My Worst Comic Investments of 2022

As we shut out one other yr, it’s a superb time to take inventory of my comedian e-book portfolio. And let’s face it — 2022 was a brutal yr for a lot of comedian buyers. As I look again on the investments I made in 2021, I bought a number of for a loss in 2022. Below are a couple of of these investing errors.

Like many speculators, I used to be torched by investing in The Eternals. In early May of 2021, on the top of the comedian increase, I bought a CGC 9.2 of this e-book for $420. At that point, I felt okay about my buy as a result of this wasn’t a contemporary e-book and I felt Kevin Feige might flip The Eternals into popular culture icons identical to he did with the Guardians of the Galaxy.

While I loved the film, it’s now painfully clear that the Eternals wouldn’t have almost the identical affect on popular culture that the Guardians of the Galaxy did. Today, in response to GoCollect, the FMV of a CGC 9.2 copy of this e-book is now $130. That could also be a bit beneficiant contemplating one 9.2 bought for a mere $43 throughout an public sale on eBay in October. Ouch.

While it’s unlikely that I’ll ever recoup my funding on this e-book, you will need to word that an FMV of $130 in 2022 nonetheless far exceeds the worth of this e-book again in March 2018 when it was promoting for $60. If you bought this e-book 4 years in the past, you’d’ve greater than doubled your funding. In different phrases, this e-book hasn’t overcorrected, in my view, because it hasn’t fallen beneath its pre-comic e-book worth. Most individuals suppose of Eternals #1 as a horrible funding, however that’s truly not essentially true — it depends upon if you invested.

This is one other bronze age key subject that I made a giant mistake on. It pains me to confess it, however I paid $560 for a CGC 9.6 copy of this e-book in June 2021. I felt okay about my funding on the time as a result of this wasn’t a contemporary e-book and featured the primary look of an vital character — a personality who’s been capable of maintain her personal collection over time. Today, in response to GoCollect, the FMV of a CGC 9.6 copy of this e-book is now $220.

One factor that I didn’t pay shut sufficient consideration to relating to this e-book was the CGC Census. CGC has graded 3,290 9.6 copies of this e-book which is only a shockingly excessive quantity for a Bronze Age e-book. Consider one other comparable e-book from the Bronze Age: Ms. Marvel #1. There are solely 751 CGC 9.6 copies of that e-book on the CGC Census.

Like Eternals #1, although this e-book has skilled a really steep drop, I don’t suppose it has overcorrected. Back in 2019, this similar e-book was promoting for round $180. This drop has simply introduced the worth of this e-book to roughly the place it must be in 2022.