Undervalued & Overlooked Bronze Age Comics 10/10/23

It’s time as soon as extra for Undervalued and Overlooked Comics! This time, in celebration of Halloween, we’re going to look at a number of underrated Bernie Wrightson covers from the Bronze Age. Take a glance and see what comics you simply is likely to be lacking out on.

Early Marvel Work

No artist was extra synonymous with Bronze Age horror comics than Bernie Wrightson. Some of his earliest work was for Marvel’s nascent horror titles. Tower of Shadows #9 could be solely the third Marvel comedian to characteristic a Bernie Wrightson cowl. The demon crawling from the sewer is basic Wrightson, as is the ignorant soon-to-be sufferer.

There are 62 graded copies and just a few present up on the market every year. The most up-to-date sale was a 9.0 going for a really cheap slashed $80. Of course, the very best value paid was a 9.6 going for $565 in a fixed-price eBay sale on January 21.

Prices paid for 9.6 graded copies in 2022 have been barely under $200. Neither of the 2 9.8 graded copies has ever come up on the market.

**Forgotten House of Mystery Cover**

You not often see House of Mystery #217 in a listing of Wrightson’s greatest covers, but it surely’s superb! The creepy tree monster and the youngsters in jeopardy are classic Wrightson. There are 76 graded copies and these too are not often bought. 9.6 and 9.4 graded copies are probably the most plentiful, representing 37% of the census.

Prices are excessive, as you’d count on, with a 9.6 promoting in a May 2022 Heritage public sale for $840 and a 9.5 promoting on August 25 for a slashed $850. However, values under these grades not often high out at greater than $200.

The Impish Children of the Damned

No one drew tiny demonic figures like Bernie Wrightson, and so they’re on full show on the duvet of Frankenstein #18. Completing the duvet are Frankenstein and an compulsory damsel in misery. There are 55 graded copies with the latest sale being a 9.8 going for $469 in a June 11 eBay public sale.

Below that high grade, nonetheless, costs are much more cheap; a 9.4 bought within the peak of the increase in September 2021 for a slashed $200. They don’t seem on the market fairly often however you need to have the ability to discover a copy under that high grade for an honest value.

The Halloween God

Coming on the tail finish of the Bronze Age we’ve Secrets of Haunted House #44. The Halloween God is awesome-looking on this cowl. Particularly noteworthy is the sunshine from his head forged on the bottom. There are solely 16 graded copies of this comedian within the CGC census and there have solely been 4 gross sales. Collectors are simply starting to find this Wrightson cowl as we will see that three of these 4 gross sales have been on this calendar yr.

The high was a 9.6 going for $399 in a fixed-price eBay sale on August 6. With so few graded copies and excessive costs for these, it is a comedian the place you’d be greatest off looking for uncooked copies at outlets and reveals after which sending them in for grading. Current eBay listings present higher-grade uncooked copies within the $35 to $50 value vary, however you’ll be able to probably discover them cheaper elsewhere.