There have been far less complete first appearances that have moved the needle more than #180. #180 is just one panel, but it has everything - full body shot and name. Compare to Man of Steel #17, the "first appearance" of Doomsday, which has a couple panels of a fist punching a wall. Or the people speculating on Captain America #359 for the "first appearance" of Crossbones, who is in one panel, unnamed, in silhouette, meaning he could literally be anybody in the MU. Some people are even bumping the price of Swamp Thing #25, which has one panel where Sting appears in the background, because the Sting cameo was later retconned into an appearance by John Constantine.

So speculators will drive up the price of any stupid thing they can think of. For me, Hulk #180 is undervalued compared to #181, as it's an actual first appearance.

And that's not even getting into things like More Fun #51 or Gobbledygook #1, which have seen increased prices due to advertisements for new characters set to appear in future comics.

Not much of the more expensive comics I buy really have an established value. They're the type of things that pop up maybe once a year or less. There's a handful of people trying to sell Raw magazines for far more than anyone is willing to pay, since they've been consistently relisted for a couple years now. I've bought issues for between $20-$40, which was probably a bit low. People are trying (and failing) to sell copies for $100-$300. So I'd say they're probably worth somewhere around $60-$80 each.

What seems to be super low is the old Fangraphix fanzine. It's four issues long, the first two being magazine sized and the final two being comic book sized. They are the first work of Tony Caputo and Marc Hansen. It's the predecessor of NOW comics. It's the first appearance of Ralph Snart, which was almost a huge property at one point. It was the main event of NOW comics, selling higher numbers than The Real Ghostbusters. And the entire series can be bought for about $8.

Have no idea, maybe a bug in its pricing/stock algorithm? A NM copy can be found on Chuck's site for a twenty.

I'm glad I bought the majority of my silver-age Spideys from 2003-2012...prices now for higher-grade issues are tough on the buyer.

I agree Scott, this annoys me greatly too.

I was picking away at a run of Daredevil and hit an unexpected roadblock when it came to issue #111. It turns this is the first appearance of the Silver Samurai. I may be out of the loop in the current MU, but is this really a big deal? Is this spike really just due to the character's appearance in a semi-mediocre Wolverine movie? Does he have any other significant purchase or importance in the MU.

I'll skip this issue rather than pay anything ridiculous for a comic just because it features the rather forgettable Silver Samurai.

I'm sure that was just a movie bump.. a quick e-bay search shows a 'buy it now' for 9.95, but others for a couple hundred.   I expect it popped for the movie and is on the way back to where it belongs.

Funniest thing about that Tales of the Teen Titans #44. When I 1st started collecting years ago , Krogers (a grocery store chain) had comics on their shelves. It was the early 1990's and I had just started collecting. They had those 3 books in a bag for whatever price there was. And usually you'd find one good book you really needed at times. Marvel was also selling 4 books for $5 bucks in a collectible case if anyone remembers that. Out of that I got Incredible Hulk #389 , #393 , #400 and #405 as issues. All 1st print issues.

So going to Tales of the Teen Titans #44. I got one of those grab bag deals and bought it. Never realizing at the time what I bought. Inside the middle book was a Tales of the Teen Titans #44.....1st print. It remains one of the weirdest things to see DC put in those bags. I won't complain as later as i learned more about comics I did a holy fuck at what I had.