Don’t forget all the fold out posters and cards. Those spirit of vengeance posters were some of my favorites
@Nf7mate8 ай бұрын
That Magnor pop up cover is great! You need to put it in full pop up mode to see all of the great art by Sergio Aragonés. Fun fact: Mark Evanier was getting a license plate for his car when that book was coming out, and for fun got MAGNOR as his license plate. He still has the car and the plate still reads MAGNOR.
@robertt93428 ай бұрын
People used to buy 2 books back then, one to read, one to collect. Now they buy one and never read it.
@Retron5188 ай бұрын
Because everything in life has been going downhill. Now they don’t collect to read anymore, now it’s all about the money and the value. It’s a sad world we live in…
@emmanuelkann-tsavaris64578 ай бұрын
The all-hologram cover from Mortal Kombat Blood & Thunder #1 is my favorite gimmick cover
@dalemoyers88818 ай бұрын
Agreed. Love the whole run of Mortal Kombat comics. I have them all. 😎
@TheSameoldjoe8 ай бұрын
Ghost Rider #15 was ultra cool. Those gimmick covers were priced at or slightly above the cover price, so they didn't gouge the public. Many of them should be popular with modern collectors. They were printed to death, so they are in good supply at reasonable prices.
@macorourke22228 ай бұрын
1993! I was 20 years old. Wow what a blast from the past Brother. Thanks always for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada. Another great video!😎👍♥️📚📚📚📚📚✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️✨️✨️💯💯💯💯💯✨️✨️✨️
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@funkified-8 ай бұрын
I’m a sucker for all 90’s gimmick covers. I’ll pick em up if they’re NM and cheap, which they usually are
@dannyandtessa8 ай бұрын
My personal favorite chromium wrap-around cover is definitely Ninjak #1 from the 90’s!
@godofzombi4 ай бұрын
I had that one! It was very colorfull and shiney. Yeah I was a real sucker for gimmic covers back then.
@Sinsightful8 ай бұрын
Your ideas for content never disappoint
@toybarons5 ай бұрын
This take me back. I can remember how ridiculously high the prices went for some of these. Then there was those that you'd buy 2 so one you'd keep bagged and boarded and the other you would read. When the bottom fell out, that's when I bought up some of those covers just because they were really cool looking, like the X-O Manowar cover in your video. My fav though is Turok #1, Valiant with its holographic foil cover. I always though it was just cool looking.
@rogerfleming17828 ай бұрын
That Ghost Rider is on my to get list. So gimmick worked lol. Thx for the video
@CardsandComicsbyCharles8 ай бұрын
Nice top pics. I also love ASM #365 hologram cover as well as all of the Jim Lee X-men covers (The "collect them all" gimmick). Both had me super excited as a teenager and will always have nostalgia. Ghost Rider #15 I loved having on my wall as a kid and remains a favorite.
@ConlinsComics8 ай бұрын
Lets be honest, while the gimmicky covers may not have retained alot of value, they definitely got you the most excited back in the day 😎
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
I feel so nostalgic when I see them
@TheDAExperience8 ай бұрын
One of my favorite gimmicks were Marvels Hip=hop covers they actualy made hunting for books a thing again and the fact most were tied to a new number one made it a lot of fun for me .
@johnnydropkicks8 ай бұрын
With one second of the video starting, the zoom in to the awkward hand gesture made me laugh. You get it, James.
@ProfessorEchoMedia8 ай бұрын
These heavily researched videos you do are the gold standard of your Channel and what sets it apart from the KZfaq comic dross. I love these so much! Keep ‘em coming. 👍
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Wow, thank you! that's what I love to hear
@alexisrivera2028 ай бұрын
The only "slabs" I'll ever want are the 90s gimmick covers with chromium, prisms, and holograms.
@jamesmoss34248 ай бұрын
Gimmick comic book covers are brilliant. 😀👍
@MPScrimshaw8 ай бұрын
I love that blood strike number one just unapologetically has cable and wolverine on it lol
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
It just absolutely does #whoops hahahahaha
@Subviolaceus8 ай бұрын
The 90’s kid in me loves guardians of the galaxy 25. The book is described as having a “foil stamped prismatic cover”
@GreekGeek668 ай бұрын
Just seeing those Reign of Superman die cut covers took me back to being a 12 year old kid running to the local comic shop to buy these and being completely wrapped up in the whole death and return saga. I've read and re read those a dozen times and it's classic nostalgia for me and an instant time warp. Thanks for this. Made my morning.
@godofzombi4 ай бұрын
I had another Ghostrider glow in the dark cover and that Superman vs Lobo one, aswell as a load of other gimmic covers, including Secret weapons #11 that came in a sealed brown enevelope.
@montana018 ай бұрын
I was a comic collector in 93 and came back in this year and glad to see some more gimmicks now, but also, I can see it being over done a bit with the foil covers. Either way, it got me back in, and I enjoy reading the stories more now too, than as a kid growing up.
@florianneumann94418 ай бұрын
The german editions of marvel/dc we had mid 90s to 00s were also pretty great. A pretty cool one was the Spawn #1(?) chameleon cover which also used the thermo responsive color... Also Spawn 5 and i think Curse of the Spawn had sick embossed covers and there is a set of DC hero foil covers i once was thinking of getting...
@CantuComics8 ай бұрын
Yeees! That Ghost Rider 15 is one of my favorite books of all time! I still have the copy I purchased as a kid from the newsstand rack
@deckerrobert70258 ай бұрын
One of my favorite gimmick covers not mentioned on your list is the first ongoing series with Eclipso #1 had a fake gemstone glued to the cover. I recently scored that Superman/Lobo book in the dollar bins still sealed. Silver Surfer 50 gets my vote on best gimmick book...and a fantastic issue even still!!!
@theobsessedcollector8 ай бұрын
I have that Eclipso with the plastic "gem". You cannot get it graded and you have to ensure it is protected when in a bin of comics.
@3riverscomics5718 ай бұрын
I just picked up the jab #3 after watching your video. Brilliant! And now of course to complete the joke I have to get it graded! Not surprisingly there are none on the census. This made my day. Thank you.
@stephencybulski46108 ай бұрын
I just picked up that Bloodstryke and some of those lenticular covers are bad ass but I’m still a fan of that Ghost Rider cover and the Evil Ernie glow in the Dark
@stevedriskell598 ай бұрын
I've been enjoying your show. I do a little one under Comics with Stevey D and I just did an episode with shiny covers as I call them. Your show was in the same vein so I thought Great minds think alike.
@ellenacarroll8638 ай бұрын
Very well made video!
@omac73gamer768 ай бұрын
I like DD 231 glow-in-the-dark too beside the GH.
@sixarms8 ай бұрын
I have the Ghost Rider glow in the dark cover. I never knew about that Specter covers. Those look the best. I will keep a look out for them. Another great information video. 🤠
@Acemonkey878 ай бұрын
I am a sucker for foils! and their coming back so lol
@thewonk81428 ай бұрын
I love specture covers
@TheDukeofMadness8 ай бұрын
Yet again, another eclectic and interesting video. Looking forward to the worst list.
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Coming soon!
@govatos8 ай бұрын
I think the Jab #3 had a “shotgun” variant that was just a bag of comic shreds 😂
@davidalicea32033 ай бұрын
great show and gratz on the comic store!! oh man yes X force , Valiant book do not move at all lol. I have questions about & pressing, and visual grading books
@aliceinmansonland4488 ай бұрын
You're basically ticking off every comic I had! Your Glow in the dark Ghost Rider comic doesn't look right, Lobo's codpiece was silver, I put the Lobo vinyl clings on my stuff instead of the comic, but I never had to cut them out. Venom Lethal Protector #1 was gimmicky, but he punches a clown! Thanks for the trip down memory lane! My favorite comic is the Lobo's Paramilitary Christmas Special, it's tied with Evil Ernie Youth Gone Wild! Evil Ernie had gimmick covers and a Glow in the dark action figure! Good stuff!
@Whalewraith8 ай бұрын
I got a green lantern war journal a few months ago. Glow in the dark dog tags. It's awful, completely lack of glowy effect. My favourite Dark Glow is Spectre #1 from 1992.
@jamesmoss34248 ай бұрын
I got The Spectre #8.😀👍
@begonz52768 ай бұрын
I have that bloodstrike cover. And recently got the local man #6 tribute to that cover👍🏼
@spencerwelchii5735 ай бұрын
I don't know if it was out when you published this video but DC Comics & Legendary Comics put out a pair of sound fx covers for The Justice League vs King vs Godzilla ❤
@midnightmodding46588 ай бұрын
To this day that X-O cover is one of my favorites. Just beautiful. I even sold all my Valiant stuff, but kept that issue. Solid story too!
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Cool cover!
@christopherwescott5518 ай бұрын
I'm in the the process right now,trying to collect all the lenticular new 52 covers,I think they are amazing,lol and have such a killer look to them.
@T-RexSuplex18 ай бұрын
I'm still trying lol harley quinn and the joker are the most expensive.
@michaelslattery37368 ай бұрын
the DC villians cover Swamp Thing, Arcane, was sick.
@sourcecode52738 ай бұрын
cool story.
@zolo120mil8 ай бұрын
Greatness video James!! Yes I am a glow in the dark cover hunter and I love them!!! I saw most of these covers at Black Friday sales in dollar bins!!!
@jthomascruz48908 ай бұрын
I recently picked up a small collection that I purchased FB marketplace and in the set was that Darksied lenticular cover. I actually like it and think it's one of the better ones as the omega beams really seem to pop on it. I am also a big fan of those 90's Silver Surfer foil covers and still have all my original Valiant foil covers. Some of the gimmick covers were bad but there were still some good ones.
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
I know the exact one!
@dradatzke8 ай бұрын
Not sure if it is really a "gimmick" but I sure do love a good virgin cover. Looks more like artwork.
@vynilrob97198 ай бұрын
I was lucky to get an Ecko Marvel shirt with a embossed "silver" Silver Surfer!
@imre4568 ай бұрын
Always liked the Wildstar 1 cover with the bloody nose
@nathanedwards47288 ай бұрын
I always liked Batman #530 (and to a lesser extent 531 and 532) the glow in the dark variant where Deadman is inside of Batman and the Deadman header is inside the Batman header
@michaelschonscheck43648 ай бұрын
War machine 1 Gambit 1 Deadpool 1 Doom 2099 Cable 1 Spidey 2099 Anything from when you were 9-10 years old will always be memorable
@bumblebeetuna21208 ай бұрын
My favorite glow in the dark cover is the The Maxx #1 C. I finally got one a little over a year ago
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
I actually didn't know there was a glow in the dark Maxx!
@michaelhaigh41928 ай бұрын
I have a lenticular cover of Earth 2 cover by Ken Lashley. At a convention he said that a signature on that cover looked part of the 3 D. He was right, looks cool. Maybe that should be slabbed.
@Matthew.E.Kelly.8 ай бұрын
I have half of these, the other half I've either never heard of or have never actually seen in person to be able to buy them 😅 such a cool list!
@mlq798 ай бұрын
What about the hologram or blood or ash in the ink and scratch n sniff books
@FearMonarch8 ай бұрын
The Die cut covers for _Death of the Family_ was one of the things that got me reading comics regularly
@RPRsChannel8 ай бұрын
*_A glow-in-the-dark SIGN can last 25+ years._* *_So a sealed or slabbed GR that has been stored in a longbox all these years is your best chance at getting on that will actually remain a 9.8 for some years._* *_Because if it's a 9.8 and it does not glow; is it really a 9.8 anymore?_* *_Glow-in-the-dark covers are thus time-limited. If any of the GR still glows in 10 years...well that is something quite odd._*
@kma68813 ай бұрын
Those foil covers really make the white storage boards go brown. I have no idea why.
@user-eo4qn8rv2n8 ай бұрын
I have the glow in the dark ghost rider first and second print autographed by the artist.
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Sick!
@charliedogg76838 ай бұрын
I don't mind gimmick covers errr, sorry, "enhanced covers" but I really object when a publisher adds a gimmick and forces up the price for that issue but doesn't offer a plain, non-gimmick alternative. It's like those businesses which refuse to take cash but hit you with a surcharge for electronic payment processing because their bank charges them (these are the stores I walk out of without ordering or buying). One cover that's always appealed to me is Wolverine #145 with the silver foil claws in front of Logan's face - proof that the less-is-more approach can work well. Jab: one I forgot but quite hilarious in its own way. That's really creator commitment, spending 3 days shooting your own comics. The gimmick comic (not just the cover) I recall most clearly is Marvel Comics Super Special #1 starring KISS: each band member added a vial of his blood to the ink (red I assume). Sometime in the future, science may be able to extract the DNA and clone new KISS members! Or not. This is a fun video James, I vote for Part 2: worst gimmick covers.
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Video dropping tomorrow! Top (or bottom) 10
@davezombie90568 ай бұрын
a good die cut or tasteful foil cover are my favorite. Some gimmick covers seemed to focus more on the gimmick then how the cover ended up looking lol
@mantis209920038 ай бұрын
I still have them all, 😆
@jamesgutierrez64628 ай бұрын
Eclipso with the Black diamond on the cover is cool.... check it out
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
I jsut finished drafted the top 10 worst covers and I've got that on there! hahahaha
@brandonsigns88418 ай бұрын
I liked this vid. Id be down to see a top 10 worst. Hell, if your feeling borded it would be cool if you talk about EVERY gimmick cover there is. Not every issue, but like, talk about every kind they made. Like top 50 gimmicks. Like a list of grimmicks not a list of the comics. Also I know its not something you can see with your eyes per say, but the Kiss Blood comic is very grimmicky.
@RPRsChannel8 ай бұрын
*_Was it a black sealed polybag of a TMNT comic that could come with a $20 bill? Thing is, if you opened the poly bag...the comic book value would drop, so could you risk it?_*
@Qill_Rider8 ай бұрын
I don’t know if this is a gimmick but my favourite gimmicky cover is the TMNT #15 1988. Hands down the best cover imo.
@Mymloch8 ай бұрын
I really expected to see hologram covers listed.... like the Spider-Man 30th Anniversary issues across the 4 titles in 1992.
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Those will be in the WORST gimmick covers lol. None of those actually looked good hahaha
@Mymloch8 ай бұрын
@@MintHunterComics Sir... I was 12 and a huge Spidey fan... they were wondrous. :)
@marklotinga8 ай бұрын
Is it just the Ostrander run on Spectre that you like or The Spectre as a character in a more general sense?
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
BOTH
@marklotinga8 ай бұрын
@@MintHunterComics A perfect response. It is long overdue that someone took the character of The Spectte and did something really dynamic and interesting with it.
@justicierodelaliga8 ай бұрын
I got from Villains Month 2 of my favorite characters: First Born (can´t believe DC hasn´t brought back this AMAZING Wonder Woman villain) and Ocean Master. And they look AMAZING. ...sadly most of the stories are bad or not interesting at all. For instance, the Lobo one you just want for the cover. And, as a Puerto Rican, also got the JLA #1 with the Puerto Rico flag. PS Back in the day I bought a Special Edition of SAW that came with blood on the cover but it evaporated or the liquid went away with time.
@siriactuallysara7 ай бұрын
I see you didn’t do any modern ones. I did buy a couple of those when I was young. Like silver surfer 50 from the LCS. The modern gimmicks that I enjoy are negative space covers. (I bought almost all of those) and action figure covers.
@ricbeau37618 ай бұрын
Me I liked very much Cyberad #5 by continuity comics.
@michaelschonscheck43648 ай бұрын
Rise of the midnight sons posters *
@tristanrujano8 ай бұрын
I have to go check because I got rid of some bloodstrike comics and I hope the #1 wasn’t one of them
@mightymike09988 ай бұрын
No love for the wildcats😢 jk great video
@jonaslaclaque1378 ай бұрын
I have that Ghost Rider 15 in both direct and newstand
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Noice!
@robertzeleznik81248 ай бұрын
Ss 50 was a good read
@davidrenfrew1118 ай бұрын
Actually have a signed copy of Magnor...haven't taken it out of tge bag..
@jamesmoss34248 ай бұрын
I got Fantastic Four #375.😀👍
@T-RexSuplex18 ай бұрын
I think variants now a days could be considered a gimick. Soo many variants and some are connecting variants of the same issue 🤦♂️
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
Indeed
@jamesmoss34248 ай бұрын
I got Wolverine #50.😀👍
@cali4tune8 ай бұрын
No 3D? Tading cards? Captain Britain came with a cardboard mask.
@petesaguy17078 ай бұрын
RIP fellow Silver Surfer fans after hearing the MCU is making him a woke gender swap. It's like Disney hates the fans or something...
@MintHunterComics8 ай бұрын
You never know. I’ll restrain for judging until I’ve seen it. I was also… surprised to see it