Back In The Day Top 10 Comics Countdown - September 2004

[@justicerice3589]

Man I’m just gonna wait 20 years on all these modern variants and save some money!

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Four months into this series, that seems to be a winning strategy 90%+ of the time.

[@backissuebin73]

Another excellent video! Nice to take a trip back down memory lane!

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Thanks for watching! Nothing too heavy in these most of the time, but it’s fun to look back and wonder what the hell we were thinking a lot of the time.

[@blackjack0226]

Nice countdown. Though we need to say goodbye to both Michael Turner and John Cassady, as this way their heyday. I really miss this era as well. I think I was collecting New X-Men and Punisher.

[@CoMoComicBooks]

No doubt they were leading the way in that era. Amongst so many that were lost too soon.

[@sidneyrivera3578]

Thanks for the video Drew. Can’t wait for the video in 10-20 years that talks about the X-Men ‘97 WhatNot books of 2024😜. Looking forward to your next video.

[@CoMoComicBooks]

I haven’t heard much about those now that the initial wave of excitement has passed. They definitely had all the hype for a moment!

[@brute_nm]

I can't watch the video, it's just buffering. Let me try shutting down Limewire😅 Thanks for the list Drew! These are always fun. I love how Wizard puts their own con exclusives on the list AND give them crazy valuations. Your closing thoughts hit the nail on the head 💯

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Keep that queue full for overnight! This is a 24 hr operation. 🤣

[@brute_nm]

@@CoMoComicBooks 😂😂 that takes me back

[@blood_sausage9620]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane! Specially since I wasn't collecting during this time period 😊

[@CoMoComicBooks]

I was just about to come back in. I believe it was January ‘05 when I wandered into a LCS for the first time in a while.

[@blood_sausage9620]

@CoMoComicBooks I started in 1990, my 1st comic was superboy #1, I stopped collecting around 96, although I did pick up 2 silver age books around 2003, but i didn't come back until spawn 296 and it's been a blast!

[@dandelatorre1870]

I really enjoy these flashbacks.

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Glad to hear it DDLT! They’re fun. It’s crazy how much the hobby has changed since then. When was the last time a hot new book was holding at $4 on the secondary market like so many of these did???

[@jasonbrazier2864]

Priorty USPS shipping is $18.43 when i ship 1 slab. 😢

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Holy crap! That’s a lot. I use the flat rate boxes. And it’s usually a bit lower than that, but I’m sure they can raise the rate on them at any moment.

[@Rhett-Christopher]

I use it too. At least priority gets there quickly and it doesn't stay in the mail system for very long.

[@smalltownstacker4621]

Keep up the good work!!

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Will do! Thanks for watching!

[@rickkarpinski642]

ty for the content, you the man!

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoy it!

[@The_Troll_Lord]

Sure do love these tyoe of vids man!

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Glad to hear it! They can definitely be fun!

[@txmoney]

I’m so old, even these books hold no nostalgia for me. 😂 Although that Astonishing X-Men was damn good. I need to re-read, Born Again, Batman: Year One, Miracleman 1-16, Days of Future Past, or even Byrne’s Sensational She Hulk (for some genuinely funny, light fare).

[@CoMoComicBooks]

I didnt get back in until 2005, so these even miss me. Just crazy that books like Walking Dead 1 and Invincible 1 weren’t tearing up the charts at the time. They hadn’t hit critical mass yet.

[@raulzavala9061]

I had that Batman/Superman and Identity Crisis issues, they can easily be found in dollar bins as for the test on that list as I'm 48 right now I don't have any FOMO for not having them, in the end they'e just worthless paper.

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Absolutely. It was definitely a character building period creatively. The industry was still trying to get its footing after fighting off near collapse in the mid-late 90s.

[@mrsolodolo967]

Oh gawd, that Jim lee run on superman was... not super.

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Subpar-Man wasn’t going to sell at all though. 🤣 Thanks for watching!

[@TT-fq7pl]

Boy, artists sure did like drawing ridiculous bulging muscular hero bodies back then. Maybe 2004 saw a huge rise in the gym membership craze too?

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Realism definitely wasn’t front of mind for them, was it?

[@presto111man]

Is your real name Josh Heupel?

[@rushdiehard8784]

this is exactly why i never collected modern books....since 1985 it was all gold silver and bronze for me. todays books are absolute trash ....2000 to present .....as far as investment books are concerned. 5 to 6 dollars for a new comic book today?? no thanks

[@huffhouseart3377]

No one, knows what the next 20 years will be like for comics. I really like that you are letting us new collectors, know that . With that I'm a glass half full type , so optimistically I think things will always be good for comic collectors! Thanks for sharing. And keeping comics alive!

[@MrTripcore]

Ink is still ink... So not completely worthless

[@CoMoComicBooks]

Every day there is another 90s/00s book that creeps up in price. I’m confident none of us will be buying private islands on the backs of those books, but don’t completely write them off.