I’m glad to be again once more bringing you the most recent quarterly installment of Undervalued Comics in 2023. Books that, on this risky and news-sensitive market, truly appear to carry robust future worth potential. If you missed any of my earlier work with Undervalued Comics, you will discover them right here. With the writers’ and display screen actors’ strikes eliminating most new bulletins, all eyes are laser-focused on the upcoming MCU Phase 5, Phase 6, the Multiverse, new DCU tasks, and The Marvels proper now. That means lots of books are being devalued on the market. What books are slipping via the cracks to the purpose of being undervalued as we wind down the Summer of 2023? Let’s discover out.
The first solo challenge of a stand-alone Ghost Rider sequence has grow to be a blazing-hot commodity in years previous, however that doesn’t imply values are nonetheless tumbling together with most different comics. Ghost Rider #1 CGC 9.0 copies that bought for $1400-$1600 in Spring 2022 now have been promoting for lower than $887 in late July in accordance with GoCollect’s gross sales database. I personally invested in a CGC 8.5 copy a pair of years again after I caught one for worth, and I don’t have any doubt in its capacity to rise, even when it’s seeing a momentary small dip.
A 7.0 copy bought for $575 in July after promoting between $800-$1200 in June 2022. If you need to look additional down the dimensions, three copies in a 5.0 grade bought for round $400. This e-book additionally holds further worth as a result of of the cameo look of Son of Satan, a permanent foe for Ghost Rider. His dominance in Ghost Rider tales additionally has led to rising curiosity however secure/low costs for Ghost Rider #2.
But the most effective factor about this e-book is there have been zero confirmed rumors for the MCU and Ghost Rider. Several concepts have been percolating (equivalent to Ryan Gosling and Norman Reedus because the blazing biker), however this e-book is dipping with no confirmed information. With no bulletins within the rapid horizon, we could possibly proceed to get this e-book on a budget.
Search via an inventory of all upcoming MCU properties over the following a number of years and can discover there may be nonetheless a large mutant-sized gap in that listing (OK, I concede we’re getting Wolverine). Yes, we all know Namor is a mutant. So is Ms. Marvel, apparently. We have the Wolverine information straight from Hugh Jackman’s mouth. But the place are all these sporadic moments heading, and – extra importantly – WHEN are they going to get there?
Often seen because the less-expensive companion e-book to Giant Size X-Men #1, X-Men #94 picks up the place that story leaves off and offers the primary new story within the X-Men canon line in years. We get the second or third look of all of Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, and Colossus. Plus, as an added, bonus, it’s the starting of Chris Claremont’s unprecedented 16-year run engaged on X-Men.
Like with many mutant or X-Men books, I see this one receiving a large, MASSIVE spike in worth when some kind of Charles Xavier’s staff materializes. And it’s the cheaper of the 2 “new team” X-Men books. Right now, we’re seeing some unbelievable worth drops in comparison with years previous for this e-book. On the CGC census, the grade with probably the most copies is a CGC 7.5. Just within the final month, that grade has bought for $687 and $700 when it was $800 a month earlier than that. It is miles away from the height of $2,000 set in April 2021.
As with most books, we received’t see these sorts of values for a very long time, however I see $700 as extra of a ground and never a ceiling when the MCU heads down the mutant path in a extra earnest method.
Daredevil #183
Here are a pair issues we all know now that summer time 2023 and the Marvel slate of motion pictures has nearly come and gone. We have affirmation from Hawkeye and Spider-Man: No Way Home that two characters from the Netflix Marvel universe are alive and effectively within the MCU. Well, Kingpin won’t be “well,” however you get what I imply. Daredevil and Kingpin are in our lives now.
If these two are round, others can’t be too far round. That means The Punisher. We all learn about Amazing Spider-Man #129 and its iconic Bronze Age standing. There is nothing undervalued or below the radar about that e-book. Marvel Preview #2 is criminally underrated as a magazine-style providing that’s the first e-book to dive into Frank Castle’s traditional origin story. There are only a few on the CGC blue-label census, slightly below 600 to be precise. Even so, 9 of the final 10 CGC 9.4 grades bought for between $400 and $500. The newest 9.6 bought for lower than $1,100.
Daredevil #183 is one of these widespread Copper Age books that everybody appears to have a pair of of their assortment. You can discover them low cost most locations, however that’s as a result of the Daredevil and Punisher buzz has simmered down. It’s the primary battle between Daredevil and Punisher. But maybe as a result of the uncooked copies are so prevalent, the CGC 9.8s (of which there are greater than 5 hundred) solely run for much less round $350 in current gross sales. That low quantity usually offers books like this room for upward momentum and would spike if and when some Daredevil/Punisher collaboration had been to be confirmed.
A 9.8 on this e-book spiked at $583 in 2021, however I might see a $450 stage occurring once more.
*Any perceived funding recommendation is that of the freelance blogger and doesn’t signify recommendation on behalf of GoCollect.
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