My Comic Book Collection is Worth HALF of What I Paid

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[@Paul_in_mich]

I collect what I like, but always try to get a good price on it. I think half the fun of collecting is the hunt to find something. I have several full runs ( Spiderman, Web of Spiderman, Flash vol2, etc ) that I know I'd probably lose money on them if I sold them, but it was the fun of going places, meeting new people, tracking things down was well worth it. To me it's a hobby, and any hobby costs money.

[@Stickygoose]

If you’re buying things you want you’re doing it right

[@erraticstatic70]

I agree 100 percent! its the thrill of the hunt for me too!

[@dadofducks]

Well said brutha!

[@sulumonlives4932]

If you're not enjoying the destination, that's less important if you enjoyed the ride to get there 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@agentmobius8458]

Positive!

[@stevechow2992]

You have a great video here because you are being honest, helpful and transparent, so unlike most others' postings. Most ppl want to only show their successful stories and make sure they "look good". Your sharing I'm sure was not fun to do, but as a seasoned comic fan, I appreciate your story.

[@Stickygoose]

I appreciate that!

[@uglyewok6715]

I wouldn’t worry about loses really. If generational amnesia occurs as I suspect… Bronze Age thru modern may be worthless quicker than we know. We will all be facing the reality of a generation that cares little for old paper. As the years draw on, memory of the good old days of the MCU fade… we will be facing true generational wipeout of perceived value of old comic books. I see a day when comics are a novelty of a bygone age… maybe hanging up decorating the wall of some nostalgia themed restaurant.

[@TerryKeefeMedia]

I strongly believe this. There are younger generations that have no real interest in comics themselves. The characters, yes. When those of us that grew up collecting die off (sorry to be so morbid), who is there to buy this colored newsprint at such high rates?

[@Stickygoose]

Gen z will only collect funko pops

[@HeroicAge616]

Oh I hope so imagine how many runs I will be able to collect that I’d never dream of :)

[@kahnlives]

@@Stickygoosetheir on the way out!

[@gavinpetty4036]

​@@Stickygooseidk I see a lot of gen z people interested in comics in my area like definitely not as many as the older people but not a small percentage either

[@sp1970ful]

Thanks for being so transparent its tough to look back at something you invested in and have taken a loss I sure havent taken account yet. But in the process of paring down and will for sure take a huge hit

[@Stickygoose]

I will always be honest

[@yolobro.]

Appreciate the honesty stickygoose, I think many of us have a similar comic collecting journey, so could really relate. Thanks!

[@Stickygoose]

No problem!

[@spinnerrackstudios]

Good video -- appreciate your honesty. Not many on KZbin can admit to these mistakes. I would reiterate that PATIENCE is probably the most important virtue in this hobby. Regarding buying new books off the shelf: my hold slot is very limited at my LCS. They are part of my entertainment budget and nothing more. I view my relatively minimal new comic purchases like I do seeing a movie or buying a novel to read -- money spent that I will never recoup. Thankfully, I never got caught up in chasing the 9.8 game. I could go on about how silly investing in 9.8 moderns is, starting with there is no discernable difference between a 9.8 and 9.6.

[@Stickygoose]

It’s all rainbows and butterflies with most of these guys

[@angelvalle9963]

Buy what you like and you'll never go wrong.

[@user-pj2up1tk9f]

I love your honesty and humility. I now subscribe to your channel.

[@lafanfarlo4872]

It's better to spend $4 on a pre-ordered book that you'll enjoy than miss out and having to spend several hundred dollars to get back on track. The best collections are often built on simple happenstance.

[@loumonoph]

If you a collecting the run to enjoy it then it's good. But he is coming from the point that you loose most your money right when you buy a new book off the shelf. 99% of new books will be in dollar bins in a year. I personally stopped buying new books a few years ago and put that money into high grade silver books never looked back.

[@lafanfarlo4872]

@@loumonoph From an investment perspective, I agree with you.

[@Stickygoose]

I don’t preorder my shop made it extremely difficult

[@lafanfarlo4872]

@@Stickygoose That honestly sucks

[@BigVince44]

Hulk 181 was a off the rack new comic book as is every comic book ever printed. So to not buy new books makes no sense to me.

[@dephiance]

To be honest, I have woken up in the middle of the night stressing over all of the money I've spent on my collection. I feel for you man.

[@philipsatterthwaite4361]

I appreciate your honesty as someone getting back into the hobby after 15 years or so.

[@martinponce2031]

Thank you for your honesty. Keep up the great work!

[@Stickygoose]

Thank you! Will do!

[@rodnicker]

I think a lot of collectors are right there with you. I knew there was going to be a correction in pricing from 2021 and that the economy was going to take a turn for the worse. However, I still started doing a lot of buying in mid-2022 thinking the prices wouldn't drop much lower than they had already (I was very wrong). I am now very upside down on many key and blue chip books including Hulk 181, Amazing Spiderman #1 and #129 to name just a few. I am into collecting and not into flipping, so I am into this for the long haul. Hopefully, things will get better, it just may take 10 years or more.

[@Stickygoose]

That’s a long time haha

[@rodnicker]

@@Stickygoose Yeah, it's a long time. The economy issue is a BIG problem that isn't going to fix itself overnight. All the flippers and people that jumped into comics that stimulated the price jumps have moved on, causing the market to become a bit stagnant. It's going to take a long time to overcome, if at all. For the real collectors... we just need to stay the course and take the current bad and hope for the good to come again.

[@rodnicker]

I would also say... just be cautious of how much you're spending on what you're buying. Buy what you like, but things are still trending in the wrong (going down) direction. We both bought Hulk 181s at the wrong time. I can get an 8.0 right now for what I paid for a 5.5. But, Hulk 181 is still a good book to have regardless.

[@jerryunderwood6130]

@@rodnicker love your attitude and appreciate the "STAY THE COURSE" mantra. I don't think the upward swing isn't that far away. When things are bad, we always seem to think a "funk" lasts longer than what we actually encounter. I'm a previous broker with Edward Jones Investments and I had a guy with 250K of Publix (grocery store) stock laughing at me that I've been recommending TESLA stock. When it dropped to about $108, I kept buying in (January 2023). He has been silent and hiding because while his stock "split" from $45 bucks, the Tesla stock has appreciated almost 150% since he laughed at me. Right now is an amazing time to accumulate all the big books as we may not see these "floor" prices ever again.

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

Brutally honest my friend. Great advice for people who LOVE this hobby. Thanks for sharing. I'm at the crossroads of maintaining my pull list or dropping it entirely. Good news is that I only collect what I read. So I'm not chasing any spec books upon release. But as you say with new books costing $4 - $7 each they are like a car driven off the lot in value in the days and weeks after release. So it's getting increasingly hard to justify buying floppy copies. Which makes me sad since I LOVE my LCS and enjoy being around comics and comic shops.

[@Stickygoose]

Hey long time no see. Your videos are excellent btw

[@BronzeAgeBryon]

@@Stickygoose Thanks Daniel. You’re a great voice for the comic community. Hope you and your family are well. 🖖🏻

[@grayghost81]

I've been thinking about this video since I watched it a few days ago. Seeing prices coming back to earth, it's not a bad time to get into (or back into, in my case), collecting comics and a lot of other things that bubbled during the pandemic. Having said that, I'm grateful for this video because it is a real pump the brakes moment. A great reality check. Thank you for sharing.

[@Stickygoose]

now is a great time to buy

[@Rydonittelo]

collecting comic books isn't always about financial investment. I collect silverage, bronze age books the same way as someone who collects vinyl records. I love taking care of them, displaying them, taking great care to bag and board them and amateur grade them myself. I probably have about 300 silver age comics and shelves upon shelves of TPBs. When I go into a an independent comic shop it reminds me of what old music shops were like. Honestly, some days I'll just unbag some of my favourite books from.the 60s and 70s and just admire them.

[@dalemoyers8881]

Great video as always. That is excellent advice for everybody. Thank you for your honesty and keep up the great work. 😎

[@Stickygoose]

Send me your info on email or Instagram. I’m gonna send you some books

[@TheKingfisher745]

I truly appreciate the honesty!

[@Stickygoose]

That’s the motto of the channel

[@suphiljones4609]

Superb review of the current hobby of comic collecting. I love that you share your experiences...it lets the viewer know that mistakes can be and have been made. Keep up the great content!! Books I bought off the stand back in the day...Marvels New Universe...X-terminators and some of those 80s B&W comics i.e Fish Police Yikes!!

[@Stickygoose]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@klock149]

Appreciate the true words. I have also experienced some of these issues. We both went to the same school. But - I am way better now and won’t make the same mistakes again. Unless you inherit a collection - There are costs that you just don’t want to admit. Thank you!

[@Stickygoose]

Thanks for sharing!

[@Papa5murf1]

Great video, and totally agree with what you said, especially around the 2 key things speculators don't realise: 1. Prices only shoot up if demand is much greater than supply. This means buying comics that everyone else is buying will NEVER get you a profit 2. As Thor Love & Thunder has proven, a first appearance in a movie doesn't necessarily mean prices will go up for that hero/heroine's comics

[@Stickygoose]

Honestly if something is tied to a movie now I have no interest in it

[@jthomascruz4890]

Yeah I am right there with you I have lost on a few books, but I have won on a few as well. The biggest thing like you said is timing and not letting the FOMO dictate any purchases. Now with the Hollywood strikes going on we know there are going to be huge delays in new content that is going to hit for a time so I am interested to see how it affects the comic book market when you take move and tv spec out of the equation at least for a time.

[@Stickygoose]

We have all took some hits

[@jacobbornowsky4013]

Thanks for the video sticky goose! I remember a lot of these influencers with huge comic hauls every week during the pandemic boom and I think back know and realize 1. These people lost thier asses on all those books 2. Did this person just Recommend buying this book at its absolute height!!….. a lot of these people still make videos and give advice..having no clue what they are talking about with the comic market.

[@Stickygoose]

I think some people went bankrupt

[@ChristopherKalan]

appreciate your honesty on this video!

[@Stickygoose]

Always!

[@Xstormrage]

2 separate thoughts, 1 stay away from influencers n key collector, it’s basically a pump n dump, cause it’s funny how they magically have the books that jump to sell on eBay n whatnot. Buy cold n smart and ask yourself where will this book be in 5 or 10 years. 2ndly currently I wouldn’t call you a collector but an investor. You don’t talk like a collector when you complyabout making runs n complaining about the value or price paid. There’s a fine line between the two and I would say you don’t care about collecting anymore but the value of your collection and what you can get from it, there’s no comic love in that

[@carymoshman1180]

You should collect what you like because you want it. Collecting to make money is the wrong way to go.

[@Stickygoose]

Preach

[@ericwilliams1845]

This is the pain a lot of people felt when buying during the last 3 years at the crazy times. Definitely a lesson for all in avoiding speculation or at least not letting it get carried away the way it did.

[@HeroicAge616]

This sucks dude sorry to hear that. The way I collect I consider every dollar I spend on comics is a dollar burned forever, and I’m never unhappy. FOMO sucks but I made extremely strict rules for what books I can buy and it keeps my collection based on what I want and not what is worth money.

[@SABERTUUTH]

I started reading and collecting in 1979, I only bought what I wanted to read and I kept them in real good shape because I stored them in bags and boards and long boxes. I sold long and short boxes two different times, back in 1990 and 2012. I stopped reading comics for about 4 years then started back up, I do not buy keys I’ve owned before matter of fact I rarely buy keys at all. I buy what I like to read again and certain artists covers if the price isn’t outrageous. Back in 2020 that new Werewolf By Night came out and I missed that particular 4 issue mini series and we all know at one point the prices were ridiculous right, we’ll fast forward to last week and I won an auction for the complete mini series for $3.25 so now I can read for the first time Werewolf By Night and even if I don’t care for the story it didn’t cost a lot.

[@shadowman8786]

This realization will come to many collectors in the coming months/years. In a way, the dealers are the predators and the buyers are the prey. Dealers love collectors who suffer from FOMO and movie spec. I bought my comic book collections between 1974-1985. No movie spec influencers existed then. And I still have every comic, never sold one of them.

[@wegotissues5486]

I agree, no more movie Spec for me. I don't even look at a character if a movie for that character is announced. I search for other books.

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

​@@wegotissues5486the movies are starting to lose their luster now. The heyday is over. Collecting will go back to the actual comic fans now. Finally!

[@marcovendetti3373]

You were Very wise not to ever sell your comics! Unfortunately I sold mine multiple times. And I deeply regret it!☹️

[@Stickygoose]

Some people will never accept it

[@mekanix1968]

I collect comics for the love of it . I don't collect looking to profit from it.

[@iskoiskoisko]

Great video! I think I've gotten better on timing on when to invest on major key books. I admit there were times that I was speculating hard on some books and also being hit with the FOMO bug, especially with MCU properties. But now, I agree with you 100% on focusing on the keys that have held their value and relevancy for years. I even entertain low grade copies (with some caveats of course) if the price is good. One recent example was me purchasing a Sub-Mariner 1 at 6.5 for around $200. Prior to the release of Wakanda forever, this book in that grade was in $450-550 range because of heavy spec on Namor's introductory role in the MCU. After the movie was released, this book (along with other Shuri keys) just dropped significantly.

[@Stickygoose]

It takes time to learn the timing haha

[@maverick7291]

Ive been collecting since 1988 when i was 8 and haven't stopped. Glad i kept all my comics in great condition. But i did one thing consistent, i bought only amazing spiderman comic books. I still kept reading through friends about other comic book series (my best friend was collecting ironman before he became an A list super hero.) And got knowledge slowly on what would stick out and what was just garbage. On a very rare occasion if i saw a cover i liked, or if there was an artist i liked doing another series, i might buy the first issue of sais series and then stop, all yhe while continuing my amazing spiderman collection. Fast forward now. Im proud of my collection, i have very little duds in it. And by slowly buying when thearket is down was the best thing inever did back in the mid to late 90s. So to summarize buy what you love without the idea of selling it for later. Because if you don't and make bad purchases, those comics that were meant to being joy will just be in your possession making you frustrated and annoyed by it's presence.

[@mikem3543]

Interesting video, just reinforces my decision to stay out of the speculation/investment aspect of the hobby. I gag a little at the idea of spending more than $5 a book. Consequently, tho, when the day comes when I’m done, all I’ll be able to do with it is dump the whole thing at $50 per long (if I’m lucky), or set up at a flea for a summer and see how much I can make by putting out a line of dollar boxes.

[@TimelessComicsandCollectibles]

Good to hear I’m not the only one. Sometimes that fomo bug on a book you’ve been wanting get you and you pay prices you normally wouldn’t. At the end of the day tho if it’s a book I plan on keepin til the end I don’t beat myself up to much about it

[@Stickygoose]

I agree with that

[@abzcomics1020]

Great Vid, Don't be so hard on yourself though, especially on thinking of the losses of the what if you sold at peak market, generally there is peaks and troughs on all books. Moderns are pretty risky business in my opinion. Bronze and Silver over 5 years periods tend to bounce back even when we are seeing a lot of adjustments from the 2021 market. Unfortunately OOP books are something that can always crop up again, something i never invest in is omnis just cause i'd want to take of the selophane and read, almost everything i buy is floppies in bundle/runs, its generally better value a lot of the time, and can limit any losses if you intend to ever sell again, unlike me the hoarder.. lol :D Greetings from Scotland

[@paulerlingheuser8453]

I have no regret buying runs. Never selling or getting rid of my comics. All bag boarded and keep with my retro games collection.

[@LeadPaint1]

No offense to you personally, but I'm happy as hell that the spec boom is coming to a fiery crash and all the speculators are losing their butts. I've been collecting comics for over 50 years and I have basically had to ignore most Marvel purchases the past three years. It has been so bad that the spec boom infected even the most basic Marvel series. I collect Two-Gun Kid. Only 3 issues away from having the complete series, one of which is #77. Used to be a five dollar book and the only reason I didn't have it was because I was waiting for one to turn up in decent shape. Black Panther movie comes out and the thing is suddenly a $300 dollar book because in contains a "Panther prototype"! Absolutely nothing to do with the Black Panther or his creation, at all. Nothing! Thankfully, the price is coming down pretty quickly but it's still going to take time before I'll pay, maybe $20 max, for a nice copy. But I will. Patience. One thing I am noticing about new comic prices, even though I only buy the facsimiles these days, is that while prices are coming down on a lot of the movie spec books, this variant covers mumbo jumbo is still rolling right along. When reality for that debacle comes to roost, and it will, there is going to be a whole new crash. I see videos on here with "speculators" having entire walls covered with cgc variant covers of random issues of random titles they paid $xxx for.....not good. I realize the 90's was 30 years ago, but it's not ancient history. Same thing happened back then.

[@Stickygoose]

The 90s are repeating as we speak

[@JeffreyWhelchel]

I'm in a kind of odd state with my collection because I've held onto it for so long that many of the books that were worthless for decades now have some value. We all take a bath on some books. And it's impossible to know the future. Just have fun with it & try not to get into too big of a hurry buying books. My most recent bath was I paid cover price on the Walking Dead trades, but got to the point where I just wanted those books out of my house. So I sold them for about 5% of cover to dump them.

[@Vp-jt3vl]

Good for you dude! I have defo made some savings in the past.

[@Stickygoose]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@mightisright]

Collecting anything as an investment is a gamble. Personally, I was an early 90s comics speculator. I bought dozens of copies of Spider-man #1, X-men #1, X-Force #1, the Image comics, etc. I wisely (in hindsight) sold those at 3 to 10 times their retail value to other speculators, even though I didn't know at the time we were in a bubble. I still will never recoup the overall money I spent on comics.

[@jimhamburg8380]

My attitude when it comes to modern comics now days is... “they dont make em like they used to”

[@Stickygoose]

Modern stories are actually pretty good

[@martinhernandez7801]

very few channels talk about this, and it is very common for that to happen, nice video

[@Stickygoose]

Glad you think so!

[@goldenshark3182]

That’s why I only buy books I want, because I don’t care if they become more valuable, that’s a nice by product if they do, but I enjoy the process of finding them, organizing them, looking at their covers and reading them when I like. I buy books with my favorite characters, stories and artist covers. Also, completing runs with issues that have little value actually makes them more valuable when they are part of a completed set, so if you ever need to sell them, it becomes much easier too.

[@Stickygoose]

Fair enough!

[@jon6309]

hmm. I just got back into collecting comic books. As someone who works in finance I would think the comic book market moves in trends like the stock market but the problem is liquidity issues when the markets starting to drop. I personally prefer liquidity when it comes to investments therefore I limit my spending on comic books. I know a lot of modern books are overlooked but they do introduce new characters making them good speculative books in the long run. I normally dig for them in $1 bins when comic book stores are trying to get rid of their inventory.

[@mrmac3971]

the last Punisher run lol

[@YellowFlashProductions]

I really want a Hulk 181, do you think now is the time or should I wait for Deadpool 3 to die?

[@jeffstanley6013]

I'd suggest buy it now. Wolvie is a popular enough character that movies are not going to have any serious impact on the book's value.

[@Ghostin93]

@@jeffstanley6013 What? lol Movies 100% effect value of the book whether the character has been popular for decades or not. Of course it's so popular it won't ever be worthless, but movies usually fluctuate the price of books for a while. My theory is if this movie precedes new X-men movies then this book may never see a "dip" for a while. Now may actually be the best time to buy this book.

[@horvathsogranfume658]

it depends on the grade imo, if you are in the market for a higher grade 181 id say now, but its hard to tell

[@jeffstanley6013]

@@Ghostin93 Not in Wolverine's case. The character has already been in 9 movies; Deadpool 3 will be the 10th in 25 years. At this point, one more movie isn't going to have any significant impact on 181's value, because it's not like the general public isn't already well aware of the character.

[@Stickygoose]

Now is the time to buy hulk 181 no question

[@gotfries2012]

Great video. Ive been collecting comic books since the age of 11 years old. Got myself a great collection and one thing I hope when I buy a comic book is the storyline. READ THEM UP! As for worth on a book, its nice if someone is willing to purchase it at the asked price.

[@Stickygoose]

That is awesome!

[@user-el1uu4mq2f]

Good video wish there had been more of this while the hype was on, I knew this would happen. Many did and didn't speak up. Some of us didn't buy many books the last 3 years was very frustrating for those of us that have been reading and collecting for a long time waiting it out. At the end of the day this is all going to be detrimental to the hobby. I hate being negative this hobby is a mine field though at least there are modern tools for new folks entering.

[@Stickygoose]

Problem is I learned along the way

[@brianwyde3829]

What a GREAT video - I just recently (4 months ago) started buying comics again. No slabs - just raw books - I started collecting “worthless” titles bc I like the covers (Lois Lane #45-137 - Superboy #100-250 - Adventure Comics #300-400 and modern Star Wars titles) Mostly $5 to $15 books on WhatNot- probably 200 books - no keys. I probably can’t get $1 a book back. I think your video will Finally get me to stop going down this disastrous path. $2500 costs worth probably $200. Thank you for this video and for this wake up call. ☎️

[@Stickygoose]

Be careful on whatnot. I think it is a negative thing for the comic book community because of this very reason

[@cardsfan5100]

I pre-ordered immortal hulk #1. Didn't get it b/c they didn't have enough copies. The next time I saw the book it was $80 dollars. I was pissed cause now I needed to pay $75 more. To make the situation worse, it was a CGC. So now not only did I need to grossly over pay for a book, I can't even read it now. I'm still pissed!

[@Stickygoose]

Love that run

[@ddougherty8266]

It takes a big person to be self-effacing and non-egotistical. I wish that others had your positive attitude too. Great job.

[@Stickygoose]

Thank you kindly!

[@21Million]

Yep, I was thinking the same as you. I'll probably stop buying new books in favor of dollar bin picking. Your voice is rare truth. People need to hear this. It's an addictive hobby. Following. I need to hear sanity sometimes.

[@Stickygoose]

It’s all rainbows and butterflies on other channels

[@louissarrazin660]

Learning for your mistakes is good, learning from others mistake is way better. Do your due dilligence always, and never think you know more then someone who as got way more experience than you.

[@xgreatnwcomicsx]

The value is the enjoyment you get from the hobby. I love reading so a Book, Manga or Comic Book is worth the money. Granted I could sell my Manga for full price on eBay and get my money back. Comics are like a car, once it leaves the shop it drops in value!

[@Stickygoose]

Well said!

[@tonymiles273]

UF 4 is one of the most volatile books I've ever seen. Depending on the grade, one day it's worth thousands and another it's worth hundreds. It yo-yos more than I would have thought possible, based on the popularity of the character.

[@Stickygoose]

Because there are literally thousands of 9.8s

[@davelaughey431]

I'm keeping my UF4 in its polybag I think there could be less polybag examples than 9.8 examples??

[@ScoutReaper-zn1rz]

I go to the same comic shop I did when I was 12 years old and I'm 41 now. Everything I bought was done so at cover price. I have never purchased a comic outside of the shop with a few online exceptions and I've never bought slabbed comics nor had any of mine slabbed. I complete full runs and not just keys. Soon I will sell off some full runs I didn't like to get back issues I'm missing for other titles.

[@Stickygoose]

Oh wow!

[@DocReasonable]

So many people must have run away screaming from investing in comics in the past year or two. The market will be correcting itself for some time to come.

[@PocketChangeInspector]

Great, honest info. I myself am into coins (graded & raw) and ok there because of what I collected and when. I sold my 1960's, 1970's, and early 1980's BB cards in late 2020 and took the $. Did well there but I know someone into comics. This is where I don't have the knowledge. Been to a couple of shops with him and to one show and its a bit overwhelming without knowledge of the hobby.

[@Stickygoose]

My father in law has a massive coin collection would love to show it one day

[@PocketChangeInspector]

@@Stickygoose Hope you get too. Would be interesting to see. I'm learning comics now due to someone I know who is big into them. Not collecting (yet anyway). Wish I saved what I bought as a kid.

[@joshualittrell2457]

Great video buddy.

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

The pandemic inflated prices. I dont focus on prices in my collection. I buy mostly to keep. When i decide i might sell i start looking and if its gone down a bit no big deal ill wait to sell. Unless im starving and need money real bad this stuff never affects me.

[@Stickygoose]

Never know what can happen in life

[@danceswithcomicbooks7733]

@@Stickygoose Yup. It's best to prepare for the worst these days

[@MetalBum]

I think sticking to the Bronze Age and older keys. Like major characters is the way to go. And get them now after the dip Grails and major keys.

[@Stickygoose]

Agreed

[@TT-fq7pl]

Still dipping for most books. Will be lower in 2025.

[@1983jcheat]

I was a collector pre to everyone grading. I rarely lost money. 1991-2000. 1/8 of overstreet was the standard.

[@Stickygoose]

Different times lol

[@jheggemeyer]

I don't consider my weekly new comic buys as a loss. I'm buying them to read because I don't want to wait for the trade to come out. I have a few bigger books I've bought that are down a little, but not a whole lot. They weren't apex books, just slabbed copies of awesome covers or keys that I'm happy to hold on to for a while.if you're a speculator, you gotta buy at the right time and not chase, then you need to take profits

[@Stickygoose]

I just can’t justify that weekly expense

[@josephbarbera9220]

We all got burned the last two years of paying more than what the book is actually worth. I decided to slow down and avoid comic conventions until prices become more reasonable.

[@justinshannon814]

I feel your pain big time. At this point I feel like I can't win. Last summer I sold a bunch of stuff, mostly graded comics, to buy a dream book of mine in Incredible Hulk 181. The stuff that I sold was at a loss but not horrible. I bought a 7.5 white pages copy of IH181 for $7000 which was $7420 after state tax was added. That book is now worth $5000. It has dropped $2000 in a year despite the fact that we know we're getting Wolverine in the MCU and he's even wearing the yellow costume. I paid $3000 all-in on my Ultimate Fallout 4. As you said it barely clears half that now. Those are just two examples. I could go on and on. I still own a bunch of raw modern comics that I need to sell and I know that I'm going to lose big doing that. Getting into comics has been a losing proposition for me. I still want to collect but on a much more scaled back version.

[@Stickygoose]

Now is the time to buy though haha

[@justinshannon814]

I did buy a FF5 about a month ago.

[@TT-fq7pl]

Don't buy common books. Buy books that have genuine scarcity. There are way too many Hulk 181s out there.

[@bujindork]

Yeah stuff like Hulk 181, ASM 194, 129,300, etc there are thousands of them out there.

[@michaelclarke9976]

I only bought 3 or 4 low grade marvel books during the price increases, Marvel spotlight 5, Spidey 129, Marvel spotlight 2 and a golden age Captain America. I was buying more DCs golden, silver and bronze and they haven't changed in price. They've increased like HOS 92. Sorry to hear you feel you paid more for your collection compared to what they are worth now. Many new collectors are probably in the same situation. I got into comics in the late 80s. And I found what was hot today was cold the next day, for example Batman A Death In The Family. And books like Iron man 55, hot and valuable because of infinite Gauntlet, five years later the book was cold. Prices down and you had more copies to choose from in what grade you were comfortable in buying.

[@Stickygoose]

All solid books

[@jbbrolic]

Collecting DC is great. The live action media (movies, TV shows) have been so unpopular and badly received that there have generally not been constant pump and dump cycles with rumors, announcements etc.

[@restonslaststand9946]

This video caught my attention, kudos. Sorry that you lost $ on comics, you're right, never buy comics as a speculator. Waiting is the best option, if you stay in the comic book world, eventually you will come across the books you really want. It's a fools journey thinking this hobby is a buy & flip business, because only the buyer has the power. No matter what you think a book is worth, if you don't have a buyer willing to spend that money, you have nothing. Collect comics for the love of comics and you'll never be disappointed.

[@Stickygoose]

Glad it caught your eye

[@hankscorpion9939]

I definitely have some regrets buying runs of books. All those four or five bucks add up, and when you consider how little story there is in an individual issue of modern comics, you just don't want to think about how much money you spent and what else you could have got for that money. The worst thing is the amount of space they take up in your house, keeping them in near mint condition in bags and boards just in case some day they do become worth something.

[@Stickygoose]

same

[@jarredsmith9187]

I only buy Keys, Low Print Runs and Rare Variants cause those will hold there value and I can just read whatever comics I want online.

[@Stickygoose]

You’re doing well

[@grobertson-dk3lg]

Brother, I'm sorry. It has happened to me also -- but the market will go back up over time!

[@Stickygoose]

Just got to be patient

[@Umm62]

I would say predicting is gonna be a key later is what you won't to collect. I got a Isom#1 autograph on cover C and Cyberfrog #1 from the 90s which already goes for hundreds are gonna be even hoter ones later.

[@Stickygoose]

Is isom good?

[@Umm62]

@@Stickygoose I like it. A original black super hero thats not Race swapped and is not cookie cutter. High quality. Has a Pro from the mainstream drawing it. You can back #2 right now as it just went over 17k purchases, 2 million raised. I believe that with the first book having alot of success he will have have alot more help on writing moving forward and other things that normally plague Indies. His next Campaign has Chuck Dixon writing it. Its not Isom. We are on pace to get a comic every 3 months right now. Near 100 page comics. Rippaverse is the Future, it's pretty obvious right now. O yea any any criticism of Eric July or Rippaverse means you hate black people 😆 j/k . ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

[@Umm62]

@@StickygooseIsom#2 is now arriving at peoples houses. I just read it and yes it's Good. Every Review i see one the internet says its good. here is one Isom#2 review. I full heartily believe this comic history in the making. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqHagH15idanmNU

[@danielcochran9882]

I got lucky, I sold my Avengers 1, Marvel Spotlight 5, F.F 49 to name a few if about 15 books I sold I the height of pandem collector boom. I have since reacquired them all back but made 10 grand more than the total cost of biying them back. It was pure luck ( needed to finance a new front deck) just turned out that I sold at a peak we wont see again for a long time.

[@TB-TheGoldenAgeGamer]

Im back into collecting. Can someone explain why 9.8. 9.6 is near mint and a fraction of the cost.

[@c.h.5510]

I sold a raw UF4 for $578 + shipping, I bought it for $0.16 .. 2023 summer .. ive sold some amazing issues the last few years. Youve gotta vet harder, and sticknto the rules❣️ Other finds ive sold & have: • batman 227 Neal Adams $8 • xmen 18 kirby $1 • Death of Elektra $0.50, sold $300 • Saga 1 $3 • 1st Beta Ray, mjolnir $0.50 2023 • DD & Thor key runs 75+ books $40 • 2x Ironman 101 for $1 • Ms Marvel Pichelli $0.50, sold $50 • RED hulk 1 $0.50, sold $100 • ULTIMATE spiderman $0.50, s $150 ♤ we try not to hoard too many non key books. So my CGCs are growing, and my CGC worthy collection of books, is growing. I love this abandon vulture 😂 2025 is coming, and books will be up🎉

[@Anthony-lt1fm]

What a great video. Love to watch your contact. By any chance, can you make a video of that new comic book AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #26 WARREN LOUW VARIANT maybe you can set a debate about the prices

[@Stickygoose]

I will try!

[@jesseramirez1283]

My hulk 181 is a 7.0 and I lost a bit. Enjoy your videos,

[@Stickygoose]

Thanks for watching

[@chris173airborne]

I stopped buying new books years ago. I’m lucky in that 90% of my 2,000 books came from when I was a kid in the 80/90’s. I collected for the art and never opened them so they’re in perfect condition. I just shop for keys now.

[@SilverGoldComics]

I wouldn't count "a loss" as a book that was high during the boom, and now settled back to where it should be because if you sold, you'd probably have bought another book in that same timeframe, even if a grail, that book would have decreased as well. Price paid vs. current value is the only true marker of gain/loss.

[@bujindork]

A good lesson of comic speculation. Imagine if you just bought gold how much you would've made

[@DeusExAstra]

Watching this video, it makes me think that a lot of people learned nothing from the 90's comic book crash. Buying new books thinking it's an "investment" is just dumb. Comics are a disposable buy. You buy them to read and that's where your money goes. It's like paying money to watch a movie. That money is gone. You keep the comic to re-read later and for sentimental reasons, and that's the way you should think about it. Only sometimes do comics become valuable, but usually because they are old and/or rare. Everything else is pure gambling (oh, sorry, I mean "speculation"). I still have all my comics from my youth because I kept them in meticulous condition so I could read them over and over and maybe, maybe... maybe one day a few of them might be worth something. At that point, I'd leave them to my kids. That's the way I think about it, and it's worked out well for me. I have some comics that are actually worth something, but if I had been everything that came out hoping to make money in a year or two... I'd be broke long ago.

[@JFB1111]

I pretty much stopped collecting in mid 80s. So bronze, silver and golden age my favorite era of comics. I still pull some out to look at every now and then or go to a comic store. I used to think 50, 60, 75 cents was expensive for new comics af fhe time but wowzer do new ones ever cosf and arm & leg now. Plus back in my day most comics where bought just for reading, where so fragile paper and mishandled that lots eventually wrecked making remainder of print run more scarce. Today's newer comics seem more geared to just collecting which doesn't really appeal to me.

[@kervjkls]

Hey StickyGoose … love your content … quick question, because i don’t really follow price guides, but last sales … what were you basing the worth of those comics off of … for example, the hulk 181 alone in a 3.5 is around 3,000 … so i was a bit confused… no, that 4.0 is still going around 4 grand …

[@Stickygoose]

Instagram

[@nigelcummings990]

A 3.5 right now at auction on comiclink is 1100 dollars. 8.0s are selling for 4K.

[@kervjkls]

@@Stickygoose oh ok , got you …

[@818Vallero]

I stay buying books of shelves..mainly read independent comics too so i know theyll probably never gain value lol..i spend about 75-100$ a month ..but i do enjoy readiing them i just know the value aint there after i purchase them

[@WhiteArtsMagic]

well, market will turn around. If you plan to hold for 20-40 years or longer, pass it down which is what I am going to to do then it doesnt matter. They will be worth much more for my kids when they are my age in 30 + years

[@slickjolly]

Gotta approach buying comics first as entertainment and because you like or enjoy or love it. You can't approach any modern off the shelf book as any sort of short, medium or long term value

[@darrylportillo5219]

Ok well I do follow people’s advice on comics like economics and comics because he tells everyone on his channel when some key is in the book cause he reads the books every week but I mostly buy what I like in the end if I like the book I buy the book.

[@Stickygoose]

that guy may be grumpier than me

[@taker68]

I bought my collection over a 30 year period so If I get half for it in one shot, works fine.

[@Stickygoose]

You did well

[@ohcrikey-bd6dr]

In my opinion , collecting anything for investment is a mugs game.

[@unkle_Enkil]

Everything goes in cycles, what's hot today will cool tomorrow. A comic is only worth what the other person is willing to pay for it. Play the long game if you want to cash in.

[@Stickygoose]

No doubt

[@HalfmoonsPicks]

Some people collect Pop Cans, to me worthless, but to the collector it's priceless. Monetary value is internal. That's my .02.

[@Stickygoose]

Pop cans? Lol

[@kurgon1976]

I was a big collector when I was a kid (soley for the love of all things sci fi and comics). Now as an adult I would like to get back into the hobby but 4-5 dollars for a comic book is stupid. Now I just watch youtube videos about it. If the industry went back to the newspaper quality pages and each book was a buck maybe two at the most I'd be all over it. Soon as they went fancy the hobby died.

[@acballer1831]

As a collector I follow a model of buying what I like and I’m never disappointed… when you spec buy you can’t fall in love with books and you can’t be greedy if you see a profit you have to let it go because when the movie or series drops and it’s a dud the books will drop like a rock and now you are stuck…ESPECIALLY…ESPECIALLY CHASING the 9.8….I’m sorry but their is no big payoffs in this business unless you have Superman 1 or Batman 1…my collection is probably worth 90-95% of what I payed for it because I buy on the dip.. collect responsibility people and good luck….

[@marcusgrissett7988]

I can honestly say I’m in the plus… I paid 600 dollars for a GSX1 CGC 9.0 and 1200 for a Hulk 181 CGC 5.0 but they were raw copies though…

[@Stickygoose]

That makes one of us

[@mancavecomics6832]

Hey, sticky goose, my son loves your channel so I thought I’d give it a look. I like the video, but you’re only looking at it in terms of the value of the possessed book. I buy lots of big and small books and I enjoy having them, displaying them, and all the friends and activities it has led to. The joy they give me is far more than my stock portfolio and other investments. I look at even a 50% drop as a win considering all the joy I’ve gotten out of it. Joy over time is worth money albeit a little hard to quantify. If someone is in it solely for speculation, and return on investment, then everything you say is totally true

[@Stickygoose]

its given a lot of us the opportunity to get books that were unaffordable

[@artofbusiness7593]

Great video. I’m a recent sub, to StickyGoose. I concur w/ everything said in this video. PSA: We Collectors all collect differently. My walk is best summed up as: 1) I do not buy Spec. 2) I do not currently buy ‘collections.’ 3) I buy only individual comics, or sets of 2’s, no more than a 4 set. 4) I bide my time and save my $ for particular 🔑 and Grails. 5) I never buy a Key online, from any seller who only post 1-photo, and refuses to upload and/ or email me a few more photos. Regardless of what they’re selling. If a single comic book issue cannot increase its long term value due to its content, a chromium / Gilded/ Golden / Platinum frosted cover is not going to sustain that upward trajectory over the coming years. 6) I do not buy multiples of variant covers of modern / current comics that are junk stories. Actually, I do not buy these current Marvel or DC comics. Independents-yes. Marvel and DC-No. 7) I’ve watched comic book buyers simply buy “the cover.” A bad precedent in the hobby, which is a little ridiculous, and when said obsession is seen up front and close - it boarder’s on stupidity. 8) I know this: Very few comic book purchases, will not loose some of their value. Even grails do. I follow and practice the Sunk Cost Fallacy. 9) The Sunk Cost Fallacy. It is “when we’ve invested time, money, or emotion into something, it hurts us to let it go.This aversion to pain can disoriented our better judgement and cause us to make unwise investments.” ( Source: thethinkingshop.org ) In our case, comic book purchases, but is applicable to stocks and other investment vehicles. 10) Know what your in comics for. Are you a reader / collector only? Are you in it as a spec business? Or, are you into asset preservation, with no time restrictions? Figure that out about yourself, and it will make this hobby / business a much more enjoyable and relaxing ride. Good luck. - Thank you.

[@Stickygoose]

Welcome aboard

[@artofbusiness7593]

@@Stickygoose Glad I found this channel, glad to be here..!!

[@charlesmardanes7028]

OMG, wahwahwah. Are you a collector/reader, investor, dealer or a flipper? You have to decide what you are before you can give your collection a value. I buy early bronze, silver, and late gold. I buy what I like and read them. I am trying to complete runs and I collect mostly DC comics. I have overpaid at times for a comic that is hard to find and I am holding it in my hand. In my opinion modern comics are never going to hold value because ten years from now there will be many copies of any particular comic graded at 9.8 and no market for them. Just check out the amount of graded comics in the shops that you can buy today for less than the price to get them graded.

[@Stickygoose]

One thumbnail I depicted myself as an actual baby check it out

[@angelvalle9963]

Comics are down allover they are just a hobby not an investment and should be treated as such .

[@starchad1969]

I liked Thor Love and Thunder. I buy only $1 to $3 bin books for any modern books and only own one modern slab and one silverage slab. I found the Mighty Thor 1 and Ultimate All New Spiderman 1 to 28 for only $1 each just recently. I educate myself on what modern comics have some value then wait for smoking good deals. I believe that 20 years from now today's modern key comics are going to be worth alot more than any 90's keys because of the much smaller print runs. People just need to stop slabbing everything new because it just is not worth it. Buy raw and read them. I also do not buy any omnibus books because they are just to expensive. I do buy trade paperbacks to read from discount stores like Ollie's. I have always preferred standard comics. That is how I roll with my collection.

[@Stickygoose]

I like how you roll!

[@davidmckinley5343]

I don't buy keys or graded books for the sake of profit. I only buy books that I like.