Hi, recently found your channel. I am no longer a diehard comics collector but it's always a fun topic to return to and learn more. Anyway... I am the collector who owned the Miracleman 3D #1 2D version that sold at auction in 2013, so if you have any questions, ask away.
I have a digital (3.5 floppy) comic from the 90s called Coven, which states it's the first ever digital comic book distributed. Not sure there are too many of them.
I can't stand all the new manufactured rare books you see on Whatnot these days. Just cause you only make 10 foil Pooh comics doesn't mean they are worth $50 plus.
yup, i remember when that swamp thing book came out. it got pulled off comic racks at my LCS when the printing error was found out. #BIGGIVEAWAY #IWANTCAPTAINCARROTPLEASE #OnlySlabs #SLABFEVER2024
I have a rare book for you, and I'm sure it's only desired by certain collectors , but Knights of the Dinner Table is an amazing comic book that came out back in 1994 by Alderac Entertainment. The comic book is based on a group of nerdy friends who play Dungeons & Dragons together. I believe it originally came out as a small comic strip in Dragon Magazine. My brothers and I grew up playing AD&D so we always looked forward to the little comic strip in the magazine. I believe the print run was less than 3,000 copies, and when I checked the CGC Census they only have 56 copies listed. I am sure it's for a niche market , but it's still a great book AND it's actually rare. Love your channel man !!
Printers proofs are DC Comics Cover/Back Cover only no story! There extremely rare because the proofs would go to the editor for final approval. Only “1” were made and editors would thumb tack them to their walls.
THE NEW RARE BOOKS IN EXTREME RARE IS...THE INDY'S 1980'S BLACK & WHITE BOOKS THAT EQUAL THE GOLDEN AGE SMALL PRESS COMPANIES. WITH INDY LOW PRINT-RUNS & CHEAP ART & QUALITY- THOUSANDS OF THESE BOOKS WERE THROWN IN THE GARBAGE. I HAVE A FRIEND WHO BOUGHT MANY LONG BOXES OF 1980'S BL & WH'S & FILLED A GREEN COMPOST BIN WITH '80'S BLACK & WHITES.THE NEW HOLY GRAILS. VERY RARE.
Supposedly the copies of Silver Surfer No. 4 were made scarce when the truck going east ended up in a lake while the West Coast truck made it but now the number cut in half. Cool cover and I sold it. Idiot me.
8House Arclight #1 Image Expo variant only 4-5 got out to the public the others were destroyed only 1 on the CGC census and I own it. I was the one who submitted it for grading. There is an article on the recalled Comics website about it.
I am not sure how rare it is but I found a Prototype 1 by Wildstorm the 2nd Print Jim Lee sketch variant. I didn’t know it existed so I got it pressed and cleaned and is the only 9.8 and the other copy was SS series at a 8.5. Might be rare Jim Lee variant or maybe not. Either way I like the cover a bunch
So one my video game comics fits this. Skybound X #1 1st app of Clemintine in comics, big clutch variant. I asked Big Clutch himself and there were only 75 printed copies, mine is one of the few 9.8s.
Would Adam: Legend Of The Blue Marvel No. 1 be considered rare considering how small that print run was? I have only seen one copy in all my time collecting.
Cool books, I love this stuff. Great to know. I know and own one comic with fewer than 100 copies. Unlike the books on your list it’s a Golden Ager so you’re not going to find it anywhere. The 15 cent variant of Batman #2 1940. 3 on the census and last I knew, they are the only copies known to exist.
I would like to qualify this video and ask that that one and 100 book be removed. I feel there is a difference between a book that was manufactured to be printed versus a book that is short printed due to an error and it being recalled. If one can find a book like that, then it deserves be considered rare.just think about it. What happens if the newest hot character is put out by Marvel and then they decide to put a one of one purple cover. Yes it’s rare, but it was manufactured to be that way. Not a book I would want. Just something for thought.
Rare!?! I have something interesting that's hard to categorize. I have a Peepland #1 (2016) that I got from the cover artist himself Tomm Coker (it was his comp).. the cover was solicited as #1D but never released to the public. Titan comics must have decided not to use the cover. I don't know how many copies were printed. I would guess maybe 5. Besides the copy I got from the artist I've never seen another copy. If I sent it in to CGC how would I even list the book...as an Artist Comp? I've reached out to Titan but never got a response. And the artist has no clue besides the one comp he got. Definitely rare book.
Wow, surprise that I have one on the list. The Universe X Spidey DF Sketch Recalled. The sketch variant recalled is actually rarer than the cover variant.
Silver Surfer 4 Spoof Variant. Someone touched on this in their video a couple years ago. It is such a myth yet, with proof that it exists. It was quoted as believing that there was only 4 copies made. “One Moment Later” series. Not sure if its as real as I want it to be even though I screenshot a copy on ebay August 11/2022. Still a scarce/rare cover I would love to have.
I was in a bidding war for that Venom Lethal Protector on What Not. It wasn’t full white though. I let it go for $100. It was worth $800 then. Who knows what it’s worth now!
I wish I still had my copy of Doctor Doom's Revenge, a free comic packaged with Paragon softwares PC game of the same title back in the day. An awesome game on floppy disk. Definitely check it out if you get the chance
Eastman & Laird's Goobledygook ( Vol. 1) micro print run and $$$$ Dell 15¢ test market copies from 1957-1958. I'm currently intrigued by a recent pickup I made of a Batman 300 cover error version. The blue ink doesn't fill up the word "Batman." Lastly, from 1950, the 10¢ price variant of Captain Atom by Nation-Wide. It was a 52-page 5x7 comic that sold for 5¢. But there was a price variant. I own one and have only found one other known copy which was slabbed by CBCS. I don't think I own 1 of 2, but so far I can not find any other extant copies.
My rare grail is a copy of Babyteeth #1 the goat skin variant. Theres only 25 of them and even then I think each one is a bit different. I could be wrong though. My fav from the vid was the Swamp Thing issue. He's one of my favs so it was fun to see some representation.
I have seen a white Venom that I know was real because I took it out of the case when the book initially released. I received 3000 copies of that book. We had 7 or 8 black covers. I remember the owner sold the black covers for 100$ at release and sold the white cover to a customer for 500$.
there is one Archie your official store club magazine from 1949 existing, it was smaller than a normal comic and was supposedly given out in shoe stores but I cant confirm that. its graded a 9.2
Howdy. Been enjoying your videos. I have to say I hate all these printing error variants. And especially the .35 variants. The reason I don't like these is that it skews the index for Bronze age books.
I can honestly say I still can't retire, lol I have a couple rare books, nothing this rare though. I have an Uncanny X-Men 297 Gold Pressman CGC 7.5 that was the only Pressman variant that came with a mail voucher with the X-Men Board game and Thor 337 CGC 9.8 Signed by Stan Lee (Ony 1 signed by Stan Lee, okay I'm reaching but it is the only 1, lol).
I have 1 of only 6 CBCS graded Spider-man #1 with the copper lizard error variant, 9.8 grade. CGC doesn’t recognize the error. Found it at LA comic con a couple of years ago (went through 30 copies before finding it). Continuing to search ever since and never found another one. There is a slightly more common blue lizard variant (40+ graded copies).
I personally have slabbed 7 of the blue lizard variant, sold them all except for a 9.6 . still chasing the 9.8. Very Interesting about the copper lizard , I heard there was only 2 and sales were sketchy as it seemed the same one was bought and sold between the same 2 guys. . id love more info on your copy . Incidently most of the Blue lizards were thought to have been shipped to the UK , estimates are at less than 1000 with most undiscovered.
The only sales were raw copies a while ago. No graded one (as far as I know) has ever been sold. CBCS only started grading this variant a year ago. There was a CoMo Comics RU-vid video about this a couple of years ago that gave some interesting background information.
Another one I think there are only a few of them as they had to be custom ordered and most people were weirded out by them. But Babyteeth #1 had a variant you could order that was made out of actual goat skin leather and inked in blood. I've never seen one ever.
Hi, James. Double Action 2 and the Marvel Mystery and Captain America Comics 128-pagers are super tough :-). Giving a shout out to old school, golden age rarity that is rare due to attrition 🙂