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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 13:24:11 GMT -5
It's my experience that only a small percentage of comics cost a lot. Most of the bronze age and up you can get for less than what a new comic costs today. Yes but I was speaking of the Gold and Silver Age when I said the comics had outlasted the nostalgia of the audience. You cannot put together runs of Gold and Silver Age books for a few dollars an issue. -M |
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Post by wildfire2099 on Oct 20, 2015 14:14:53 GMT -5
I agree with you guys for Bronze age stuff. Comics order than, say 1975 or so, though, tend to be hard to find in outlets (like 1/2 price books) that don't know the 'book' value, and tend to be sold closer to said value. I got all of Iron Man from 100+ (except Demon in a Bottle) for $1 or less and issue... but the ones before that I've had to paY $3-$5.. even with a great amount of shopping, both online and in my travels.
I think the oldest books I got in $1 bins of late were some pre-Belit saga Conan's in a $1 bin.. those were early '70s
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Post by The Captain on Oct 20, 2015 15:00:14 GMT -5
I've found late Silver Age books, such as some of the Namor or Captain Marvel books of that era, for $2 and in pretty decent shape, with an occasional one coming across for $1. Most other Marvel books from that vintage or older run at least $3 or more, in my experience.
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 20, 2015 17:06:04 GMT -5
It's my experience that only a small percentage of comics cost a lot. Most of the bronze age and up you can get for less than what a new comic costs today. Seconded. I was able to put together an entire run of Master of Kung Fu for an average of less than $1/issue, and I also did the entire run of New Mutants for less than $56 total. Sure, I got lucky in that I'd picked up #98 for cover price years ago before anyone actually cared about Deadpool (I liked the character as originally conceived, so I figured I would grab his first appearance when I could), but the majority of those issues were bought in "5 for $1" bundles at Half-Price Books, while the most I paid for any single issue being $2 for #1. Granted, it did require having access to multiple sources of supply for books and a willingness and ability to travel, but I was able to complete both runs in less than 2 years each. It requires going to shows and hunting the missing books , but it's a pleasure to do so. This year alone, I have purchased 111 Thor comics for less than 1 buck each. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2015 17:16:49 GMT -5
Seconded. I was able to put together an entire run of Master of Kung Fu for an average of less than $1/issue, and I also did the entire run of New Mutants for less than $56 total. Sure, I got lucky in that I'd picked up #98 for cover price years ago before anyone actually cared about Deadpool (I liked the character as originally conceived, so I figured I would grab his first appearance when I could), but the majority of those issues were bought in "5 for $1" bundles at Half-Price Books, while the most I paid for any single issue being $2 for #1. Granted, it did require having access to multiple sources of supply for books and a willingness and ability to travel, but I was able to complete both runs in less than 2 years each. It requires going to shows and hunting the missing books , but it's a pleasure to do so. This year alone, I have purchased 111 Thor comics for less than 1 buck each. You also live in a major metropolitan area with lots of shows that attract a lot of dealers. That's not true for a lot of people. Some have no shows, some small shows with only a handful of vendors and not enough competition for them to offer books at low prices. So the way you get books on the cheap is not a possibility for a lot of people. For people who don't have that kind of access, time, resources, etc. those books aren't a possibility. So count your blessings. -M |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Oct 20, 2015 18:35:42 GMT -5
It requires going to shows and hunting the missing books , but it's a pleasure to do so. This year alone, I have purchased 111 Thor comics for less than 1 buck each. You also live in a major metropolitan area with lots of shows that attract a lot of dealers. That's not true for a lot of people. Some have no shows, some small shows with only a handful of vendors and not enough competition for them to offer books at low prices. So the way you get books on the cheap is not a possibility for a lot of people. For people who don't have that kind of access, time, resources, etc. those books aren't a possibility. So count your blessings. -M Hell, it's true even in areas with a decent number of shows. I have the Boston Comic Con, the RI Con and the Granite State Comic Con all within striking distance but the prices for anything worth reading are no where near a dollar. I have decent luck online, but still it's no where near what it used to be even just five years ago. |
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Post by Icctrombone on Oct 20, 2015 18:37:50 GMT -5
It requires going to shows and hunting the missing books , but it's a pleasure to do so. This year alone, I have purchased 111 Thor comics for less than 1 buck each. You also live in a major metropolitan area with lots of shows that attract a lot of dealers. That's not true for a lot of people. Some have no shows, some small shows with only a handful of vendors and not enough competition for them to offer books at low prices. So the way you get books on the cheap is not a possibility for a lot of people. For people who don't have that kind of access, time, resources, etc. those books aren't a possibility. So count your blessings. -M Don't steal my sunshine. |
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Post by DE Sinclair on Oct 21, 2015 13:07:50 GMT -5
You also live in a major metropolitan area with lots of shows that attract a lot of dealers. That's not true for a lot of people. Some have no shows, some small shows with only a handful of vendors and not enough competition for them to offer books at low prices. So the way you get books on the cheap is not a possibility for a lot of people. For people who don't have that kind of access, time, resources, etc. those books aren't a possibility. So count your blessings. -M Don't steal my sunshine. Just remember, some of us have to live in the dark. |
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Post by fanboystranger on Oct 21, 2015 13:20:00 GMT -5
I really wanted that Immortal Dr Fate collection. I have all the individual issues involved (through the '80s reprint series), but I would have liked to have them all in one book.
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Post by earl on Nov 1, 2015 16:08:35 GMT -5
DC has always been kind of weird on what they actually reprint. Some of that is that they can't put them out on the cheap like Marvel because of the royalties agreements they setup in the early 80s make them unfeasible in smaller runs. That said, it seems that there are quite a few things that they could reprint that it seems to me would be obviously popular that they have not done. I cannot figure why they have not at least reprinted ALL of the bronze age Batman comics in some complete form as I would think those becoming kind of expensive to get in actual issues and the fact it is the most popular character in comicdom would be a popular series.
Really DC should probably just license this stuff out to Dark Horse and let them do it right. Maybe at some point that will happen.
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