Top 20 Comic Books in My Collection 2023! Plus a New #1!

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In this video I go over my comic PC at the end of 2023. This includes a new number 1 =).
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@melw2100 6 ай бұрын

I never get tired of looking at your books!

@dailycomicsfix 5 ай бұрын

Your PC books are INSANE! Wow!! GA Black Cat in a 9.0?! Crazy crazy awseome! Your entire collection is next level!!! Congrats!!

@jerrywangzinger8483 6 ай бұрын

Nice selection. Thanks for sharing

@davidrhodes3621 6 ай бұрын

Such a great collection. Thanks for sharing.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

@kenmason1461 6 ай бұрын

Congratulations it's been a very good year Ryan

@bestcore1214 6 ай бұрын

Every keeper is well thought out and loved. Great explanations! Inspirational as always!

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Appreciate all the support for the channel 👍

@Gigdriver 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing what a great collection

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

@CharlesCharles-bb6qx 6 ай бұрын

That Batman 16 was AWESOME

@larrysmith7301 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful comics and a fantastic collection.

@comicbookninja5268 5 ай бұрын

Incredible collection!

@jerryanthony8886 6 ай бұрын

Congrats on the Big Book!

@ajguez 6 ай бұрын

Love the black cat mystery .. good collecting

@6nosis 6 ай бұрын

"Die Die My Darling" Congratulations on Such a classy beautiful collection!! Lime green jello here! FYI they are all display worthy!! If not the company you keep must be questioned. I'd display that BC all day and make it a point to point it out to "normies."

@tonytothe8544 6 ай бұрын

Wow!! Wasn't expecting that BCM50, and then in a 9.0! Congrats! What a book to have🍻

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@leepolonsky4255 6 ай бұрын

Awesome books Ryan and Thank you for the shout out!

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

No problem and thanks for watching 👍

@Mr.Digit115 27 күн бұрын

thanks for this video,....these are some way cool books,.....catman, chamber of chills, punch, and phantom lady,.....you got the car going in the right direction sir!

@mauricedevereaux6573 6 ай бұрын

WOWZA! Kudos Ryan! Excellent books. Happy New year to you and your loved ones!...:)

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Happy new year to you too 👍

@stephenstamey4167 6 ай бұрын

Wow, that 9.0 Black Cat, just absolutely stunning! As my kids say, so jelly!

@lchamp7946 6 ай бұрын

That’s such a great looking .5 AF15.

@PhatYeti 6 ай бұрын

Bro congratz! Nothing wrong with making the list larger. Maybe just add a few each year that really speak to you! Your doing it the smart way but don't let your heart get shutdown also if your really love somthen!❤

@hellmouthpresents9007 6 ай бұрын

That BCC #50 is stunning Ryan! Great buy. Puts my keeper list to shame but I only collect silver age Daredevil currently. Cheers and Happy New Years to you and all the viewers. Hope y’all’s 2024 is full of good times and great comics!

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! Happy new years to you too 👍

@doctorshawn3461 6 ай бұрын

Wow nice books! I usually check elite comics when I get home from work, and that day the BCM50 was posted it was already sold when I logged in. I 100% would of bought it, so congrats to you for acting quick (I am sure others would of bought it also). I think ComicConnect might have another 9.0 in their march featured auction, so I will patiently wait for that one. Once again, congrats

@bronzevillecomics2581 6 ай бұрын

Wow! That Black Cat 50 is amazing in a 9.0 for a PCH collector. Amazing book, gotta save up some pennies for that one.

@manaout7769 6 ай бұрын

Was not expecting you to pull out that BCM50. I was drooling over that copy when i saw it for sale on IG. My most sought-after book. Very jealous

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

It definitely caught my attention too when I saw it pop up for sale 👍.

@imawesomeyourenot 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic books. What an awesome collection.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@shaheedali651 6 ай бұрын

Amazing collection. Golden age dominance. Phantom lady 17 my fav GGA. Archie 50 I picked up this year.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, thanks for watching 👍. Congratulations on the Archie 50 too.

@dandare1270 6 ай бұрын

Get out of here!!! A CGC 9.0???? Wow!!!!Well done Ryan! This is an unbelievable double dozen of books. I can picture you in just a few years from now posting the unboxing of Batman #1 or Superman #1 (or God knows what else :)) (aka "comicbooksaficionado")

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, thanks for watching 👍

@brute_nm 6 ай бұрын

Huge list! Can't imagine this list next year... Tec 31 maybe 🤔

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

That’s definitely a book I’m always looking for. But it’s gotten pretty insane with pricing now

@PhatYeti 6 ай бұрын

Just picked up a planet comics 55 and 71 their some of the best art I ever seen I am actually in love

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

71 is a great one. Those later issues by Maurice Whitman are really good.

@PhatYeti 6 ай бұрын

@AutomaticComics yea I honestly love then all I think it'd a 3 to 4 my goal is to slowly trade up like you do.

@comicbossone2411 6 ай бұрын

Better check those slabs. Lol Seriously, nice collection. Thanks for all you have done to expose the cgc scam.

@A100-ND 6 ай бұрын

Happy New Year. Since you're a cover-oriented collector, I wanted to recommend a couple of DC series for you in the great era of very late '40s / early '50s Star Spangled Comics and All-American Western. The post-hero era for several DC titles is underrated for outstanding cover art.

@TK_junction 6 ай бұрын

Great list / video! Love these recaps. So fun to go through these with you. I didn’t realize you had so many pedigree books - and yes, that gold label…so good. I had anticipated that PL17 and PC12 would’ve been top of your list, so it was fun to find out what the new number one would be. Congrats on that pick up. I remember you showing this before. Crazy cover. Now about that AF15…so jealous.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! It worked out well that the BC50 just came in, I thought it would make this a fun video to have that opening at the end.

@TK_junction 6 ай бұрын

Did you know it was going to take top spot before you bought it or knew it was effectively yours? And I was surprised your ending comment about having never seen one in person until you opened it just then!

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

@TK_junction This current set of 24 books is my keeper list but like I mentioned in the video, they aren’t necessarily in order of my favorite books on that list. Like the Startling 49 is my favorite. This list was in order of value, just because it’s easier to do it that way. So yes, I knew it was #1 because it’s the most valuable book I own.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Also that’s true for a lot of these golden age books I have (not having seen them in person before I open the box). I don’t generally go to cons, especially not big ones where you might see some of them at like the comicconnect or heritage booths. So my first chance to see them in person is when I have them in my possession.

@TK_junction 6 ай бұрын

@@AutomaticComicsright sorry forgot. Silly me. I also want to say again that Punch 12 looks great the way it is. The roughed edges add character and personality to that book and it plays perfectly with the skull cover. IMHO. Anyway, happy new year, all the best for 2024!

@RobertMatteis-pe7vh 6 ай бұрын

Hey Ryan, this is Bob in Connecticut. You are awesome I love your books I get a little jealous because I can’t buy anything anymore. I don’t work back in the day I could buy stuff like you are buying.. well to be honest, weird science fantasy annual 1 which I know you had or still have that is very very rare in the high grade I know because I told you I have 9.0 9.2 is the highest grade. There are three of those.. I would think that book would have been on your keeper list

@themartiancomichunter 4 ай бұрын

Monsters books and amazing collection!

@AutomaticComics 4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jorgedacunha2676 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. Been waiting for this. 🎉🎉 So, I tried to guess your No1. I knew you had a Seven Seas 4 coming so I first thought it was that in a high grade. Then when it came up early on I thought maybe you'd finally got a Suspense 3 in a 0.5 or something. Have to admit, a little disappointed it was the Black Cat melting face. Like you, I don't like the extreme PCH books. But a 9.0 is insane, so fully understand why you have it at No1. Awesome Keeper list. 3 Baker's, an LB Cole, a couple of Schomberg air brush covers. Oh man. I'm so jealous. Congratulations. This is why you're my favourite channel.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, thanks for watching and supporting the channel 👍

@michaeltan4204 6 ай бұрын

Flex it Ryan 😄😎

@kevinlamb2129 6 ай бұрын

Fun video! And I agree how good that gold label looks with darker colors. Such a "premium" vibe. So I have to ask...are you considering having the Black Cat relabelled with gold?

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

That one wouldn’t get a gold label. The File Copy is more of a note in this case, like the Bobby Blue Collection note.

@gordonsisk9814 6 ай бұрын

I think you should go over what you have for sale in a video and what you would recommend

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

I have hundreds of books for sale at any given time, so I can’t really cover that in a video =). The link to my eBay store where they’re listed is in the description of the video.

@loganwilt9070 6 ай бұрын

Can you do a good girl art top 10 undervalued list similar to the PCH videos?

@BoxCatKeys 6 ай бұрын

I see the BCM50 pop up on IG, stepped out to mull it over, and when I came back, it was sold! 😭 lol. Excellent pick up! A superb keeper list, thank you for sharing!

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks =). Yeah, you could just tell from the comments on that listing that it was only a matter of time before it was gone. Thanks for watching 👍

@BoxCatKeys 6 ай бұрын

@@AutomaticComics 100% agree! Interesting you say that though. I was watching a playback of a Swagglehaus and CoMoComics team-up YT stream last night and Drew mentioned the comments section on larger listings as being a telling factor in whether or not it is in fact a great opportunity. Sounded like you were in the chat for most or all of it so you probably heard him, but among other things that probably stood out to me the most. Although I never stopped to consider it, that was very applicable!

@karlb10024 6 ай бұрын

impressed. check your mic. something whistle-y when you say words with "s".

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

This mic is about as good as it gets. Can’t do anything else with it.

@zachbrobst9473 6 ай бұрын

I didn't have Ryan as a Chainsaw man appreciator. Truly a man for any age 🍻

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

I’m a big anime fan. One of my other hobbies, I get my money’s worth from Crunchyroll =). My brother got me the model and the Pochita for Christmas.

@vonslagle 6 ай бұрын

Killer Books. My #1 is a WWII Timely Schomburg

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Timely Schomburg WW2 books are definitely top tier to me too 👍

@LoreLord- 6 ай бұрын

I literally yelled “GODDAMN a 9.0” when you put up black cat

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

😂

@ajguez 6 ай бұрын

That’s a museum piece for sure

@primusucks_ 5 ай бұрын

love your videos. question: i just found my first 5-cent book in the wild... ALL DETECTIVE MAGAZINE Volume 1 Issue 1 from Nov 1932 in remarkably good shape at a local antique mall... can't find much online and wondering with your pulp expertise if you know what roughly a low-grade book like that may be worth (ballpark, unofficial estimate of course)... any help is appreciated thanks!

@ScarecrOmega 6 ай бұрын

I would proudly display Crime Suspenstories 22 if I had it, the Black Cat.... not so much

@pumspak4281 6 ай бұрын

Amazing collection, sir. Trying hard not to be jealous. Not super focused though, right? You kind of like everything?

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks! I wouldn’t necessarily say that it’s not focused though, just in a different way. I have a few different areas and artists I really like, and I’m generally trying to get important and/or exceptional comics in those areas. I really like Batman, pre-code Horror, and Good Girl Art-type covers. All of these books fall into one of those except the AF15, Walt Disney 1, the Okajima Pedigree and the Cap 27. And those are all just very important books in their own right.

@pumspak4281 6 ай бұрын

@@AutomaticComicssubbed

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

@@pumspak4281 Thanks =)

@mestizo3113 6 ай бұрын

Cracking a Pedigree slab to get the book pressed should disqualify the book from the Pedigree collection

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Why? I’ve had pedigree books cracked and pressed before. It’s still the same book. Plus books are typically pressed in many cases by the original pedigree submission. Like the 9.8 ASM 1 that’s from the curator pedigree on heritage next month. It was a 9.6. Someone cracked and pressed it and resubmitted it and got a 9.8. It’s pretty common.

@aaronswanson5197 6 ай бұрын

Do you know why some pedigree comics receive a gold label and others don't? Is there levels to pedigree?

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

All pedigrees can get the gold label. It’s just that the update to that label style happened about 2 years ago. If you have a book graded prior to that, you just need to send it in to be reholdered and you’ll get the updated gold version. Thats what I did with both the Okajima and the cosmic aeroplane books.

@coydogf23 6 ай бұрын

What an absolutely insane pick up to end the year. That Black Cat competes with the CoC 19 for my favorite Golden Age book. Congrats and Happy New Years!!

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Thanks, and thanks for watching the channel 👍

@jimdiebel1894 6 ай бұрын

I don't understand how an incomplete AF15 with coupons missing could get a blue label. I realize it's only .5, but I didn't think it was possible to get a blue label on an incomplete book.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Yes, that’s basically what a 0.5 is. There are a few cases where a 0.5 is complete if it’s in really rough shape, but typically an incomplete book is what a 0.5 is for.

@AdamHoutman-qj7fy 6 ай бұрын

Do you only collect golden age comics? That puts most of us out of range, price wise, for what you collect. Congrats.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

I didn’t use to, but it’s kind of evolved to that over the last couple years. If you check out my top 50 video from about 3 years ago it’s a lot of bronze, silver and I think some modern (with a little golden age). Something about golden age books just started to appeal to me, and I like the challenge that you can’t just go out and buy them if you want them. You have to wait, sometimes months or years for that book to come up for sale.

@vintage_packs 6 ай бұрын

🤯

@joehenry9546 6 ай бұрын

I’m going to wager at the start of your video my most expensive book won’t make your top 20.

@joehenry9546 6 ай бұрын

And I was right. Some crazy rare books. Wow!

@dirkaminimo4836 5 ай бұрын

It’s hard to value the Disney comic/story #1. There are hardly any recent sales.

@BadScorpio 6 ай бұрын

I know this is stupid, but that hat in the foreground is messing with my eyes. I keep focusing on that and then I can’t watch…I know…it’s stupid….

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

It’s either that or the pipe coming out of the wall 😂. I tried taking it off the pipe before and people commented on that a lot more. So the hat it is 🧢

@DanSchawbel 6 ай бұрын

Batman #2 is the worst cover

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I’m not a fan.

@ajguez 6 ай бұрын

My Batman 2 is worse.. some kid put stars all inside the “Batman”… I see it as collecting History v a thing of beauty

@stomper12000 6 ай бұрын

50 minutes to show 20 subjective comics, no thanks.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

No problem 🤷‍♂️

@vorazi08 6 ай бұрын

So why exactly did you take 20 seconds out of your incredibly "important" life to even post?? Feel free to scroll on, and fade away. Ryan, An absolutely incredible display of quality stuff. Love the BC50! My imaginary #1 would be a mid-grade All-American Comics #61. Maybe someday.

@AutomaticComics 6 ай бұрын

@@vorazi08 That is a great one for sure 👍