Great video. This closes the loop and helps give credibility to what you say. Your connection as an actual LCS operator and also someone that has been there done that through the decades of booms and crashes, this is an important video to show why your channel matters.
Dude your channel is so legit. I look to u for solid advice and u continue to hold solid for me. Thanks for the work that u put in brother. I love the channel.
Great stuff and great advice as well my guy! Funny, I don’t have a X-Factor 6, but I recently picked up an Uncanny X-Men 6 (Greg Land cover). I think it’s a great homage to that X-Factor! 😀
Looks like pretty solid advice, Drew! Maybe you should manage my 401k, lol! Sadly, this video just reminded me that I haven't been looking for an Evil Ernie 1 in a while, gotta get back on that! Keep up the great content!
Thanks for the video Drew. I love comics! Getting better at being a good collector that buys AND sells. It was very interesting to see how the Indies held their value. Keep grinding bro!✌🏼
Another solid video. Your perspective of "collecting" is great advice for the the newbie or the veteran collect. I have never been afraid to sale a book from time to time to benefit my family. My family comes first.
Really, really cool video. Has to feel good that you predicted solid returns on most books. I listened to this video on my way to a sports card show. There was one vendor with a handful of comics. Ironically, he had ASM 316 in a 9.6. The universe spoke, so I had to listen. Great addition and great cover added to the collection. Thanks Como!
NICE! I had three REALLY nice copies back when this was a $35-40 book. Should have had them graded, but oh well! Glad you found a nice one for your collection!
Hello Drew Iam fairly new to your channel...( joined during your appearance of Comicbook Connon to save the show's future hahaha ) Anyway Iam happy I subbed to your channel I really enjoy your take on alot of Comic investments. I dont comment much at all on any platform but wanted to say thank you for your honest opinions on the comic industry and look foward to hearing more from you. It didnt take long for me to realize you are one of the best in my opinion!
Hi Adam! Sorry it took me so long to respond to your comment! Thank you for helping to secure the future of The Cannon! I appreciate the kind words and am glad that you’re enjoying the content!
Thanks Ian! It’s just part of the deal. I’ve had to make “grown up decisions” in the past that have kept copies of JIM83, TOS39, ST110 and more out of my hands because real life interfered. Looking back, I could have been a little less risk adverse, but I made the smart choice at the time.
Great advice at the end. There are so many comic channels that do nothing but promote hype. Good to hear an advocate for responsibility in these times. With that said, I couldn’t help myself by upgrading my Conan #1 with prices being down from recent highs.
You’re not alone! My buddy just upgraded his Conan 1 too! I’m not much for hype. I generally try and avoid talking about books I have in stock, because I don’t want to seem like I’m trying to drum up business. Thanks for watching Michael!
Ah yes I remember this video! Looks like you made pretty good picks, Drew. Thanks for that and for the helpful message at the end. Another reason this community is so greet.
Always good to see the picks perform well. I’m glad the message resonated with you. It’s definitely not a fun thing to go through, but approaching it with a clear sense of your priorities is beyond helpful.
Great in-depth message towards the end. Cause collecting comics...can become an addiction real fast. Money can disappear faster than you can earn it. And you’re still left wanting more and more books. So thank you for the message
Regarding Batman 423, if the covers are identical for the 2nd and 3rd printings, how do you determine if you have a 1st, 2nd or 3rd printing ? (must be printed inside in the indicia ?)
Enjoying the videos and your insight. It's inspired me into going through my Copper Age collection I've kept in storage for the past 30 years or so. Looking forward to a stroll down memory lane. (Subscribed)
Very wise recommendation and defining collecting responsibly. People need to fill their cars with gas put food on the table etc. they do not have to have the next best comic book wow it’s nice it’s not a necessity. I very much appreciate what you said and it resonates very well with me as it should the entire community. I just hope that publishers such as marvel don’t see this as a reason to stop producing books
Great vid, Drew. I always enjoy look backs. Kudos for making some good picks that still increased over the last year. I think my favorite was that ASM 316. It’s one of my all-time favorite covers and being it’s the only McFarlane Venom cover from that run, I think that book still has a lot of room for growth in the next 5 years.
Great advice as usual I remember when Evil E first came out we got like 50 issues at store I was working in and after selling them all in a weekend we couldn't get anymore so even back then it was a hard book to come by. So on that note who Owens the rights to Evil E?? I'm thinking a toy company??
Wonder why? Why did chaos comics go under? Lady Death was a money maker I myself have a beach towel 2 beer mugs magnets unopened a 2 foot doll with a bad ass sword all her books and anyone who slimmed off from the title.
I will congratulate you - it takes a lot of decency and a lot of guts to go back and review books that you recommended from the past. Way too many RUclips speculators never go back and examine their advice. That’s why those hype driven idiocy machines are really killing the market.
I definitely don’t recommend going broke due to comics. I’m a fan of being able to control the thermostat and buying food. Thanks for watching Courtney!
The usual. It seems when we talk about the copper age there are only a few to talk about and rightly so..but I wonder about 20 years from now..if we were to make a top 50 of the copper age? What would we be looking at? I have my ideas but I would love to hear your thoughts, perhaps in a future video? Sorry man, making you work! 😆
He wasn’t examining the top copper age books to buy, you don’t see Albedo 2 or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1, or some of the other stellar Copper Age books. This video is about books that you can still invest in that you still might actually be able to afford.
I have a 2nd print of the Batman 423..good enough for me. Thanks Drew. I am a small time seller but I think buying anything over $200 for the PC is going to take a back seat for a few months while I do some re evaluating just as you suggest.
Any books that were a key, would still be considered to be a key. Television or films will never boost any character that wasn’t already popular before over any amount of time. Investing in those and hoping for a film is a fool’s venture.
No love for Milk and Cheese!!! LOL!!! Sorry I was literally looking up what a first print of Milk and Cheese was going for these days as I was listening to this video!!! Thanks for revisiting the top 10!!!
I definitely talked about Milk and Cheese in another video! I picked up a Milk and Cheese #1 sometime last year, I believe it was, and talked about them in that haul video. I know it’s not their 1st, but still a fun book! Thanks for watching!
You have to take a very hard and truthful look over what many people consider to be raw high-grade books. Is that an eighth, nine, 9.4? From wildly overprinted books like copper in a wildly speculative and unregulated market, most people shy away from raw. Because it’s just not worth it, sellers are constantly over grading those books and there are billions of those things sitting overpriced in the market that are not 9.8 quality.
SAFE! To be honest, I wrote the intro for this video before I started checking in on the prices, so I didn’t know what I was going to find. There were some close ones in there though. I view the accountability more as actually going back and re-evaluating my suggestions, it’s too easy to throw a brick and just act like it never happened. I’d like to be more up front about saying I missed the mark, because we all do it at some point.
@@CoMoComicBooks I’ve been able to get some great purchases thanks to people like you, Swaggle, etc. I’m not buying to flip, but was fortunate enough to get books I wanted for my PC before they went up in price, thanks to your insight. Cheers!
@@CoMoComicBooks wonder why?? You'd think the guys at coffin comics would want to keep the evil e. Why sell of all those rights? Those guys must be rich from thier 90s run? Also why hasn't Dynamite done anything with them??
@@shawndardbarbarbarian5061 I don’t believe it was voluntary. I want to say that Coffin was able to reacquire Lady Death, but not the others. I don’t remember the exact details.
I've got a lot of those comics they were not that big when I got them so you never know what you have bought in the last few years that may go shooting up in value.
If it’s a really nice, high grade copy it is 100% good! That means that it is a newsstand edition. It would have originally been sold on a spinner or magazine rack, unlike direct editions (which don’t have the barcode) that were sold through specialty comic book stores. High grade newsstands can fetch a premium as they are typically fewer in numbers due to the wear/tear that comes along with how they were merchandised.
Anything (ANYTHING) is worth ONLY what one is willing to pay for it. If ppl want books that are mass produced and willing to pay 1 million dollars then the book will be 1 million dollars. Does it mean this worth 1 million? NO it's just what ppl are willing to pay for it. Be it stupidity, mass hypnosis or manipulation of the market by RUclips channels and influencers. What matters most is not DEMAND it's scarcity. Stop buying comics and revisit the hobby in 5/6vywars and all those NEW books you purchase for 100+ bucks won't be worth there cover price. My advice is buy any comics that are scarce no matter what it is. When times get rough you CAN'T trade me any comic for my steak or to be a little more humorous toilet paper might as well use that Amazing fantasy 15 to wipe your butt because as I said ANYTHING is ONLY worth what one is willing to pay as I've seen crazy ppl on eBay have buy it nows at $999,999 with "air port drop off of your choice with $10,000 up front book has been in a bank vault etc .." and it's a ASM 299 LMFAO so ask what you want and sit on it till you meet worms. Me? I'm buying anything with Hitler in the cover (silver age mostly) and buy what you like stop buying books like you're day time traders (stocks) based on Disney+ shows and movies they (Disney) will go under soon with there woke agenda. Watch!
It's a shame what happened to Bone. I always thought that it should've gotten its own animated series a long, long time ago. High fantasy stuff has always been popular, especially these days, it seemed like a no-brainer.
Agreed! I was really looking forward to it. Though, hearing what I’ve heard coming out about Netflix’s financials the last couple of weeks, I’m not surprised at all. Bummer though.
Not sure on that. This is the follow up to the original video, I hadn’t thought about doing a follow up to the follow up. I would suspect with the drop in Bronze/Copper/Modern across the board that some or most of these may be flat or even off a bit in the current market.
My kids and I renamed you Home Run. You hit a BUNCH out of the park!!!
Nice video! Your advice about what should take priority in one’s life is spot on.
I'm happy to have Batman 423 1st print CGC 9.8....bought it new upon original release
Sold my Spider-Man 316 for 200 raw,maybe a 9.0...I paid 1$ so yeah my profit was epic
Great video. This closes the loop and helps give credibility to what you say. Your connection as an actual LCS operator and also someone that has been there done that through the decades of booms and crashes, this is an important video to show why your channel matters.
Great video! The look back is very legitimizing and informative. I also appreciate that you reference RAW copy prices.
Great video!! Keep up the good work and the great advice. 😎
Dude your channel is so legit. I look to u for solid advice and u continue to hold solid for me. Thanks for the work that u put in brother. I love the channel.
Thanks for the kind words! I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel! 👊🏻
Great stuff and great advice as well my guy! Funny, I don’t have a X-Factor 6, but I recently picked up an Uncanny X-Men 6 (Greg Land cover). I think it’s a great homage to that X-Factor! 😀
Looks like pretty solid advice, Drew! Maybe you should manage my 401k, lol! Sadly, this video just reminded me that I haven't been looking for an Evil Ernie 1 in a while, gotta get back on that! Keep up the great content!
Thanks for the video Drew. I love comics! Getting better at being a good collector that buys AND sells. It was very interesting to see how the Indies held their value. Keep grinding bro!✌🏼
Another solid video. Your perspective of "collecting" is great advice for the the newbie or the veteran collect. I have never been afraid to sale a book from time to time to benefit my family. My family comes first.
100%! Thanks for watching!
Nice update and thank you for your final thoughts. It was confirmation for where I’m at in life. Much love! 🙏
Thanks for watching! I hope you’re doing well!
Love the advice at the end of the video. Good words to live by. Thanks Drew.
Thanks for watching to the end Bob! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Your closing comments hit home! Thanks for the video as always!
We’ve gotta break out the real talk when the situation warrants it. Thanks for watching and I hope you’re hanging in there!
Really, really cool video. Has to feel good that you predicted solid returns on most books.
I listened to this video on my way to a sports card show. There was one vendor with a handful of comics. Ironically, he had ASM 316 in a 9.6. The universe spoke, so I had to listen. Great addition and great cover added to the collection.
Thanks Como!
NICE! I had three REALLY nice copies back when this was a $35-40 book. Should have had them graded, but oh well! Glad you found a nice one for your collection!
Hello Drew Iam fairly new to your channel...( joined during your appearance of Comicbook Connon to save the show's future hahaha ) Anyway Iam happy I subbed to your channel I really enjoy your take on alot of Comic investments. I dont comment much at all on any platform but wanted to say thank you for your honest opinions on the comic industry and look foward to hearing more from you. It didnt take long for me to realize you are one of the best in my opinion!
Hi Adam! Sorry it took me so long to respond to your comment! Thank you for helping to secure the future of The Cannon! I appreciate the kind words and am glad that you’re enjoying the content!
Great video I really enjoy this segment cause your giving us info on RAW books keep up the great work thanks also Awesome advice at the end
Thank you for watching!
I agree on X-factor #6 the news stand variant is so under valued.
Thanks for the info Drew. Have a great day sir ha haa !!!
Thanks for watching Christopher!
Fine words at the end there regarding collecting responsibly 👍
Thanks Ian! It’s just part of the deal. I’ve had to make “grown up decisions” in the past that have kept copies of JIM83, TOS39, ST110 and more out of my hands because real life interfered. Looking back, I could have been a little less risk adverse, but I made the smart choice at the time.
Great advice at the end. There are so many comic channels that do nothing but promote hype. Good to hear an advocate for responsibility in these times. With that said, I couldn’t help myself by upgrading my Conan #1 with prices being down from recent highs.
You’re not alone! My buddy just upgraded his Conan 1 too! I’m not much for hype. I generally try and avoid talking about books I have in stock, because I don’t want to seem like I’m trying to drum up business. Thanks for watching Michael!
Ah yes I remember this video! Looks like you made pretty good picks, Drew. Thanks for that and for the helpful message at the end. Another reason this community is so greet.
Always good to see the picks perform well. I’m glad the message resonated with you. It’s definitely not a fun thing to go through, but approaching it with a clear sense of your priorities is beyond helpful.
times are tough, great advice, Drew.
Hope you’re hanging in there OTG! Thanks for watching.
Great in-depth message towards the end. Cause collecting comics...can become an addiction real fast. Money can disappear faster than you can earn it. And you’re still left wanting more and more books. So thank you for the message
It can definitely be easy to get on the hook! God knows I’ve done it myself. Thanks for watching Roberto!
Can you please do this with the other comic ages?
Love the ending great job
Great advice, think I need to take it!!!
Thanks for watching!
Excellent video..Great picks , and really good advice, too. Thanks Drew !
Thanks for watching Tim! I’m glad you enjoyed the content!
Regarding Batman 423, if the covers are identical for the 2nd and 3rd printings, how do you determine if you have a 1st, 2nd or 3rd printing ? (must be printed inside in the indicia ?)
Enjoying the videos and your insight. It's inspired me into going through my Copper Age collection I've kept in storage for the past 30 years or so. Looking forward to a stroll down memory lane. (Subscribed)
Oh man! I hope you have a great time! Thanks for checking out the content and welcome to the community!
Great Picks. Shoutout to my LCS Beatbox Comics & Collectables!!
Thanks for watching!
Very wise recommendation and defining collecting responsibly. People need to fill their cars with gas put food on the table etc. they do not have to have the next best comic book wow it’s nice it’s not a necessity. I very much appreciate what you said and it resonates very well with me as it should the entire community. I just hope that publishers such as marvel don’t see this as a reason to stop producing books
Thanks Lee. Real life has to come first. Hope you’re hanging in there!
Great vid, Drew. I always enjoy look backs. Kudos for making some good picks that still increased over the last year. I think my favorite was that ASM 316. It’s one of my all-time favorite covers and being it’s the only McFarlane Venom cover from that run, I think that book still has a lot of room for growth in the next 5 years.
Thanks Planet AZ! It was glad to see they were performing well, even in the correction! ASM316 is SO good!
Picked up a tick #1 20th anniversary sketch cover numbered to #/500 who doesn't love the tick.
Well said and thanks Drew
Anytime Steve!
Great advice as usual I remember when Evil E first came out we got like 50 issues at store I was working in and after selling them all in a weekend we couldn't get anymore so even back then it was a hard book to come by. So on that note who Owens the rights to Evil E?? I'm thinking a toy company??
Dynamite owns the rights to Evil Ernie and all other Chaos Comics characters except of Lady Death.
Wonder why? Why did chaos comics go under? Lady Death was a money maker I myself have a beach towel 2 beer mugs magnets unopened a 2 foot doll with a bad ass sword all her books and anyone who slimmed off from the title.
thanks for the review awesome video
Thanks for watching Tully!
GREAT LIST AND UPDATES TY
Thank you Phil! I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
I will congratulate you - it takes a lot of decency and a lot of guts to go back and review books that you recommended from the past. Way too many RUclips speculators never go back and examine their advice. That’s why those hype driven idiocy machines are really killing the market.
Drew thanks for this video....it's good to hear don't go broke buying comicbooks...I really needed to hear that...lol
I definitely don’t recommend going broke due to comics. I’m a fan of being able to control the thermostat and buying food. Thanks for watching Courtney!
@@CoMoComicBooks lol....yea...thanks...I came into some money went a little crazy....love the show
I’m literally just coming off a break and getting ready to buy my most expensive comic ever. One I had as a kid and let slip through my fingers
Batman 423, like many of these, also has a newsstand edition and a much more rare Canadian price variant
Yep! Some solid variations to track down!
The usual. It seems when we talk about the copper age there are only a few to talk about and rightly so..but I wonder about 20 years from now..if we were to make a top 50 of the copper age? What would we be looking at? I have my ideas but I would love to hear your thoughts, perhaps in a future video? Sorry man, making you work! 😆
He wasn’t examining the top copper age books to buy, you don’t see Albedo 2 or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1, or some of the other stellar Copper Age books. This video is about books that you can still invest in that you still might actually be able to afford.
Drew, great sentiments
Thank you Ben! I appreciate you watching the content!
I have a 2nd print of the Batman 423..good enough for me. Thanks Drew. I am a small time seller but I think buying anything over $200 for the PC is going to take a back seat for a few months while I do some re evaluating just as you suggest.
I’m on a bit of a pause myself. Thanks for watching!
Any books that were a key, would still be considered to be a key. Television or films will never boost any character that wasn’t already popular before over any amount of time. Investing in those and hoping for a film is a fool’s venture.
Geek Responsibly...🤘🏼💯✔️
I prefer to Collect Responsibly! 😉
No love for Milk and Cheese!!! LOL!!! Sorry I was literally looking up what a first print of Milk and Cheese was going for these days as I was listening to this video!!! Thanks for revisiting the top 10!!!
I definitely talked about Milk and Cheese in another video! I picked up a Milk and Cheese #1 sometime last year, I believe it was, and talked about them in that haul video. I know it’s not their 1st, but still a fun book! Thanks for watching!
Milk and cheese rock! 1st appearance is Greed #6, it also is an early flaming carrot book.
I have a Crow #1 first print signed by James O'Barr in 1989, got it at a con in 2015 for $170, now it's worth around $800
That’s awesome! It’s a cool book. I know I’ve seen copies of it in the past, but was too busy chasing silver age Marvel to think about picking it up.
You have to take a very hard and truthful look over what many people consider to be raw high-grade books. Is that an eighth, nine, 9.4? From wildly overprinted books like copper in a wildly speculative and unregulated market, most people shy away from raw. Because it’s just not worth it, sellers are constantly over grading those books and there are billions of those things sitting overpriced in the market that are not 9.8 quality.
Drew: “Time to take some accountability for these picks I made”
Also Drew: “They’ve all gone up in price”
😂
SAFE! To be honest, I wrote the intro for this video before I started checking in on the prices, so I didn’t know what I was going to find. There were some close ones in there though. I view the accountability more as actually going back and re-evaluating my suggestions, it’s too easy to throw a brick and just act like it never happened. I’d like to be more up front about saying I missed the mark, because we all do it at some point.
@@CoMoComicBooks I’ve been able to get some great purchases thanks to people like you, Swaggle, etc. I’m not buying to flip, but was fortunate enough to get books I wanted for my PC before they went up in price, thanks to your insight. Cheers!
@@CoMoComicBooks wonder why?? You'd think the guys at coffin comics would want to keep the evil e. Why sell of all those rights? Those guys must be rich from thier 90s run? Also why hasn't Dynamite done anything with them??
@@shawndardbarbarbarian5061 I don’t believe it was voluntary. I want to say that Coffin was able to reacquire Lady Death, but not the others. I don’t remember the exact details.
I enjoy your content
Thanks for watching Luke!
Evil Ernie # 1 is a hard book to find !
100%! It’s been on my list for a while and the search continues! Thanks for watching!
One day I will get those 10 comics. 😀👍
I've got a lot of those comics they were not that big when I got them so you never know what you have bought in the last few years that may go shooting up in value.
Thor 334. She Hulk 40. What if 10.
Wolverine 8. X- men 135.
Great options as well!
I have that ASM 316. Mine has a bar code where that venom pic is on the bottom left. What does that mean? Can’t be good.
If it’s a really nice, high grade copy it is 100% good! That means that it is a newsstand edition. It would have originally been sold on a spinner or magazine rack, unlike direct editions (which don’t have the barcode) that were sold through specialty comic book stores. High grade newsstands can fetch a premium as they are typically fewer in numbers due to the wear/tear that comes along with how they were merchandised.
😆If you watch the video at 1.25x speed it seems like normal 😁
You’re not kidding… I don’t think I’ll be able to watch these vids at normal speed anymore. I enjoy the content though.
Thanks… I think? We talk slow out here. 🤣
@@CoMoComicBooks love your videos sir
I'm stoked that I was able to purchase a Hulk 340 CGC 9.6 Signed by Todd McFarlane for $250 last year, I wouldn't be able to afford it now.
That was a 🔥🔥🔥 buy! Congrats! Thanks for watching Orlando!
If you could buy only 1, hulk 340 or batman beyond 1 in cgc 9.8 white pages?
Id say go with which ever one is your favorite. Hulk340 does have that amazing McFarlane cover though.
raw high grade 423 batman's 1st print are selling for over 200 bills.
There is quite a spread of recent sales. Some way high, some fairly low. It’s interesting to see the volatility in it. Thanks for watching!
@@CoMoComicBooks well I am talking near mint 9.2 type so that's probably why
i got amazing spider-man #316 , my favorite cover ever
It’s a great one! The only great Venom cover in ASM, in my opinion. Barley had a couple of good ones, but I didn’t care for any of Larsen’s.
It's the thuggish ruggish Bone
Such a fun book!
I was luckey to getba near mint copy of hulk 340 for free it was sitting in my grandmas closet with 102 hilk comics and she gave them to mee
Can’t beat that price Ryan! Congrats! Thanks for watching!
Anything (ANYTHING) is worth ONLY what one is willing to pay for it. If ppl want books that are mass produced and willing to pay 1 million dollars then the book will be 1 million dollars. Does it mean this worth 1 million? NO it's just what ppl are willing to pay for it. Be it stupidity, mass hypnosis or manipulation of the market by RUclips channels and influencers. What matters most is not DEMAND it's scarcity. Stop buying comics and revisit the hobby in 5/6vywars and all those NEW books you purchase for 100+ bucks won't be worth there cover price. My advice is buy any comics that are scarce no matter what it is. When times get rough you CAN'T trade me any comic for my steak or to be a little more humorous toilet paper might as well use that Amazing fantasy 15 to wipe your butt because as I said ANYTHING is ONLY worth what one is willing to pay as I've seen crazy ppl on eBay have buy it nows at $999,999 with "air port drop off of your choice with $10,000 up front book has been in a bank vault etc .." and it's a ASM 299 LMFAO so ask what you want and sit on it till you meet worms. Me? I'm buying anything with Hitler in the cover (silver age mostly) and buy what you like stop buying books like you're day time traders (stocks) based on Disney+ shows and movies they (Disney) will go under soon with there woke agenda. Watch!
It's a shame what happened to Bone. I always thought that it should've gotten its own animated series a long, long time ago. High fantasy stuff has always been popular, especially these days, it seemed like a no-brainer.
Yes a bummer was looking forward to THIS
Agreed! I was really looking forward to it. Though, hearing what I’ve heard coming out about Netflix’s financials the last couple of weeks, I’m not surprised at all. Bummer though.
1 Year later, this video was right or?
Not sure on that. This is the follow up to the original video, I hadn’t thought about doing a follow up to the follow up. I would suspect with the drop in Bronze/Copper/Modern across the board that some or most of these may be flat or even off a bit in the current market.