Thanks to Terry Hoknes of www.hoknescomics.com for sharing the top 25 hot comics for late March, the movers and shakers for the month. Check out the list below.
#1 GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #1 GWENOM VARIANT (MARVEL 2015) She only appears on the cover but a new series is in the works so this heated up to $50.00 at its peak in March.
#2 SUPERMAN: AMERICAN ALIEN #1 AND #2
(DC 2016) Hot new mini-series under ordered and copies keep rising in price
#3 MONSTRESS #1 2ND PRINTING (IMAGE 2016) Title continues to grow in popularity and now the 1st
2ND
and 3rd
printings of #1 have started to skyrocket
#4 HARLEY QUINN #26 AND 1:25 VARIANT
(DC 2016) 1st appearance of Red Tool was not publicized in this issue causing shortage especially in the 1:25 ratio variant
#5 GREEN LANTERN #55 1:25 VARIANT LOBO COVER (DC 2016) Rumour of new Lobo tv/movie series caused higher demand for this scarce variant.
#6 JUSTICE LEAGUE #30 AND #31
(DC 2015) 1st appearance of Jessica Cruz the new upcoming female Green Lantern
#7 SUPERGIRL #16 (DC 2012) Supergirl teams up with The Flash and interest growing as a TV show teamup is in the works.
#8 HAUNTED MANSION #1 (MARVEL 2016) All 4 covers sold out quickly in March 2016 to Disney collectors. #1 regular cover selling as high as $25.00 by late March. Even 2nd print selling above cover even before release.
#9 SHERIFF OF BABYLON #1 (DC 2015) New vertigo series had small print run and sold out everywhere with copies dried up everywhere.
#10 ROM #1 (MARVEL 1979) Popular back issue rising in demand
#11 SECRET WARRIORS #2 (MARVEL 2009) 1st appearance Hive from Agents Of Shield TV show heating up.
#12 HENCHGIRL #1 #2
#3
#4
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=HENCHGIRL+%234&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&_osacat=63&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.XHENCHGIRL+%235.TRS2&_nkw=HENCHGIRL+%235&_sacat=63 (SCOUT COMICS 2015) Small indie book overlooked by most hit up to $20.00 week of release. All 5 issues sold out immediately due to small print runs. Rumour of new TV show in the works causing continous sellouts.
#13 THE WALKING DEAD (Image) With the current season of the TV show airing speculators are continually jumping on the original comics that tie in to new episodes which are now currently up to about issue #100. Recent key issues: #53
1st Abraham Rosita and Eugene / #67
& #68
1st Aaron / #69
1st Heath and 1st Alexandria safe zone / #92
1st Jesus / #98
Dwight – 2 printings / #100
Negan – all 3 printings / #105
Negan and Carl issue / #108
1st Ezekiel / #127
1st Magna / #132
and #138
1st Alpha. / #144
Death of Ezekiel and many others. Print run samples: Walking Dead 100 $3.99 Image 335082 2012 7 / Walking Dead 100 $3.99 Image 21987 2012 8 / Walking Dead, 108, $2.99, Image, 67,423
#14 THE MICRONAUTS #1 (MARVEL 1979) Popular back issue rising in demand as a new comic series is about to debut
#15 HARROW COUNTY #1-4 (DARK HORSE 2015) Movie news caused this title to heat up in Dec 2015 on early issues. #1 sold out everywhere and steady sales.
#16 EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #8 (MARVEL 2016) New apocalypse storyline begins and starting to heat up
#17 WINTER SOLDIER #1 (MARVEL 2012) 1:50 Dell Otto variant cover – many of this artists covers became super hot in March 2016 causing a huge new wave of interest.
#18 MOON KNIGHT #1 (MARVEL 2014) 1:75 Sienkiewicz variant. Ultra rare – almost no stores would have ordered one of these and took 2 years for collectors to notice.
#19 X-INFERNUS #1 (MARVEL 2008) J Scott Campbell female variant cover is one of many of his variant covers hitting record prices
#20 ORIGINAL SIN #2-8 (MARVEL 2012) Dell Otto variant cover – many of this artists covers became super hot in March 2016 causing a huge new wave of interest.
#21 IRON FIST #1 2ND PRINT (MARVEL 2012) Dell Otto variant cover – many of this artists covers became super hot in March 2016 causing a huge new wave of interest.
#22 DAKEN DARK WOLVERINE #1 (MARVEL 2012) Dell Otto variant cover – many of this artists covers became super hot in March 2016 causing a huge new wave of interest.
#23 TOMMY #1 (2016) Pants Down variant – only 100 made and instant sales of $100.00 week of release for this small indie
#24 CABLE AND X-FORCE #1 (MARVEL 2013) Deodato 1:150 variant – not too many of these were printed and now prices are catching up to rarity
#25 X-23 #1 (MARVEL 2012) 1:25 ratio variant has proven to be hard to find and prices have jumped.
Terry Hoknes runs www.hoknesusa.com. He puts out a bunch of reports each month on his site. It is a paid subscription site, $4.99 a month, or free if you order a certain amount of books from www.hoknesusa.com. Terry has long been a friend of the site and his reports are really worth reading.
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I miss having this article Terry lol. It’s a good way to know what I can sell or keep lol. Thanks for bringing it back Tony.
When did Terry make it into a pay subscription site? Last time I visited it was free. Your not thinking of charging for your site? Are you?
No. I am not going to charge for this site. The little bit from the ads I host pay for the site. Terry switched it up to a pay site about 4 or 5 months back. He only charges $4.99 a month or if you spend $60 at Hoknesusa.com you can get it for free.
Hey Anthony, do you know how long the membership lasts when you spend $60? I really miss Terry’s lists on here but $5 a month, while not much and certainly value for money, is just more expense when I put it on top off all the other monthly outgoings I have…
I think it’s for one month
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Good lol this is my #1 source for comic related news lol.
Henchgirl is going for 40.00 to 50.00 now
I saw $60. The list is from “late March” so it’s not updated after it is written.
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great can’t wait to get my graded signed Henchgirl back hopefully 9.8
I was just about to scale down on Henchgirl and stop buying multiple copies, but after the news not anymore.
So this is the one aspect of comic speculating I can’t get a grasp on. I buy books that I think will do well as soon as they come out. For example I nabbed a couple of Henchgirl #1’s at cover price. Good news comes out and the comics value goes up. But say I never grabbed those cover price copies just because I wasn’t sure if it was going to do well. The good news comes out and now all the copies are $50+. Now I want to jump on the bandwagon lol
Is it a good idea to buy the books at their new inflated price? Purely based on the future value of the book, not something for you personal collection.
No. Never. Never buy on the high side. What I do suggest is hunt in the wild for the issues. I actually bought copies for cover price from midtown as I was writing it up. Sometimes you just have to say you missed the boat and move on. There will be hundreds of opportunities like this throughout the year. Just wait for the next one. But never buy on the high side.
So would you say the upcoming key issues for the walking dead have hit there peak? Or is it once they appear on the show?
No. Even the “common” non key books are selling for $10. Still a lot of room for growth for recent walking dead keys.
Once a character is announced that they will appear then they seem to start hitting their stride.
Wasn’t there a earlier version of Disney’s HAUNTED MANSION by Slave Labor in 2005? Low print run and forgotten in Overstreet guide.
Yea there is. I actually added it to a Blind Adam’s Hidden Gems a while ago as people do not seem to remember it even though it was a hot book long ago. Further more, it is drawn by the incredibly talented Drew Rauch who happens to be one of the nicest guys in comics (and local to Maryland). Drew has done numerous sketches of me and my wife as zombies. I think Drew is currently working on Edward Scissorhands.