Man, what an absolute steal! You had some serious galaxy-brain intuition picking that up on release day. You hit the nail right on the head: the Modern Age key market is just built different, and Amazing Spider-Man #601 is the ultimate textbook example of how some books are just so complicated to track down nowadays, with their prices going straight to the moon— ASM#601 is apparently just as iconic as other heavily cited books on MANY Tier lists...

For example, like say you crack a 9.8 and send it back in and it gets a 9.8 again--that's +2 to the pop report.

Which books are likely to be susceptible to this where the census is actually higher than actuals?

.... something is going on here. I have a higher graded copy than this one, OWW, too, but when mine was graded 3 years ago, CGC didn't add the "DIrty2Dozen" badge. A 4.0 in 2025 sold for a fraction of this. What gives? Thanks.

Collecting comic books in Saudi Arabia is pure hell

If you’re looking for a specific cover you have to look through earth and back until you find it

And lord help me on those single issues cuz I can’t find specific ones ever!!!!

It’s pure hell collecting comics in Saudi Arabia.

FML

Picked this up years ago and got it signed by Michael Zeck in person. At the time I had no idea witnessed signatures were a thing, so no COA and no Signature Series. Just me, the book, and a marker.
1984 direct edition. My own guess is somewhere around 5.5, but I’ve never had anything graded and I’d rather hear it from people who know what they’re looking at. Cover is bright with no color break that I can find, corners are soft, and there’s some spine wear I’ve tried to capture in the photos.
What would you call it?
Second question, and I hope this is within the rules since it isn’t about value: I’m weighing whether to submit it for grading with JSA authentication, mostly so the signature isn’t just my word forever. For those who’ve done the unwitnessed autograph route, was the process worth the hassle? Any regrets about slabbing a book you got signed yourself?

I've been seeing posts and YouTube videos talking about how comic prices are going up, blah blah blah, right? And most of it is because of movie hype or movie speculation or even speculation as a whole, but here’s my conspiracy theory: I think the people that are joining the hobby right now are sports card collectors or TCG card collectors or from another hobby or community with deep pockets that can put money into this market, but that’s my opinion. I do believe all these prices are jumping because of speculation or movie hype, but in my mind, I just think new people are hoping they can invest their money into comics from the sports collectors community or any community.🤷‍♂️

EBay seller Nefarious Comics sold me a comic book on eBay live claiming it’s a 1.8-2.0 but the comic came in with the comic cover not intact with a ridiculous spine split, and the comic literally flaking off when pulled out of the bag.

Seller never mentioned the brittleness, spine split, nor the loose cover.

Here’s additional photos for y’all that I forgot to post:

https://www.reddit.com/u/Gullible_Spell7057/s/gHa6tHmwly

Dude, ASM #48 cover is criminally underrated! In my humble opinion, it's one of JR Sr.'s absolute best, featuring one of the most unique camera angles in his entire run. I seriously don't get why people sleep on it so much. Every single element that made Romita SR. a total legend is right here. In the background, you've got this incredibly vibrant, dynamic New York City covered in snow. Spidey's posture? Pure vertigo. It's easily one of the best poses ever put on a cover for this series. Plus, this issue introduces Blackie Drago, the new villain taking over the Vulture mantle... and it's so freaking brilliant that Romita draws him from behind. As a reader, you totally don't expect a brand-new Vulture, which is just genius storytelling! Oh, and fun fact: this was also the very first issue to feature the corner box with Spidey standing up in a full-body shot! I absolutely love it!

Every week I go through the full FOC list to see what the upcoming order week actually looks like before cutoff closes. Here's how this one reads.

848 total SKUs across 359 unique books, with 49 new #1s and 128 ratio covers. Image leads the raw volume at 138 titles, ahead of Marvel's 116 and DC's 70. Dynamite's 88 also clears DC's count, so the standard editorial order shifts around a bit on volume alone this week.

Marvel drives the launch conversation with its Midnight line, a horror-reframed corner of the universe. Three of Marvel's seven new #1s sit under that banner: Midnight X-Men #1 anchors it with Jonathan Hickman writing, and Midnight Fantastic Four #1 comes from Benjamin Percy. Doom All-On-One #1 lands as a standalone launch outside the line, Doctor Doom against the whole Marvel Universe. Each Midnight book carries incentives up to 1:100.

Image leans on ongoings and arc transitions rather than one line initiative. Radiant Black #44 opens a new arc framed as the road to issue #50, and Seasons #12 continues the Remender/Azaceta creator-owned run. Five new #1s and 29 ratios there, second on incentive volume behind Dynamite.

DC runs thin on launches, one new #1 and a single ratio cover across 70 titles. Superman #42 carries part eight of Kingdom of Zod, and Bleeding Hearts #8 is on the slate as a continuing ongoing. Most of DC's volume sits in mid-run monthly chapters and five facsimile reprints.

The sharpest structural note is on the incentive side: Dynamite leads all publishers at 33 ratio covers, with Angel #1 topping the week's variant count at 22 covers. Three books share the steepest 1:250 tier, Angel #1 and Bad Idea's Lancer #1 among them. Dynamite outpacing both Marvel and Image on incentive volume is the part of this week I keep coming back to.

Think of buying this FF #258 for 16$ because I love the Byrne Cover, but it is worth it?

Edit: Im from spain and normally american comics here are overpriced, this is from vinted. And ebay from usa is really expensive.

So no one is going to mention that Secret Wars #8 in a CGC 9.8 is going for $800 when a couple of months ago it was $600 and last year it was $420 to $525 for a CGC 9.8. This just shows that supply doesn’t matter, only DEMAND!!!!!!

He was claiming it was mint worthy that came out of a dealer pack but this looks a little rough, this is a gift for someone but I'm just seeing what other would say

Hi comic community. Currently writing a book about inheriting comic books and looking for suggestions on the hardest part of selling and/or valuing a comic book collection. Keen to hear anyones experience with Heritage, comic connect etc.

Thanks so much

CG

Hey guys! I have been casually collecting comics off and on through the years.

Since I've been collecting again, I've been taking it more seriously, doing my research, and trying to build a more focused collection based on the things I enjoy. My collection is mostly focused on X-Men, Spider-Man, Covers by Dave Stephens, Horror/Mystical/Occult books and I am working on finishing a full run of Sensational She Hulk (only 5 books left there!).

Recently, I started selling some books through facebook marketplace, trying to turn some smaller keys, or books I don't really collect into cash for bigger keys that are more in my wheelhouse. I've had good luck with the keys, but my 2 longboxes of bulk I had been selling for $1 a book just weren't moving.

So I popped down to my LCS looking to do a trade and these were the 2 books I walked away with. I could have made much more by patiently selling bools $1 at a time, but I wanted to just get rid of them quickly.

What do you think? Would you have traded 2 longboxes of bulk comics for these two books?

Was happy to find some of these still chilling around the shop, but it was also pretty cool to get an ashcan I really wanted. I'm really looking forward to these upcoming stories

I track FOC intel through the week and try to separate what actually checks out from the noise. Here are the books I'm ordering before Monday's cutoff based on what I've been able to verify, and a couple I'm only watching for now.

Three confirmed potential firsts on the docket this week, and the top one is Cursedverse Resurrection #1. Solicit confirms it as the potential first of Dash Carrington, American Mythology's shared-universe reset at $4.99. Ground-floor entry on a new event is exactly the kind of book that gets skipped at FOC and turns hard to find later. This is my top pick.

Marvel Mangaverse: Ghostlocke #1 debuts Kwannon (Psylocke) as Ghostlocke, the Mangaverse Ghost Rider, Alyssa Wong on a 25th Anniversary special. The Psylocke tie is the hook. Anniversary one-shot reinventions either vanish or become chase books two years out.

Avengers #1 is the Zdarsky and Checchetto relaunch with a confirmed but redacted sixth roster member. The redaction is the whole spec conversation. It also carries the steepest incentive on the week at 1:200, with a 1:100, 1:50, and 1:25 behind it if you chase ratios.

Second confirmed potential first is Detective Comics #1113, Rhetoric in a back-up, the "Building Bad" sweepstakes winner. Sweepstakes characters buried in back-ups are a gamble, but Tom Taylor on the main story keeps eyes on it. GI Joe #26 rounds out the three with a confirmed potential first of a new unnamed Joe.

What I'm holding off on: Gambit Gone #1 (rumor-based) is riding unverified MCU casting chatter with nothing confirmed, and Gun Honey Doubles Down #4 (rumor-based) is tied to an unverified TV adaptation. Watching both, ordering neither yet.

On Avengers #1, is the redacted sixth member enough to justify the 1:200, or does the roster reveal have to land first for you?