MCU Key Issues: Weekly PWCC Auction Ending April 30th

Regardless of whether or not you like it or hate it, you possibly can’t deny that the MCU nonetheless drives a big quantity of comedian e book gross sales. If you get pleasure from amassing comedian books associated to the MCU (like a lot of the present market), check out a few of the comics PWCC has up for its weekly public sale ending on April 30th.

PWCC is auctioning the primary look of the Red Guardian (who will seem once more within the 2024 Thunderbolts movie), the primary cowl look of the Kingpin (who will seem within the 2024 Daredevil: Born Again Disney+ sequence), and the primary look of Rama-Tut (who will seem in Avengers: Kang Dynasty).

Personally, regardless that his character was totally different than the Red Guardian we first noticed in Avengers #43, David Harbour’s tackle the character in 2021’s Black Widow. We know Harbour is returning because the Red Guardian in 2024’s Thunderbolts.

During the previous six months, the gross sales worth of a 4.0 copy of this e book challenge has offered for round $80. For instance, on April twenty sixth, one purchaser bought a 4.0 for $78 by means of an public sale hosted by eBay. On October twenty eighth, one other 4.0 offered for $79 by means of an public sale hosted by Goldin. According to GoCollect, the FMV for a 4.0 is $100. As of Friday, April twenty eighth, the present bid on PWCC is $62.

Personally, I feel this e book is undervalued. While the market clearly prefers Amazing Spider-Man #50 as a consequence of its iconic cowl, as a Kingpin fan, I really want #51 for a couple of causes. Kingpin solely seems on three pages in Amazing Spider-Man #50, doesn’t work together with Spider-Man in any respect, and doesn’t seem on its cowl. In Amazing Spider-Man #51, he’s the central determine within the story and seems on a canopy for the primary time. It’s a traditional cowl. Plus, we all know we’ll see Kingpin in opposition to close to yr when he squares off in opposition to Daredevil in Daredevil: Born Again.

During the previous two months, the gross sales worth of a 4.0 copy of this e book challenge has additionally diverse fairly a bit. For instance, on March fifth, one purchaser obtained a 4.0 for an amazing worth — $86 — by means of an public sale hosted by eBay. That sale is unquestionably an outlier, nonetheless; 4.0s have usually offered in $139 to $199 vary. And, based on GoCollect, the FMV for a 4.0 is $130. As of Friday, April eighth, the present bid on PWCC is barely $76. Right now, that appears like an amazing worth.

As most collectors know, Rama-Tut, who first seems on this challenge, is a variant of Kang the Conqueror. And as a result of Marvel revealed Fantastic Four #19 earlier than it revealed Avengers #8, you can make the argument that Fantastic Four #19 ought to be thought of the primary look of Kang. Of course, the market nonetheless prefers Avengers #8 for a number of causes together with the truth that Rama-Tut wasn’t initially meant to be a variant of Kang, however was later retconned to be Kang. We, in fact, see this variant of Kang through the post-credits scene in Ant-Man: Quantumania.

During the previous two months, the gross sales worth of a 2.0 copy of this e book challenge has diverse fairly a bit. For instance, on January twenty seventh, one purchaser bought a 2.0 for $270 by means of a fixed-price sale on eBay. Just every week earlier, two patrons bought 2.0s for less than $168 and $160. According to GoCollect, the FMV for a 2.0 is $280. As of Friday, April twenty eighth, the present bid on PWCC was $135.