I got back into reading and collecting myself!

Savage Dragon #1 Might technically be a key, but you can get one easy on the cheap. Spawn #1 considering its his first appearance so mass produced that back when I had my shop I found two unopened cases of them when I bought out a small store going under.

Wow Dead 2 . Definitely Shocking

They don’t make them like that anymore.

And then there's the scam seller who kept my money but never sent the product. 6 months after opening a claim, not an easy process, eBay gave me back 80% of the money. That spoiled eBay for me. I'd say it's a 50/50 chance you get get scammed one way or the other.

As an eBay buyer I've had similar experiences with scam sellers. One guy sent me a trade paperback with the pages falling out and later said that the publisher is known for this and it's perfectly ok.

So...what did he TAKE that you didn't get?

Outstanding video. Agree with everyone of these.

The sad news is that most are now lower than they were in 2019.

got some of them, a long halloween, year one, etc. Will not sell, but always knew these will sell quick.

I found naughty covers to sell quite well, but just anonymous over ebay or similar sites.

Supergirl being dragged to “bedroom chambers?” Nah, she’s clearly being dragged to a wedding alter. You have one guy holding a ring, and the only speech bubble on the cover even mentions a wedding. 🤦‍♂️ I have that Spider-Man/Power Pack issue. Almost tossed it as a kid because I thought the story was stupid.

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I would say it depends on the decade. The rivalry doesn't begin until the Silver Age if you ask me because the Golden Age had too many different companies to boil it down to a one-on-one and if you compare Silver Age DC to Silver Age Marvel, Marvel comes out on top, but right around the Bronze Age the writing for DC matured. My three favorite heroes are Booster Gold, Superman, Swamp Thing... and Batman would probably get more than an honorable mention if not for his overuse.

One problem with Marvel is "The Marvel Way," Marvel's way to allow someone like Stan Lee to get credit for ten books at once... The editors and writers hand artists a story, and then task them with filling in the letter bubbles. On one hand, it makes sense for the penciller to decide what to write because they know whether or not it fits with the breakdowns. On the other, many of these guys aren't schooled with the history of the characters the same way any writer should expect to be, especially if they're guests on other books, so you get a lot of dialogue that's unnatural.

Some of the old covers for golden and silver age, really have something to them. Maybe it is the mix between having many details and still being simplistic .

How do I ship at only 2.50 Asking for a friend.

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DC is a much more optimistic universe than Marvel. I just like more of the DC characters than the Marvel ones.

Hey now That web 100 is an awesome book!!!

Welp...you're kind of a jerk, lol, just kidding. I'm genX and still bitter most of my crap is worthless, and I have both Morbius and Xforce lol.

What is the consensus about the first appearance of Marvelman in Warrior? I value that above the Eclipse reprints. Just when you thought that the chalice could not contain anymore poison, Neil Gaiman self-immolates. Nobody is taking a drink from that cup again. Miracleman will never return.

I agree with most of these picks, except X-Force 11 being Domino's first appearance. It doesn't really matter if it technically is the first appearance, she is on the cover of this one and not the other one, that is the determining factor. (like Gambit, and Archangel's second app being accepted by the market, and Bishop's cameo appearance being accepted, its all about the cover.) Plus she is getting her butt kicked on the cover, I'd say that's rare for a first appearance.

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Do a vid on what actually is a “key”. Most of these are not keys, not even close.

Dollar bins are great for me because I collect full mini series so for most of them you can find the issue you need for a buck instead of having to grab one online for whatever price and then add in shipping

Hard disagree with you on Superman 233 and ASM 301. Superman 233 is arguably first "Bronze Age Superman" - he transitions from newspaper reporter under Perry White to broadcast TV reporter under Morgan Edge. It's the sister book to Adams & O"Neil's Batman 217, when Dick Grayson goes off to college and he boards up the Batcave to move downtown to Wayne Towers to fight 70s white collar crime. And ASM 301 was impossible to find in CGC 9.8 for *years* - easily the hardest of the McFarlane Amazing run in grade. Hence why it's $1,400.

I have a question for you, if you check your comments. Why the hell does anyone but comics from My comic shop or Milehighcomics. Gouging does not begin to describe them. Do people really just want to pay ten times what a book is actually worth?

Captain American comics gets no love maybe except for the annual #8 and thats not even a key lol nice video again mint comics!

First of your vids I've seen, and just subscribed because you really spoke to my feelings on two of these types of books. Homage covers. For me, we've been in a time of creative bankruptcy that rivals Hollywood and all these covers do is try to capitalize on nostalgia. Cue member berries "Member when people had their own ideas? Member when comics didn't need a gimmick to sell? Nude covers. These things offend me. Not in the sense I have an issue with nudity (I'm a published erotica author, so I'm no prude" its the fact these are freaking comic books and these are not real women. These things are for forty year old slobs in mom's basement stroking to molesting Red Sonja FFS. I give you credit for still running a brick and mortar store. I have one from 2001-2009 in Rhode Island, and I closed up for a variety of reasons. I have no idea how anyone does it, or even wants to these days. Props to you.

Wonder if DH Conan 24 was purely on purpose, because of how easily it would have been found in searches due to volume 1's Red Sonja first appearance?

Beautiful Silver Age 🗝️🔑🗝️🔑

Great video, James. I agree with almost everything except the McFarlane spider covers. They’re not all great, but some of them are just incredible 😄

Yeah, a lot of channels are trying to justify inflating average comics by coming up with some off-the-wall reasoning. "First issue where Scott Summers goes to Lenscrafters!"

Armor/Suits - Cool for run or character collectors that like to see changes in the character over the years. Perhaps a 'Minor' key at best but more of cool foot notes. I'm a run collector so I personally like those change over issues where the design is changed. But outside of that definitely barking up the wrong tree if you want dollar value.

Perhaps, you should re-examine your definition of the word, "key." That might help you not hate so much. 90% of these cannot, in any way, be classified as "keys"

Hot Takes: Not a fan of Ditko. THE HAWK AND THE DOVE is garbage, written and drawn by a middle schooler. Most of Jack Kirby’s DC work, muddled and just not interesting to me. THE LONG HALLOWEEN with Batman was boring and derivative. I couldn’t wait for it to end. Anything with Harley Quinn. So sick of that character, not interesting, not clever, not sexy, just dullness and sameness over the top.

Honest review? You're being PAID to say that. Those look like shit!

I think some of these comics are important is because of the Marvel Strike Force game . The characters Moon Knight especially are part of a very good team.and people want to know more.

sometimes keys aren't that big a deal to someone till they actually need it.

Those McFarland asm covers are cool but there are a few that are jus ok they are not all super hot

I believe Neal Adams himself said that Superman cover was one of his worst covers. But I can't remember for sure, but its never been well regarded. I bought that Batman McFarlane cover for $2.00 back in the 1995. I still don't think its worth much.

Miller & Mazzuchelli on Year One is a classic in both story AND art. I agree with you on the McFarlane Spidey covers. Absolutely NO ONE is interested in Valiant books. It's a dead company with uninteresting characters. People love nude/porn covers/books. Sex sells! Weren't return books supposed to be trashed? That means that all those return books still in circulation actually add to the numbers of what we think is out in the wild. Weird. Last, but not least, regardless of price guide or Ebay sold prices, people have their own highs on certain books. Price guide might list the book as $50, but people know it's not a $50 book and refuse to pay that. Great vid!

Enjoying your channel

I have seen so many ASM #300 and Secret Wars #8 that I don’t get that wow factor anymore.

I don't understand why you have no love for Batman 423,that's a great cover.

The grade is in the thumbnail🤔🧐

I stopped selling on ebay entirely a couple years before covid. A guy filled a complain that he never got his books, a huge Campbel variants set, and even though I provided full registered mail info, ebay ended this on his favor. So I the system tried to return his paypal deposit, around 1k euros, but I don t use credit cards with paypal, and this particular bank account is always empty. I ended up with a minus paypal credit that I never paid, at the moment my paypal account is suspended and I really could nt care less.

Well, for me is Anything Batman or Superman.

If you need a payment plan to buy collectibles, you can't afford said collectibles. Do you think a random dude selling comics is Sears? Get outta here with that nonsense.