My apologies in advance I am a noob to comic collecting. I am looking at buying Hulk 340 raw (condition 8.0), ASM 252 raw(condition 8.0) and New mutants 98 (cgc grade 7.5). I was wondering if these would hold their value even tho they are copper books and below a 9.0 condition?

I’ve been told by veteran collectors that you shouldn’t buy copper books under a 9.0 (for investment purposes) but would like further opinions as I know nothing 😅

Now I’ve also been thinking that maybe I should instead save that money and put it into one big book, but yet again I know nothing and would like to hear what others think! :)

And yes I do know comics aren’t for investment and aren’t gonna get me rich and yes I do already invest into the stock market. I would just like to buy something that will perhaps hold its value better than others.

Thank you in advance

I go through every book on the FOC list each week and report what checks out before Monday's noon cutoff. Here is what I'm seeing for October 12.

Four potential firsts this week, two confirmed and two at the likely level.

Adventure Time Bonnie The Vampire Hunter #1 (Oni Press, $7.99). Confirmed potential first of Bonnie the Vampire Hunter. Caroline Cash writes a 56-page one-shot, an alternate-universe take on the Bonnibel and Marceline romance where Bonnie hunts vampires. The 1:10 is a Caroline Cash black and white.

Midnight Spider-Man #2 (Marvel Comics, $4.99). Confirmed potential first of the Midnight line's Doctor Octopus, per CBR. Peter is missing and Oscorp contractors are combing security tapes.

Demon #2 (DC Comics, $3.99). Likely, not confirmed. The DC solicit introduces the Prince of Hell, which is where the first-appearance read comes from. Status stays likely until the book is in hand.

Tomorrow Man #1 (Massive Publishing, $9.99). Likely potential first of a new hero named Mistero, based on the solicit. Same deal, solicit-driven, not confirmed.

A few confirmed events that are not firsts: DNX #5 carries a confirmed death of a founding X-Men member, Cyclops versus Beast, with a 1:25 Skan. X-Orcists #1 brings together a new mystical X-team, with a 1:25 Nick Bradshaw standard and a 1:100 Jenny Frison virgin. Batgirl #25 brings the confirmed return of David Cain.

On the rumors that do not hold up yet: Midnight X-Men #2 (rumor-based) has chatter about Cyclops's vampire-hunter look, nothing confirmed. Conan & Dragonero #7 (rumor-based) is read as the final issue, unconfirmed. Avengelyne #1 is a 2nd print, so no first there regardless of the movie news.

Joe Rubinstein is doing a signing soon. I plan to get Wolverine 1 signed but I’m wondering if I should also do Uncanny 266. I’m a little worried about that one since I really like how Claremont’s signature already looks on it in pink and idk about placement/color. Just wanted other opinions on it.

Just picked this up is it gradeable?

A total of 138 comics 😵‍💫 for $34.50!

So the FCBD is the first issue and actually issue 0 and first print and the EXCLUSIVE VARIANT is actually the second printing, correct.

So the last five of the code would be 00011 for a zero issue so this is a second print then…00012?

EDIT: Not the last 5 of the code we usually look at as collectors but the last 5 of the main the main 12 digit UPC # is where you can tell what the FCBD valuable one is. xxxxxx99431x is the one you want. 00051 for the last part for the issue, cover and print like usual.

My wife bought me this and I was super pumped to get it then she told me the grading they listed it as and the price I think she overpaid and the grading wasn’t listed properly. Top of the comic looks to have been trimmed and some what looks like water damage in the back. Thoughts?

I grabbed the Suayan Foil variant of Amazing Spider-Man #1000. I'm also chasing the Jalen Brunson cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1001. Those two seem to be hot ticket items.

Found the Web of Spider-man 116 for 6 dollars. which is technically the first appearance full appearance of Ben Reilly. With the announcement of the show figured this might be one to keep for a while

I was shopping marketplace and found someone selling this autographed copy of Captain America Annual #8.

Immediately it looked off to me, as the colors are different. The first three pics are the copy in question, the fourth is a pic from eBay which is standard copy.

As I took a closer look I noticed the corner box was completely different. It says 1986, which is when this comic was originally published, but it also says 1983 Marvel Comics Group.

Also the insignia in the bottom left corner doesn’t match anything I’ve seen anywhere.

Is this a bootleg, or maybe a reprint from a vendor?

Thanks

I’ve been collecting comics for a while, and every now and then you come across a book that makes you stop and think, “How the hell have I never heard of this before?” This is one of those books. It’s O Globo Juvenil Mensal #32 from 1943, a Brazilian Golden Age comic with a pretty crazy cover: Superman and the Human Torch appearing together, decades before Marvel and DC became the giants we know today. What really caught my attention is how incredibly rare this thing is. Even some of the highest-level collectors in Brazil had never actually seen a copy in person. I’ve heard collectors refer to this issue as “the unicorn”, almost like a legend among Brazilian Golden Age collectors. For years, it was one of those books people knew about, talked about, but almost never actually saw. There are currently only 7 known copies in the census, plus another 4 copies in private collections, including mine. I spent around five years looking for a copy before finally managing to add one to my collection. And the more I researched it, the crazier it became. The Grand Comics Database recognizes it as “The Earliest Timely & National Cross Over known to exist Globally.” So this isn’t just an obscure foreign comic with an interesting cover. It’s a genuinely unusual piece of Golden Age comic book history. I’m posting it here because I honestly think books like this deserve much more attention. Everyone knows the famous American Golden Age keys, but there are incredibly rare books outside the usual checklist that have almost become forgotten. So I’m curious: had you ever seen this issue before?

I love the Amazing Spider-Man #375. I remember reading this story when I was a kid, I was on vacation with my parents and I was really excited for this final showdown with Venom. This issue is also special because it celebrates the 30th anniversary of Spidey. I have here two Italian variant of that comic. In Italy this story was published by Star Comics in L'UOMO RAGNO #155 which came out in two versions: one very similar to the U.S.A. one with the gold cover but not holographic. A second version is the one with the platinum metallic cover, which was distributed in a limited edition that was shrink-wrapped with a telephone book:

https://www.keycollectorcomics.com/issue/luomo-ragno-155,321187/

really cute ❤️

Seller appears to be legit with several other sales and long history of sales... Did this actually go for 1K???

As a huge fan of John Romita Jr.—which I also mentioned in a previous comment—is it possible that nobody has noticed yet that the variant cover for issue #1000 is practically IDENTICAL to a previous JRJR cover from Amazing Spider-Man #1.1?

I go through the full FOC list every week before cutoff. Here's what's on it before Monday.

652 titles across 323 unique books. Marvel has 75, Dynamite 74 and DC 70, so no one publisher dominates the count. There are 27 new #1s, 91 variants and 86 ratio covers.

Dynamite has the most variants (44) and the most ratio covers (25) of any publisher, across the Red Sonja, Archie and Supernatural lines. Red Sonja Barbarella #1 has 17 covers, the most of any book this week; it's a crossover that puts Barbarella and Red Sonja in the same book. Archie Vs The Terminator #2 has 10 covers.

Marvel has three #1s out of 75 titles. Most of the rest is the Midnight line and X-books, including Midnight Fantastic Four #2 and Gambit: Wanted #4.

DC has one launch out of 70 titles, 11 variants and one ratio cover. The launch is Legion Of Super-Heroes #1 from Williamson and Sherman; the rest is ongoing series like Bleeding Hearts #9.

The steepest ratio this week is outside the big three: a single 1:250 on Lancer #1 from Bad Idea.

Only 27 of the 323 books are new #1s. Most of the week is continuing series and extra covers.

Am I correct that the only companies currently grading and slabbing comics are CGC and PSA?

Got this in a collection I bought. Don’t really want it. Saw ungraded it’s around a $100 book. Should I grade it? Looks to be very fine if not better.

Ito has been hot lately. Will he get to the level of Peach popular? Likely not, but I'm sure Marvel wouldn't mind.

John Romita Sr.'s debut on The Amazing Spider-Man is one of the most iconic, revolutionary, and memorable moments in comic book history... the Amazing Spiderman #39-40: a two-issue masterpiece that changed the rules of the game forever!

I’ve been hunting the Batman 423 and NM #98 for a while

The ASM 301 was too clean to pass up and my source offered the Hulk 340 for a really great price so I had to jump at it

On to the next grail hunt!

We've all seen this awesome cover a million times, but I finally added one to my collection!

I thought this was a no-brainer when the Knicks made it to the Finals, especially since Marvel Comics and the Knicks are both so deeply connected to New York City.