The Hunt for the Most Worthless Comic
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If there's a most valuable comic book then SURELY there must also be a least valuable... right?
0:00 Intro
0:46 What Makes a Comic Valuable?
4:33 Vegansuperkick Interview
9:22 Destruction
13:43 Sponsored by Manta Sleep
14:55 CGC Interview
17:58 Comic Grading
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The fact that Drake said "no free feet pics" implies that there's a paid version of this video with no blur on the feet.
I do need to pay my rent this week 🤔
WHERE IS IT
Patreon lol @@JazelWaseem
@@ComicDrakeSounds like you need to get more $ from Manta Sleep!
I'd pay to see 😉
Least valuable will always be a paradox, because the moment something becomes the least valuable, it gains value for that trait.
I'm thinking of that copy of the green goblin's first appearance where an angry girlfriend wrote all over it. It ended up becoming legendary BECAUSE of the damage to the book
@@grantbaugh2773🤣🤣
The actual least valuable comic is likely in a landfill somewhere.
The Paradox of the Most Mid.
Not always, sometimes the supply is just too high
Funny thing is that Drake could still auction it even as a joke and no doubt he could find a market for people going after "the lowest grades CGC comic."
And it had an entire video made around it--a fan of the channel might buy it for a few bucks just for the novelty.
Sounds like a great moment to auction for charity or something
I'm definitely getting Semi-Nukie vibes from this. It would be funny if we started making it a joke to send him this particular comic.
I tried to get Whatnot onboard to sponsor a charity auction for this, but no dice. 😭 Maybe in the future, I'll do a big charity thing and keep that as a giveaway.
@@ComicDrake That would've been amazing
They may be worthless, but I still felt bad for the issues being torn and destroyed.
Same
No way man! Which would you prefer when you're older; sitting in a safe, boring nursing home for years on end, with no one ever visiting you, or ending up with a ton of War scars, and people recognizing you as that cool bashed up old dude from RUclips? As a bonus, your family would save on funeral costs as you'd already be in a plastic coffin. This analogy has broken down somewhat.
It hurt me deeply 😢
yes especially my boy Superman
Hard to watch
This is a hilarious topic idea that I wish I'd thought up.
That's high praise, Chris! Thank you! I've been wanting to do this for about five years, but the timing never worked out to get done by April 1st. 😂
When is the Tropes/Drake collab video discussing queer coding in the silver age?
Cool to of my favorite RUclipsrs
I'm calling it now whatever comic he shows will have a slight boost in value after this video, leading it to stop being the least valuable
this means this can become a long running series
This is true, Linkara once did a video on his favourite comic, JLA/Titans: The Technis Imperative, and its seen an increase in purchases and he often gets asked to sign copies of it.
The mathematics RUclips channel Numberphile had a similar idea about "the first boring number", as in one that could not be described in less than twenty words. They came to the same conclusion as you that by labeling it as "the first boring number", they accidentally made it interesting.
The comic I’m writing now.
Give yourself some credit! It might be worthless now, but if you get famous in the future...
What’s it about?
I do not regret stopping production on my original comic, it was gonna be SO bad
Same
My man, let me know when it’s out and I’ll buy it first thing.
An ending worthy of a Greek tragedy
i love the irony!
It is both a greek tragedy and a geek tragedy
When my dude just tossed it on the desk to get graded, the utter disrespect was brutal.
Bro nearly had a heart attack
As soon as I read 'Most Worthless Comic', I immediately thought of the Lara-Su Chronicles.
Eh that wouldn't really work since they are at least worth something to Ken Penders and some minority of Sonic fans
That is so unhinged but correct.
I think the comic has to actually exist to be graded.
As worthless as it seems, I can think of even worse comics.
I think that would have to come out first
Hahaha!! I'm totally watching this video, yes! Thanks for the shoutout, you guys! (And thanks for getting that She-Hulk book, Maggie!)
Many years ago, I made my own Adam Hughes art book by carefully removing covers from their books and then organizing them in Itoya folders. Felt really odd destroying the books to do so, but that art book wasn't going to make itself! Fun to watch you absolutely obliterate that worthless book tho
Your She Hulk cover in this video was absolutely gorgeous!! I adore how you drew her!!!
@@JDPlaysMothWow, thanks a lot! Love drawing her :)
@@davidnakayama8671 She's my favorite superhero ever!! I've been trying to catch up on her comics as much as I can recently, and now I know an artist to keep an eye out for💚💜
Love your art work! Currently collecting all of your ASM virgin variant run.
Dude your artwork is immaculate. I love it.
this is a classic example of the observer effect where, by conducting this experiment, you have changed the result
Dude, this came out great! Thanks for inviting me along. It was good to finally get to hang out and hey, the CGC facility and people there being so awesome wasn't bad either.
And Ashley, if you're watching, thanks for taking such good care of us!
ITS THE GUY FROM THE VIDEO
Props to the CGC guys for going along with Drake's idea. Also, you could tell they loved comics, I could feel their pain on their first encounters with the item.
Watching you destroy those comics, worthless or not is killing my soul lol. Great video though ;)
When he first held them up folded up I gasped before remembering that's the whole point.
Still hurt
And here I thought this would be played as a joke, but this is legit interesting!
The little toss onto his table at the grading was comedy gold
As dumb as it may be, the biggest surprise in this video for me was that Yahel and Drake are friends
I had no idea, honestly the coolest part. And yeah, this video ironically moved the needle on the value,
but hey. At least y'all had fun, and that. Can't ever be taken away or undone, is that sappy? Sure, but also true
Drake's a good dude. We were exhausted after this but yet found the strength to have a couple adult beverages at lunch
We were vibing so much that I forgot to get footage of us traveling. 😭
@@ComicDrake LMAO, I totally get that
@@WrestlingWithGaming Glad to hear! The age old tradition, drinking with friends. I would say cheers to that but I have nothing to drink rn
I had a Fantastic Four #1 in 0.5 condition (signed by Jack Kirby which didn't help but still...) that was heavily restapled and taped, and the greatest thing about it was that you could throw it really hard at people and it wouldn't make any difference in the world!
The chaos really kicks up a notch around the 10 minute mark
Yeah, it now sorta falls into that "misprint" category, where it's valuable BECAUSE it's messed up.
Or... I wonder what you might be able to find on "totally irrelevant and inconsequential comics that happened to feature in some other media". Like, someone reading a random comic on Malcolm in the Middle or whatever that IS a real comic but not one of any kind of importance.
A nice catalogue of "The most expensive worthless comics".
arguably this video now gave these comics more value simply from being the comics featured in this very video
Unironically Matt Nelson has such a relaxing voice. If he ever quits the cgc he should make asmr
11:08 as a comic collector this filled me with a level of pain I was not ready for. I unintentionally started going ahhhh when it was folded
The fire got me, I'm telling you.
This is unironically the single best April Fools video this year. Like it's actually interesting but also
Truly this comic lived long enough the become the villain.
Watching the comic book destruction physically hurt me
I love how everyone at the CGC took this so seriously
Well I mean if they didn't it would "de-value" the worthlessness of the comic
I need to know. Were those chairs comfortable? They look so fancy and comfy.
Extraordinarily 🤤
2:44 Bro, not the disrespect on Dwayne McDuffie's Deathlok 😭😭
I understand the intent, but I just read that run and it's so good that I'm feigning offense! 😤😤
I'm not a comic guy and I still winced at the destruction of those comics...
I remember years ago in a stream you said you'd do an April Fools video on Sonichu, and I will hold you to that until the end of time
My immediate thought when seeing the title was 'its gonna be something from the 90s'. I was right on that front but thought it be something either made or inspired by Liefeld like an issue of Deathmate. Which was crossover between Valiant and Image (the parts own by Silvesti, Lee, and of course Liefeld) that burst the bubble. But then realized that give it a form of value since it technically would be a key issue. Not for the world comics, but the real world
Your destruction of the book really didn't faze me at all because honestly there are so many copies of these books in the world that no one wants, it's really no loss for one copy to be destroyed. I think a lot of people are really unaware of the scale at which worthless mass produced books are thrown away and recycled by book stores, libraries and publishers. I think there's a pretty strong chance that this book would have just been recycled eventually if you hadn't subjected it to this torture, and now instead of being turned into pulp, you turned it into a one-of-a-kind item with a fascinating story behind it! I sincerely think that's something worth celebrating.
I didn't know Billiam was a Florida Man, but his channel makes more sense now
"You have become the very thing you swore to destroy!"
Haven't finished it, but what a clever idea for a video. It's somewhat paradoxical. What is the most "random" number between 1 and 20? The most common answer is 17, but wouldn't that make it the *least* random number? If word ever got out that there is a "most worthless" comic, its value would immediately shoot up as a necessary collectable.
The destruction actually made me upset. Good Job! :D
Very impressive look at Comic collecting and preserving...by going for the exact opposite goal most would
The gasp I gusped at exactly 11:10
I made a sound like I had been punched in the gut.
A wild Billiam appears
I know they're probably not worth the paper they're printed on but it feels wrong seeing someone tear up a comic
This hurts my soul. Great video.
If you put effort into finding something worthless, that effort you put creates value in it,
Moral nothing you want to find can be deemed worthless... even worthlessness.
An item is worth what one is willing to pay for it, so I think you could still successfully have the least valuable comic of all time by subverting that. Have a legal purchase agreement made that would require the owner to pay a regular fee for owning the comic (preferably to a third party) that completely outweighs the selling price.
Legally curse your comic book, Drake.
Most worthless comic?
_Any Spider-Man with Paul on it, or any comic with Punchline on it ..._
I want another DC and Marvel crossover just so they can kill off both Paul and Punchline, preferably at the exact same time, and then they cut to characters from both universes shrugging and moving on without a tear or a second thought.
You could pay someone to take it off you 😂
Hahah, I was not expecting Billiam in this video X'D
Probably NFL Superpro #1 or whatever comic book I eventually crap out
Superpro #10 or whatever would probably be even worse since it's not a #1. There's also one that might be worth something because it depicted a Native American group poorly and drew complaints, lol.
@@Jabroniville man that comic book just keeps on losing 😅
7:07 Oh that's the guy who did the art for City of Heroes!
How did I know Vegansuperkick would be in this video as soon as you started talking about grading
"When the second grader finished his assessment [...]"
still very impressed and appreciative of all the work that second graders do. Much more than I did at that age.
The destruction part hurts my soul
No way! I’ve SOLD to Toy Headquarters!! That’s awesome!
I had to put this into podcast mode as soon as the destruction began, because I began feeling unwell watching it. I mean, that COULD be the pepperoni pizza dinner talking, or I just have more love for physical media than I thought.
This was such a neat experiment and I love the way it turned out, especially the way Matt handled it, that's awesome
Legitimately the trolly-est thing ive seen today, given that its april fools day, and i love it. Thanks drake for taking time to do all this, ya got some chuckles out of me today.
Billiam cameo was crazy
Glad someone is acknowledging that
I guess the Superman comics aren’t as sturdy as a kryptonian.🐱
Every copy of Isom
Great job. Fantastic video. Thank you!
The "oh my God" when he took it out XD
I'm now a big fan of learning more about comics and the inner workings of them and what happens in the background hope to see more like this great work 😁👍
Loved the whole damn thing! This was fantastic and hilarious!
I could put those exact issues in that condition in my quarter bin and still sell them faster than Turok the Dinosaur Hunter #1
The other CGC guy going ‘oh wow’ when Drake just tore the taped on cover off to straighten it out was gold!
The Torn up Man of Steel issue reminds me of Scott the Woz's Sonic 2 with the line
The biggest problem with least valuable is you can only go so far. It can't be worth less than $0.01 so it gets tied with possibly hundreds of others out there. Unless you can find someone who will offer you say... a can of soup for $1.00 but only $0.50 with this book can you go into negative value... intriguing prospect.
but! monetary worth may be tied, yes, but that does not mean it would be equal in people's eyes.
say i was selling two cakes, both for $0.01. one of them was the absolute worst cake you have ever seen, disgusting flavour, rubbish texture. but the other one was the same, except i took a shit on it too. both might sell for the lowest possible price, but if you're choosing between them you know exactly which one you're picking.
the least valuable comic is the one that is not only worth the lowest possible price, but *also* would never be picked over other, equally priced comics
Dilema at the end is great!
May I suggest "Nolan Ryan #1" from Personality Comics that came bundled in a dollar store 3 for $1 pack in the mid-90s. Alternatively "The Chromium Man" from Triumphant comics from the same kind of bundle. Funny enough, my copy of Spawn #1 came in one of these bundles I horded as a pre-teen collector at the peak of the 90s craze.
As someone who collects comics man seeing this video made me almost cry 😢
Glad that the exact thing I was thinking throughout the process was said at the end
DUUUDE, this is one of the most fun videos I've watched from your channel! Hoping this gets some success.
Anybody here in the chat read Augusta Wind? Was it any good?
Was not expecting the Billiam cameo
This reminds of this one time when I was a kid, and I was cleaning out and found some old issues of Cartoon Network comics or something like that under my bed. My mom told me to bring them to a comic store to sell them, and when I did, I could see the lady struggle to tell me "these are worthless".
The philosophical question of when it stops being a book and starts being a collection of pages is a good one. I think you hit the right balance there in regards to page count but I still feel as though you could perhaps, tear the pages in half partially and otherwise deface them to the point that they become partially illegible.
I can't believe this video was recommended to me the same day I watched Billiam's latest video involving the small attractions around Orlando and having the sudden reappearance! Shocking
This is probably the best April Fool's video I've seen in years.
Greetings, Fellow Florida-Man. That was a very fun and informative video. A favorite. Thank you!
the montage of him destroying the comic books was so painful
When you straightened the cover by just tearing it and the employee just went "oh wow" hahaha
My most valuable comic would probably be a Power Rangers comic signed by David Yost I got from him at Power Morphicon because he liked my Q&A question the best but to be honest, I completely failed at keeping it in good quality... It's probably still more valuable than any of the rare few others I own though (which includes Megaman NT Warrior vol 1, Future 5 #1 (even if Linkara reviewed it, it's even labeled as a free comic, along with the fact that it's a PSA not tied to literally any publisher (No publisher is credited as EdFund and the other origination credited are not publishers) , Shonen Jump September 2003 and uh... Gundam Wing Blind Target I borrowed from a public library for reasons unknown (I'm not a fan of Gundam Wing in particular) and never returned). My least valuable would probably be any of the ones I got at a Free Comic Book Day event.
I managed to find a first print of Weird Stories from 1901 (it was a science fiction/general fiction magazine in the vein of strange tales. It was missing its back and front cover and yellow but all pages were intact. Even in that state it was valued at $200. I think i paid $10 for it when a comic book store was closing down.
What was even crazier (and scummy) is this store checked the value of every comic they sold before they sold it to you, even if they had the price sticker on it, just in case... took forever to buy anything from them.
My most prized posession though is the entire run of teen titans from inception which ive been collecting for 20 years. The first 10 and a few others have been graded but none got over 8.0
I think it might be worth a little now but my first comic that really got me invested in comics was Archie Sonic the Hedgehog issue 138 from 2004. I'm not entirely sure if it has any significant characters showing up or not but it is the start of a four-issue arc that has art by a penciller I'm a big fan of so it means a lot to me even if my issue's pretty beat up 20 years later 🥺 The mention of that nostalgic Cable comic really reminded me of how much joy that comic's brought me.
As someone who goes to Lexington every now and again, I think I'm going to visit a particular comic store next time I'm in town.
This is an absolutely crazy video Drake.
7:30 Oh, that's so funny! I have the Danish translated version of that comic, Dæmonen issue 8! Even this version goes for between $65-799 according to one of the most respected comic book stores in Denmark, Faraos Cigarer. Anyway, I got my somewhat beat up copy for a buck fifty. I guess my local used comic book store had the intern handle the price gun that day.
Now you've drawn our attention to Augusta Wind it's value has gone up.
Thanks for teaching me about where and how to get comics and collectable slabbed
and by making this video, the worth of this comic rockets up
You got me back into buying floppies, appreciate you.
My first ever comic book was Batman: The Dark Knight #4 from 2012. The mailman left it on top of the mailbox and it got rained on so there’s tons of water damage. Probably a 0.5 or 1 in quality. But man this is really making me want to preserve it because even though it’s a pretty terrible issue it was my first step on a hobby I’m still invested in today.
The most worthless is either Cyberfrog or Isom.
found your channel recently and really love it. i’m in Florida so this was really cool haha. can’t wait to continue watching your content 🫶🏼🏝️
also as a queer and Puerto Rican person i just really admire the way you discuss a lot of diverse topics, something we definitely need. thank you for what you do man
As someone who loves looking up obscure characters and stats them up for RPGs and the like, I know way more about Foxbat & Genesis than I would care to admit, lol.
I actually live in kentucky and I hope to see the toyvomit location! I hope they stock jazzware sonic figures, I've been looking for those things for so long
The absolute madman
24:40 I knew the cgc sounded familiar. I could have sworn it was one of those companies that graded coins. I didn't know they graded other forms of collectibles too. Honestly, this is fantastic to know now. I hope they also do antiques and dying media. Cuz I got some VHS tapes and old films in an antique radio that I would love to get checked out.
Does anybody know of services where I can digitized old footage? I got some old 1930s footage from the Chicago fair that I want to digitize before that film becomes vinegar.