The explosion of graded copies over the years of all these have saturated the market to the point you can find them all day every day on eBay and elsewhere in 9.8. It's great to wish they sold for more but the reality of a collectible market will show what they are truly worth.

I'm a big believer in collecting comics no matter the price as long as you love the book it should be priceless!! Thanks bro!!!

Squirrel girl has always been a mystery to me. Not sure what the hype is for her

Take advantage of the lows. Good time to complete runs. Not good for salers, but good for buyers.

Let's not forget that prices are dictated by demand. Azrael wasn't seen in comics for a while (didn't he just reappear in the Batman books?). Who cares about Azrael? Same with Agents of Atlas. They had their 15 minutes of fame but, honestly, IMO, that's a $40 book slabbed. Cassandra Cain? Is she even still around? I have no idea. LOL I DO agree with you on Kyle Raynor. That should be a steady $200 book, if not higher. I think the issue with Secret Wars is that SO many people are focused on #8 that everything else gets pushed to the wayside. Huntress? Not a top tier character even though I love her. Great vid!

The CGC scandal is going to hit slabbed comic sales very hard over the coming months.

Since at this point, I'm more of a buyer than a seller . This is great news to me. I still fondly remember the comic crash of the nineties. It was buyers' heaven. Always a bright side.😊😊😊

I can’t wait until people start doing X-men keys post-Giant Sized. It’s wild how strong a lot of those holds are. Like New X-Men 133. A modern MINOR X-men key and I cannot get that comic in a 9.8 under $300.

The big culprit is the number of 9.8s out there. Most of these books were hot and then submissions shot thought the roof. Then the market was hit with a loy of 9.8 Omega Red and Squirrel Girl. They're not as rare anymore.

I feel like many Green lantern books are very underrated. Also Aquaman silver age!!!! The covers alone are so good

I actually had no idea Secret wars 3 was even REMOTELY that low. For some reason I just assumed it was like $200

I got out of X-Men 4 at like, $130. It had done nothing but drop for months and months. Not sad I did. There are a million of these things out there and I can always get another.

I just buy what I like and then I’m not bothered by the price drops.

These are expected casualties when comics become commerce instead of art.

good calls dude! Kyle to the mooooooon! ;)

The book i always have thought of being undervalued is Iron Man & the Sub Mariner, it predates both their solo appearance which does mean its namors true first silver age appearance and yet its worth almost half of the other two. Not to mention the Sub mariner #1 is a continuation of that book

Green lantern #25 vol 3....as a fellow lantern fan i imagine you understand just how bonkers $100 for this book is.

I am surprised with the relatively low value of Punisher #1 (first mini series). Awesome Zeck cover and it’s his first mini series. Personally, I think it should be up there with Frank Miller’s Wolverine #1.

PWJ 6 and 7 are such good covers, as well as the two with Jim Lee's Spidey on there (14 and 15)

9.8 prices are ridiculous compared to visibly indistinguishable 9.6s which almost all the time sell much much cheaper. I hope they all get lower.

Yea I agree the GL 48 is a steal under $100. I enjoyed the entire run especially the impact of 48 - 50 with the glow in the dark issue 50 😊

Honestly, I think several things are contributing to the low slab prices. 1) In the case of a lot of these books, they're just not rare. Maybe 9.8's are, but not the books in general. Some exceptions would be Sword of Azrael and the Marvel Super-Heroes book. They're more rare than most, but suffer from what has been done to the characters. Back in the 90's, good luck finding a cheap Sword of Azrael #1. But that character has been nerfed and mis-used so much that he's just not got much of a fan base anymore. And Squirrel Girl....Even though some of her appearances have been pretty funny and fun, she is kind of seen, thanks to her last run, as a lot of what is wrong with the "woke comic culture." Previous fans are just tuning out because they see it as part of the problem. 2) Comics in general are in a down-market. I'm not one of these people shouting that the sky is falling, but we're in one of those slumps that tend to happen after a boom. This one is more obvious because comics were such a big deal during the Covid Boom and the comic book films were bringing in a lot of people more interested in collecting rather than reading alone into the market. With the burn out/failure of so many comic movies, the mainstream is starting to tune out and there just isn't as much movement as there was a while back. I'm sure it will drift back to normal status eventually, but right now, it's a buyer's market. And with so many re-sellers trying to unload, it's making the prices drop pretty intensely...Especially on books that have been too highly priced to start with. 3) The Slab Scam. With the issues with the CGC slabs being opened and switched, a lot of people are probably getting nervous about buying slabbed books. Honestly, I don't know what will come of this. I don't think it will be the end of slabbing, but I don't know that there is much that CGC can do to protect the books even more. This is just kind of something that, like Thanos, was inevitable. So, strangely enough, at the moment raw high grade copies are probably trusted more than slabbed books.

5:55 - I had a handful of GL 48's from my personal collection (original owner) that I sent to CGC early last year: about half and half 9.6's and 9.8's. I sold through most of them last year (kept 1, a DCU logo 9.8), and most of the 9.8's, as you indicated, went in the $120-130 range. (All sales started as $99 7-day auctions.) But my last 9.8 only sold for the start price of $99, the sale on 12/23/23 shown in your screenshot. And that was AFTER it had been relisted a time or two with no bids. The market is slowing, and prices are dropping.

I'd say GLs are undervalued as a whole.

I thought I was lucky when I spotted X-Men 4 in the wild for $10. I was surprised I got it for the price I did. Especially a couple other books like spawn 1&2 and batman 386 I picked up for under $20

Many I agree with are too low (Especially Kyle Rayner and Cassandra Cain) I remember those days where DC killed Superman, broke Batman, and turned Green Lantern into a villain. Months later, Superman and Batman returned but Green Lantern? Hal's Fans had to wait a DECADE for him to return as Green Lantern. One of the reasons was that Kyle developed such a huge fanbase. I'm more of a Hal Fan but I could definitely see Kyle's Appeal. Hal was the Swashbuckler Hero that took out opponents with fists and occasional constructs, Kyle felt more like a relatable person but most importantly, he was an artist that had a tool powered by his imagination. The constructs alone that he created made his books worth picking up. Cassandra is my favorite heroine in all comic books. I absolutely love her story and Batgirl #25 when she was forced into a fight to the death with Lady Shiva ranks as the second best fight in all comic books. Unfortunately Cass's Character was destroyed in Robin #50 and she never made a full recovery. Still hoping one day she returns to her pre-52 glory. The one I disagree with on that list is X-Men #4. My reason is far too much supply on this one. There are almost 12K copies graded and around 4750 copies in a cgc 9.8 alone. Omega Red or not, no way I'd pay over $140 for that one.

X-Men #4 decrease in price could have been partially influenced by speculation that Omega Red will be in the next Deadpool movie, and that movie being delayed a long with an overall decline in popularity of comic book movies.

Years ago, I had most of the Punisher War Journal run. I forgot about that book. I probably should pick that book up.

Other than the GL, I have all those books shown (some graded, some raw), and completely agree that the drop on a few of them is perplexing. I guess it "is what it is" and all that, but seeing non-spec'd upon books drop below pre-boom prices is just...annoying.

Another great video. I need to make it to your booth soon!

Thanks so much for this vid! Really surprised about all of these, but especially Stephanie Brown (and I have no understanding of the market fluctuations with Cassandra Cain lol)

Cassandra Cain is one of my favorites. Her solo series was good also

I have Secret Wars 3 newsstand in a 9.6. It was my very first slab i ever bought when i was younger and had no idea what i was buying. I just remember buying it cause it was really cheap for a slab 😂

Always love to buy the raw vs. Slabbed

I've been around the hobby since day 1 of Cap'n Carrot. That figure looks dope.

Great insight, more like this please!! My fav content on KZfaq is cold keys content

Awesome list James! I’ve noticed the decline in price for a few of those books and it’s very tempting to grab them now.

Guess I'm gonna go after DC #647. Thanks James, you did it again Homie! 😆

I have an X-Men #4 newsstand that is yet to be graded... Since newsstand editions have started to be chased as a variant in their own right, it's held reasonably stable.

So glad I picked up that war journal 6 for 50cents a few months ago. It's not perfect but it is clean.

I've been able to score a few Wonder Woman 105 CGC 9.8's for dreadfully cheap. Direct for $40 newsstand for $70. My belief is that there's just so many issues and various variants of issues that there's not enough eyes to go around to follow everything that deserves watching. Really valuable comics sell at auction for super cheap because the market is saturated with so much stuff that things inevitably get overlooked when they shouldn't.

Thanks for the video James! I agree with you on some of these book being way too low but, time to pick them up.

Maybe one day James you'll find an unopened shipper box of that detective comic. Then you'll get a potential 9.9! ;)

I don't know how much upside that there will ever be with Punisher War Journal 6 or Secret Wars 3, for the same reason that Spawn 1 never goes very high: there's too large of a supply from a time where comic books sold far more than they do now. The Punisher was already one of Marvel's top selling comics in 1989, enough that they gave him a second book, and comic book stores knew that Jim Lee + first meeting with Wolverine and Punisher would be huge and ordered more than usual. And even though Punisher is apparently going to become part of the MCU, he'll never be close in popularity to what he was in the late 80s and early 90s. Contrast that to DD 158 (first Miller) or ASM 298 (first TMac). Those titles weren't even in Marvel's top 20 when Miller and TMac took over. Anyone feel free to correct my numbers with actual numbers.

I'm always surprised when I find out a comic I own is worth a good amount

As soon as I saw capn rabbit dude on the McFarlane pre order I was like oh i know whose getting this. I got a 9.6 Azrael for 30 bucks! Awesome

Great video. I'm looking forward to more auctions!

I was laughing when people were pumping up X-men #4 to $300 during the boom and I'm laughing now. There are just way too many of those and every time the price creeps up, a bunch will come out of the wood work.

man that is depressing to know those went down in price big time but, also it's good if you have been wanting to get them much less than what they cost normally.

Great list James. It's a nice time to pick these up.

I think the 1st appearance of Knull is criminally underrated. 9.8 went in the $275-300 range and now you see sells for like $175. Cool character that I’m sure will see in live action down the road

Great video and totally agree with your GL48 analysis. Eventually Kyle and the entire Emerald Twilight GL48-51 run will make it into film and we will see those books take off!

Punishe War Journal 6 9.8 is actually going for $300+ but only if it’s a newsstand

I have so many slabs that have dropped so low I refuse to sell them at this time. I'll let certain books sit in limbo until I can get a respectable price. Ride out the storm thinking.

Some of the current prices for books make absolutely no sense to me. There are some books I've looked up that in my opinion should be worth a lot more than they are, but can be bought for a song. Good thing I'm not looking to retire off of my collection.

I started looking for these books right way.

Love the videos.

Holy Captain Carrot, Batman those prices are crazy low.

Witchblade #1 always loved that story

Great video!

I've started doing regular ebay searches for any 9.6 or 9.8 slab under $50. If you can pick something up for 30-50 bucks thats about what you would pay to press and grade it.

Thanks very informative

I picked up a CGC 9.4 Incredible Hulk 347 for $36 recently; but I'm not sure if that's ridiculously low or not. I would have been willing to go higher, but nobody else bid on the auction after I put my bid in.

Agreed, Stephanie Brown’s first appearance is very underrated and under valued. Don’t give up on Detective #647. You’ll get that 9.8 eventually. Keep on submitting.

When prices go up more copies come out of the woodworks. That may be what causes the drop?

Captain Carrot is actually my uncle... and my psychiatrist. (Poor guy!)

I think Alias #1 and 100 Bullets #1 are both grossly undervalued.

I’m taking advantage of this,opportunity!

If you want to see, a very unjustified dip, just look at the first appearance of Alpha flight in X-Men books. That book is taking a beating even though they have yet to be brought to the MCU there is no reason for it to be as low as it currently is

Well, I think any slab or raw I own whenever it dips is a travesty, but joking aside, I have a few I am shaking my head at, but GREEN LANTERNISSUE #1 - LCSD 2018 FOIL, IMO is criminally underrated...it's probably one of the well-done foils out there...

Azrael 1 9.8 is my next Batman book I’m sending to CGc

I think those books are a great pick up right now.

I agree your list of books are undervalued, and there are probably 50 other modern 9.8 first appearances that can be added to the list as well if you wanted to make an hour-long video. In my opinion, there are a lot of contributing factors to the drops aside from 2021/2022 price corrections. 1) A lot of the flippers are now out of the hobby and books are not turning over as much. 2) Lack of interest - as movies, TV series, and new comics just aren't that good to keep the motivation to collect comics going. 3) Inflation is real. It's difficult to spend money on buying a Secret Wars #3 when the electric bill is 40% higher, and hamburger meat at the grocery store is 50% higher Hobbies have to take a back seat. 4) The world is changing. Younger millennials and Gen Zrs aren't necessarily into owning physical copies of things, like the first appearance of Kyle Rayner (same for Blu-Ray and CD collections). This causes the pool of people that buy these books to get smaller and smaller and the demand to go down. Demand = price.

I never thought about it, but if you win an Ebay auction at a low price; does that hurt the actual FMV of the book? It's nice to get a good price, but if it lowers the value, was it worth it. Good video.

guess kt also depends on what the cgc numbers were in those years compared to now, many of these books mentioned have doubled in numbers graded, that needs to be taken into account

X Men #4 seems crazy to me!

I picked up some recent books that were too expensive

If nothing is driving demand...then prices will drop. Non popular character keys are probably fairly valued.

Have a 9.8 Omega Red. Big character but there's a bunch of high grades out there.

Great time for buyers

Welcome to the amusement park of collecting comics; the featured ride is the roller coaster.

Nice to see that I could make money on my favorite xmen if I wanted to. Love that xmen issue.

Just saw Spawn #200 9.8 go for $40 yesterday!

Great show watching from u.k 👍

Oh man, I am still waiting for the Squirrel Girl book to come down some more. Id be willing to pull the trigger at $200 flat.

well when payday comes around i know a few books that i may pick up now XD

I didn't know these comics were this low. Some of those are to low.

All of Dc is undervalued in general. Most people are too focused on post year 2000 books it seems at the moment.

Is it possible the X-Men #4 dropped due to too much inventory when the price jumped and everyone rushed to get theirs graded?

5/10 I own yay 😂. Omega Red I don't get everyone loves him, But haven't seen ( I know in DP2 they made a tease) in a movie.

Good info

I love good deals!

Man, if I had the funds I’d pick a bunch of these up at these “low” prices! 😅

CARROTS!

Kicking myself for not picking up first Azrael comic for $10 raw.

Its a collectors market ,if the economy stalls watch out .

Right now, star wars 1.

Too Low?? Never too low until I get all of MY copies!! hahaha

My time to shine 😎 (rubbing hands together)

Everyone was grading books back in 2020 and 2021. Seriously anyone and their mother would by any book and send it in for grading. 🐇🥕