I thank you for stirring the pot on the SA forum. It's been a bit dull here lately. Second, I generally agree with you, but sometimes one can't be so sure that the first appearances of lesser known bad guys won't explode and hold value. Villains like Dr. Doom and Green Goblin stand the test of time and, as such, FF5 and ASM 14 are very collectible books that generally hold value and steadily grow. I don't think JIM 85, however, would have become such a collectible and valuable book if Tom Hiddleston hadn't absolutely hit it out of the park with his rendition of Loki and turned Loki into a globally-adored superstar bad guy. The movie helped him of course but its general culture that Loki is Thor´s enemy, i didn´t read comics on my childhood but i remember him from the cartoons. I agree that movies can help for example the way they presented Winter Soldier wich was unknow to me was impressive and makes me want to buy his 1st app Let´s see what happens with Zemo , he will be played by a great actor , people are paying now $60 - $65 for the Avengers 6 VG´s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the blob Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Let´s see what happens with Zemo , he will be played by a great actor , people are paying now $60 - $65 for the Avengers 6 VG´s -------------- which seems cheap to me regardless of movie hype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrocHntr Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I noticed that JLA #64 (1st SA app. Red Tornado) seems to be heating up a bit due to the Supergirl casting. I'm not much for playing the movie speculation game, but have always liked Red Tornado so did find a nice copy recently. It will be interesting to see if this gets pushed higher with the speculation craze or not. Either way, I'm glad to have a copy. Supergirl Casts Iddo Goldberg as Dr. T.O. Morrow, the Red Tornado Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Looking at the action in the Pedigree Auction, Batman #121 is moving up a bit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrocHntr Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Looking at the action in the Pedigree Auction, Batman #121 is moving up a bit as well. Just a teeny bit, I'd say . Current bid for the 9.0 is $15,916 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeckfan-migration Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Looking at the action in the Pedigree Auction, Batman #121 is moving up a bit as well. Just a teeny bit, I'd say . Current bid for the 9.0 is $15,916 ! At $17,000 now. A few people are chasing this one hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nearmint Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 17K for the first appearance of Mr. Freeze when there are two copies graded higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uchiha101 Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 17K for the first appearance of Mr. Freeze when there are two copies graded higher. I can only imagine what price they will realize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
october Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 It will be interesting to see what the 8.0 Action 242 brings today on eBay. It was at $8k last I checked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
