Comic Books Are Not Rare...But Are We Really Surprised?

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[@76063co2]

lol, Welp, I'm honestly buying an ASM #129 in a couple of hours, so thanks for raining on my parade. I've seen a lot of these pics before. Anna Love's collection is absolutely bananas. It literally makes me sick to look at. I just want ONE of those Chamber of Chills!!

[@silveragedc]

You're oversimplifying the concept of rare, and not delineating between scarce, uncommon, or other terms. Just because someone collected multiple copies of a book doesn't mean it's not hard to find, they may have taken decades to get their copies. No silver age Marvels are scarce.

[@HolyDiver614]

Good point! I was going to post that collectors do not release these in the wild so that alone keeps the prices up and the book rare. The counter to this is if we all released our collected books at once, prices would surely tank.

[@comicfanagain8405]

Condition is definitely rare, esp with Silver and Golden age keys. If you track the listings and sales, as time progresses, the higher grade stuff disappears and the only available books are at lower grades - albeit just as expensive - which proves that point.

[@bat2275]

Bronze rare? Ridiculous. But some golden age have less than 10 copies

[@traestratton3109]

I hope Anna has a Stark Sentinel guarding that hoard!

[@DouglasD7k]

Im glad these books are not so rare. They are books and should be in people’s hands and read. Not just slabbed and on a wall or in a box. Speculation is killing the hobby with low print runs to sell for a ton of money.

[@raleighcomicbookcollector]

Anna & big T (husband) are great people.

[@goldeneastgun]

Comics are nothing more than a game of hot potato. People want it just as long as it has value. Once the value starts dissipating, you don't wanna be the last guy holding the potato.

[@jeffradakovich9252]

You could pretty much say that about any collectable.

[@goldeneastgun]

@@jeffradakovich9252 Exactly right. All collectables are only worth what people are willing to pay.

[@HenryHoolington]

I’ll hold more value to comics that I appreciate than a “rare” title. I’ve also cracked a couple slabs and enjoyed the F out of some pretty good grades. Buy gold or stocks if you’re looking to make money

[@goldeneastgun]

@@HenryHoolington Comics have a much lower barrier to entry than stocks or gold. Any idiot can flip comics. You need an actual education to trade stocks. Not formal education necessarily, but you do need some knowledge. Yes, comics also, but most flippers tend to have grown up with comics so there's no additional effort needed.

[@CelestialWoodway]

I started collecting bronze age Flash just to read and I am really enjoying reading them. I got over trying to make money I just read and collect for entertainment and nostalgic fun.

[@User8vfjhejf]

Anna is also a lawyer who can afford to hoard these kinds of books. No such thing as a rare Marvel silver/bronze age age book, only rare in 9.6+. ECs were super popular in the 50's. What is rare are Matt Baker Romance covers, most golden age books Pre-1945

[@ianellis395]

This something I realised some time ago. I love Bronze Age books and the challenge for me is finding the highest possible grade.

[@mrtkiernan]

They got nothing on my CyberForce #1 stash.

[@pamvarner8044]

😂 Now let’s talk about your Turok stash…

[@VolkswagenGamer]

Now just imagine the amount of ASM 300s out there. Absolutely insane

[@brandonmetro7115]

and its gaudy looking. 301 looks way better on the wall.

[@danielmitchel31310]

And Secret Wars #8. I'm glad to have my 9.6 CGC SS 4x signed copy though. There's 14,464 copies on the CGC Census in a 9.6 or higher.

[@BrashLimburg]

This was one of my main takeaways from C2E2 this year. I went with the intention of spending significant money on a "special book" but when you see multiple copies of it at each booth it kind of takes the shine off. Ended up getting some original artwork instead.

[@collectiblesdad]

Thanks for the shout out man! Hope all is well

[@gianhao]

Comic collectors are rare. Slab collectors are rarer. Slab comicbook hoarders are rarerer. :D

[@lifegood3322]

This demonstrates just how absurd the comic "boom" really was especially for the modern books people were spending thousands of dollars on! Watch where New mutants 98 is 6 months or a year after the movie hype dies down! Speaking of ....notice how movie hype doesn't really effect prices like it did! We'd be better off if values on all books just reset to what they were before covid and we just started over! As always imho! Ps. She could really effect the market if she burned all but 1 copy on camera! 😂

[@VolkswagenGamer]

Yeah I'm waiting to buy one after the movie... it's the only one in my NM run that's missing for years ugh

[@luismendoza4514]

Right on Swag i really enjoyed the Shortboxed live speech and Thanks again for signing my Sanity #1 i really enjoyed the read gotta find the rest now . ✌️✌️

[@69eyes2191]

Honestly there is a point of being a collector and then just being greedy

[@thousandaireradio3199]

Greed is acquisition at someone’s detriment

[@cincinnatuscincinnatus8541]

I love collecting Punisher 94 and 95 art by Frank Teran! I have multiples of Punisher 94 and 95

[@bijorn5587]

I have a book in my collection with only 8 graded by CGC per census. Now that's rare!

[@chantillycat5415]

I have one that has a total CGC population of twenty copies out of one hundred printed and sold decades ago.

[@jerrydwallace7040]

Would love to hear the rest of the Shortboxed presentation for sure.

[@Switch_Comics]

I’ve told this story before on other channels but long story short there was a guy in a small town outside of DFW,TX that was selling comics he inherited from his grandfather. He talked a big game about how he could shake the market on FF48 if he really wanted to. I didn’t believe him until he took me to his storage where I saw a CASE filled with FF48 in them. After that I refused to believe any book is “rare”

[@chantillycat5415]

I wish I could recall what video it was but very recently I posted a comment alluding to things like this. Stated that current market prices are ridiculous because there people with hundreds or even thousands of a given issue. Mostly dealers with huge storage but also some regular collectors.

[@lovelyannalove]

The video is great! Not all books people think are rare are rare, but there ARE rare books. I know of books that there are three or less copies of. I know of books that I don't know of any other copy of. Just because I have them doesn't mean they aren't rare... actually, if it's rare and I don't have it I am looking for it.😂You can't know it's rare if you don't know it exists. ❤❤😊 thank you for the compliments!❤ I very much enjoy our hobby. ❤

[@stampscapes]

ASM #129 was the book that I missed when I was collecting in the early 80s. It wasn't on the radar at all. ASM #121 and 122 were the big keys at that time. Even 161 and 162 were worth more than 129 as it had X-Men appearances in them. Could have picked up 129s for a couple bucks each back then.

[@jiccojicco]

I'm someone thay like rare, recalled, error books. Some are hard to get... But then I have friends that associate price with rarity. Most keys are common, just expensive.

[@dariopressimone7810]

Good video. After being back in the game the past 2+ years, its pretty true. If you want most of these books, you can get them if you have a price range in mind. If you want something 8.0 or higher then you will need to look harder or work the chat boards. But if you want most books and have a few bucks, it can happen. But the hunt makes this hobby fun...

[@BruceLee-bk8dy]

High risk investing….buy the trade back…it’ll save you a lot of $. Market is fragile…

[@roberthamilton4429]

This is one of the reasons that I have always been critical of people who based their buying habits on the CGC census. Regardless of what you have been told there are 1000s of high grade keys out there sitting in collections that are not slabbed. these copies will come to market in the future due to the aging of the collector base that was there at the beginning of the silver age.

[@21Million]

It's really too bad that comic publishers don't keep records of what is printed, and share it publicly.

[@A100-ND]

Some older comics included a "Statement of Ownership, Management, and Circulation," which sometimes listed print run numbers.

[@thelasvegaskid]

I’m looking to get into ASM, what keys do you think will do well long term?

[@buckysbooks4093]

The one dm conversation I had with Anna, she said that she doesn’t consider a book rare until there’s 25 on the census or less. I can see that. You’d assume there are more raw copies floating around as well and undiscovered copies. That’s that advanced collector mentality. When I see a key book with 100 and under graded pre-1980, I get excited 😂. Part of the reason is that there are tens of thousands of collectors (hundreds of thousands?) so there’s still a huge market. We only get to see a snippet of how big the collecting world is at a big con.

[@kaly5834]

People often confuse highly desirable books with rare books. A highly desirable book will command $$$ a highly desirable and rare book will command $$$$$$$$

[@Cardsandtoys]

Wow, another great video Swag! I think that's why most comic collectors naturally transition to Original Art bc they realize that comics, at the end of the day, are not rare!

[@kegman83]

It really breaks my heart though when people say they are just "collectors" and then turn around and have 50 Hulk 181s. If you are a fan of the book isnt maybe 2 copies enough? One to keep, one to read? And having that many copies of Golden Age books is just outright dangerous to be honest. Even if you never posted a picture of them online, many of them are works of art. They are one faulty wire or busted water heater away from destroying a serious amount of art that could have been enjoyed by many more people. But no, you had to have half the Black Cats on the census because reasons.

[@shawnmichaud4484]

If someone wants 50 copies then no, 2 copies is not enough. How do you know they are not secure? My important documents and valuable items are safe from fire or flood. Some people have ACTUAL rare items. Literal 1 of 1 pieces of art, artifacts, etc.... Don't hate on collecting. It's a wonderful hobby in and of itself that bolsters the comic book scene overall.

[@kegman83]

@@shawnmichaud4484 I know because I have a valuable comic book collection that's properly insured and those rates aren't cheap. If you have dozens of books worth four to five figures you are looking at an extra $5-10k per year in valuable personal property insurance. You could always keep them uninsured, but that makes you worse of a "collector", not better. It's only a matter of time before collections like that get noticed by the public and stolen. Nic Cage might be able to get his Action Comics #1 back, but you'll never see those ungraded Hulk 181s again. And good luck trying to get regular home insurance to pay for it.

[@kegman83]

@@shawnmichaud4484 My main point is having dozens of the same pieces of art isnt collecting. Its hording. Actual art collectors have different kinds of art and other investments. No one has 50 Salvador Dali lithographs of the same picture. Thats insane. And if you are doing it purely for investing purposes, comics arent even close to the best things you could invest in and ensure your money's safe return. Can they do it? Sure. Free country. But lets not call it collecting at that point, and lets not call it investing either. Its hording. And hording is a errant human behavior that usually never ends well.

[@2hugebros241]

Hahaha soya sauce flu lmao and yes if they didn’t sell into the 2020/21 market then there the fool.. Now those Hulk 181s have sank like the titanic and I say this good for you to hold and not sell.. Box full of Hulk 181 is worthless when it just sits there gaining no value like a SNP 500 account

[@offkilter9364]

You know someone with 50 copies? Can I get his address?

[@Wr0ngNumb3r]

Would love to see a video of your Shortbox speech!

[@stargazer-cb]

The only value something has is what someone places on it ~ blows my mind that I can buy a 10k year old human-made artifact for the price of some 10-50 year old paper.

[@HenryHoolington]

It all deteriorates when you’re dead, but how many children did you have.

[@pulp420]

But my Ultimate Fallout 4 in CGC 9.8 is rare.

[@hulkslayer626]

I have only bought a handful of comics as "investments". The Maxx #35 and most of the cover variants of the newly released Space Ghost. All others were bought as readers. I also have the complete series of Something Is Killing The Children first editions and unread, but I didn't buy them knowing they would be worth anything, just haven't gotten around to reading them and have since ordered the collected books to keep from reading the originals.

[@JM-jv6cb]

FYSA I liked commented and already subscribe before I watched this video. Please don’t disappoint me today with this video. You have yet to disappoint me. And thank you

[@DanSchawbel]

Great video

[@michaelstarr1285]

If you really want it , buy a reprint it comes with better paper lol.

[@WarriorsforInfoTV]

Nothing is rare except Sanity!

[@charlesversfelt]

I’m happy to have an exception to the rule. Have you ever seen a 15 cent Batman #2? I have one. :D

[@lovelyannalove]

That is a very special book!! 💙💙

[@BedosCollectibles]

I don't think there is a legitimate collector who disagrees that there ARE rare comic books - but fewer than what we thought prior to 2000. Before the internet and CGC, most serious collector referenced the Gerber guide for rarity (Gerber designed his own rarity index). That became the defacto for us all in terms of what comics were considered rare (index 7+) and it largely went by interviews with comic dealers and collectors across the US and Canada. But I think the the internet and CGC had two major effects that brings us to a better understanding of how rare certain books are: 1) revealed just how much larger the collector population is, some of whom owning these rare comics and 2) led to a frenzy in the pursuit of treasures in the wild and inevitably surfacing many more of those rare books (CS 22, SW 1 35 cent, Cap 74).

[@certainly2509]

Anna could inadvertently tank the market if she has a fire or natural disaster affect her home.

[@kevinc809]

Well that's kind of a bad thought. But they could decide to put all their comics in a shredder and it wouldn't affect anything in the market. If she decided to sell her collection publically especially all at once , now that would cause some tanking. But it ain't gonna happen

[@lovelyannalove]

A lot, if not all of the people with bigger collections, including myself, don't keep nice things at their home. They are guarded against natural disasters, as much as one can, I suppose. I didn't get them all in one plop, so I have A LOT of physical and emotional energy in each book. I treat them like the prized possessions that they are, be it a still sealed brick of Turok the dino hunter gold foils, or Cap #1s. 💙

[@newcompasscollectibles]

The issue isn't necessarily graded pop counts growing that would affect prices, if raw books are slowly graded and pop counts grow in an orderly manner. But hordes could affect the market supply/demand depending on how they come to market. How many hordes exist and do any of those owners eventually bring a lot of copies to the market at once?

[@plan9tek]

anyone saying stuff like this, either found a warehouse of backstock or got money to burn, and yea there's tons of rare and hard to find comics especially limited run underground comics, i doubt this dude know anything really.

[@nda42831]

Thinking you have too change the way you collect to get a multiples of one books. Instead going after the books go after collections.

[@dougbratton7309]

I'd love to see the whole shortboxed speech!

[@doctorshawn3461]

You are not going to find someone hoarding 10+ copies of famous funnies 1. In the 1950s, although ECs are not that rare, the Gaines File copy is limited to 11 to 12, so those will always have a cap to them. Also, books from the 1930s and 1940s are a lot more difficult to find. Bronze books, yes, they are fairly common

[@Revtwenty]

Mmmm you don't touch on the Gerber Scarcity index at all? Just curious why not.

[@Revtwenty]

ah your new vid looks at it. Nevermind :)

[@thecomickeeper5127]

What's up with all the hoarding. Why 18 copies ? What's the point ? Must be so rich it doesn't matter

[@shawnmichaud4484]

It's only hoarding if you dont understand collecting. Collecting can mean collecting a single thing.

[@CelestialWoodway]

​@@shawnmichaud4484That's a stupid thing to do. Borderline mental disorder.

[@lovelyannalove]

Nope. I've been in the colllecting game a long time, and am a comics keeper myself. 😉

[@KAOS4EVER1]

Imagine one of these "collectors" aka horders injecting these into the market. 😅😢 Makes me definitely focus on what I love vs buying "investment" books! Of course if you can accomplish both at the same time, it's a win win! 😅😅

[@fnulnu8243]

Are certain books as common as you say, or because we have access to so much information now, you're just seeing them more? Is the same seller posting the same book on multiple sites? Are the books in the flex pics the actual books? Or are they facsimiles? We've ALL seen the lengths "influencers" go to in order to make their lives seem so great, is it possible we're seeing the same thing in the comic collecting realm? We're those really dozens of ASM 129s? Or were they dozens of cover print outs on top of 1990s Catwoman comics (those helped me get through my teenage years btw lol). Great video though, very thought inspiring and a reality check for a lot of us.

[@ramastarchild6804]

I collect Timley #1s. Several of these are VERY rare!!

[@user-is6cs2nu5s]

A shop that closed down had untouch comics that were in good condition all selling at whatever the cover price was .he could had made more but was humble for those collectors .came up on alot of keys .never judge a shop from the outside like a book cover.

[@revoltpuppy]

I wonder why it closed down.

[@user-is6cs2nu5s]

He was moving out of state and wanted everything gone.

[@timreierson26]

Greater supply will eventually lead to lower prices. It is inevitable. It depends how supply enters the marketplace. Does it trickle in or does it flood in? Popularity of a particular books helps but only to a point. It also depends how motivated the seller is to sell their book. I see this all the time on EBAY for popular books where a seller will price or re-price their book below the lowest price.

[@kyleroussel]

The granularity is that coveted books can be in short supply in great condition. It also underscores the idea of collecting what you love. You've also brought guests to the show that torpedo the idea of comics being good investments. Buy what you love, and don't expect any ROI.

[@YooporiumComics]

What's your lowest print book?

[@MartinDavidson-hh7ke]

Most Comics are not rare. Doing this for 40 years I would say some are. Look at the census for Action #1 or Marvel Mystery #1. These books are indeed rare with 60 to 80 copies in the census. Try finding Mystic Comics with the Destroyer as the main character. Not easy. I also don't think people are hoarding this books unless they have money to burn. I agree that rarity does not determine value, demand does, however. Also what is the definition of rare. Look at Gerber Rarity index and some books, not many, have a rating of 10. No picture in the book. Compared to Inc. Hulk #181 These books are rare. Just bought a collection of Golden Age books that the condition on them is just short of compost. The older they get the rarer they become based on the conditions and treatment people that owned them give them. Mostly not good.

[@_Alfa_Channel]

thats not Red Raven #1 - but the colors are right...

[@pacotaylor773]

[Sigh] I wish there was an option to post the Robert Downey Jr. eye roll gif as my response to this video.

[@joegonzalez2917]

Problem with raw collectors is they buy raw books to pretend they have a higher grade book then they actually have.

[@gregm7269]

if I was one of these people with a collection of a horde books, I would never post it 🤫

[@300baud]

Where is the Turok flex pic?

[@brandonmetro7115]

and a power point slide for the flamethrower specs.

[@zachbrobst9473]

I like my steaks rare, my beers cold and my comics cool 😎

[@ddougherty8266]

Great video. But, the "Supply and Demand" doesn't work that well with comics. In the real world, Supply is what's for sale at a moment and Demand is what's wanted at that moment. In real-life necessities (food, gasoline, socks) ALL of the "supply" that exists is "for sale", and all of the demand there exists for that supply is present at that same time. To the extent that these are slightly out of balance, prices move up or down to create price equilibrium. Real estate is a little different... only a fraction of the existing stock is for sale, and only a fraction of people are in the market to buy it. But comics (and Stamps, Toy Trains, Beanie Babies, and Collectible Hess trucks) are extremely different - they are far more supply-sensitive than necessities. Of the 25,000 (wild guess) copies of ASM 129, or Hulk 181 that exist - only a tiny fraction (five percent?) are part of the "supply" that's for sale, and only a tiny fraction of the collector community has demand for them (at that current price). What most collector's ignore, when they apply the Supply and Demand concept to comics, is that, unlike food, housing, clothes, is that comics are completely and utterly discretionary, which means that even a small increase in the available for-sale supply (where some of the 95% of comics in collections come onto the market) the supply could double, and with Demand fixed (or declining) prices will plummet in the direction of $0 (which, other than psychic return, is what old paper is worth). Stamp, sheet music, and Little Orphan Annie collectors know this first hand. The problem for comic collectors and comic FMV's is that as we age-out, there is no one replacing us, even the immense popularity of the MCU didn't change this fact. Who, among the 10 to 20 year olds of today will become collectors to buy our collections 20 to 30 years from now? Unless something is done to encourage young people to get into comics, FMV's will decline over the next 20 years - and that's the real law of Supply and Demand.

[@bjnowak]

If you have any books and have this many copies, by showing these pictures I believe you devalue the book a lot. Sell them… then flex… “just bought my Mercedes- thanks punisher! “

[@lovelyannalove]

So what you're saying is to buy something that goes down in value with something that goes up in value. Gotcha.

[@brucecree9170]

I don’t know Swag. How do you define rare? Well, I guess that is subjective. There were what ~1,000,000 copies of Superman 1 printed but how many survived until today? Sure there are probably a bunch that haven’t been graded but I would wager one of those copies of ASM 129 that the large majority of Sups 1 are on the census. Not too many of those big blue boys in tights left from that original printing and sure, they come up for auction from time to time, but why not call this “highly uncommon” book “rare”? Now original art, all comic original art, is by definition “rare” meaning there is only one, yes one, piece. Comics were mass produced which is in large part why we like them so much more than the original art. We get to enjoy the totality of the book rather than just one page at a time. Love the channel and your talk at Shortboxed was really good. My buddy Frank (my LCS owner from Amazing Fantasy here in SF) said that you made a lotta sense. Cheers!❤🎉😊

[@ajguez]

Though it’s scary to believe but having the market “captured” by certain collectors actually provides price stability for those particular comics. It’s like OPEC and oil prices in the 70s or how the Federal Reserve manages money supply…yes, the market is propped up and inflated but these “scarce “ books are probably the safest books to invest in bc that collector is likely buying comics that are” too low “ so they can maintain the value of their “hoard”. How’s that one ladies health doing? Hope she’s healthy!!!

[@lovelyannalove]

She has a slight twinge in her right trap, but, she's not picking out urn patterns quite yet! 🤣 - I do not own a corner (or have a capture) of the market on any book that there are more than three known to exist. Those who are worried about how many Hulk 181s or Spidey 129s are out there probably do not know what exists. I bought books that I liked, my husband bought books that he liked, together,... we have a lot of books. It's not a market play, it's that I don't want to break up a collection I bought it from a very special person, or I like the book too much and it's currently undervalued. Even though people think that Comic prices have gone nuts, that's just because they've increased a lot in your collecting lifetime. Other people had the opportunity to buy these books when they were for sale and we bought them. We just happened to keep them. In my opinion that's the collecting part of comic book collecting. ❤️ I am not extravagant in any other way (dont do fancy clothes, have a 20 year old car and a day job) so I can keep my toys. Selling will come someday, but not today. People knew that there were really really really really really really heavy duty collectors out there, right? I mean, my collection pales in comparison to some.

[@Originalmusicbharris]

I have some really rare spawn books but I hear ya!

[@TheDjk300ComicGuy]

Well said and reality.

[@popsequentialism7213]

@swagglehaus - Do it as a Ted Talk!

[@michaelsaia997]

Once in a lifetime finds seem to happen once a week. For me, "rarity" is a murky descriptor for collectible items. I used to collect limited animation cels and for me any edition size over 500 seemed like too much. I agree that rarity and comics don't really go together but it's more rarity of condition that drives the market. When I purchase a raw book I want it to grade out in the top 25% of the census (after cleaning and pressing). Anything under that doesn;t seem worth the effort. Also try to only have one copy of each book unless the upside of a deal is to good to pass on.

[@marcusmolyneux6422]

The only rare comics are from the platinum and golden age lol. Anything else is pretty common. The buyers set the price of the comics. The price makes it rare to have but comics are not rare

[@deerichardz]

Books are rare. The only thing rare that I see, is a person willing to invest money in buying multiple copies of an issue.

[@jamesbacon748]

No comics are rare. Some comics are rare. You said it. Today I got a Grail Comic, for me: Island of Hate, Battleground #14 from Fame Press (London) in 1964. It arrived in this mornings post. Was £9 on ebay. Here is the first page text! (This is a 'digest' size British war comic) ISLAND OF HATE IRELAND! IN THE SUMMER OF 1920, AN ISLAND OF HATE, EVERYWHERE, FROM DONEGAL IN THE NORTH, TO COUNTY CORK IN THE SOUTH, GUERILLA BANDS OF THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY WERE LOCKED IN A DESPERATE STRUGGLE TO SHAKE LOOSE THE YOLK OF BRITISH RULE. 'SINN FEIN - FREEDOM FOR IRELAND!! THAT WAS THE CRY ON EVERY MAN'S LIPS... A most important comic to me, a historical artifact, an unusual story amongst it's thousands of peers, and it came into my possession, (on loan really, I own it but it needs to go to the National Library of Ireland really.) toady after looking for it now, since I learned about it, by chance in 2020. I found a photo of it on ebay, in a sold listing in 2020. I have been hunting, looking, searching and networking on this one. Indeed, my copy was a lead from another collector, who knew, and I have had articles published online and in Fanzines about it. A war story set in 1920 in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence. Treachery, informing, The Black and Tans, Irish Freedom, it is a fascinating story. Is it rare. Well, just the story is rare, the publication is one of the lesser known ones, Commando (still publishing), War Picture and Battle Picture Library all being better known. How many were printed, how many exist. Hard to know. How do we quantify rare, is hard, one sells or turn's up for sale every 2 years? I connected with an Irish Fan in Enniscorthy who had found a copy in 2022. I expect, well, of the 22k people who follow you, 2, maybe 4 might, might be interested, but that is OK. The hoarding and Flex photos are TOTALLY new to me, I am not on Insta, and that is, well a new but true element to the hobby obviously. In fairness, some comics, I do have multiple versions of them, and I think I have two copies of a few favourites, normally as I give them to pals, and I have upgraded, so not going to poop on any fans collection, just today, a new thing. I really like what you do here, I enjoy your video's, thanks.

[@kevinc809]

Well everyone should have already known that anything Bronze isnt rare other than some of the 30/35 cent variants. . I once owned 65 Star Wars #1's and about 200 of issues 2-7. All VF/NM to NM. Never made sense that any of them should sell for a lot like they do unless they are 9.4 or better.

[@ZeeboTheJetFan]

Action 1 is rare AND significant as all hell. Ultimate grail

[@marveltruth5858]

Foriegn books are rare from 1972 and earlier

[@BartAllen]

*Nope, but most manga's pretty rare though ~*

[@Kurkthulu]

Collect what you like. its fine.

[@michaelstarr1285]

If someone wanted to sell me a comic book for a $1000 I would lol and tell them to stick it.

[@dennismcmahan632]

It looks like many of those ASM 129 are lower grade? If yes then I agree not “rare” but maybe higher grade ones are?

[@emptymaggaming3863]

No comic post 60s is rare that being said I would consider any comic with less than 10000 confirmed copies left is rare . Just because one person has 5000 of those 10000 copies does not mean the comic isn't rare.

[@peterthornton8814]

I have understood for a while now that, yeah, none of these comics are truly rare. But I can totally see how one can think they are if they’re not as plugged into this thing as many of us are.

[@donaldvonglitchenberger4108]

i thought i was cool cause i have 18 copies of marvel comics presents 79 lol

[@charlesfuchs]

Thats why I went to Marvel Cards in the last few years than comics .... Comics are mass produced!!!

[@thousandaireradio3199]

If you want to know the price of a comic then go try to acquire it.

[@babsthewreckingcrew4294]

I have books that I’m looking for that I’ve never seen pop up for sale. I’m probably the only person looking for them but just saying

[@vendora1]

only rare comics are those that had limited print runs popular and in great condition

[@albatz1377]

And that's why the cgc census will be the death of sales ...at some point your gunna see 100s of 9.8s and 9.9s ...when there's 1000 9.8s of a big book who's gunna pay top dollar....as the census grows value will drop ...it won't be fast but it will be inevitable....couple that with people posting pictures off 50 of the same book lined up all in mint condition and you know a fall is gunna come hard.....collect because you love it ...not because you love money....she won't..but whoever gets their book in the inevitable will happen and they will be sold and eventually graded ..

[@gevdarg]

A lot of people didn't get the memo. A lot.

[@BigMoneyGripMCV]

Rarest comic i have is 1941 Terry and the Pirates - Adventure of the Ruby of Genghis Khan. I'm selling but nobody wants it - maybe those folks are just not with us anymore that grew up with it, and may look for it.

[@clelandwarrenjr850]

Insane

[@thecorporatelawgroup7093]

Not true. For years I owned the only graded copy of Survey. A Marvel advertising book.

[@davidschnebly3818]

If comics were rare, the value would not be as high. How much will you pay me for a Catman #31? It's a Golden Age comic that's "rare" but no one will pay the same price as ASM #129.

[@Blacksheepcomics]

I would

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

I have. Grade for grade the book is considerably more valuable than ASM 129 🙂

[@mrmac3971]

There are many lw print rare comics with low value. It is rarity and demand that boost prices

[@bruh_hahaha]

Still not as bad as the sports card market

[@pcorey182]

There are plenty of rare comics in all eras even modern Comics there are rare ones there's some that are made only a hundred copies or error variants just because people don't want them right now doesn't make them less rare