I look forward to these videos!!!! Perfect for a Saturday morning taking a walk with the dog or even sitting in the sun with my coffee.. I will have to start looking for that daredevil now thanks lol. Keep the vids coming Como!!! Love all the knowledge!!!
Thanks Raising Elm! I think I do too as that mini series appears to have been popular around here. Every 80s collection seems to have the complete run.
Great list again - a good selection of titles and single issues not currently referred to by others. Oh - another reason to be interested in the Fantasy Masterpieces V:2 run are the Jim Starlin Warlock stories also reprinted! Last thing: When Miracleman is brouhgt up I always refer to Warrior Magazine #1 where Alan Moore's Miracleman AND V for Vendetta both begin - and they are more difficult to find in high grade because these British magazines are taller than American magazine measurements, so they aren't as well protected by the bags, boards and Mylars normally available.
Hey Drew! You know how much my sons and I look forward to these videos. We've even been able to pick up a couple of your recommended reads. You are totally on-point with the importance of being patient. We just picked up a Captain America 25 high grade raw copy for $25. We've actually been picking up DD 228-231 also, as they've eminently more affordable, and what is arguably one of the best DD storylines ever written. Looking forward to more videos!!
Always loving Wrightson art, so yay for Swamp Thing 9. Fun fact: In that issue, Swamp Thing returns to the swamp where he was spawned, in the Houma, Louisiana area. Why Houma? Supposedly, it's because Houma is mentioned at the beginning of the EC story, "Horror We? How's Bayou?" which was published in Haunt of Fear issue 17 way back in 1953, and has been reprinted a zillion times since then. (It's a story about a man who puts out fake "Detour" signs to guide unwary motorists to his home, whereupon they serve as victims for the man's homicidal brother. But things go... all to pieces... for this fellow.)
Thanks for that Tom! I just happen to have a Haunt 17 laying around here, in addition to one of the reprints you mentioned, so I’m going to have to check that out!
Nice list Drew, great advice for new collectors...it's so nice to have an expert talking about raw book and story arcs as so many YT channels talk only about CGC grade, cover art, what they're selling for, locked in a case you'll never be able to read (or get that very nostalgic silver age comic smell that takes you back to your childhood!). Keep up the great series!
@@CoMoComicBooks Yep, I can understand why folks want to better preserve certain of their comics and probably exponentially increase the price they could get IF they wanted to sell. For a collection worth a fortune it would cost a fortune to have that done! Thanks for taking the time to reply Drew, have a great week!
Great content as always, Drew. Hearing how much Falcon's 1st appearance as Cap dropped since 2021 was startling, would've hated to have bought that book at the top of the market!
Batman 6 is one I doubled down on. Variants and all. Great work, probably the best original introduction to the Batman mythos in 20+ years. The Court Of Owls is a great storyline.
I love the potential of old school reprints as the OG books price almost everyone out. I recently scored a copy of Fantasy Masterpieces #1, as well as Amazing Adventures (X-Men) #1. I also have a long list of Marvel Tales issues, starting with 106 (reprinting 1st app of Punisher), and several others that I will realistically never own in it's "original" presentation. I also managed to snag a reprint of Black Panther's first appearance, and to my surprise, it is a double cover copy! I don't know if the current high-quality reprints of many key issues that Marvel and DC are putting out will overshadow these bronze age reprints but I'm not too sure I care. To have a relatively old book with that vintage comic book feel and smell is pretty damn important, and something the recent reprints will never have in their favor. Great video once again! Thanks!
I was never a reader of DD as a kid, but somehow #227 landed in my 16-year-old hands. I didn't know much about Frank Miller before this book, and it's the reason I sought out his Sin City stuff later on.
There are definitely some great deals I just got a CGC 7.0 giant size X-Men number one + $370 store credit For $3700. Keep hunting and one can find some really good deals.
I grabbed a nice newsstand of Daredevil 227 after watching your last video…looks high grade to me and for under $50 I thought it was a deal. Also grabbed a nice Web of Spider-Man 1 for about the same price…which I think would fit nice on a future video.
Nice job Michael! Web1 Is one of the best black costume covers out there, unfortunately it faces a headwind due to its print run being so large. Still one of my favorites though!
Hi Drew, Love all your videos my friend! Any chance you could do some videos On DC key issues of the 1970s ??? I don’t hear a lot about that era of DC. I would like to collect some of these. Thanx!!!!
@@CoMoComicBooks You definitely have included DC books! It just seems that, many collectors favor Marvel books. Alot of DC stories from the 1970's were pretty good. It is hard to collect all brands and era's. After many years of collecting, I decided to just specialize in 70's DC.. Your videos are so well done, with informative info about each book! I figured maybe this would be good for some additional videos, here and there. Great channel!!! Thank You!!!
Great list. Glad to see Swamp Thing #9 get some love. Nabbed it 4 years ago in a 9.6 white pages for a very reasonable price. Some books in a similar vein might be Spectre #9 (1969 awesome Nick Cardy), Strange Adventures #207 (1967 classic Neal Adams - Deadman) and Beware the Creeper #6 (1969 by Gil Kane) although coloring kind of sucks. Swamp Thing #9 is just bad ass.
Huge fan. How do we get at minimum weekly videos from you? Definitely appreciate your content especially differing from thr typical hot list. I would be interested in seeing a review on your books to invest a d how they have done. Keep it up and thank you
Thanks Nick! One a week is the goal. Real life has been busy this month (fall generally is), but I try to keep to weekly as much as I can. I’m glad you’re enjoying the content!
I can't believe how cheap the first run of Swamp Thing is! If you can't find mid grade comics and sometimes even high grade copies under $50, you're doing it wrong. Nobody cares about Wrightson for some reason. All of his books are cheaper than expected!
Nice video Drew. There are just books I just don’t pick up. Books with spiders and just depressing books like drunk Tony stark and Down and out Karen Page. No thank you. But good video. TY
