Another great video! It's amazing how these Bronze Age keys have skyrocketed over the past 10 years! Love the value by 5 years and stock comparisons. Keep posting more of these informative videos! Thanks for sharing!
I have 9 out of the 10 books you've shown (don't have the House of Secrets 92). Most of them are raw and not graded, but here's the thing----I bought them waaaayy back in the day for only a few bucks and they're all in very good shape. For a regular comic collector and not "investor", guess I'm doing okay. Love your channel and how you break it down. Keep on keepin' on, bruh.
That’s awesome that u got them all. Probably really cheap compared to today. That’s kind why I started this channel. To let people know that comics are just as good as “traditional” investing.
Ya you're right...i couldn't remember off the top of my head. But I remember that too. I thought it was just insane but now whoever owns it is now sitting on something well over a million, maybe even 2 or 3 mil
Fascinating to see this list. Good job on the estimated value comparison/increase with the market. Wish I had found a Werewolf by Night #32 back in the early ‘90s - had it on a wishlist I found in my longbox, with a NM price of $42 (courtesy Wizard Mag.)
Hey mate, talking of investments. I see you’ve got a marvel feature #11 CGC 9.8 and a flash comics # 16 CGC 7.5 (both relatively close in price, roughly $600 difference in price? So taking into account the obvious grades difference, which would be the better investment comic to buy?
This is a tough one because a few of your books had characters that had movies or Netflix TV shows over the past 10 years. So that’s why they’ve jumped so much. Do you think that characters like Ms Marvel or Punisher will keep up with this pace? Looking for honest opinion and not dumping on the video as I thought it was good information.
Well look at wolverine. It went sky high. So even if they don’t have a movie. Like ghost rider they will still go up. Because the character itself is popular. As long as the character themselves are popular they will continue to go up over time
This is a great list/video but being “experienced” and in this space, this could also be a list of the best comics to consider selling. Is it probable a 1,000+% return repeats another 1,000%+ return? Maybe, but I’m seeing A LOT of spec in this space lately which reminds me of some other bubbles. I’m in for the long haul but for some of us cash is only good when its in your account. My only caveat to that statement is that silver/bronze are special. Other vids/pods/shows have more recent titles where MILLIONS were printed but are trading for thousands. For us, having some solid bronze or silvers slabbed is a 100% long term winner. But if you have some lower graded raw’s I would think about selling into the demand. Just one man’s opinion!
I agree with you on the modern titles. There is so many out there but its all supply and demand. Like ultimate fallout 4. I can't believe that is still going up. I honestly don't think UF4 will hold its value in the long run, meaning next 5 years. But maybe 10-20 years it will still have lots of value
Just remember what they say in the investment industry. Past returns are no guarantee of future returns. And for all of these comic winners there were also comic losers in the last 10 years. Those people that bought Western Comics would be lucky to break even in the last 10 years. Just saying. But yeah it would have been nice to buy these 10 years ago.
@@ComicBookInvestments also this entire list is Marvel Comics. And the reason they did so well is because of the movies TV shows. But 10 years ago the people that bought DC bronze Comic Keys have not done nearly as well unless they bought certain Batman books. But that doesn't mean Marvel will outperform DC in the next 10 years. We assume they will but things change. Back in 2008 people thought that housing prices could never go down nationally and yet they did.
IF 14 in 9.0 will never be as low as $6.5K. That book & SW 35 cent PV’s were wall books almost instantly even shortly after printing. I was around back then.
Well like I said in the video its a estimate. A 7.5 just sold for $3,800 and the last 9.0 sold for $4,000 back in 2014 and a 9.6 highest grade just sold for 15k.
I just started collecting again after 30 years and was looking through all old unbagged and bagged boxes and wanted to know if I should have the pressing service done when I send my first slabs into cgc, first box had, ASM 238, new mutants 87, and two swamp thing 37s... to me they look like 9.6 to 9.8
@@mikepetzold6357 yes. Either find your own presser or roll the dice on CGC presser via CCS. Always press moderns. The value difference between even 1 grade can be staggering.
A great list, but most of these are already way out of reach for many collectors. Who has $5K laying around for a 9.0? That’s not even a great grade for these high print Bronze Age books.
I know 5k is steep but I'm more showing them compared to stock and how they do as an investment. i can do another top 10 for lower grade stuff, thats a good idea
@@ComicBookInvestments your show & your audience, wasn’t looking to step on toes. I think as the other commenter mentioned, as part of your audience, “better low grade than no grade”. I don’t agree with that on most any newer Silver book thru Modern, but there might be an interesting show on that.
@@davidsamuelson2089 In some instances if you can't afford a higher grade, I'd still suggest as investments to pick up a low grade. And I don't think you stepping on toes here, any input is welcomed
Imagine comparing a highly speculative market and short term investments like collectibles to an actual established market like s&p, stocks and index funds. This is the actual dumbest advice and opinions I've seen on youtube for sure. Tell you what, you invest all your money into modern comics, and ill invest mine into s&p and real estate. Lets see whos on top in 40 years lol. Anyone remember how the western market was beating the stock market?! Wheres that at now?
The comics in this list aren’t modern. They are Bronze Age. Meaning they are from 1970-1984. And they aren’t speculative either. I shy away from those. Hulk 181 first wolverine has been super popular and always increasing in value. Comics are a great investment. Sometimes better than stocks or real estate. That is the point of my channel. To show people that. An action comics #1 in pristine condition coat you $300 back in 1970. In the 1990s that same book would be $50,000. In the 2010 it would be 700k-1million. Now it’s 2-3million. And it all started at 10 cents! My point is comics are real long term investments. My top 10 shows that by showing the last 10 years and how much they have gain. Speculative markets don’t have 10 years of history.
@@ComicBookInvestments Except action comics and other golden age comics are an eatablished market alongside antiques. Theres also only around 1% of them that are worth actual money, but you people dont pay attention to that aspect do you? Bronze age are considered modern by market standards when talking about the actual investable aide of this. This is why people like you should stay away from giving advice and hyping this market up without doing your research. Collectibles have NEVER retained value permanently. If you need evidence, go look at the antique and collectible toy market currently. Its crashing, hard. The same toy market people thought would be around forever. Its evident you have no idea what a speculators market is.
Another great video! It's amazing how these Bronze Age keys have skyrocketed over the past 10 years! Love the value by 5 years and stock comparisons. Keep posting more of these informative videos! Thanks for sharing!
thanks for the support! and will do. I like doing these kind of videos, I learn from them as well
I have 9 out of the 10 books you've shown (don't have the House of Secrets 92). Most of them are raw and not graded, but here's the thing----I bought them waaaayy back in the day for only a few bucks and they're all in very good shape. For a regular comic collector and not "investor", guess I'm doing okay. Love your channel and how you break it down. Keep on keepin' on, bruh.
That’s awesome that u got them all. Probably really cheap compared to today. That’s kind why I started this channel. To let people know that comics are just as good as “traditional” investing.
Believe it or not I got an X-Men # 94 for less than cover price at a resale shop in the 90s.
9.9 went for 150K bro! I thought it was dumb at the time. Now not so much! Love the channel!
Ya you're right...i couldn't remember off the top of my head. But I remember that too. I thought it was just insane but now whoever owns it is now sitting on something well over a million, maybe even 2 or 3 mil
Fascinating to see this list. Good job on the estimated value comparison/increase with the market. Wish I had found a Werewolf by Night #32 back in the early ‘90s - had it on a wishlist I found in my longbox, with a NM price of $42 (courtesy Wizard Mag.)
Wow. $42. It’s crazy to see things like this go up that much
Nice List. Thanks for sharing
GREAT video with solid information. Thanks for doing the legwork to put this together. Keep it up!
Thank you! ya I actually really like doing these Top 10 videos, Its a learning experience for me as well
The videos just keep getting better. They are great keep it up.
Thank you. I appreciate the support :)
Hey mate, talking of investments. I see you’ve got a marvel feature #11 CGC 9.8 and a flash comics # 16 CGC 7.5 (both relatively close in price, roughly $600 difference in price?
So taking into account the obvious grades difference, which would be the better investment comic to buy?
Marvel Feature 11, hands down! thats a better investment. Hulk Vs Thing is much more desirable then a non key old flash comics
@@ComicBookInvestments damn!... wish I had of waited I got the flash instead !
That’s really sound advice. Stuff it... I’m just gonna buy both of them !
Cheers mate 🙏
@@Tricolorcomic hahaha, thank you. I'm glad I can help you out :)
@@Tricolorcomic Did you get it off ebay or our website?
Wow just shows how crazy the market is currently!
I know! but its not just comics, look at homes, stock, collectibles....
This is a tough one because a few of your books had characters that had movies or Netflix TV shows over the past 10 years. So that’s why they’ve jumped so much. Do you think that characters like Ms Marvel or Punisher will keep up with this pace? Looking for honest opinion and not dumping on the video as I thought it was good information.
Well look at wolverine. It went sky high. So even if they don’t have a movie. Like ghost rider they will still go up. Because the character itself is popular. As long as the character themselves are popular they will continue to go up over time
This is a great list/video but being “experienced” and in this space, this could also be a list of the best comics to consider selling. Is it probable a 1,000+% return repeats another 1,000%+ return? Maybe, but I’m seeing A LOT of spec in this space lately which reminds me of some other bubbles. I’m in for the long haul but for some of us cash is only good when its in your account. My only caveat to that statement is that silver/bronze are special. Other vids/pods/shows have more recent titles where MILLIONS were printed but are trading for thousands. For us, having some solid bronze or silvers slabbed is a 100% long term winner. But if you have some lower graded raw’s I would think about selling into the demand. Just one man’s opinion!
I agree with you on the modern titles. There is so many out there but its all supply and demand. Like ultimate fallout 4. I can't believe that is still going up. I honestly don't think UF4 will hold its value in the long run, meaning next 5 years. But maybe 10-20 years it will still have lots of value
Where did you get the values from? Overstreet Price Guide needs to update their guide to include slabbed prices.
I get them off gpa or gocollect. It has actual sold data
My biggest return on a book if I sold it is my Detective Comics 168 CGC 6.5. I bought it in 2008 for $1,600, now it’s around $30K.
wow! great book! Its crazy that books have gone up more than most stocks, its good I"m happy about that :)
Love that Punisher ASM # 129.
Me too!
@@ComicBookInvestments 😊👍
do you think U.K. pence variants should get a premium?
They usually don’t because they are less desired. Even though they are more rare.
Great info
Thank you!
My X-Men #14 in a 5.5 has trippled its worth in 2 months
I know its so crazy, i was looking at a Xmen 58 and its gone up nearly 5x in 2 years.
Just remember what they say in the investment industry. Past returns are no guarantee of future returns. And for all of these comic winners there were also comic losers in the last 10 years. Those people that bought Western Comics would be lucky to break even in the last 10 years. Just saying. But yeah it would have been nice to buy these 10 years ago.
Yes that is true. There some comics that haven’t really gone up or even gone down in value.
@@ComicBookInvestments also this entire list is Marvel Comics. And the reason they did so well is because of the movies TV shows. But 10 years ago the people that bought DC bronze Comic Keys have not done nearly as well unless they bought certain Batman books. But that doesn't mean Marvel will outperform DC in the next 10 years. We assume they will but things change. Back in 2008 people thought that housing prices could never go down nationally and yet they did.
Ultimate fallout 4 2nd print is one that i like
@@bat2275 Yes the market is constantly changing, which is good. Be interesting to redo this list in 5 years and see whats changed
IF 14 in 9.0 will never be as low as $6.5K. That book & SW 35 cent PV’s were wall books almost instantly even shortly after printing. I was around back then.
Well like I said in the video its a estimate. A 7.5 just sold for $3,800 and the last 9.0 sold for $4,000 back in 2014 and a 9.6 highest grade just sold for 15k.
Two grails I am looking for at that grade.
What about black hole #4 a rare Whitman..?
A 9.2 recently sold for under 1k. So it wouldn’t make the list
@@ComicBookInvestments well excuse me...lol!! Just playin’!
@@bradkoski oh I know, I do love that book though. Its such an interesting book because it has value but its out of nowhere
X-men 94 in 9.0 cgc just broke $4k on mycomicshop and this video is only a few days old....
hahaha, I think I even said in the video that at the rate things are going my video will be out of date in no time
Wanted to send you an email asking questions but I think the formatting is wrong on your website or my iPad just couldn’t do it write lol
Ya we still have bugs on our website. It’s new and we are working on it everyday. What did u want to know?
I just started collecting again after 30 years and was looking through all old unbagged and bagged boxes and wanted to know if I should have the pressing service done when I send my first slabs into cgc, first box had, ASM 238, new mutants 87, and two swamp thing 37s... to me they look like 9.6 to 9.8
@@mikepetzold6357 yes. Either find your own presser or roll the dice on CGC presser via CCS. Always press moderns. The value difference between even 1 grade can be staggering.
@@mikepetzold6357 Could be worth it, I don't know what they charge to Press it but getting that grade bump on that level is worht it
Real talk: do you believe CGC is completely trustworthy?
Define trustworthy? I believe they are running a business. So they will do things that benefit the business over what’s morally right
A great list, but most of these are already way out of reach for many collectors. Who has $5K laying around for a 9.0? That’s not even a great grade for these high print Bronze Age books.
low grade better than no grade.
I know 5k is steep but I'm more showing them compared to stock and how they do as an investment. i can do another top 10 for lower grade stuff, thats a good idea
@@ComicBookInvestments your show & your audience, wasn’t looking to step on toes. I think as the other commenter mentioned, as part of your audience, “better low grade than no grade”. I don’t agree with that on most any newer Silver book thru Modern, but there might be an interesting show on that.
@@davidsamuelson2089 In some instances if you can't afford a higher grade, I'd still suggest as investments to pick up a low grade. And I don't think you stepping on toes here, any input is welcomed
My first video from you....lets see whats up.
Thank you! Hope you like my videos on here 😀
Feeling fomo bad now
Hahahha
Imagine comparing a highly speculative market and short term investments like collectibles to an actual established market like s&p, stocks and index funds.
This is the actual dumbest advice and opinions I've seen on youtube for sure. Tell you what, you invest all your money into modern comics, and ill invest mine into s&p and real estate. Lets see whos on top in 40 years lol.
Anyone remember how the western market was beating the stock market?! Wheres that at now?
The comics in this list aren’t modern. They are Bronze Age. Meaning they are from 1970-1984. And they aren’t speculative either. I shy away from those. Hulk 181 first wolverine has been super popular and always increasing in value. Comics are a great investment. Sometimes better than stocks or real estate. That is the point of my channel. To show people that. An action comics #1 in pristine condition coat you $300 back in 1970. In the 1990s that same book would be $50,000. In the 2010 it would be 700k-1million. Now it’s 2-3million. And it all started at 10 cents! My point is comics are real long term investments. My top 10 shows that by showing the last 10 years and how much they have gain. Speculative markets don’t have 10 years of history.
@@ComicBookInvestments Except action comics and other golden age comics are an eatablished market alongside antiques. Theres also only around 1% of them that are worth actual money, but you people dont pay attention to that aspect do you? Bronze age are considered modern by market standards when talking about the actual investable aide of this. This is why people like you should stay away from giving advice and hyping this market up without doing your research.
Collectibles have NEVER retained value permanently. If you need evidence, go look at the antique and collectible toy market currently. Its crashing, hard.
The same toy market people thought would be around forever.
Its evident you have no idea what a speculators market is.