One Year Later: Spec Review for 5/3/17

What up CHUllectors!?! Shawn B., the One Year Later Investigator, back with another One Year Later round up, where we take a look at some of the comics that Anthony, Mel, and Poyo specced on one year ago. Their specs turn out to be quick flips, slow burns, straight up misses, straight up winners and on and on. Sometimes they spec with their hearts out of their passion for comics. Sometimes they spec based on data. And sometimes they spec based off the word on the street. Either way, all their specs appeal to a few or many collectors whether it is due to them having similar taste in writing or art, or just an opportunity for a collector to flip a book and make money to “support their habit”. So, this is our weekly chance to look back at how some of our buys from a year ago are doing today.
All links redirect to eBay so you can see the books and what they are going for.
Winners

Batman #22 – Anthony and Poyo Pick
Original Value: $4 Current Value: $7
Not a huge winner but still a winner and probably will continue to go up. Sells well in sets with Batman #21 or Flash #22.
Quick Flip Winners

Pestilence #1 – Anthony & Poyo Pick
Original Value: $4 Quick Flip Value: $10 Current Value: $4

Pestilence #1 Incentive Szymon Kudranski Variant Cover –Mel Pick
Original Value: $10 Quick Flip Value: $25 Current Value: $5
Hopefully all flippers turned these two around quickly! There must have been some pestilence at play with the way these dropped in value.

Stained #1 Jock Variant – Anthony & Mel Pick
Original Value: $8 Quick Flip Value: $10 Current Value: $4
What happened to 451 Media? They started out with some really good reads (specifically Self Storage and Sunflower) and then things got kind of quiet.
Near Misses

Underdog #1 Regular Bill Galvan Classic Homage Cover – Poyo Pick
Original Value: $4 Current Value: $6
Not quite a full winner because there aren’t a ton of sales to justify it but I do feel that any classic homage cover like this is worth hanging onto for the long haul.
Misses

Spider-Gwen #19 Variant Clayton Crain Resurrxion Cover – Mel Pick
Original Value: $4 Current Value: $4
“Just get it Trust me. I don’t wanna spoil it…just get it.”…….Mel?
Unspecced Winners

Injustice 2 #1
Original Value: $3 Current Value: $10

16 thoughts on “One Year Later: Spec Review for 5/3/17”

  1. I still have two Underdog’s I’m holding onto. One day.. just you wait, one day I’ll double my money from these. 🙂

    1. I sold my Underdog. I cant remember for how much, but Im sure i made a few bucks off of it. Any book with an Action Comics #1, ASM300, SM1 or ASM129 cover swipe (cover swipe sounds so, so, so much better than homage, imo. And most people pronounce homage improperly. So…) are easy buys for me. Ive had a lot of success flipping any swipes of those issues.

        1. Incorrect. Phonetically it is either Hom-ij or Om-ij. Hard G at the end. We are not french.

            1. I know you do, Tony. Did the travelers on the Mayflower do a pilgram(aj) or pilgram(ij)? Either way, it would’ve been a lot cooler if they did a cover swipe!

        1. Speaking English in a french accent is still speaking English. Unless you are speaking actual French, it is still Hom-ij, Brennan. ?

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