Let's Talk Comic Books!! And a Contest!

Update: Made my point. :)

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So, I was going through bins and trying to organize stuff, and look at what I found! A huge bin of old and valuable comic books! And I know there's still another bin somewhere...

Most of them aren't worth a whole lot, but a few are literal JACKPOTS of the collectable comic book world. I think Sheldon would literally kill Leonard, Penny, Raj, Walowitz, and Amy for some of these. Lol.

You might see one of the very large jackpots in this pic:

The first one to tell me the biggest jackpot in the picture directly above, will win a not nearly as expensive, yet still collectible comic book.

Many are in absolute pristine, mint condition, never even taken out of their wrapper. Many are not wrapped, but still in nearly perfect condition. But only a few are less than a 9.2 grade. So, they're basically worth a small fortune. I have several Golden Age comics, but most are from the Silver, Bronze, and Copper Ages.

I didn't know much about the collectible aspect of comics until yesterday. But, I literally spent ALL DAY and most of the night categorizing what I had and looking up as much as I could. My next step is to buy sleeves for all the ones that don't have them, and to have the key issues, first issues, and other rare issues appraised and graded.

It was also pretty cool to see some of my favorite super heroes from back in the day when kids still loved comics.  Like Thor:

And my Viking Valkyrie modeled after one of my mythic relatives:

I found several issues featuring one of Forrest Fenn's favorite comic book characters, Submariner. Notice how his name, Namor, is Roman backwards?

Here's an issue that surprised me by being worth more than I'd imagined:

Secret Wars #8 in mint condition. It's the issue that first featured Symbiotic/Venom. The record sale for this comic was $5,300. I don't know when that was, but it has gone through a cooling off period, selling for as low as $125. However, since the rise of the new little nerd appeared on the Avenger's Big Screen, the price is steadily crawling back up. Every month is seeing a nice increase in selling price. Here's what it recently sold for on ebay:

Then, there's Amazing Spiderman #300, which featured the first appearance of the black costume. 

 The record sale for this issue was $12,000. It also had a cooling off period, but is also rising steadily in price. Here's what it recently sold for on eBay:

I think the prices of both of these will continue to grow, especially if the Marvel movies keep putting out good stuff and develop the new, annoying Peter Parker in a big way.

Some of the comics I personally like (but aren't worth much) are the "What If's." Sound familiar? Yes, almost everything Forrest Fenn talks about has a comic book counterpart. But I doubt he was talking about the following "What If's" in that question on Jenny's.

Here are some that are funny to me:

Question:

Answer: Well, some actors would probably still be waiting tables in LA, and a lot of money would not have been made off a huge, successful franchise.

Question:

Answer: Hugh Jackman would be poorer. Because, no X-Men movies. 

Question:

Answer: Well, that would've been that, wouldn't it?

Question:

Answer: Then they'd be pretty lonely freaks with no women to procreate with (at least by the indication on the cover). And, no movies. 

Question:

Answer: Well, he'd be alive then, I guess. Knowing the Marvel Universe, chances are he's just waiting for the right director to get Stan Lee's blessing to revive him.

Question:

Answer: Isn't that what he does in every movie? Cities typically lie in smoking ruins after Hulk pays a friendly visit.

Question:

Answer: Not possible. Loki wasn't worthy.

Question:

Answer: It sure seems like it'd be more pleasant than living under the thumb of the guy presently in charge of the USA.

Question:

Answer: Wait...what? Spider-Man had SIX arms? Are you kidding me? How'd he get rid of them? Did he chop them off with his uncle's weed whacker? Did Dr. Strange remove them? Did he boil them off in some ungodly green goo? 

Anyway, if he kept them, I guess he'd be in a government lab somewhere, or the star of a circus freak show. But, why would he remove them? Six arms would be awesome.

Question:

Answer: There's just one God, and He would win.

Question:

Answer: Thor would win. Because I want him to. And, he's cuter.

And here's one of my favorites... just because it's so...out there.

Question:

Answer: WHAT'S THE QUESTION? Lol. I don't even know what to think about this...Something immediately comes to mind, but it's not very nice, so I'll bite my tongue. 

This is one I just have to read, though! 

And this one follows closely:

Question:

Answer: First, humor special? Aren't they all humor specials? Second, why would anyone be watching that thing in the first place? Because...ew.

Question:

Answer: He'd take one look at the state of our government and beg to be frozen again. Or he'd kill himself. Or, optimistically, he'd take over the world. 

Question:

Answer: Ummm...gross? And I guess he'd have a dilemma--"Should I rip out this girl's throat with my freak razor blade knuckles, or with my teeth? Hmmm, teeth, I guess. And I'll just ignore that guy with the insane weapon lurking behind me..."

Question:

Answer: Lol. Really?

Question:

Answer: Still somehow more reassuring than what we've got now.

Anyway, I hope everyone out there has a super day!