That Hulk is AMAZING! Is that by Gerardo Zaffino? He's quickly becoming one of my favourite new artists.
yeah linked that in other thread as well. i like some of those. will grab a few of my fav costumes of him. most i dont like, so thats a good thing. haUnknown Comics have a Return of Wolverine variant set from Adi Granov. Pre-orders on Aug 21.
nice jock batman 50 @kryptonite
been on the fence for that gold foil catwoman @jitstark
I'm gonna try and chill for a lil while on the pricier variants , just grab cheaper stuff because I just bought a cgc that ill post soon.
I do however have a lot of already paid for variants and stuff to still arrive so ill have some to post etc. Eye'in a few wolvy variants but they are mostly all $3.xx
My thought on variants in general
If they are a #1 they will have better chance holding up some type of value
If they are popular artists then folks will still want those years later.
But the 1:500 and onward I think will not hold up.
Here’s why... they are expensive but yes they are rare.... but we live in an age now very different from silver age and beyond. (Heck even Bronze Age)
Point being... people take better care of comics now, and people who are paying the big money for those are DEFINITELY people who will take care of those comics. (thus its not like a bunch of those will be treated like crap or tossed making them anymore rare) So literally only super duper bangin art would likely keep its value relevant.... why? Cause In 20 years from now there will still be variants and such or new hyped stuff out there and money will cater to that stuff that is getting promoted then ... and of course the old keys and stuff that is basically considered antiques now.
So in my view buy variants on personal taste for art ... if you buy a comic over $100 it needs to be a key or something of age that is rare because of that and always will be. Otherwise despite the fact that maybe only 3,000 were made you will have it sit on ebay for a long time before it sells. thats my opinion.
Tho the $25 stuff , little risk, ... maybe many years later you can at least get double easily (if a person wants to sell it) vs. say not likely will it be going for $300 etc. Tho what helps that value/tier is still chance collections move on, not treated right, some get destroyed, or read by the next person getting the collection etc. ie. can help take some the qty down that is out there.
The good thing about moderns today tho is no matter, they still arent making as many as the did in the 90s. Far from it...
So you can point to SOME that are worth money , and many that arent worth much more than face value.
ie. Gambit 1 foil and Venom Lethal Protector foil are worth a nice lil bit ... nothing super crazy, but 9.8 gambit gold foil goes for like $400-500
Nice haul @tridon ! Let me know how west coast avengers is. I thought the cover was stupid but now it does look fun ... if well written maybe it would be cool. Just not classic to me and I’m a lil hard to break on that w some titles
@kryptonite Don’t think I will buy the follow ups unless I really like the read but I grabbed some of FF1’s kinda went a diff route than you but I do still want the Alex Ross You got.
The green variant I got for free cuz eBay seller took long to supply my dell’Otto variant so threw it in.
First some readers found at used book store for $1, kid will like flash n Poe
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Cosmic ghost variant on left bottom got in a mystery box.
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Cap n falcon freebie w my wolverine first appearance Cgc purchase
Nice haul @tridon ! Let me know how west coast avengers is. I thought the cover was stupid but now it does look fun ... if well written maybe it would be cool. Just not classic to me and I’m a lil hard to break on that w some titles
@kryptonite Don’t think I will buy the follow ups unless I really like the read but I grabbed some of FF1’s kinda went a diff route than you but I do still want the Alex Ross You got.
The green variant I got for free cuz eBay seller took long to supply my dell’Otto variant so threw it in.
First some readers found at used book store for $1, kid will like flash n Poe
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Cosmic ghost variant on left bottom got in a mystery box.
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Cap n falcon freebie w my wolverine first appearance Cgc purchase