I’m old enough to remember Super Friends on Saturday morning. Even the beginning before the Wonder Twins when we had Wendy Marvin and Wonder Dog.

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Right! The show was before my time unfortunately, but being a late 80s/early 90s kid, we had no shortage of fantastic comic related shows to watch.

Never heard of Gore Shriek and I never knew I needed it.

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

I’m hoping I come across it at some point. Such a great example of a crazy 80s indie horror title! Thanks for watching Stephen!

Daredevil 170 is such a classic.

This is crazy. I just picked up daredevil #170. At my LCS and found it in the $0.50 bin. I you never know what you might find if you don’t spend the time digging.

Having worked in a comic book store in the early to mid 1980s I want to set the record straight on newsstand vs direct. It’s well known that the later newsstand copies are rarer. Some people have correctly pointed out that in the early years the direct edition copies were actually rarer because there were fewer comic book stores. Yes, this is true of the early direct editions… maybe. Sometimes. Because you have to remember, newsstands had less control or concern about what they received. A comic book store however would heavily order a book if it was expected to be hot. Take, for example, Wolverine mini series #1 by Frank Miller 1982. Still pretty early in terms of direct market which started around 1978 or 1979. But this isn’t just any comic. It’s Wolverine #1, hot character by a hot popular artist. Comic book stores ordered thousands of copies. I could be wrong but I would expect the direct copy to be far more common than the newsstand version whereas the Wonder Woman or the Fantastic Four that came out the same month I’d expect the reverse and the direct copy would be rarer. Daredevil was a poor seller when Frank Miller came on board, but became the hot book around the time Elektra came along. Daredevil was probably a hot enough seller by issue 170 for comic book stores to order extra copies to meet the demand of the new hot book. Did they order enough to overcome the greater average ratio of newsstand to direct? Tough call. It certainly wasn’t ordered at Wolverine #1 levels but that’s one that might be pretty close. The best way to determine for any particular issue is to see what’s out there, but there’s no certainty that before or after a certain date, the direct is rarer or less rare. It absolutely varies book by book with the hottest books (at the time, not today) being more common direct early on. A different example, Thor 337 I would expect direct to be rarer than newsstand because, although it was hot, it was a surprise hot book. Comic stores had no idea it was going to sell any better than Thor 336 and they underordered badly.

Nice picks! Much better than the same old, same old, that most videos espouse. Go Tigers!

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!!! That’s the goal. It go nuts if I just had to talk about the same ol crap week in and week out.

Yeah! Same with Avengers annual 10 from 1981! Premium for a newsstand? Your videos are amazing! I treat them like comfort food! So soothing and informative! Thank you!

I would love to see more golden age comics on the list!

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

I would too, but noteworthy golden age comics for $50 is a pretty shallow pool.

Always enjoy these videos, Drew. Thank you!

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching John! I appreciate it!

All of the Gore Shriek covers are nuts!

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Gotta love the body horror of the 80s slipping back into comics via the small press.

Gore Shriek 1 is probably one of my favorite covers of all time. I'm surprised that it doesn't have a bigger following, but that probably has something to do with the level of obscurity with that title. Great video as always!

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely! I’m hoping when I dive into the indie horror boxes from the 17K collection that I find a set of it in there. It would make me VERY happy. Thanks for checking out the video!

Thx. Enjoy your content. Used your bcw code for a recent supply order. Keep up the great content. Cheers

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you using the code!

I bought both Gore Shriek #1 and Super Friends #1 when they first came out and still have them!!

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

The progression of a comic collector! Such an odd pairing, but it is something so many of us go through. Thanks for watching!

I've always been curious about Evil Ernie. Never read one. I have most of the books on this list in my PC. Picked up mid grade copy of Superfriends #1 for a buck at a yard sale my wife dragged me out to about 10 years ago. I do need that Wolverine 53 though. Not for Deadpool but just for Wolvie and so that I have both parts. Never seem to come across it out in the wild and Ebay prices are stupid. The White Tiger was one of the first non-traditional heroes I was exposed to as a boy. I was reading PP Spec right off the rack in Elementary School. Always thought the character was pretty cool. Great work Drew. Thanks for posting.

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

I grew up reading about Evil Ernie and Lady Death in Wizard every month. The two had the striking visuals that would get the attention of a young man. 🤣

Great video!!! Love your content and the comics on the list. Keep up the great job!! 😎

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Dale!!!

Thanks for the video Drew. Fun list of attainable books to be on the lookout for at upcoming Comic-Cons. The Spider-Man, with White Tiger, has been a favorite of mine from that run. If Disney does put the character in DD, I REALLY HOPE they do HIM justice. Keep up the good work; looking forward to the next video.✌️

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Perez killed it on that cover. The red background is such a great contrast to the White Tiger’s costume. Definitely some Kirby vibes in the layout too. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, I suppose.

That's more my budget, have never spent more than $50 on a single comic. I prefer Sandman 8 which I have seen sell for around $50.

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Nice! Sandman 8 for $50? I need to shop where you do! I love that issue too. I like it better than 4, but the two of them are in my top 10, hell maybe top 5, comic stories ever.

@ScarecrOmega

4 ай бұрын

@@CoMoComicBooks several sold for 50 or less on Ebay

good picks drew, nice to see some diff ones and the same old picks

Thank you for sharing your list! It's great to hear that the standard edition of Mad Love is getting...love! Glad I picked it up at cover price 30 years ago!

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

It’s a fun book! Unfortunately I didn’t get into the Batman Adventures comics, despite how into B:TAS I was.

@alanhom5714

4 ай бұрын

@@CoMoComicBooks I loved B:TAS. I collected the series at the time and still have my BA12 from back in the day!

The Super Friends comic, ( which I own ) is undervalued at $50.

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Where’s all the Gen X’ers at??? You all have got to support your nostalgia books!!!

@dandelatorre1870

4 ай бұрын

@@CoMoComicBooks Drew, you’re a very wise man.

In my experience FF 103 is the hardest FF book to find on high grade. Along with FF 107. 147. Good luck finding these. Also 163.

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

It’s funny you say that! I just went through my FF back issues yesterday and noticed I had 3 copies of FF103 and two of the three of them were “well loved.”

@user-oq9mv8pc2g

17 күн бұрын

​@@CoMoComicBooksyou are very lucky. Also issue 101 is very hard to find in 9.4 or even 9.2

STOP With The AWESOME Videos...THEY ROCK! 😉

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Thanks Spike!

Hey does anyone know of a method or product to store comics in toploaders other than turning them sideways in a regular comic box? Thanks!

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Use a mag box for your toploaders. 👍🏻

@lifegood3322

4 ай бұрын

@@CoMoComicBooks thanks!

I'm shocked Mad Love is still sitting at $50.

@CoMoComicBooks

4 ай бұрын

Me too, honestly. It feels like an easy $100 book. Great cover. 2nd appearance. That said, it is in line with Harley vol1 #1, so maybe her star has dimmed a bit.

@NickEnlowe

4 ай бұрын

@@CoMoComicBooks You're probably right. I think comic writers got too far away from Paul Dini's vision of the character. The recent movies weren't all that great, either. I'm definitely more of a Classic Harley Quinn fan.