Market Reaction - Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special & Vol. 3 Trailer

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Less than per week after the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special, Marvel dropped the first trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Let’s check out how the market reacted.

First Warlock Appearance

The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer gave us our first official MCU have a look at Adam Warlock in the MCU. Warlock is one of these Marvel characters who has had a quantity of “first” appearances. First, there was the first cameo as HIM at the finish of Fantastic Four #67. Then there was the first full look as HIM in the pages of Thor #165. And lastly, got here Marvel Premiere #1, the place we see HIM for the first time in his Adam Warlock guise. Collectors have been gravitating towards Thor #165 and Marvel Premiere #1 for the previous few years, so it comes as a bit of a shock that Fantastic Four #67 was the massive beneficiary from the launch of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 trailer.

There are 3,726 graded copies of Fantastic Four #67 in the CGC census. In the 5 days publish-launch of the trailer, 11 copies had been offered, versus three copies promoting in the 5 days previous to the trailer’s launch. While it’s uncertain that this gross sales tempo will proceed for much longer, it does signify a major enhance in gross sales quantity.

The highest value paid was $389 for an 8.0 graded copy in an eBay public sale on December 5. That’s down catastrophically from the excessive paid for this e-book on this grade: $1,427 in an eBay public sale in October 2021. Sure, that was throughout the increase instances just a little over a 12 months in the past and all comics have dropped in value since. However, Fantastic Four #67 may very a lot be thought of a shopping for alternative proper now.

This sale is decrease than some gross sales going again to 2015. It’s uncertain that the value may proceed to drop a lot decrease, though stranger issues have occurred.

First Adam Warlock Redux

Speaking of these Adam Warlock first appearances, Marvel Premiere #1 noticed three gross sales of graded copies since the trailer’s launch, all promoting on December 2. This doesn’t signify a rise in quantity and traits towards the norm of a number of copies promoting on the similar day adopted by a day or two of mild or no gross sales.

As with Fantastic Four #67, costs are down markedly for Marvel Premiere #1. A 9.0 copy offered in an eBay mounted-value sale in August 2021 for $2,078. The sale on December 2? A slashed $813. What’s fascinating, nonetheless, is the October 26 sale of a 9.0 in an eBay mounted value sale for $1,600, adopted just a few days later by a $1,440 sale in an eBay public sale for a 9.4 graded copy.

Clearly, there’s some volatility in pricing for Marvel Premiere #1, however on the whole it has been trending barely upward since dropping to a median of $590 for a 9.0 in August.

A Talking Dog?

To associate with a speaking tree and a speaking raccoon, the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special introduced us the return of Cosmo, however this time in a talking position. In the comics, Cosmo is male and made his first look in Nova #8. There are solely 107 graded copies of this comedian in the CGC census.

Since the Special debuted on Disney+, 4 graded copies have offered, a formidable quantity when you think about that it had been greater than two months since a single graded copy had handed palms. Equally as spectacular is the sale of a 9.8 on November 30 for a slashed $435, setting a brand new document excessive, besting the earlier excessive of a slashed $350 set on June 25 by roughly 24%.

Even figuring out Cosmo had appeared in previous Guardians movies, and we knew she can be in the Special, it’s an indication that there are nonetheless alternatives for surprises on the market for those who simply know the place to look.