As the UPS guy slammed my packages down on the ground today without a care in the world, I got excited at one specific box. It was from the comic grading company CGC and contained 2 of our books we recently sent out.
The first is Iron Man #1. This puppy came out in 1968 and while not the first appearance of the man in the metal suit, is the #1 on his very own title. A sweet Silver Age book to own. Always a nice addition to a collection. The book was already in decent shape and after a quick press, came back an 8.0. Those roughly fetch between $800-$1000 in this grade. This one was obtained when a customer and friend named John, sold us some books in his collection as he was slimming down his clutter. He sadly passed away from cancer 2 years back. Miss ya John.
The other book we got back in this shipment is the one I was truly excited for. Adventure Comics #247. This lovely book was released in April of 1958. This, is a Golden Age book. Books from this timeframe do not show up often, and when they do are usually not in great shape...nor are they a big mega key like this is. This is the first appearance of the Legion of Superheroes. I truly have a ton of faith in this book as I think it’s severely undervalued. I honestly believe this book will shoot up to the moon in the coming years as more people realize just how hard it is to find a nice copy of it...let alone if they actually do something with that property. We received this with a stack of other books that we bought sight unseen for $175. This came back a 5.5 and In that grade could fetch around $4000. Not too shabby. I think that could easily double in the coming years. We shall see. I’d like to hang onto it unless we got an offer we could not refuse.
Thanks for taking a look with me folks! Until next time!!!