yes pls i concur

COMICS MOST WANTED I’m glad you liked it! I had two guys reach out - one found a Batman 457 the other found robin 1

Aphelion thank you!

Me too. I have 4 of the variants, 2 of them signed. Also, the Venom cover, and the Image comics Spawn, with the same artwork.

LONGSHANKS _78 thanks buddy

Remlik103 ha. Give me some time. I’ll have one for you by the time you read this (Or shortly thereafter) If you have any suggestions for topics I’m def open to hearing them

Aki thank you!

Greyhawk Jones some of those double cover manufacturing errors go for big money

happy to hear that...hope you give the app a try

I was reading that there is a variant where some issues were printed when the yellow ink ran out so the lizard inside appears blue instead of green. The "blue lizard" variant will be more rare and have greater value. I checked my copies and sadly he was green AF😆

Erick Morales thank you for this! It means a lot to know you are happy with the service and it’s doing what’s intended which is to add value to your collection. Really thank you for taking the time to comment so kindly.

Dbible3 gold upc didn’t have a polybag so don’t worry about it being that one

Prowler671 thanks for the kind words. Yes I will make more videos with regularity. Make the leap! Do it! Haha. Thanks for your support

I just rediscovered those; I found A Death in The Family in my collection,and after reading that, I had to re-read Batman Year Three and then "A Lone Place of Dying" series. Now I'm about to read Batman 457, to see Tim Drake as Batman for the first time. I haven't looked at these comics in years, but they hold up surprisingly well (especially the ones written by Marv Wolfman.)

Thanks for the info Erol. Itll come in useful when we add the foreign variants to Key Collector. I could use as many foreign issue advisors as possible to start gathering info on these issues. nick@keycollectorcomics.com

You are CORRECT. Second printings aren't worth crap, especially from books published in the weak-ass 90s. Whoever posted this video is under a misconception about 'newsstand' copies. Please see the response I posted to this video. I can't stand when speculators who know nothing post this kind of misinformation to comic fans.

J Garcia . I find this so weird. I get the "lower print run" argument, but to me I value the 2nd print lower than the first as the second prints to me is roughly equal to value determined from the combined print run. I guess to me it's kinda like how 1st edition books are worth more than later editions/printing.

Robert T It used to be that way with comics. Back when these books were actually released, having the first first printing was the highest of demand and secondary printings were reserved for random grab bags you could buy at Toys R Us or the supermarket. But now because people see them as rare variants and few people collected them back in the day, it just adds up and makes them worth much much more to today's collector.

Don't worry, you're not missing out on any value. Whoever posted this video does not know what they're talking about. Please see the post I just left in response to this silly video. Newsstand copies, especially from the 90s, are not worth what some misguided sellers think they are.

@@robertt9342 Your way of thinking about comics is CORRECT. Whoever posted this video is under a misconception that 'newsstand' copies are automatically worth more b/c of their lower print run, making them 'rarer.' But this is not necessarily true, especially with books from the 90s. Please see my recent post on here explaining the misconception of newsstand copies.

Justin Jones I would just like to say I totally agree with your statement, what’s wrong with just collecting comics for the enjoyment instead of now having antiques dealers even getting in on the act pushing up prices cause your comic has a different bar code.

It's happening again, but we don't have the print runs to see the same results.

Lennox Braithwaite . Most of this is built on speculation and gold rush mentality. It requires the recruitment and indoctrination of new blood. Eventually there will be a hard limit, and if superheroes fall out of favor, a decline leading to collapse of the non-collectible titles.

Justin Jones I always collected comics since the 70's as a child. The 90's where insane. I collected them for the pure love. But someone put an idea in everyone's head that they were an investment. That's what killed it.

I wasn't a skater, but pegged my jeans and rolled them up so my neon blue socks with my red high-top chucks unlaced were on full display. Girbaud jeans were the best for this, as they kind of tapered from baggy to a relatively slim ankle. Anybody remember wearing those really long and baggy button-up Ralph Lauren Polo shirts (a print or a madras pattern) worn out so they reached mid-thigh?

Ricardo Elias thanks for commenting Ricardo

thegreyman blimey is right. $carce comic$

Key Collector Comics These are such strange specific little things that you have to think hardly anybody even knows about them!

thegreyman it’s true. I didn’t know about them until I built the app that focuses on issues like these and other keys

Joel Sanchez thanks Joel!

Channel ZERO you gotta make sure the gold one has the barcode not the Spider-Man head

Thank you for your reply! yeah, mine has the Spidey head. but still values around $120. Do you have any idea what a non personalized autograph adds to the value? I have a handful of McFarlane sigs. Also X-FORCE #1 signed by Rob Layfeld and Spider man #16 with X-FORCE signed by both. Any info is very much appreciated! I'd like to add... I'm glad YT put this video in my recommends. im looking at the values of some of my comics. I'm starting to realize, I made a good investment. in the 90s, all my paper route earnings, went towards SEGA and Comics. Great time for both. THANKS AGAIN! New sub!

Channel ZERO the Spider-Man gold book isn’t worth that much. On a good day you might get $15 for it, if it’s in PERFECT condition you might get $40 if you wait long enough. If you get it graded and it comes back 9.8 you could get $100. Signed, maybe $100 more. Personalized signed? That’s not the best thing unless you find someone with deep pockets who is also named channel zero. Thanks for subscribing. Not sure if you mean to the app or to the channel or both. If you log your key issues into the app and reach out to me I can tell you what’s going on. I’ll look into personalized signed books too. That’s a good question. One more thing, I think it is a good time to sell if you have some of the secondary keys of a character like Venom. Amazing spider man 298 299 316. Lethal protector. Valiant it’s a really good time to sell. Sega assuming it’s sonic might soon be time to sell if the movie hype is any good when they start marketing. You can email me through the app if you want me to take a look at your collection after you go through it. Tap Menu and you’ll see my contact info

i love that series

Key Collector Comics Me too, Although when it comes to collecting valuable comics I usually go after Golden Age comics (1938-1945) rather than modern ones myself these days.

cha5 sure...understandable. nearly everything golden is valuable...of course keys being exponentially valuable. i dont cover modern comics only though, in case there was that perception. Just had to get that out of the way

If you're lucky, you can sell each for maybe $10 a pop... Please see my recent response to this silly post. Those 4 books are practically worthless in terms of collectors' value.

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Channel ZERO that’s a very difficult question to answer because it’s so broad. First of all it depends on what you have and what condition it’s in because if it’s only common issues without significance chances are there isn’t going to ever be a market for them. This is a crazy time for all of this because what is a dollar book today is a $100 book tomorrow and a $5 Issue the next day. So if you have valuable collectibles are you in need of that money? That’s a rhetorical question. If so, then yes now would be a good time to sell, get your books graded and start putting them on eBay. If you’re not in dire straits, waiting another 30 years would be the best case scenario. The movies aren’t going away for a long time, especially with the success they’re having, the talent the movies are attracting and the advent of streaming media needing source material. I believe there will be a lot of dollars trading hands in the smaller press independent realm soon. We’re already seeing these properties getting optioned left and right: gideon falls, body bags and a few ones coming up I haven’t been green lit to talk about yet BUT Key Collector Comics subscribers will get the key alerts before media does. Yes that was a plug. And true at that. The bottom line is if you can wait then wait because everyday these books are dying They get lost, tossed, destroyed by fire, water, kids, puppies. Speaking of kids, tomorrow’s nostalgia is definitely being built today. Look at what a lot people, comic book hobbyists in particular, start doing in their 30s and 40s. Once they have a level of success they become the largest demo of dollars spent on Comics. I don’t mean the highest average sale but collectively the biggest spending group. So the kids that are obsessed with infinity wars or avengers today will be looking to reclaim that part of their childhood 20 years from now even if the movies bottom out. Guys my age went through the worst emotional rollercoaster in the 90s when the comic market saturated and crashed but they came back and are still trickling in. I’m sure that was way more than you cared to read but hey, when given the stage...

Don't worry, the book is largely WORTHLESS as the secondary market is glutted with copies of them. None of these four books featured in this silly video are worth much of anything. Please see my response to this video posted earlier today.

Spaghetti Snakecross the app is free my friend but if you want to subscribe there is a PayPal option now. Just tap on any of the subscribe buttons to access it. Email me if you have any problems. Nick@keycollectorcomics.com

Thank you

If you have a SIGNED copy, it is surely worth something, maybe $30-$50 bucks depending on who signed it. But without that signature, that book, and the others discussed in this silly video, are worthless. You can easily find them all in regular back issue bins for current comic cover-price. The McFarland Spiderman may be going for $20 or so in mint condition. Please see my longer response to this dumb video post.

Cypress City Comics thank you Quentin

The story of a collector's life👍

I have it but its silver.

I remember I saved my allowance to buy the first issue (1st print) of DARKNESS from image. I felt like I bought the coolest comic book. And out of the blue it was ripped into into shreds inside the trash can.... till this day nobody knows nothing. Sad day

That sucks

5 sets of Fantastic Four 1-3 put into the trash.

Missed this comment. Glad I went through this again. That was really nice of you Caleb

quacksackerthegreat Starfire who said anything about that?

that sucks Matt...sorry to hear that.

Sorry about that. it was an editing issue that i became more comfortable with on the next videos. I know its annoying. Even more annoying that KZfaq discontinued the ability to edit volume after its posted.

No Holds Barred where does it say it needs to be in red or that it says “robin rises”? Are you using Key Collector Comics? You can email me with a picture nick@keycollectorcomics.com

@@KeyCollectorComics it doesnt say it now. i swear it did because i have that book and i thought it was the wrong one because is said robin rises in red. i shouldve took a screen shot because i didnt think it was right at the time

No Holds Barred the information hasn’t changed. I would know since I handle it myself and I can tell you with 100% certainty that it never said “robin rises” in red.

@@KeyCollectorComics im probably just remembering it wrong

No Holds Barred it happens to all of us. No worries. But I’ve had multiple people find copies before the video From the app so I can assure you it’s been that way. Maybe you’re thinking of a different comic

Rich Frank it does. I’ve been meaning to redo the video

Jon Armstrong I’ve been meaning to re-record it

Don't worry--these books are WORTHLESS! Whoever posted this video is under a misconception about 'newsstand' copies. Please see my extended response to this silly video post.

dashrendar99 thanks for the comment. It’s not my model to communicate scarcity via the app but to help collectors identify what is valuable. Those might be scarce issues but also they had massive print runs during that time and the characters, for the most part, don’t have the popularity that Spawn (a valuable newsstand variant) might have. The market determines the value in my opinion but I’m always willing to reconsider or look further into anything I might have overlooked. You can email me at nick@keycollectorcomics.com if you’d like to discuss further. Thanks for your comment!

And they right in near mint please help me out . Paul J. Giragosian 401-442-3338€

The walking dead didn’t even come out until 2003 so I’m not sure what you’re referring to

Don't listen to this fool. The Walking Dead from 1989 is from Aircel comics, written and drawn by Jim Somerville. Issue #1 sells for $25-$50 in NM. There was #1-#4 and a "Special Edition" that came out in 1990. Issues #2 & #4 sell for $25 in NM issue #3 sells for $80 in NM. The Special Edition? Not so special after all, only sells for $4.00.

You are absolutely right, these four books are worth no more than maybe $40 combined. Whoever posted this doesn't know what they're talking about. Please see my post above on this

Thank you! Sorry for the late reply

RedCapManStudios having an issue were resolving now

YES! You are spot on! These books aren't worth the paper they're printed on! The most expensive one is the Mcfarland book, might go for $20 or so in mint condition, but the others can be found in regular back issue bins worth about the current comicbook cover price. What a JOKE this silly video is! Please peep my extended response to this video post.

Hey man. I would understand first printing ones being more expensive, but some of these caught me by surprise as they are not first ed, nor do they have a rare error, but it's the most expensive variant. Why are some of the covers more expensive than the others?

They're scarce. There were less printed with the bar code as the era of the newsstand comic (comics sold at grocery stores, toy stores, convenient stores, etc) was coming to an end. The majority of newsstand comics sold at the time oftentimes did not go home with someone who would put it in a bag with a board.

couple that with the fact that there were simply less of the bar code versions printed because there was a massive shift in how comics were being sold since the direct market (comic shop copies - the covers that have a symbol in it instead of a bar code) became more relevant

Hey dude! I appreciate the reply. Thanks for clarifying that as that really confused me.

D R don’t lose too much sleep over it. It’s not worth a whole lot. There was a massive print run and they brought him back to life

Ezekiel Zachary I was just looking at that the other day

How about Batman Spawn x-over? I got one.

Who sells their books to a comic shop? Ever hear of eBay? Crazy money to be had if you know what to look for.

It's true that the newsstand versions of these issues are easily found and not worth much. Most newsstand issues from the nineties are aren't worth the extra money that online sellers try to push them for and really you only see newsstand start to pick up value in the 2000s....later 2000s especially. The nuance that you missed (probably while you were writing this comment) is that these are second print newsstands and are incredibly scarce. Take Batman #457. There are two bar code versions, the standard newsstand and the second printing version which can be identified by the banner on top that says "new robin issue". There is also a non-newsstand with the bat logo in the UPC that has the same banner but it is not scarce. Also a few numbering error editions that some consider rare but not compared to the second print NS. I know....its a lot to take in!!!! A newsstand 2nd print 9.6 sold in May 2020 for $2,150 on eBay. There is only 1 9.8 that has been graded by CGC vs 262 copies graded 9.8 of the standard edition *** Spider-Man #1 UPC gold edition has quite a few more 9.8s graded at 247 copies but the standard cover has over 4k graded copies. This version was ONLY distributed to Wal-Mart stores. The other two are just as scarce. This is all covered in the video if you want to rewatch it or download Key Collector Comics and all the things you might be passing up will be easily identifiable for you. There are a lot of inaccuracies in your comment. Newsstands from the 80s are no more valuable than their direct edition counterparts becaus they were both produced in large quantities. Many comics from the 90s ARE worthless, the ones that were printed in excess but there are a great deal of valuable hidden gems and not-so-hidden gems but classic characters that were created during that time. If you don't believe me, just do a google search for second print newsstands of the issues mentioned

@@KeyCollectorComics I looked it up. Damn, there's no easy way to explain all that, is there? These still seem to be weird exceptions to the industry norm, but whatever, I stand very corrected. interesting. Thanks.

Deephouse Gent for the category of newsstand second printings they are unique but there’s quite a lot of highly collectible oddities in smaller quantities of comics. DC Universe logo reprints are good examples. Some are dollar bin books but there are a handful that range from $20-$200. Anything that presents a challenge, there’s a niche that’ll go to extremes

@@Deephouse_Gent66 I honestly thought the same when I watched the video myself, but then listened to what he said. Despite my comment a few weeks ago, I have yet to pull my longbox :) Thing is I know I have copies just not sure of the variations or not.