I really do miss Shawn B’s One Year Later reports. So let’s try and bring these back in a sense. At least it’ll be fun to see what we were talking about a year ago at this time and what those books are doing now, one year later.
Welcome to the first Flashback Friday.
So what were we talking and spec’ing on a year ago this week? Well, I’m a bit surprised to realize I picked Avengers #684 as my Marvel pick. Anthony also had it in his picks as well.
This is the front runner winner from a year ago.
I had no idea it would have taken off as it has. I was just happy and picked it because it was Banner coming back as the Hulk because I can truly say, Totally Awesome Hulk just flat out sucked.
I recall this shooting up to the $10 range, settled down a bit but is now an easy $40 book raw and in the $250 range slabbed as 9.8.
Another book all 3 of us picked between myself, Mel and Anthony was the Ben Oliver Scooby Apocalypse #23 Zombie Variant. It was a pretty sweet cover.
How’s it doing a year later you ask? Well, it’s selling anywhere between $0.99 and $8.99 with a CGC 9.8 copy selling for a whopping $23.99. Could be one of those books you snag in a slab for dirt cheap for the personal collection.
Infidel #1 from Image Comics a year later was an Anthony pick that is still doing quite well. Recent sales put this book at the $12 range. I guess the movie option is keeping this one alive on the secondary market.
Vampironica #1 was another book on the pick list, particularly the Francavilla variant.
A recent sale sold at $8.99 but most others are at or under cover price. I think the delays with these Archie Horror books kill all the potential spec and value for these, it’s a real shame. Afterlife with Archie had such a great start itself but the delays killed it.
Drek Pick
What book did I tell you all to avoid last year with my drek pick? It was Dry County from Image Comics and writer/artist Rich Tommaso. One sold book in the past 90 days for a whopping $2.99. I nailed that one but after giving Tommaso a few chances with some of his other titles, I just can’t recommend him as a writer and creator. His stuff is just weird and I’m sure it caters to a really small crowd who gets into his style and type of books.
Sweet!!! Yea I miss Shawn B on this too buuuut good job Poyo!!
Thanks. We’ll see how long I can keep it up. Anthony is the king of spoilers and what’s to come while I’m the guy who does all the reviews..
Poyo so glad you’re keeping this going. Sorry I haven’t been there to do the same. You and Ant have been rocking this site.
No problem mate. I was just sitting the other night wondering, man, I really miss the One Year Later report so I was like.. let me try a Flashback Friday. Probably won’t be as indepth as yours was but definitely interesting to see what we were spec’ing on a year ago.
I remember buying a bunch of these Avengers #684 and trying to quickly flip them at $20. They quickly cooled off, and I eventually lowered them to $10. People were still offering less, so I pulled them down and threw them into my unsold section. Lo and behold, 1 year later, I’m selling them for a nice lump sum. Just goes to show that one truly never knows what will be hot years from now.