Anything I bought as a kid in the 90s. I had the worst instincts and everything I thought would be valuable turned out to be something no one wants. I enjoyed reading them at least!

Amazing video!👍👏 I just began my comic book collection and found Toon Haven. They have an incredible range of digital comics for every genre, including the hard to find ones. Lifetime updates too!😁

I think the early ‘90s Justice Society book is underrated. The art by Mike Parobeck is so great! 10 great issues, dollar bin books.

James you are by far the most knowledgeable person online about comics easily. It just seems you put more into your work than anyone else does, from many determining factors. I look forward to coming by your store, since i was raised in NJ, and lived in Lawrenceville for years.😊 This channel gives more than it gets. That is why a comic fan, others can learn so much here,especially if they are new to the hobby. Thanks James, enjoy every video 😊😊😊

I think you need to be the Captain Carrot spokesperson; You can really sell that Carrot! So, underrated comics for me (obviously) are all the Robin first appearances (since Jason Todd). Robin is central to Batman's story in general, and Nightwing, Redhood, Tim Drake and Damian Wayne are all major DC characters. -Aside, I Joined up again as member for your channel, happy to pay for that cup of coffee each month. Love the channel, James. Keep on hunting :)

Anything Spectre is underrated. Such a great character. Also Midnight Run is one of the best action comedies of all time and is never talked about when mentioning the greatest comedies of the 80s

I'm not sure what their values are like today, but I always thought Comico's Elementals were overlooked.

I've always felt Daredevil books have been undervalued. I agree with the poster that mentioned-The Micronauts...My favorite books when I was a kid.

I consider Action Comics #12 as underrated, given that it features an add for the upcoming Detective Comics #27 and thus is the first “unofficial” appearance of Batman. Good luck finding a copy of it, however. 😊

1st appearance of Bishop.. every copy I have came from a dollar bin.

Williamson’s Flash run is one that I think needs more love. Especially the early issues. I don’t get how Godspeed is completely ignored. That story was rock solid in my eyes.

People overlook magazine size books and mostly consider comic-size comics the most important in my experience; hey better for the rest of us! Nice video and interesting books to look out for; thanks!

The early issues of Rex the Wonder Dog are expensive (sometimes very much so) and hard to find outside of ragged or lower grade copies. I assume you put it on your list because (non-GA) comic collectors often don't know about it. I'd add Golden Age Phantom Stranger, too, which is even MORE pricey.

Also many HEAP comics were ghost written by Patricia Highsmith, author of THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN and other great crime novels.

Witchblade #10, first appearance of The Darkness. One of the few comic book characters to have a fantastic video game, but no one sees past the 90s of it all.

The toy called SuperSoakers! More kids laughed and experienced joy from the SuperSoaker than any toy in history. Under rated!

Waiting for a Captain Carrot/Usagi Yojimbo crossover! I think Usagi Yojimbo is still somewhat underrated after all these years.

Short run comics are an underrated treasure trove. Yeah, having 1-250 is cool, but daunting. Getting a 1-8 story can be lots of fun and doesn't break the bank.

The shadow of the bat run is so underrated. It has some of the most unique and amazing cover art among its issues and you can find almost every issue in the dollar bin.

Now that Spetre issue is gonna go up just cause of Superman. And i completely agree about 1st Captain Carrot. Its a good thing i bought the Roy Thomas signed 9.8 from you a while back 🤙🏻

Gold Digger by Fred Perry at Antarctic Press is the longest-running comic by a single creator, and quite a few of his stories are fantastic. I don't know anyone who's heard of it. The main series ended recently, but there's an online archive of the first 200 issues.

I think Fantastic Four Annual 6 is so underrated. Silver age, 1st app of a villain and one of the most powerful mutants.

First appearance of Deathbird in Ms. Marvel #9. Pretty good X-men villain has stay close to the same price forever. Or with Suicide Squad #24 is the full appearance of Oracle it only her cameo in #23 ever listed as a key

I've always found atlas comics to be underrated. Some fun writing and great artists worked on them

Aside from the final entry (lol) I didn’t know any of these. Maybe the first Umar? But that’s it. Great list

Those Spideys in the early 100s are absolutely awesome!

I'll see your Captain Carrot and raise you an Ambush Bug...some of my most cherished comics of the early '80's feature this OG fourth wall breaker. Hilarious, at times, too. Could be a perfect crossover for James Gunn's DCU.

The Shadow comics

You should do a video on 2nd print expensive books

i spent years trying to track down a Rex #4, only copy i was ever able to find was beat to hell (got it graded for fun and it is a 1.8 which i didn't even know was a grade😂) but as a big Detective Chimp fan i'm happy to own it.

Great list! I think all of those marvel bronze age horror books are still undervalued, especially the number ones.

Alright. Underrated actress: Sofia Boutella. She acts (of course), dances, does a lot of her own stunts, speaks multiple languages...and word on the street is she can sing, too. She's cool. But for comics: Usagi Yojimbo. It has a strong fan base, but you can get so many keys in that series for super cheap, and I still think that book is criminally underappreciated overall.

I have not seen Spectre 54 sell for under $100 in about 3 years

Batman Confidential #26. The first appearance of Batman 60's villain King Tut.

I have a 7.5 copy (raw, my grade) of Supernatural Thrillers #1! I love that cover, and I didn't realize it was the progenitor of all the swamp beasts! Also ASM #112 and NTT #16! As for comics that I always wonder why they're not more valuable...the Daredevil Born Again story (#227-#233) and pretty much all of the first Ultimate Spider-Man series (sure, they're not "keys," but they're sooo good.)

I want that Captain Carrot! Also, the first appearance of Cassandra Cain as batgirl is my personal Underrated book. Its considered a keym...I just think its even still underrated.

DC comics Presents #52, First Ambush Bug. This character was essentially the 4th wall-breaking weird prototype for the Joe Kelly Deadpool (the one we all know...not the one who showed up in the early 90s). 9.8s are sub-200 and the character is not particularly popular for essentially being Deadpool before Deadpool (just not a merc).

I’m a simple man. Mint Hunter uploads a video and I click and like it.

The Green Lantern Corps run by Steve Englehart is criminally underrated. Besides introducing my favorite GL Kilowog, what other comic features a talking space-squirrel forming an unlikely friendship w/ somekinda fastidious alien Squidward after a flux in the time-space continuim makes everyone on Squirrel Homeworld forget he ever existed? Buckwild plots mixed with heartfelt and often complex relationships makes it feel like Guardians of the Galaxy...only decades earlier and at a fraction of the price!

Time Bandits is an underrated movie. Spectre 54 is a good call since Mr. Terrific is being widely used in animated and Gunn DCU properties. Legion of Superheroes needs more love.

The ultimate underrated comic is More Fun 31. It has the Action 1 cover in an ad a month before the release. 1st image of a fairly significant issue/character

Star Wars 16, the first appearance of Valance the Hunter, and the first SW story without any characters from the movies. Spoiler alert- he “dies” in a later issue, but was so cool he was revived and appears in modern SW comics

GI Joe #48 - 1st appearance of Sgt. Slaughter, and The Shadow #1 are definitely underrated!

The most underrated book I can think of is Web of Spiderman #36. Its the 1st appearance of Tombstone, but yet you can easily find copies for under $20 (sometimes under $10) which is crazy to me considerinf how important of a character he is

Captain Carrot is WAY under valued

Recent undervalued is Bunny Mask....but one of my favorite stories The Last Avengers Story I think is GREATLY undervalued

Love Captain Carrot and most weird or uncommon series! As for underrated comics, I'll go with The Darkness and Fathom back to my prime of Image and Top Cow collecting. Otherwise, gimme that underrated and widely unknown underground comic collection!

I've got another one for you. The 1st MODERN appearance of Giganta with a new origin story printed back in the 90's is very cheap too. I'm honestly surprised given how popular the character is. She is used a lot in the shows.

This may be a hot take but I’m going to say Star Wars #1 is underrated as a comic book key. George Lucas initially approached comic book companies to publish a Star Wars comic book prior to the film's release as a means for publicity meaning that the first time people ever laid eyes on the franchise was in a comic book. Star Wars comics have been around as long as the movies but doesn’t get the same love. It’s the first public encounter of the entire multibillion IP. I’m surprise that SW #1 doesn’t have more value because of that.

Underrated? The Mutant Liberation Front. Some of the coolest villains to barely be used

Land of the Giants tv show of the late 1960s was fantastic, alright the special effects were a bit dodgy as was limited in those types, but stories were great . Can’t understand why no one has made a film or remade the TV series. They did Lost in Space which was out at the same time, and I believe wasn’t ax good, even though I did enjoy it.

They Live is underrated! Yes it’s a cult classic but it’s more prophetic than Nostradamus.

I picked up a lot of 40 spectre comics from the 80’s -2000’s for less than a dollar per book and i was hoping that the terrific book was there but i was not that Lucky. It did, however, include crisis aftermath: the spectre 1, which is when Crispus Allen becomes the new spectre and The spectre 22 first published Alex Ross cover art for DC. So i did get my moneys worth but i sure wanted to have the first appearance of the second Mr Terrific.

I support Captain Carrot! We gotta get his name out there. Also I just grabbed the Teen Titans #26 a few weeks ago in nice grade and absolutely love it in my Teen Titans collection! Great video as always!

Super natural thrillers 1 is also a dope Steranko cover

Underrated=Mint-hunter comics.

I think my wife is most highly underrated. Now you’ve gave me some comics to go on the hunt for.

I always enjoyed the first Marvel crossover event, the Avengers/Defenders War. That really captured my imagination as a twelve year old. It was basically Marvel's version of a JLA/JSA event.

Top tier content, from a great advocate for the hobby

My favorite underrated keys... Legends #1 - 1st Amanda Waller... how is the head of the suicide squad not a ton of money? X-Men #169 - 1st calisto and morlocks - again, worth nothing and my favorite sub group of the X-Men (maybe starjammers) Sin City A Dame to Kill For #1 - 1st Dwight - bought mine for $10, shipped to CGC... 9.6... Frank Miller's greatest work in my opinion

Super-Villain Team-up 1 through 17.

Booster Gold as a character is underrated

I can't believe that Action Comics 775 isn't huge.

There are two movies I believe are underrated. C.H.U.D., and Night of the Comet. Two lower budget horror movies that just drew me in.

Common sense is underrated. Because, "Common sense, is not so common. "😊😊

it is hard to believe comics like those aren't more popular. but, overtime they just end up in a dollar bin. just like batman off-world, i found it in a dollar bin and still could not believe it. #IWANTCAPTAINCARROTPLEASE

I'll go with ROM, Micronauts...

Captain Marvel Adventures 78, 1st Mr. Atom, the most important robot in comic book history, he's the prototype for every Japanese Super Robot From Astroboy to Megaman.

Thank you for sharing, keep doing what you do!!!

Heyyyyyy great episode....good info. I think it needs to be more than just movies, tv series for issues to go up in value. Anyway my entries Marvel Two in One..annual 7 such a incredible story, has all the heavy hitter Marvel heroes , it's like the Rocky movie on steroids Other entry way in the 80's when kids still bought action figures. In late 80's there was the Super Powers action figure line of DC characters (which Todd McFarlane brought back) some figures you actually had to mail in to get. Apokolips Steppenwolf was one. When you ordered for character you got a flimsy record....with a short eery recording of Darkseid. Use to listen to in the dark while shining a light thru the Darkseid figure's red visor ban to make his eyes glow. That record got to be worth something?

great list and nick is such an undervalued artist

Keep up the great work!

I've always been surprised that the first Batman & The Outsiders run from the 80s has never really taken off or gone up in value. I'm biased as it was one of the first comic series I ever collected, so there's a nostalgia feel, but still...great Batman stories with great side characters.

Marvel Comics Presents #117 the real first appearance of Ravage 2099 created by Stan Lee. That comic always gets the first meeting of Wolverine and venom fame but not the Ravage 2099 fame. Have an issue of it signed by Stan Lee.

When I first started trying to find that Spectre 54, graded in early 2021 it was selling for just over $100. It now sells for nearly $400 in a 9.8. Maybe the raw is frozen? If you have a 9.8 candidate you wanna sell for $40 I'll buy it.

I'll stick with comics. I think Batman #619 is undervalued, especially the rogues gallery variant. That variant has the first cover appearance of Hush. And that issue in general has the first appearance of Tommy Elliot as Hush. I think they're only worth roughly $10.

I think the first appearance of Onslaught in XMen is underrated I mean come on Professor X and Magneto as a combined Villian. Should be invincible.

The movie of the first Suicide Squad, my teenage son and I love it, but it gets so much hate. Underrated comics, Frank Miller's Ronin, Kent Williams Blood a Tale, and Mike Mignola's work before Hellboy... :)

Adventure Comics 283, 1st appearance of both General Zod and the Phantom Zone. Midgrade copies of Superboy 68 (1st Bizarro) are around $1k, and midgrade copies of Action Comics 242 (1st Brainiac) are $2k+. But a midgrade copy of Adventure 283 can be had for under $500. Given how much Zod has been in the public eye (in how many movies/TV series has he appeared since Superman II?) relative to the other two, I don't get it.

The movie “Faster” with The Rock

When Detective Chimp hits the big screen (and I'm convinced he will), his first appearance will go nuclear because it is so hard to find. I;ve been trying to grab a copy - but they are hard to find and very expensive.

Underrated: Fear Agent, Strange Girl, Y the last man

Great video as always, keep up the great work

I do agree teen titans from issue 26 and the next 20 following issues in the seventies are absolute classics becoming more adult focused

Love that Teen Titans #26 cover. Lots of good ones in that run.

A very underrated mid 80s DC Comic is Mazing Man! If it was up to me we’d have an omnibus collection of the 15 issue run! 💙👍🏼

Great stuff. Thanks for sharing

I think red tornado is a super underrated comic book

Great video!!!

Could you do comics that are video games or relate to video games?? I have a scarce Dead Island comic by Marvel.

I think right now, Superman is under rated. The house of brainiac was really good. I gotta get the teen titans for real

As a kid I went bananas 🍌 when I discovered the "Not Brand Ecch" cartoonish take on Marvel and DC characters.

excellent as always

How about Simpson vs the Cosby’s, Screw magazine 1988? Pretty funny shit.

Wow, fantastic video. Thanks a lot!

How.about Adventure 462 the Death of Golden Age Batman ?

Snagged a mid grade copy for $7 on ebay after watching this, left the higher grade one for $25 just cuz I'm not a huge Simpsons guy...but I just thought it'd be cool to have that one- thanks for the tip!🙌

Thanks for reminding me about captain carrot. Now I gotta get me a new teen titans 16

The 90s Starman series by James Robinson. The story arc is fantastic.

Spectre 54 definitely seems to have increased in value as I've seen a few ungraded copies where the seller is trying to get $100+ which I think is crazy.