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I've been gone for a while. Soon I'll say a little about what I've been up to and share some observations about developments in the key comic market since I last posted, but I wanted to bang this out after having seen <i>Thor:Ragnarok</i> the other day.<br />
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I have long, long wanted to write a column about Valkyrie, specifically, about Incredible Hulk #142. A few years back, I did some research on this character and her various incarnations, and decided at that time that Hulk #142 would come to be <u>the</u> key book associated with the character. Why? Reason being, in short, is that it is the first appearance of the first version of Valkyrie that wasn't just an illusion of the Enchantress. What follows is a post I made on the <a href="https://www.lyriacomicexchange.com/" target="_blank">Lyria Exchange Forums</a> on Jan. 17th, 2014:<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">"On the topic of Valkyrie, I've come to think the market will settle on Incredible Hulk #142 as her first appearance. Valkyrie is three things: the 1) spirit of Brunnhilde, 2) a mortal female host, and 3) a costume. When the Enchantress took on her form in Avengers #83, you have only one of these things, the costume. I do not think Amora was possessed by Brunnhilde, I believe it was just a magical illusion. (This may have been retroactively changed in some later story, I don't know). Hulk 142 is the first time a mortal (Samantha </span><b style="color: #ffa34f; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Parrington</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">) is possessed by Brunnhilde, and I was shocked that it guides for only $38, much less than Avengers #83 or Defenders #4 (in which Barbara Norris becomes possessed by Brunnhilde). What convinced me about Hulk #142 was when I read that Samantha </span><b style="color: #ffa34f; font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Parrington</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> came to host Valkyrie once again after that first time...</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> What is for sure is that any of the candidate issues are undervalued, and the market will eventually settle on one choice, just as they did with Adam Warlock / Thor #165. "</span></i></span><br />
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Like many people, I was in the dark about Marvel's plans for the version of Valkyrie in <i>Thor:Ragnarok</i> when Tessa Thompson was cast. Avengers #83 seemed to take off in value, but I did not place much stock in it (grading and selling my own long-owned copy as a CGC 9.4 shortly after the character was announced in 2016). Today, I was reading the plot summary in Wikipedia, and realized that the character is called "Scrapper 142," which appears to be a reference to the Hulk appearance. (I see that others have also picked up on this Easter egg over the past couple of days).<br />
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Although Ragnarok is the third and apparently final Thor film, this <a href="http://deadline.com/2016/04/tessa-thompson-joins-the-marvel-universe-thor-ragnarok-1201735551/" target="_blank">Deadline</a> article asserts Thompson will appear in other Marvel films, and I think we will learn she is Samantha Parrington, although in the film she is said to be Asgardian. The fact the original #142 story portrays her as a strong, Equal Rights Amendment-era feminist character would be very appropriate in today's Hollywood climate. I think they may also play with different versions of the character. We could also never come to know her mortal name, if she is indeed mortal. This may be a minor Easter egg and nothing more.<br />
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Here's a timeline of the character:<br />
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Apr-63 (Journey Into Mystery #91): Odin's Valkyries introduced in the Marvel Universe:<br />
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Mar-70 (Incredible Hulk #125): First appearance of Barbara Norriss. You can just barely see her head in on panel on page 19, and then again perhaps on the last page. It could be any blonde girl since there was a group of people in the background of the story, although it's generally accepted to be her.<br />
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Apr-70 (Incredible Hulk #126): First full appearance of Barbara Norriss. She plays an important role in the story, eventually going mad and having to be saved by Dr. Strange.<br />
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Dec-70 (Avengers #83): A woman calling herself Valkyrie rallies some female superheroes together. She tells them her origin story, which turns out later to be a lie when she is revealed to be Amora the Enchantress in a magical disguise. These events are later retconned (?) to say that Amora was magically "borrowing" the power and spirit of the Valkyrie Brunnhilde, whom she had imprisoned in a crystal.<br />
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<b>Aug-71 (Incredible Hulk #142): 1st appearance of the Samantha Parrington Valkyrie, who battles the Hulk in this issue. Oddly, the story is inspired by Tom Wolfe's "Radical Chic.".</b><br />
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Feb-73: Barbara Norriss becomes Valkyrie II, and joins the Defenders (Defenders #4)<br />
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2002: Samantha Parrington became the Valkyrie again in one of the issues of <a href="http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/The_Order_Vol_1_1" target="_blank">The Order 1-6</a><br />
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(P.S.: This older, different Valkyrie is way cool too. I was so psyched when I bought this copy!)<br />
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782858737544245722.post-3368000120676631632016-03-24T12:42:00.002-04:002022-09-09T20:59:58.313-04:00Dick Tracy Comics Monthly #56 (1954)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrwmExsh7aBLDgXmbjP76VzYfS9I0ZpLfcLFBBgGnbn-EZPYvcN5L2mamqlDcoPH5bmIxUkBjeONKs4OLk50WQpyGodzuWDbsD3CoacZJJiDy8c1-HaMO-DKt_H68BZUZhUpquUY5cNoL02ch0OBSC_a9maq2sNzbxlx75PwA0X1vpWWDcViLBHeCLw/s3000/Dick%20Tracy%2056%20CGC.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="1903" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrwmExsh7aBLDgXmbjP76VzYfS9I0ZpLfcLFBBgGnbn-EZPYvcN5L2mamqlDcoPH5bmIxUkBjeONKs4OLk50WQpyGodzuWDbsD3CoacZJJiDy8c1-HaMO-DKt_H68BZUZhUpquUY5cNoL02ch0OBSC_a9maq2sNzbxlx75PwA0X1vpWWDcViLBHeCLw/w406-h640/Dick%20Tracy%2056%20CGC.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">A niche area of comic collecting that has grown the past 20 years is <b>pre-code crime</b> (and <b>horror</b>), a label referring to those genre comics published roughly from 1948-1954. The most sought-after books in this category tend to be those with the most shocking or gruesome cover imagery and graphic story content. The more violent and gruesome, the better! This apparently is driven by a nostalgia for and/or interest in the halcyon days before <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredric_Wertham" target="_blank">Frederic Wertham</a> and the nanny state revoked toddlers' right to enjoy depictions of beheadings, zombies, lingerie and torture in their comics. Basically, anything that would be considered not politically correct or inappropriate for kids today is hot and getting hotter. B</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">ooks like </span><a href="http://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/fight-against-crime-20-story-comics-1954-cgc-fn-65-cream-to-off-white-pages/a/7124-91061.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Fight Against Crime #20</a><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> and </span><a href="http://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/crime-suspenstories-22-ec-1954-cgc-vf-85-white-pages/a/7136-91083.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Crime Suspenstories #22</a><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> are examples. These are well-known (and therefore valuable) books, but here I am going to talk about a run of comics with graphic covers that are <b>cheap </b>and overlooked by many.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><b>Dick Tracy</b> began in newspaper strips in 1931, and was published in comic books starting in 1939. Dell published his adventures until 1949, when Harvey picked up the series at issue 25. Whereas Overstreet highlights particular issues of other series of the era with notations like "severed head cover" or "torture cover", for the Dick Tracy series only #28 gets a notation for depicting bondage (actually, torture).</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">I</span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> picked out issue #56 as the focus of this post only because I consider it the most graphic of the run, but #28 and #56 are also good (bad?) covers. Below is a list of several more with graphic-content covers (<b>comic cover blood</b> is actually very rare, but this run features plenty). </span><span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Even this list excludes other covers depicting scenes of violence against women and children, for example, and you may want to </span><a href="http://www.comics.org/series/11621/" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">browse</a> <span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">them and see what catches your fancy (sicko!).</span><br />
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<tr><td align="center"><b># 28</b></td><td align="center"><b>Jun 1950</b></td><td align="center"><b>Torture cover</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 36</td><td align="center">Feb 1951</td><td align="center">Man slugs woman</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 37</td><td align="center">Mar 1951</td><td align="center">Torture cover</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 52</td><td align="center">Jun 1952</td><td align="center">Man stabs woman with pipe</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 53</td><td align="center">Jul 1952</td><td align="center">Blood (Dick Tracy's mouth)</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 55</td><td align="center">Sep 1952</td><td align="center">Dead man lies in trail of blood</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><b># 56</b></td><td align="center">Oct 1952</td><td align="center"><b>Mans beats woman with blackjack; woman bleeds profusely</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 58</td><td align="center">Dec 1952</td><td align="center">Bleeding head wound</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"><b># 59</b></td><td align="center">Jan 1953</td><td align="center"><b>Dog mauls man; man bleeds from face and torso</b></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 65</td><td align="center">Jul 1953</td><td align="center">Criminals bleed from arm and head</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 69</td><td align="center">Nov 1953</td><td align="center">Criminal bleeds from head</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 70</td><td align="center">Dec 1953</td><td align="center">Dog mauls criminal's arm</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 71</td><td align="center">Jan 1954</td><td align="center">Criminal bleeds profusely from head</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 74</td><td align="center">Apr 1954</td><td align="center">Criminal in pool of blood</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 75</td><td align="center">May 1954</td><td align="center">Criminal bleeds from face</td></tr>
<tr><td align="center"># 78</td><td align="center">Aug 1954</td><td align="center">Criminal shot through hand</td></tr>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here is a copy of #56 which recently sold for <b>$9.98</b>:</span><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4C5djvdzmqJRA5Avvz_T0nt31fWrt5gTcgcWLK2m82629or0hbz1Ahup2YVxldsHHHfHz70vwQXCY58na1EQoxDsygpDT9P_yCl-6A5rG8grb6DwanUXAJq3-L4BMUFfbtROGTod1K62VNZgevlsWx9G9RNYEYgswVQKlkIKsb8MPx4etcW-aaMc4w/s1417/March%202016%20sale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="1417" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH4C5djvdzmqJRA5Avvz_T0nt31fWrt5gTcgcWLK2m82629or0hbz1Ahup2YVxldsHHHfHz70vwQXCY58na1EQoxDsygpDT9P_yCl-6A5rG8grb6DwanUXAJq3-L4BMUFfbtROGTod1K62VNZgevlsWx9G9RNYEYgswVQKlkIKsb8MPx4etcW-aaMc4w/w640-h238/March%202016%20sale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Several <b>File copies</b> of these books hit the market a few years ago and generally sold at guide ($40 for a VF, for example). Guide values are $12 (VG), $40 (VF) and $105 (NM-). This hasn't changed in at least two years which means these books are really, really under the radar.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">April 1955's issue 86 cover is the first to feature the seal of the<b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority" target="_blank">comics code</a></b>, and the fun was over!</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Why aren't these books more widely known? I have some theories. Firstly, the crime genre is not the most widely collected. Secondly, Dick Tracy is a character much more famous for his newspaper strips. Thirdly (and this is an important note), many of the stories were <b>reprinted </b>from the newspaper strips.<b> </b>Series featuring fully reprinted material (such as <i>Famous Funnies</i>) have historically been shunned by collectors and guide values reflect that. The good news however, is that this is vast unexplored territory. Information at comics.org is scarce, with many of the books containing <a href="http://www.comics.org/issue/201532/" target="_blank">blank listings</a>. Archivists/volunteers have not begun to sort through them and figure out exactly what is original material and what is not. If I had to guess, I would bet that the interiors of #56, to take an example, has a mix of original and reprinted material (would you know, I don't have my copy on hand at the moment to flip through, but I will update this post when I do). All covers are almost certainly original to the comic. As an example, <a href="http://comics.ha.com/itm/memorabilia/dick-tracy-28-cover-original-art-harvey-1950-the-baneful-brow-is-responsible-for-bondage-and-torture-on-this-grippi/a/813-3036.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank">here</a> is the original cover art for #28.</span></div><div>
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Here is a <a href="http://comics.ha.com/itm/golden-age-1938-1955-/suspense-comics-3-pennsylvania-pedigree-continental-magazines-1944-cbcs-vf-nm-90-white-pages/a/7147-91014.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515" target="_blank">$173,000 sale</a> of a comic with a cover featuring a bound woman with Nazi and KKK imagery by Alex Schomburg. Investment in comics with striking cover imagery is a category of its own which I will discuss more in future posts. Since attraction to particular cover subject matter is subjective, this can be tricky. There are certain things that have proven value however, and if you get the hang of it you can be successful at identifying undervalued winners.</span><br />
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<span face=""helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Meanwhile, enjoy the gallery below with a couple more of the cheap Dick Tracys, followed by graphic-content covers that will cost you considerably more than $10!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A late Bronze Age book I want to spotlight today is <i>Secrets of Haunted House </i>#31, for the simple reason it is a cheap book featuring a cover-featured first appearance of a 35-year old DC character with much potential.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Quick history: Mister E was the star of standard vampire-hunting stories in <i>Secrets of Haunted House</i> #31-41, then 10 years later was used by Neil Gaiman in <i>Books of Magic </i>as one of the "Trenchcoat Brigade," an informal "team" who taught Timothy Hunter about magic. He's in pretty good company there, as Dr. Occult is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Occult" target="_blank">Seigel & Shuster creation predating Superman</a>, Phantom Stranger's first appearance from 1952 is a <a href="http://comics.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=52+790+231&Nty=1&Ntt=phantom+stranger+1&ic4=ArchiveTab-071515" target="_blank">thousand-dollar book in CGC 4.0</a>, and Constantine's first appearance in CGC 9.8 peaked at close to $700 due to anticipation of his TV show (before coming down to around $425 currently).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mister E was in a couple of Vertigo mini-series, then after being absent for 10 years was reintroduced in the New 52 with an altered appearance and a different explanation for his blindness. His bibliography totals only around 50 appearances in the four decades he's been around (compared to 300 for Madame Xanadu). I really have no idea why he has not been used more. It is just a matter of time before a writer or film producer taps this character for bigger and better things, but for now his first appearance is very affordable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Overstreet guide lists this at $16 in NM-, $2 above surrounding issues. Currently there are <a href="http://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Secrets+of+Haunted+House&issue=31&publisher=D.C.+Comics&year=1980&issuedate=12%2F80" target="_blank">zero 9.8s of the mere 7 that have been graded</a>) which is kind of odd, and it would make a fun quest to find the first certified 9.8. I have found a few nice 9.0 - 9.4 range copies discounted from guide, in the $10-$12 range. This is definitely a book to memorize and try to find high-grade copies at your LCS or at shows.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Three reasons I believe the value of this book will rise:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(1) The Leader is one of the most important villains Marvel <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">has</span>, and one of the Hulk's top adversaries (#1 in <a href="http://comicvine.gamespot.com/profile/idea/lists/top-10-hulk-villains/53658/" target="_blank">this list</a>, #2 in <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-hulk-villains/ranker-comics" target="_blank">this list</a> if you don't count Wolverine)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(2) Our understanding of his true first appearance is evolving, with the "incorrect" one valued higher at present</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(3) He is due for a reappearance in the Marvel Cinematic Universe </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's look closer at point 3, and then point 2.</span><br />
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the 2008's <i>Incredible Hulk</i>, Bruce Banner corresponds with an unknown
figure who is later revealed to be
Samuel Sterns, better known in comic books as the Leader. Introduced
as a normal, non-super powered scientist, Sterns' first transformation
into the Leader is teased when drops of gamma-irradiated blood drop on
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We
don't see the full transformation. As there was no follow up
to the Hulk film, the character hasn't been seen since. This is one of
the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">m<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ost glaring </span></span><a href="https://captainzach616.wordpress.com/2014/07/01/open-ends-in-the-mcu/" target="_blank">loose ends in the MCU</a>, and one that I think sooner or later will be revisited.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As we know, a character's first full appearance is generally more valuable than a first "cameo" or "partial appearance" in a previously published book (the "<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hulk</span> 181 rule"). </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Where different <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">opinions</span> </span>exist</span>, it can take years before the dust settles. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A</span> prime example <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is </span>Our Army At War #83 ("true" <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first</span> appearance of Sgt. Rock), which</span> in recent years has dramatically overtaken #81 as the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pricier</span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The plot of TTA 62 involves the Chameleon snooping around New Mexico on the orders of the (disguised) Leader. It does not recount any part of the Leader's origin (in co<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ntrast to what Overst<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">reet says)</span></span>, which is shown in TTA 63 to have taken place before the events of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">issues </span>62/63:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">CGC recently changed its notation o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n the</span> TTA 63 lab<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">el </span>from "Origin and 2nd appearance of the Leader" to "Origin and 1st full appearance of the Leader", but there are many copies of 62 out there with the old <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wording</span>, which is often reflected in listing descriptions such as these:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We'd expect TTA 63 to be <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">w<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">orth more than 62. Should the values be re<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">versed, or should 63 be worth twice as much as 62? Per<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sonally I think we can expect 63 to rise to at least $600<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span>$800.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But wait! <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">GPA data for Avengers 54/55 doesn't support my hypothesis, with 55 lately se<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lling for more than 54... In 2015 the sale prices for 55 in CGC 9.2 vary <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">wildly</span>, from $350 to $800, and my estimate above is an approximate average. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">vengers 55 <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sale<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">prices have come down dramatically whi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">le 54 seems to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">be holding steady... </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think if I ha<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">d presented the numbers 9 months ago I think the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">picture would be different</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I don't know if this is </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>due to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a dec<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rease <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in popularity of Ultron due to the disappointing Avengers 2 film, o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">r the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">h<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">igh supply of slabbed cop<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ies of issue 5<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5 (about 15 2015 sales as opposed to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">two</span> for #54)</span></span></span></span>. To me this means 54 should be coming down dramatically, but I don't know. More <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">research <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">required<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keys associated with popular, relevant characters are worth the most and are the recommended best investments, correct? True, but some comics don't follow this rule. How <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">can </span>the rise in value of a comic like Space Adventures #33<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> be explained</span>, when Captain Atom isn<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'</span>t a significant character <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">these days</span>? Some <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">books</span> counter-intuitively rise in value (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">often </span>dramatically) despite <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">an </span>associat<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ion</span> with defunct or <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">seldom-appearing characters</span>. Is there a way to identify <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">potential </span>books in this category? <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">C</span>onsidering most investors/collectors are focused on characters with high and rising popularity, is this a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> smart area to invest in due to the lack of competition for avai<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lable cop<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ies</span></span></span>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As the price of keys related to more established characters continue to rise, collectors look for pieces from the past that fit their budget but <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">still </span>have cachet and a reason to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">collect</span>. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Space Adventures #33, and books like it, gain a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">following </span>of their own that exceeds the fame of the character<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">debut<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with</span>in</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span> </span>A critical mass of collectors are drawn to a book, and prices begin to rise. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These book<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s </span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are often described as "hard to find," or "rare in high grade"<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> - claims that in general I advi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">se buyers to take with a grain of salt.</span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One such book I beli<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eve </span>has only a small following currently is All Star Western #117, which features the first appearance of Madame .44. Putting aside for a moment the fact the "western" genre is probably the least collected and least popular comic genre <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(apart from </span>perhaps "funny animal"), there is no reason that Madame .44 cannot <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">approach </span>the levels of popularity that characters like Lady Blackhawk and Mademoiselle Marie enjoy. The first appearances of these two characters, Blackhawk #133 and Star Spangled War Stories #84, respectively, fit precisely into the category of collectible I describe above - defunct or rarely used characters<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> who<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">se first appearances have cachet due to their age, "rarity", and cover <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">image</span></span></span>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Madame .44 debuted in the third-to-last issue of the All Star Western series. Originally a Robin Hood-style bandit who steals from <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the corr<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">upt and criminal</span></span>, she teams up with Johnny Thunder to fight off an Indian attack. They swap spit at their first meeting and later marry, in DC Comics Presents #28 (1980). Madame .44 makes few appearances throughout the Bronze and Copper Age, and most recently <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was an occasional </span>guest <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">star</span> in the 2007 Jonah Hex series and its follow-up, 2011's All Star Western relaunch. I'm going to come out and say the 2007 Jonah Hex series are the best comics I've ever read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Now regarding the western thing, in the DC world I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">believe there is enough crossover between the superhero, war and western books that this issue shouldn't suffer fro<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">m<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> the stigma of being a western comic. It may currently, but I don't believe it should.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=All+Star+Western&issue=117&publisher=D.C.+Comics&year=1961&issuedate=2-3%2F61" target="_blank">Three copies</a> of this issue have been graded by CGC: a 6.5, an 8.0 (sold for $94 in 2010) and a 9.0 (sold for $255 in 2012). <a href="http://comics.ha.com/itm/silver-age-1956-1969-/western/all-star-western-117-dc-1961-condition-vf/a/18032-72040.s?ic4=OtherResults-SampleItem-071515" target="_blank">This raw "VF" copy</a> sold <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at auction for $113 in 2008. </span>I paid $28<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> for a VG copy </span>in 2013, and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">$55 for </span>a FN/VF (guide) in 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The NM- val<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ue was raised a modest $5 over the 2014 edition.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You may even see her in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/legends-tomorrow-jonah-hex-857203" target="_blank">an upcoming Legen</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/legends-tomorrow-jonah-hex-857203" target="_blank">ds of Tomorrow episode</a> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">alongside </span>Jonah Hex, but I won't make too much of that. </span></span>I'm not saying it's undervalued. I<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">m saying it's a neat, affordable book to look out for.</span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782858737544245722.post-35146689182028837432016-02-09T13:17:00.003-05:002016-02-11T14:41:46.620-05:00Books to Watch: Immortal Iron Fist #8 (2007)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Soon Marvel Studios <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">will be two seasons deep into their <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">successful and critically<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> acclaimed collaboration with Netflix. </span></span></span>This
year will bring the second seasons of <i>Daredevil </i>(March 18th) (trailer breakdown <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnjFxpSPys4" target="_blank">here</a>) and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Jessica Jones </i>(November); <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">b</span></span>y the end of the year we should also see the<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> first</span> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">episodes </span>of <i>Luke
Cage</i>. The popularity of these shows has breathed new life into <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">key issues related to their starring ch<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">racters, including Daredevil #1, #168, Ama<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">zing S<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">p</span>ider-Man #50, #129, Ali<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as #1, Hero For Hire #1 and many others<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Next <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to film will be <i>Iron </i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Fist</i>, and <a href="http://collider.com/jessica-jones-season-2-sex-scenes-luke-cage/" target="_blank">last we heard</a> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the main character<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is </span>cast <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">but </span>being kept secret. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Marvel Premiere #15 is the obvious <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">key to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">look at<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, but the subject of this post i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s a cheap<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> modern book that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ma<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y be flying u<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nder the radar<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> of many collectors.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 2007 Immortal Iron Fist series adds a lot <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the Iron Fist mytholo<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gy and i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ull of first appearances. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Issue #8, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">part <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">one</span> of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">seven</span></span>-part arc, </span>is the most <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">important in my opinion as it introduces <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">five new characters<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> (</span></span>t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he "Immortal Weapons") and the Seven Capital <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cites of Heaven, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">both which are <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">likely</span> to feature <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the Netflix</span> series, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a second season after <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the legend and supporting characters are established, if not in season one itself</span></span></span></span></span>. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Disney's CEO recentl<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y said there is <a href="http://www.slashfilm.com/disney-ceo-bob-iger-says-well-get-marvel-movies-forever/" target="_blank">no end in sight</a></span></span> for films featuring Marvel superh<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eroes. W<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ith storylines and contracts coming to an end <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in Phase 4, they <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">will likely tu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rn to a fresh batch <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">of characters to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">keep the film universe going. I beli<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eve the Netflix shows are serving <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to po<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">pularize characters that will move to the film universe <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">post-Phase 4, and the Seven Capital Cities of Heaven w<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ould make an outstanding premise for a standalone Iron Fist film.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These cha<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">racters are examples of what I call <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"retroactive legacies" - brand new characters in<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">serted<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> retroactively <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">into <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">comics' <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">long and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">deep <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">continu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ity <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Peggy Ca<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rter <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">being one of the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">most well-known</span>). <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span>Fat Cobra, for instance, is 111 years old, was inserted into the pre-war history of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Ulyssess Bl<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">oodstone, the WWII 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style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Matt Fraction seems parti<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cularly interested in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fleshing out Marvel's early 20th centur<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y history and I'll talk more ab<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">out <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">other characters he has created in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">future posts.</span></span></span></span></span></span> (It<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s</span> to<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">o b<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ad his days <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">as on<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e of Marvel's <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">most talented </span>creators <a href="http://nerdreactor.com/2015/01/13/comic-book-power-couple-moves-to-creator-owned-books/" target="_blank">seems to be over</a>.)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As is the case when many characters are introduced in<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> a single comic, one or more may be breakout hits (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">like A<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mad<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eus Cho in 200<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4's Amazing Fantas<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y #15) </span></span></span></span></span>while <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">other<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s tend to vanish into obscurity. With five new characters however the odd<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s of this comic breaking out a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">re good.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was a sought-after book at the time of publication due to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the popularity o<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">f F<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">raction's run, but I don't think it broke the $5 mark. </span></span></span></span>I see a copy on eBay for $4.52 with free shipping (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which makes it </span>practi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cally free<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>There is only</span> a single graded copy in <a href="http://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Immortal+Iron+Fist&issue=8&publisher=Marvel+Comics&year=2007&issuedate=10%2F07" target="_blank">C</a><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Immortal+Iron+Fist&issue=8&publisher=Marvel+Comics&year=2007&issuedate=10%2F07" target="_blank">GC's census</a> (although other gra<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ding companies may have seen cop<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ies)</span>. I would expect to see more than this if people were aware of its significance.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I've <a href="http://heronext.blogspot.com/2015/08/famous-funnies-81-1941.html" target="_blank">mentioned before</a>, a fun category I like to collect, and which I can see growing more popular in the future, is first appearances of obscure and public domain characters. In this installment I wanted to highlight Jungle Comics #2, which is the first appearance of Fantomah, Mystery Woman of the Jungle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What makes Fantomah different than any other obscure or public domain character? The fact that she has gained a cult following that hasn't yet resulted in an increase in value of her debut, and the fact that she is widely accepted to be the <b>first female superhero </b>to appear in comic books. (<a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=first+female+superhero&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8" target="_blank">Google</a> those three words and check out the blurb at the top of the results page.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fantomah was created by Fletcher Hanks, a creator who entered comics late in life, stayed in the industry only a short time, and died on a Central Park bench in 1976. Many of his modern fans came to appreciate his weird and distinct style from the 2007 book <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/720370.I_Shall_Destroy_All_the_Civilized_Planets_" target="_blank">I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!</a> </i>Anyone remotely interested in the child-like, uncomplicated directness of Golden Age comics should check this book out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For comparison, I am going to offer up just one Golden Age "first", and that is Jungle Comics #1, prized as being the first comic book dedicated entirely to the "jungle adventure" genre. At $10,500, it's listed as 3 times as valuable as #2 at $2900 (which is in turn only listed as $600 more than issues 3 and 4). In my opinion the situation should be reversed: the debut of the first female superhero should be valued three times as much as the first "jungle" comic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jungle #27 is another nice "key" issue to have, as Fantomah is given a new origin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I use the following search string to get alerts for the book on eBay:</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">jungle comics 2 -nyoka -tarzan -"jo-jo" -journal -jim -dvd -sheena -tales -action -zegra -kaanga -ramar -disks -zago</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here is a copy sold on that venue in December for $50, described as missing the back cover with front cover and one interior page detached. That's a little less than a third of GD price so not greatly out of sync with the guide. A few hundred should land you a decent, readable copy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.cgccomics.com/census/grades_standard.asp?title=Jungle+Comics&issue=2&publisher=Fiction+House&year=1940&issuedate=2%2F40" target="_blank">census</a> s<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hows only 9 graded copies, of which one i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s the <a href="http://www.comicconnect.com/bookDetail.php?id=115946" target="_blank">Mile High</a>.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!, </i>in addition to the cover and first page of a Fantomah story from a 2011 issue of Hack/Slash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For a<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n interesting view of the investment potential of female comic book<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>characters, check out <a href="http://earlyretirementdiary.com/most-popular-female-comic-book-characters-to-invest-in/" target="_blank">this blog entry</a> by my friend and fellow <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">collector </span>Aaron.</span><i><br /></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This article assumes that the Shazam film franchise <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">due to begin</span> in 2019 will be a success, spawning sequels, with characters crossing over into a wider DC film universe. If you even slightly agree, begin speculating now. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If y<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ou<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> don't<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, take </span></span></span></span></span></span>a "wait-and-see" <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">approach</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The most important Shazam key is <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">obviously th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e first <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">appearan<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ce of Captain Marvel himself,</span></span></span></span></span></span> Whiz Comics #2 (#1). <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">P</span>rospects for that book are beyond the scope of this <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">article</span>. There are many, many other nice Fawcett keys to speculate on, given that Fawcett books have always been slow sellers and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">relatively </span>cheap. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">F</span>or decades, <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the interest in these books has paled in comparison to t<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he inter<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">est in Marvel and DC</span></span></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The number one Captain Marvel antagonist is Dr. Sivana. Given that he first appears in the aforementioned Whiz Comics #2 (#1) and that he does not have a <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">huge </span>modern fan base, we will move on. The second most important antagonist is Black Adam, who first appeared in 1945's Marvel Family #1, and who of course is to be played by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. The Rock famously teased audie<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">nces for more than a year about which character he would be p<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ortrayin<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">g. To me <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Black Adam was the cl<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ear choice, and </span></span></span></span></span></span></span>I <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">purchased</span> a couple of copies before The Rock's <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">official confirmation. One I sold </span>for four times my cost, and <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the </span>other for 10 <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">times</span>. Had this blog existed at that time, I would have <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mentioned this book</span>, but today I have another in mind.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The number 3 antagonist for Captain Marvel, in my opinion, is the <b>Monster Society of Evil</b>, first appearing in 1943's Captain Marvel Adventures #22. In that issue, a long serial started that ran for 22 issues, which features the first appearance of another major Shazam villain, Mr. Mind. Mr. Mind is an alien worm and only his voice was heard in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">#22</span>, but it is <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">quite </span>significant nonetheless<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. Moreso when you consi<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">der <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">his first "real" appearance (#26) he appears in only one panel.</span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is a relatively cheap book <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and </span>I have seen <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">perhaps 15</span> copies of it for sale in the past year. For many years in the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1940s</span>, Captain Marvel in his various magazines was the best selling <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">superhero. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">CM #22 </span></span>is <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">more </span>common than you might think so do not be <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">put off by its age</span>. This book is 52 pages and was manufactured with only one staple, so <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">be </span>sure to check listings for mention of detached staples<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and</span> loose centerfolds. There was also a cut-out printed <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on the back cover and I have seen this missing in several cases</span>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some people say this is the first group of supervillains in comics to consist of characters a hero pre<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">viou<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sly</span></span> f<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">aced</span>. See <a href="http://outofthequicksand.blogspot.com/2012/05/first-supervillain-team-comic-book.html" target="_blank">here</a> for an interesting and informati<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ve</span> analysis of this claim. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S</span>uffice it to say that the Monster Society of Evil is <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at least </span><i>among </i>the first supervillain group in comics, in addition<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> to the longest lasting.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last week I was telling a friend how I thought Green Lantern #29 was undervalued. He had never heard of the Black Hand. This is one of the problems many of us vintage comic collectors run into: we don't read new comics anymore. When <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a</span> character's profile grows in modern <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">story lines</span>, we are the last to hear about it. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rise in value puts us off, or we end up <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">paying <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">more for the "new key"</span></span></span></span>. If you have been reading DC comics the past <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">five or six years </span>(Green Lantern in particular), you'll know how important Black Hand has become in the DC Universe. I see his star rising the same way as Black Adam<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> and</span> Black Manta, bu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">t so far the market value of his first appearance has not changed. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y one hesitation is that his p<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ortrayal <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">won't </span>engender the kind of fand<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">om these other two characters enjoy</span></span></span>. In short, he is not quite bad-ass enough. H<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first</span> appearance i<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s one to watch.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Comparisons must be made to Sinestro, who is still Hal Jordan's #1 adversary. We<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'ve</span> seen his star rise in the past twenty years. He has <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">evolved </span>into a character of shifting allegiances rather than a pure mustache-twirling villain. He is sometimes at odds with the Green Lanterns, sometimes an ally. Black Hand on the other hand (pun not intended), is just plain bad<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/2621936/the-10-vilest-green-lantern-villains-ever/" target="_blank">This list</a> from 2011 ranks Black Hand at number 4 amongst Green Lantern villains behind <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sinestro, the </span>Manhunters and Krona.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2015 </span>Overstreet guide, I see that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Green Lantern </span>#7 (1st Sinestro) is valued 6.5 times more than #29 ($2000 vs $310). A CGC 9.4 #7 recently sold for $10,755 while a CGC <i>9.6</i> #29 recently sold for <i>$657</i>). The 10 least valuable of the first 30 issues of the Silver Age GL series are each worth $270. The first appearance of Black Hand is only worth $40 more than that. <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to ComicV<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">i</span>ne, Black <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hand has appeared in <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">more </span>iss<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ues <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">than <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sonar<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span> (a minor, perhaps irrelevant GL character?), yet </span></span></span></span></span>#29 is only 3/4 the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">value of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">#14</span></span>. It is worth less than half the first appear<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ance of Carol Ferris as the (Silver Age) Star Sapph<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ire.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Black Hand has been a ne<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ar-con<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stant foil in the current Green Lantern series (<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he appear<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">s on the cover of the December 2015 issue).</span></span></span></span> </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think some market correction is in or<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">der.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Warner Brothers has already used Parallax, Hector Hammond and Sinestro as big screen adversaries. Considering the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">disappointing results of the <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2</span></span>011 <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">GL </span>film with Ryan Reynolds, they are likely to <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">go for </span>a different direction <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in the do-over that is five years away. I can't think of many <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">more important story lines as Blackest Night.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Another thing this book has going <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for it is that <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Black Hand </span>actually appears on the cover, something that can't be said for Hector Hammond or Sinestro<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">'s debu<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ts. </span></span></span>Finally, th<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is book <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">was published in June of 1964, right in the sweet spot of where I l<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ike to look for underva<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">lued Silver Age material.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flash (Vol. 1) #259 (1978)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern (Vol. 2) #206 (1986)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern (Vol. 4) #43 1:25 Variant (2009)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackest Night #3 (2009)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern (Vol. 5) #9 (2012)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern #11 (2012)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern #12 (2012)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern #23.3 (2013)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern #37 (2015)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Green Lantern #45 (2015)</td></tr>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782858737544245722.post-45373389220073740992015-09-24T00:23:00.001-04:002016-02-11T14:42:42.891-05:00Aquaman #37 (1968)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Since I last wrote, there's been a lot of interesting casting news in the superhero TV and movie world. <a href="http://tvline.com/2015/08/25/the-flash-violent-beane-season-2-cast-jesse-quick/" target="_blank">Jesse Quick</a> will be on the Flash, Bean and Green may play <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Wonder-Woman-May-Cast-Two-Major-Villains-Get-Details-82157.html" target="_blank">Ares and Circe</a> in the Wonder Woman film (<a href="http://heronext.blogspot.com/2015/08/spotlight-11-wonder-woman-37-1949.html" target="_blank">timely post!</a>), Rachel McAdams is confirmed for Dr. Strange although <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/09/rachel-mcadams-doctor-strange-benedict-cumberbatch" target="_blank">we still don't know who she'll be playing</a> (read my theory <a href="http://heronext.blogspot.com/2015/08/issue-spotlight-fear-11-1972.html" target="_blank">here</a>), a <a href="http://www.tracking-board.com/exclusive-warner-bros-developing-booster-goldblue-beetle-movie-with-greg-berlanti-helming/" target="_blank">Booster Gold / Blue Beetle</a> movie seems to be in the works, and, announced just today, <a href="http://www.thewrap.com/cws-legends-of-tomorrow-casts-mr-robot-star-as-dc-villain-valentina-vostok/" target="_blank">Negative Woman</a> will be on Legends of Tomorrow. I've long planned to write about how Misty Knight is sure to show up on TV or in a film sooner or later - then <a href="http://deadline.com/2015/09/luke-cage-marvel-simone-missick-cast-misty-knight-netflix-1201513413/" target="_blank">this happened</a>. Some of these I anticipated and some were complete surprises, but the subject of this post is none of the above but rather about the rising star of a certain Aquaman villain.<br />
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We all know how expensive Aquaman #11 and #35 have become, and to a slightly lesser extent, #29. These are all books that I (and many others) correctly favored for speculation purposes from the earliest whispering of a DC Cinematic Universe. In the case of #35, my one good comic collecting friend and I have been talking for as long as I remember about about how cheap it was. These are bona fide keys now and should continue to grow, but the ticket on these trains is quite expensive, so the subject of today's post is something that is a much cheaper buy.<br />
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Aquaman #37 features the first appearance of the Scavenger. The list of Aquaman's interesting or popular rogues is not long, but we need to ask who Aquaman would face in his inevitable sequel and threequel. It is not too farfetched to think there may be 3 antagonists in his first film, or that a third will be set up. After Orm and Black Manta, I would argue that the Scavenger is the most likely candidate. One of the reasons I feel this way is because of how he has been used in the New 52 Aquaman series, which was written by Geoff Johns. As everyone knows, Geoff Johns is the chief creative guy at DC and has a lot of say as to what characters are used in TV and film projects, so I pay close attention to the characters he has revived and fleshed out in the many series he has written.<br />
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I see this book all over the place for cheap, and nobody is buying.<br />
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Below is a brief image gallery of Scavenger's debut, first cover appearance, and depiction in the New 52. I may come back and flesh this article out a bit more but this is all for now! Thanks for reading and as always please check out our main site www.heronext.com*.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From a short list of comics I want to spotlight soon I chose this one because I received my first personal copy this week, purchased recently after looking for a copy online for a good long while. This week I also purchased a run of 300 Wonder Woman comics so I was able to page through hard copies to verify some of the research below.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To some of you the focus on this book won't be a surprise since I have seen chatter about it online and know many others are looking for it. Others might be completely unaware of what lies within but either way I hope this post will be of interest. It's been almost a year since Warner Brothers confirmed a Wonder Woman movie would be produced for a 2017 release. This, and the general suspicion many had that a film was coming well before the announcement, has enhanced the profile of all Wonder Woman comics both keys and non-keys. I wish I had the CGC 3.0 copy of All Star Comics #8 I contemplated purchasing for $7000 three years ago, but I would have missed out on other buying opportunities I'm sure. And I digress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first appearance (Wonder Woman #6) of the antagonist most consider to be Wonder Woman's greatest (the Cheetah) has been expensive for some time, but value still can be found in key appearances of most of her other foes. This post is about <b>Circe, </b>a character that has faced Wonder Woman a lot in post-Crisis continuity. She first appeared way back in Wonder Woman #37 in 1949.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Circe of course is based on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circe" target="_blank">Greek mythological figure</a> who was a goddess of magic or in some depictions, a nymph or sorceress. Comic book characters based on pre-existing legendary or cultural figures often don't have the same fan appeal as original creations, Thor being the obvious exception. (Did you know that Thor was not the first superhero to be call himself Thor in comics, <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/the-thor-saga-2-thor-before-marvel-comics" target="_blank">nor was he the first Thor to appear in Marvel comics</a>, and that DC had its own version of Thor that pre-dated Journey Into Mystery #83?). It is what Stan Lee and Marvel did with Thor that engendered his fan appreciation. As far as villains go, Circe should have earned our respect by now in much the same way Loki has.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To wit, Circe appears at #1 in <a href="http://www.newsarama.com/24665-top-10-wonder-woman-villains.html" target="_blank">Newsarama's list of top Wonder Woman villains</a> and #1 in What Culture's list of <a href="http://whatculture.com/film/5-great-villains-for-a-wonder-woman-movie.php/6" target="_blank">5 Great Villains For a Wonder Woman movie</a>. She appears as #3 in <a href="http://www.comicvine.com/profile/daffodil/blog/top-10-wonder-woman-villains/68667/" target="_blank">this list</a>, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/wonder-woman_s-all-time-greatest-villains" target="_blank">this list</a> and <a href="http://moviepilot.com/posts/2013/08/26/top-5-wonder-woman-villains-1092804" target="_blank">this list</a>. So she's the number 1 or a top 3 Wonder Woman villain depending on who you ask.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to the <a href="http://www.comics.org/issue/7776/" target="_blank">Grand Comics Database</a> WW 37 is the "first and only Golden Age appearance of Circe in the Wonder Woman
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The DC Wikia can be more difficult to navigate than the Marvel Wikia due to its recognition of different versions of characters in difference periods of DC History. Wonder Woman #37 <span style="font-size: small;">hasn't been cataloged yet and no page for the Golden Age version of Circe exists.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>includes other versions of Circe not considered to be the main character.</i><br /> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[<b>Action Comics #243</b> (Aug 1958), a "descendant of the original Circe" who "must have been from Krypton" according to Superman]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">[<b>Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #13</b> (Nov 1959) - a stage magician named Circe who made Lois believe she had the face of a cat]</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Action Comics #293 </b>(Oct. 1962), where she is tied to the origin of Comet the Super-Horse</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Action Comics #311 </b>(Apr. 1964) Comet travels back in time to visit her</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>Action Comics #323</b> (Apr. 1965) something about a poison antidote and a place called Feminax</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>Action Comics #331 </b>(</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dec. 1965</span></span>) Supergirl tries to summon Circe to defeat Dr. Supernatural</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Wonder Woman #37 </b>(1949, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1st appearance</b></span>, </span></span>only Golden Age appearance, depicted as blond-haired)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DC interiors can be tough to find online as they don't have a service like Marvel Unlimited. I've scanned the full Circe story below from my own low-grade copy. This is the third of 3 Wonder Woman stories in this issue and occupies the last 12 pages of the book.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So where do you get a copy? I'm not aware of any available in the market right now, but I snagged mine recently for $155 (a GD/VG copy). Wonder Woman #6 by comparison will run you almost $1000 in the same grade, although this weekend's Heritage auction could change that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the first in a series of posts about "Tools of the Trade": websites, apps, publications and craft to be familiar with to make collecting more enjoyable, potentially profitable short-term, and more rewarding long-term.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are several good news sites that report breaking news about comics and comic book movies. The first I'll mention is <a href="http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2015/08/twis-captain-america-civil-war-doctor-strange-jessica-jones-marvels-most-wanted-deadpool-wolverine-3-batman-v-superman-man-of-steel-2-the-crow.html" target="_blank">Flickering Myth</a>, which does a comic book movie news round-up every Saturday. I think this outfit is out of the U.K. Besides excellent writing, they do a great job of calling B.S. on groundless rumors that other sites hype up. Count on them not </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to l</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ead you astray. The best in terms of getting balanced news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second-most important one for me is <a href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/" target="_blank">Comic Book Resources</a>. I get their breaking news alerts by email, although I'd like to see fewer alerts that are not comic related. They are quick to report scoops by "pro" news sites like <a href="http://deadline.com/" target="_blank">Deadline</a>, <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision" target="_blank">The Hollywood Reporter</a> and <a href="http://variety.com/" target="_blank">Variety</a>. A lot of comic book movie news originates from these sites, and check them out if you want to hear it straight from the horse's mouth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some of the most cutting-edge, high-profile scoops have come from <a href="http://birthmoviesdeath.com/" target="_blank">Badass Digest</a> and <a href="http://heroichollywood.com/" target="_blank">Heroic Hollywood</a>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bleedingcool.com/" target="_blank">Bleeding Cool</a> is a good site to follow about developments in comic books themselves, like creative team changes and character developments. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.tcj.com/" target="_blank">The Comics Journal</a> has unrivaled comic reporting, even having the confidence to name their editorial staff on the front page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.comicbookmovie.com/" target="_blank">Comic Book Movie</a> has the most entertaining comments section. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://io9.com/" target="_blank">io9</a> has some nice in-depth articles and concept pieces about the comic world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">You can configure sections of your <a href="https://news.google.com/" target="_blank">Google News</a> feed for keywords of interest like "Marvel Studios", "Dr.Strange cast", "Batman", "Zack Snyder" or whatever. This will often lead you to sites like <a href="http://www.forbes.com/" target="_blank">Forbes</a> which you wouldn't think covers comic stuff. Good for news on <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2015/04/23/marvel-avengers-age-of-ultron/" target="_blank">studio strategy</a> from a business context or <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/superhero-earns-13-billion-a-748281" target="_blank">brand power</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://batman-news.com/" target="_blank">Batman News</a> is a fun site dedicated to DC. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I check out <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/" target="_blank">L.A Times Hero Complex</a> once in a while for true broadsheet style reporting on the superhero myth as a part of pop culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you can bear sifting through the sea of posts, <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/merrillbarr/2015/04/23/marvel-avengers-age-of-ultron/" target="_blank">Twitter</a> can be a good source. Follow directors and cast members and you may get a head's up on breaking news before the world at large (<a href="https://twitter.com/Heronextr" target="_blank">follow us</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are some sites to avoid (or be skeptical when reading), like <a href="http://moviepilot.com/" target="_blank">MoviePilot</a>. They are wrong a lot of the time, and it's so poorly written I wouldn't be surprised if the articles were generated by bots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our <a href="http://www.heronext.com/news" target="_blank">own site</a> collates a lot of the news releases most likely to impact comic values<a href="http://www.heronext.com/news" target="_blank"></a>, with an easy search feature for related comics in our marketplace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, I have to give a shout out to <a href="http://www.superherohype.com/" target="_blank">Superhero Hype</a>, which was one of the first in the game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Next post will be a spotlight on two modern comics. Next "Tools of the Trade" will be about online forums where comic speculating and investing is discussed.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Part 3 of 3 covering Marvel's dark princesses (<a href="http://heronext.blogspot.com/2015/08/issue-spotlight-fear-11-1972.html" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="http://heronext.blogspot.com/2015/08/werewolf-by-night-13-topaz.html" target="_blank">part 2</a>). I planned on doing this one a few weeks ago, but after moving on to other books decided to cover them all in a three-parter, along with Topaz and Jennifer Kale. This book </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">will set you back the most </span></i>out of the three.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Since writing about Fear #11, I saw a copy on eBay in VG sell for $1.04 with only 2 bids, so you can see how cheap it is.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The final member of the 'Witches' is Satana, first appearing in <b>Vampire Tales #2</b> from 1973, a </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">72-page newsprint magazine</span>. Of all the costumed characters who have yet to appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I place a high probability that Satana is in the cards. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I see this book fairly often in nice grade, both online and at conventions (VF+ copies for $60 or so). A few CGC 9.8 copies were on the market last year in the $350-$400 range, which is about 1/7th of what Marvel Preview 7 brings (1st Rocket Raccoon, which coincidentally features Satana on the cover). Marvel Preview 7 and 4 (1st Starlord) have proven that "magazine format" Marvel comics are no longer the second class of collecting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Being the daughter of a demon, Satana seems at first glance like she might be a villainess, but in fact she is torn between good and evil, making her an interesting character. She once sacrificed herself to save Dr. Strange from a curse (she was resurrected).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first <i>comic book </i>appearances of Rocket Raccoon and Star-lord are also considered keys. What about Satana's?</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's a 2012 article by <a href="http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/11/25/when-we-first-met-marvel-witches/" target="_blank">CBR</a> about the 'Witches' (Jennifer Kale, Topaz and Satana). </span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Did anyone catch any interesting news from the weekend's Disney conference? Here is something I gleaned, and it's quite relevant to <a href="http://heronext.blogspot.com/2015/08/issue-spotlight-fear-11-1972.html" target="_blank">last week's post</a>. Maybe I'm just on a one-track mind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(Dr. Strange in next year's film of the same name) </span>Benedict Cumberbatch wasn't there, but he pre-recorded a video for the attendees of the Marvel Studios presentation. Many news sources have quoted him as saying in the video that the film is going to deliver "<b>girls, cars, explosions, and a bit of astral projecting into multiple dimensions</b>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Could he be referring to these girls? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don't know and I don't care, because I like these characters. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think they are insanely marketable and t</span>heir first appearances look very cheap with a lot of upside. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Topaz debuted in Werewolf By Night #13 in 1974. She has some strange daughterly/submissive relationship with a sorcerer named Taboo (also first appearance) who found her in India as a child. The two capture Werewolf by Night in an attempt to discover the whereabouts of some magic books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We already know that in Phase 3 we're getting the darkforce (intro'd in Agents of SHIELD next season, I believe), other dimensions and magic - in other words, we're getting the whole kit-and-kaboodle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Topaz was portrayed in the series "Witches" with her looks having reverted back to their original (Asian) Indian appearance. "Witches" united three little-used magic-users into a team inspired by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witches_%28Marvel_Comics%29" target="_blank">TV shows that were popular at the time</a> such as "Charmed." Dr. Strange was envisioned as a mentor - a Charlie to their Angels. I think the Marvel film brain trust hasn't forgotten it and will give it a second chance. With the Edward Norton Hulk reboot, they showed they aren't afraid to take second chances on failed concepts. With Guardians of <span style="font-size: small;">the Galaxy, they demonstrated their success in bringing good storylines from second-tier characters to a bigger stage.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><b>What about Clea</b></u>?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I think Clea will be around too. It will be a foursome. You can't ground a movie around a girl who looks human but lived her whole life in the "Dark Dimension". She'll get rescued or wrapped up in the adventure at some point, but the other girls will be the early focus.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, just to point out that </span>for Topaz WBN 13 book is a nice "key trifecta": </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Guide values for this book in FN / VF / VFNM / NM- are $6 / $18 / $28 / $38. I don't see much deviation from that in the market.</span><br />
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artwork for the splash page , which some lucky soul picked up </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="opening-bid">last year from Heritage.</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have a feeling Rachel McAdams will be cast not as Clea as most people suspect, but as Jennifer Kale.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Regardless, this character is bound to make her movie debut sooner or later. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fear #11 is the first appearance. She's on the cover and features prominently throughout the story. I think this is a book and a character that is poised to take off.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 6-page back-up story is reprinted from 1952's Marvel Tales #105.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">VF and up copies can be had for around $15.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">FUNNY STORY: My friend just met Tilda Swinton on the plane back from London! Tilda spent the whole flight playing with her toddler and invited her to her home in Scotland! If I'm right about this casting, maybe there is some magic in the air? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think the <a href="http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/En_Dwi_Gast_%28Earth-616%29" target="_blank">Grandmaster</a> will play a role in the remainder of Marvel's Phase 3. I've suspected his involvement in the movie franchise since Guardians of the Galaxy, when Lee Pace was cast in a then-undisclosed role. He ended up playing Ronan of course. The Grandmaster was my wild guess at the time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In December last year, rumors circulated that Al Pacino was in talks to star in a Marvel film, possibly GOTG 2 (scheduled for May 2017, probably filming a year from now). I only saw <a href="http://www.cosmicbooknews.com/content/exclusive-al-pacino-talks-play-grandmaster-guardians-galaxy-2" target="_blank">one site</a> that tied him to a possible role as the Grandmaster. Other than that, I did not see much talk about it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A clue appears at the end of <i>Avengers: Age of Ultron </i>that in my mind is a clear tip-off to the future role of this character. I have not seen this theory in any reviews, articles, or "Easter egg" videos. Near the close of the film, Thor says to the other Avengers "</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>It can't be a coincidence that all of the Infinity Stones are
appearing now. It is almost as if we are pawns in someone's game</i>." </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Or something to that effect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To me, this is a clear reference to the Grandmaster. The story title of Avengers #69? "Let the Game Begin!" It's about Kang and the Grandmaster summoning the Avengers and the Squadron Sinister to fight each other in an alternate reality.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I
do believe prices for Avengers #28 rose when it was announced in June 2013 that Benicio Del Toro would play The Collector. I'd expect this other Elder of the Universe to play a
more significant role.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Avengers #69-71, in my mind, belongs up there in the list of classic Avengers stories. And so many important first appearances!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What does CGC have to say about this book? It doesn't give the Grandmaster his correct due, another sign this significant event is under the radar:</span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782858737544245722.post-71622801282041829632015-08-08T23:12:00.000-04:002016-02-06T15:45:03.701-05:00Famous Funnies #81 (1941)<i>Updated 2/6/16</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A category of collecting I have felt for some time is ripe for steady growth is first appearances of oddball, defunct and public domain characters from the 1930s - 1950s, including those that debuted in other media, such as pulps and newspaper strips. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What's the appeal? First </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">is the under-appreciated stories and art to enjoy. Second is the financial accessibility of many of these books. Amassing</span> examples of some category, whether favorite character</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> appearances or </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">complete runs, is what collecting is all about. When an area of collecting gets expensive, people look for something cheaper but still fun and rewarding. I see this category taking off much in the same way that pre-code horror did in the past decade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I will talk about a few of the books that fall into this category in future posts. Today I will discuss Famous Funnies #81, the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">first comic book appearance of Invisible Scarlet O'Neil</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. After two years of monitoring eBay for it and never seeing a single copy (I own one that I found on another site, pictured above), a couple have popped up recently. This reminded me to share a few things I have learned about this neat book. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So what does this comic have going for it? Firstly, (depending on who you ask), Scarlet O'Neil is the first female comic character with super-powers. Secondly, it has an appealing </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cover</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> by H. G. Peter, drawn several months before the debut of Wonder Woman, the character with whom he is most closely associated</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What does this comic have going against it? First, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">it is only the first appearance of Scarlet <i>in comic books</i>. She debuted </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a newspaper strip </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">on </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">June
3, 1940, </span></span>a few months before this would have hit newsstands</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. This shouldn't deter you, however, as the first comic book
appearance of other classic characters (such as the Phantom) have shown
increased interest of late. Second, the </span>interior contains no original material, all of its features being reprints of newspaper strips. This includes t</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he 4 pages of Scarlet O'Neil strips, which you can read below.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What's nice is that O'Neil made it to the comic books relatively quickly, and had a later series of original material published by Harvey. Here is a small selection of non-comic book originating characters, with the dates of their debut in other media and in comic books. </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Invisible Scarlet O'Neil made it to comic books faster than any in </span></span>this short sample list, which </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in my opinion </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">should factor positively into the appeal of this book.</span> </span><br />
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<th>Date</th>
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<td align="center">Buck Rogers</td>
<td align="center">Amazing Stories pulp mag.</td>
<td align="center">Aug 1928</td>
<td align="center">Famous Funnies #3</td>
<td align="center">Oct. 1934</td>
<td align="center">6 yrs</td>
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<td align="center">Don Winslow </td>
<td align="center">Newspaper strip</td>
<td align="center">Mar. 5, 1934</td>
<td align="center">Popular Comics #1</td>
<td align="center">Feb. 1936</td>
<td align="center">1 yr 9 mos.</td>
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<td align="center">Invisible Scarlet O'Neil</td>
<td align="center">Newspaper strip</td>
<td align="center">June 3, 1940</td>
<td align="center">Famous Funnies #81</td>
<td align="center">Apr. 1941</td>
<td align="center">8 mos</td>
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<td align="center">Lady Luck</td>
<td align="center">1st Spirit section (newspaper insert)</td>
<td align="center">June 2, 1940</td>
<td align="center">Smash Comics #42</td>
<td align="center">Apr. 1943</td>
<td align="center">2.5 yrs</td>
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<td align="center">Mandrake the Magician</td>
<td align="center">Newspaper strip</td>
<td align="center">June 11, 1934</td>
<td align="center">King Comics #7</td>
<td align="center">Oct. 1936</td>
<td align="center">2 yrs, 3 mos</td>
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<td align="center">The Phantom</td>
<td align="center">Newspaper strip</td>
<td align="center">Feb. 17, 1936</td>
<td align="center">Ace Comics #11</td>
<td align="center">Feb. 1938</td>
<td align="center">1 yr, 10 mos</td>
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<i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* Comics landed on newsstands as much as 3-4 months before the </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">date printed on the </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cover</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Can
anyone tell me the first <i>non-reprint </i>comic book appearance of this character?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 2015 Overstreet values for Famous Funnies #81:</span><br />
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<td align="center">$ 25</td>
<td align="center">$ 50</td>
<td align="center">$ 75</td>
<td align="center">$ 147</td>
<td align="center">$ 241</td>
<td align="center">$ 335</td>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Overstreet's notes: "Origin & 1st app. Invisible Scarlet O'Neil (4/41); strip begins #82, ends #167; 1st non-funny-c (Scarlet O'Neil)." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I must admit I don't understand "strip begins #82", because as far as I can tell it begins here. Issue 82 again contains 4 pages of what appear to be the same type of newspaper strip reprints.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For the record, she also app<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">eared on the back <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">cover of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Famous <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Funnies #80 in an ad for the next issue:</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the opening of this post, I alluded to copies of this book that have </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">recently </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">come to market. The first was an auction of a VG copy that sold for $195.50. The seller of the second lot obviously saw this and put up a GD copy, trying his luck at $199.99, and it sold within a couple of days. I thought I saw another before the June 7th auction, but can't find the lot now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.invisiblescarletoneil.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Scarlet O'Neil blog noting the character's 75th anniversary</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://cartoonician.com/not-seen-but-not-forgotten-the-invisible-scarlet-oneil/" target="_blank">Cartoonician article featuring Scarlet O'Neil newspaper strips</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.invisiblescarletoneil.com/" target="_blank">Invisible Scarlet O'Neil official website</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn't find Famous Funnies #81 at the Digital Comic Museum, but I carefully scanned the 4 Scarlet O'Neil pages from my own copy:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Many collectors of Bronze, Copper and Modern comics don't look at the Silver or Golden Age because they think all of the good keys are far beyond their financial reach. Yet this period of comic book history is a prime hunting area for undervalued gems. The Silver Age stretches roughly from 1956 to 1970. I divide this into early (1956-64) and late (1965-70) SA. Any collector wanting to raise their collection and comic book knowledge to the next level should understand the difference between the two periods. For one, 1963-64 marks the entrance of slightly older fans loyal to the new Marvel brand. Whether it is actually true that they took better care of their comics than the previous generation is beyond the scope of this piece. However this is the conventional wisdom that an analysis of the CGC census would likely support.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">More importantly, the mid- to late-60s and early 70s are very well represented in the Mile High II "collection" (warehouse hoard) of 2 million comic books <a href="http://www.milehighcomics.com/tales/cbg65.html" target="_blank">purchased by Chuck Rozanski in 1985</a>. The story of the purchase is an interesting one, but for the purpose of this discussion simply know this: high grade Silver Age books of the late 60s are not rare. If memory serves, the title & issue with the most number of (undistributed) copies in the hoard numbered 14,000 copies. By all means buy what you like from this era, but if looking to broaden your collection into earlier decades, the good news is there is a lot of great stuff from this era that is still affordable, and in my opinion, more likely to multiply in value over the years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first such book that I want to recommend is Doom Patrol #86 from 1964. This book has two main things going for it. Firstly, it is the <b>first issue </b>of the Doom Patrol title (My Greatest Adventure having changed its title between issues 85 and 86). Secondly, it contains a <b>cover-featured debut </b>of an interesting and under-rated pair of villains. Now, the "Rule of Villains" says to think carefully about the potential of a villain to be a break-out hit. Does he/she/it have the potential to rise to Joker or Harley Quinn-like popularity? Few do, but there is a lot of space to occupy between the loved and the loathed. Monsieur Mallah and the Brain are just the type of oddball characters I believe could develop a cult following (if indeed they don't have one already). The slow introduction of Gorilla Grodd in season one of the Flash TV series has excited a lot of fans - could another super-gorilla be far behind? Neither DC nor Marvel have shown apprehension in bringing some of their odder characters to the screen, and as long as fanboys like Kevin Feige (Marvel) and Geoff Johns (DC) continue to have a major role and the films continue to be successful, this shouldn't change.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you are not convinced yet, Doom Patrol #86 comes <b>dead last </b>in Overstreet value in the following list of 21 first issues published between 1956 and 1964. Notably, it is worth less than a third of the next least valuable comic:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Green indicates books with a change in Overstreet value of more than 19% over last year; yellow means a change more than 9%. I did not cherry-pick these issues to support my argument. I looked up every Marvel and DC superhero (or superhero-like) Number One in this 8-year period. If there's any others I might have included, please let me know.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Does the fact it does not sport a Number One on its cover hurt the value? Well, another analysis we could do would be to compare the value of sequential issues in a series that was retitled without changing the numbering. Unfortunately I have to break my rule of not comparing early with late Silver Age, but in this case the best examples are the Marvel relaunches of the late 60s:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first issue in every case except Doom Patrol 86 is that the first of the retitled series is worth more than the previous issue (average of 4 times more), while Doom Patrol #86 is actually worth <b>only 2/3 </b>of My Greatest Adventure #85. One brief note about Overstreet. We all know that the market value of certain comics vary widely from the guide value, but in this case I don't see any indication of sales widely deviating from Overstreet values. That's good for the collector who's getting in now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have no problem seeing a 5- to 10-fold increase in FMV for this book in the next 4 years. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Finally, for a little icing on the cake, this issue also features the first appearances of the remaining members of the "Brotherhood of Evil", Madame Rouge, Mister Morden and Rog. When it comes down to it, however, what I like about the book is the awesome first appearance / gorilla cover, the fact it is from 1964, and the incredibly cheap price.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the market, I see a high grade copy on eBay by a seller who obviously believes highly in this book. I don't think the masses are on to this book or ready to pay anywhere near that price yet. There have been few slabbed sales in recent years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782858737544245722.post-45451485352494459862015-08-01T23:51:00.000-04:002016-02-11T14:45:27.734-05:00Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #54 (1992)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I remember the buzz in my local comic shop after TMNT #1 was released in 1984 (I was just a wee lad), but I was a reader of mainstream Marvel and DC </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at that time. Apart from the main characters, </span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have to admit I don't know much about the TMNT universe. </span>(T</span>here's a good chance, though, that I was at the comic convention </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">where <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles#Comics" target="_blank">Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered</a></span>). I'd love to hear from readers who can say more about the importance of Karai in the pantheon of TMNT characters, and whether they consider this book particularly collectible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Karai debuted in </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TMNT #54 </span>("City at War, pt. 5"), published in </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dec. 1992. Wi</span>thin a year the original run would conclude with issue 62. In May, it was announced that Brittany Ishibashi will play Karai in 2016's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2, taking over from </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Minae Noji, who portrayed her briefly </span>in the 2014 relaunch of the franchise. (When I get around to seeing that, it will be my first TMNT film!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this blog, we give you the inside scoop. We open books and turn pages. In that spirit, here is the entirety of Karai's debut in issue 54, pages 16-17. No costume, no hint of abilities, but I have to give a nod to those earrings. And she is definitely up to no good:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1st appearance of Karai, Shredder's </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(sometimes?) </span></span>daughter</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to Turtlepedia, Karai is flying from Japan to New York to "</span></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">unify the warring factions of the Foot Clan that had risen following the death of Oroku Saki."</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span> </span></span><br />
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are a few copies on <a href="http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=Teenage+Mutant+Ninja+Turtles+54+-1989+-tales+-cards+-adventures&_osacat=63&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XTeenage+Mutant+Ninja+Turtles+54+-1989+-tales+-cards+-adventures+-archie.TRS0&_nkw=Teenage+Mutant+Ninja+Turtles+54+-1989+-tales+-cards+-adventures+-archie&_sacat=63" target="_blank">eBay</a> as of this writing as well as two <a href="http://www.heronext.com/news/497-Brittany%20Ishibashi%20Cast%20as%20Shredder%27s%20%28Sometimes%29%20Daughter%20Karai%20in%20TMNT%202" target="_blank">here</a>. I would avoid myComicShop as their prices for all available copies are very high. GP Analysis lists sales of 2 CGC 9.8 copies in June/July for
$100 and $110. CGC has graded 9 copies to date. I checked Comichron for the print run, but data for 1992 doesn't seem to exist. I didn't find this title in the <a href="http://www.comichron.com/monthlycomicssales/1992.html" target="_blank">top 300 sellers</a> for that year, however.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karai_%28character%29" target="_blank">Karai on Wikipedia</a> (</i></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...in her original comic incarnation, Karai was completely unrelated to the
Shredder and was actually higher in the Foot Clan's global hierarchy."</span></span> </span>Error: says #54 is "City At War No. 1")</span></span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://turtlepedia.wikia.com/wiki/Karai_%28Mirage%29" target="_blank">Karai on Turtlepedia</a> (implies she first appeared in #52???)</i></span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782858737544245722.post-9034388020844137852015-07-15T01:26:00.000-04:002016-02-11T14:45:48.690-05:00Iron Man #28 (1970)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Watched the latest Agent Carter episode last night. Love, love, love
Howard Stark. Loved him in the first Cap movie, loved him in the Agent
Carter short, love what they've been doing with him in the comics. As a
fan of Marvel stories based in WWII and the 1950s, he's one of my
favorite characters. He's grown from just being part of Iron Man's back
story to being one of the most important characters in Marvel's
history, up there with Nick Fury and Captain America. He was portrayed
by Gerard Sanders in Iron Man 1, Dominic Cooper in Cap 1, then again in
the Agent Carter short and TV series. John Slattery played him in Iron
Man 2. He'll appear yet again this summer in "Ant-Man", in what will be
his fourth big-screen appearance.<br /><br />In the comics, he first
appeared in a one-panel flashback in Iron Man #28. CGC notes it on the
label now because I requested it on a submission form last year. His
next appearance isn't until 7 years later, in Iron Man #104, where he is
pictured in a portrait hanging in Tony Stark's house. In the next
issue, he appears in a hallucination. He appears in Avengers Annual 9
in 1979, but I'm not sure how - my guess is it's a flashback image
having to do with some robots the Avengers were fighting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />It is
established that he had an adventurous past in what is his <b>first
significant story role </b>in my opinion, in the 22-page "A Soldier's Story"
from 1990's Captain America Annual #9. This relates a Howling
Commandos mission to save Howard and his wife Maria from the Red Skull
during World War II. This story also establishes that Howard Stark met
Captain America during World War II. I could only find an image of
Howard punching out a Nazi thug, but this issue should have been on my
pull list as a young collector. I'm going to dig it out to read first
chance I get!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Captain America Annual #9, 1990</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Attached are images from some of Howard's early
appearances, plus the cover of Operation: SIN #1 which came out just
this month. Here's a <a href="http://marvel.com/news/comics/14044/howard_stark_father_of_iron">good article</a> about his film and comic
appearances.<a class="ot-anchor aaTEdf" dir="ltr" href="http://marvel.com/news/comics/14044/howard_stark_father_of_iron" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A recent appearance</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782858737544245722.post-86910293529250381072015-07-08T12:34:00.000-04:002016-02-11T14:46:07.845-05:00Thor #127 (1966)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My copy </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm a big fan of comics with multiple important events and/or first appearances. There's more bang for your buck, and greater the </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">chance that a character debuting within will go on to bigger and better things</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When those first appearances are under the radar, </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">valued no higher than surrounding issues (#128, #129, #130) well, in my book that's what you call an undervalued comic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today's highlight is Thor #127 from April 1966. The </span>Overstreet Price Guide and CGC's
label notation reads "1st appearance of Pluto" - big deal, right? But this
issue also features two other nice historic Marvel events that not many people
know about.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first is that this issue is the first appearance of
Hippolyta (later Warrior Woman). A minor character for sure,
Warrior Woman is Marvel's version of Wonder Woman and had a starring
role in the short-lived Fearless Defenders series from 2013. Someone<span class="text_exposed_show">
must have thought she had potential! But with Wonder Woman getting
such a high profile in the nascent DC Cinematic Universe, is Marvel likely to
introduce Warrior Woman in theirs? I don't see them introducing Olympians when
they have already asked audiences to accept the existence of Asgardians.
Still, you never know and this is an interesting character debut worth knowing
about.</span></span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Xy9VD9t3lk/VbeisspmyyI/AAAAAAAAAOM/dOI7qE5eGOo/s1600/Hippolyta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/--Xy9VD9t3lk/VbeisspmyyI/AAAAAAAAAOM/dOI7qE5eGOo/s640/Hippolyta.jpg" width="424" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hippolyta's debut in Thor #127</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="fbPhotosPhotoCaption" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}" id="fbPhotoSnowliftCaption" tabindex="0"><span class="hasCaption"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Warrior Woman as depicted in the Fearless Defenders (2013 series)</span></span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Other Thing</b></span><u><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Loooooong before Thor: Ragnarok was announced,
it was pretty clear a sequel to the Dark World would be in Marvel Studios' plans (Chris
Hemsworth is the sexiest man alive, after all), and anyone with a knowledge of Thor comics and </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">good guessing skills and </span>could have predicted it would cover the Ragnarok
storyline. I don't know about others, but the first thing that comes to
mind for me when I hear Ragnarok is the Midgard Serpent. And sure
enough, the Midgard Serpent a.k.a. the World Serpent a.k.a. Jormungandr
first appears in the backup story of Thor #127. He/it WILL appear in
Thor 3, albeit as a CGI character - that's my opinion. Check out the Serpent's debut in the image below, and pay special attention to the last panel. What word interestingly appears THREE times? Yes, this
might be the first time Ragnarok is foreshadowed in Thor comics.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"As Lo, there shall appear the MIDGARD SERPENT -- proclaiming the day of RAGNAROK!! RAGNAROK -- the time the gods themselves shall perish! RAGNAROK -- the end of the world!!"</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Would
Jormungandr incite the collector interest of Fin Fang Foom, or be
something of a lifeless dud like Krona in Thor: The Dark World? More
likely the latter, but how cool is this trifecta of trivial tidbits? </span></span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First appearance of Pluto</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First appearance of Hippolyta</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First appearance of the Midgard Serpent and first mention of Ragnarok*.</span></span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">* For well-rounded research, it is worth nothing there is an
Atlas-era issue of Venus predating JIM 83 in which Thor and Loki appear,
but it is coveted by Atlas collectors for other reasons.</span> </span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0rhzc3LjoMA/VbeitOPm1PI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/ULUK2J5tquQ/s1600/a%2BPluto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0rhzc3LjoMA/VbeitOPm1PI/AAAAAAAAAOQ/ULUK2J5tquQ/s640/a%2BPluto.jpg" width="440" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For good measure, debut of Pluto, Hollywood honcho</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This issue is technically Thor #2 (</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the title having changed from "Journey Into Mystery" to "Thor" with #126)</span></span>, so it is collected for that
reason. I purchased a copy at auction last year (graded VF but more
like a NM-) for $44. Having been published during the Mile High II
years, there are lots of copies out there, not expensive, and easy to
find in highest grades.</span></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782858737544245722.post-25987478206616432432015-07-01T00:56:00.000-04:002020-02-07T21:18:17.156-05:00Wonder Woman #160 (1966)<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">1st Silver Age appearance of the Cheetah and Dr. Psycho</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have a pick to share that I haven’t seen discussed in
the past year or two on any of the various blogs or forums discussing such things. Accompanying this pick is an analysis/comparison of the
values of "1st Silver Age" appearances of characters vs. their "1st
(Golden Age) appearance".<br /><br />Wonder Woman #160 is the first Silver
Age appearance of both the Cheetah and Dr. Psycho, the Number One and a
Top 10 Wonder Woman villain. We all know that Warner Bros has big plans
for Wonder Woman, with a solo film (not 100% confirmed but likely) for
2017 and a big role in Batman v. Superman: DOJ and two Justice League
films.<br /><br />The first reason the book is a sleeper is simply because
its significance is not broken out from the issues around it in the
price guide (values of this and surrounding issues are the same) and
from what I can tell this pretty much agrees with actual sales.<br /><br />Secondly
is the rise in value of Wonder Woman #6 (Cheetah’s first appearance) in
the last few years. There was a landmark sale of a 7.5 in 2012 for
$5975, since then sales have not been as high as this but well above
what they were before.<br /><br />Here is an estimate of 8.0-grade fair
market values using GPA data for WW 6 vs. 160, as compared to the 1st /
1st S.A. appearance of three Batman villains: Penguin, Riddler, and
Scarecrow. FMV for Wonder Woman #6 is far out of sync with guide
(almost 4X guide) compared with the other characters (column G).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br />Should
there be a correlation between the values of a characters first S.A.
appearance with their first overall? It stands to reason that there
would be and this piece is predicated on this. A character’s popularity
transcends age and income brackets; the G.A. collector will desire the
earlier book while the S.A. collector wants something in their price
range and collecting category.<br /><br />You can see from column O that the
FMV of WW 160 is only 1.82% the FMV of WW 6 while for the other books
it is around 5%. (Scarecrow seems to be an outlier, which points to the
undesirable cover of World’s Finest 3 and the title being outside the
interest of the Batman/Detective collector.) If the ratio were more
around 5%, the FMV of WW 160 would be $356 in VF making it more than 50%
undervalued.<br /><br />Percent of WW 160 to #5 (1st Psycho) FMV is higher
(7.14%) when compared with first Cheetah, but since Cheetah is the
dominant character we can essentially throw out the Dr. Psycho data (as
cool as the character is). The fact WW 160 also contains the first
Silver Age appearance of Dr. Psycho is an added bonus that should make
the book that much more desirable.<br /><br />When looking at first S.A.
appearances, I also like to check how long the character spent out of
the spotlight. I feel the stagnation of Avengers #4 has to do with
increased familiarity by collectors of 1950s-era books and the fact the
Captain has many previous appearances. The last Golden Age appearance
of the Cheetah was Wonder Woman #28 (March 1948) which is a relatively
long time out of the spotlight. For Dr. Psycho it is Wonder Woman #18
(July 1946). This makes WW 160 only the <b>fifth </b>appearance of the Cheetah
(following WW 6, Sensation 22, Comic Cavalcade 11, and WW 28) and the <b>
third full appearance </b>of Dr. Psycho (from what I can tell).<br /><br />I have 4 copies of this; the highest is a VF+. I
wanted the slabbed 9.4 that was auctioned in September but I put my
money into other books. There are 22 graded copies according to the
census.<br /><br />In summary, there are many reasons WW 160 is
undervalued even before any hint of a DC cinematic universe. A
compounded increase in value will depend on Warners’ plans for the
characters. Also have a look at Wonder Woman #163, first S.A. Giganta
(a personal fave) and Baroness von Gunther.<br /><br />If this book was already on your list, hope you may have learned a little. Looking forward to reading along.</span>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0