Since Covrprice.com came on the scene, they have become a go to spot for watching eBaytrends on comics. They scour thousands of eBay
sales to cultivate data to spotlight the hottest selling comics. Here is this week’s Top Ten Comics: (Please note, potential spoilers do follow)
1. Silver Surfer Black #1 2nd Print Variant
7 Day Trend: +326%
Weekly Units Sold: 89
Sales Average Raw: $23.96
Sales Average Graded: $66.25 CGC 9.8
Reason: The return of Knull, with better cover art than the interior.
2. Silver Surfer Black #1 1:25 Parel Variant
7 Day Trend: +113%
Weekly Units Sold: 45
Sales Average Raw: $11
Sales Average Graded: NA
Reason: Strong seller, but below ratio. Still, return of Knull with better art than on the inside.
3. Oblivion Song #1
7 Day Trend: +142%
Weekly Units Sold: 32
Sales Average Raw: $4.83
Sales Average Graded: $53.37 CGC 9.8
Reason: Robert Kirkman title getting a media deal
4. United States of Murder Inc. #1
7 Day Trend: +268%
Weekly Units Sold: 17
Sales Average Raw: $10.37
Sales Average Graded: NA
Reason: Bendis snuck in a media deal announcement in the letter pages of Pearl.
5. The Boys #1
7 Day Trend: +166%
Weekly Units Sold: 25
Sales Average Raw: $54.16
Sales Average Graded: $196.00 CGC 9.8
Reason: New trailer has brought strong interest back to the book.
6. Walking Dead #191
7 Day Trend: +96%
Weekly Units Sold: 41
Sales Average Raw: $14.80
Sales Average Graded: $112.00 CGC 9.8
Reason: Rick gets shot, he doesn’t get better.
7. Oblivion Song #1 Pink Signature Variant
7 Day Trend: +138%
Weekly Units Sold: 26
Sales Average Raw: $24.07
Sales Average Graded: $96.43 CGC 9.8
Reason: Kirkman media deal has this book moving.
8. Walking Dead #192
7 Day Trend: +98%
Weekly Units Sold: 36
Sales Average Raw: $8.17
Sales Average Graded: $89.00 CGC 9.8
Reason: Rick Grimes dies.
9. Omega Men #3
7 Day Trend: +99%
Weekly Units Sold: 35
Sales Average Raw: $37.26
Sales Average Graded: $207.00 CGC 9.8
Reason: First appearance of Lobo
10. Eternals #1
7 Day Trend: +103%
Weekly Units Sold: 27
Sales Average Raw: $75.74
Sales Average Graded: $322.00 CGC 9.6
Reason: First appearance of the Eternals, Key Issue, movie coming.
Runners up to follow.
Seems every week now Eternals #1 is on this list..which is fantastic but with little to no info on how Marvel will approach this movie and franchise as a whole I think a lot of people are forgetting the entire bronze age run was only 20 issue if you include the annual with more than half of those containing first appearances of Eternals, Deviants and/or Celestials! There are still fairly inexpensive firsts out there compared to what issue #1,2,3 & 11 are going for! I think the time frame to get those “secondary” Eternals key issues will be closing soon.
There was talks this week that Keanu Reeves was possibly being cast.
Yeah, the more big names the better but I think Reeves would be a good fit for Silver Surfer over anyone else.
I read he was being approached to play Moon Knight
I picked up the 1980 Moon Knight 1-4 yesterday. I am ready.
I picked up an issue #1 last week too! Just in case. I doubt Reeves or anyone right now is slated to play Moon Knight, at least in Phase four, but I do think we see him on the big or small screen at some point.
I have one already but for some reason think it might be a British pence variant
Those pence versions definitely have a smaller print run but just don’t have a ton a demand for them. Non Key Marvel price variants are starting to pick up steam with collectors, maybe after that they will start realizing the pence versions are not all that easy to find.
The less talking the better the movie when it comes to Reeves. 😉
Oh yeah.
Pretty much….Could you imagine him as Silver Surfer riding around the cosmos saying “Whoa” every ten seconds…Then Telling Galactus he knows Kung Fu?
That would be the best part of the movie.. the moment he stops and tells Galactus that.. 🙂
Does anyone truly think that the general movie going audience will give a care about these Eternals characters? Marvel did well selling household names, like Spidey, Cap and Hulk to the general audience, but I think Marvel will have to come up with some spectacular writing and directing, I think, for the Eternals movie to really move any needle. We, as speculators, are banking on the Eternals, a group of characters that a lot of comic fans are unfamiliar with, to be as successful and accepted as the Avengers heroes that have all been household names for 40-50 years? I would not be surprised one bit if the Eternals ends up being a commercial failure.
I would argue the Guardians if the Galaxy could have had the same things said about them. If done right, Eternals could be damn cool.
Good point, Anthony. I agree, that the same could be said for GotG. The GotG characters were unknown prior to the movie, but they are inherently interesting characters. The womanizing theif, a talking tree and his arrogant raccoon friend. Great, fun, interesting characters. I dont know much about the Eternals, and Im more of a street level guy, as opposed to a galactic guy, but the Eternals characters do not seem interesting to me. If Marvel does pull this off, kudos to them. I feel like this will he a hard sell to the general audience, unless they have a talking tree and an angry talking raccoon in it. M2c
I’m looking forward to the Eternals but I only have one thing to say.. even if it fails, it will still likely be a bigger success than anything DC has put out. 😉
I don’t expect it to ‘fail’, in the way that most DC properties seem to, but Im not certain it will receive the same audiences that even the more obscure Marvel movies generated. Whether it ends up connecting to an audience is what Im concerned about, but I am also sure it will have the same quality of production that Marvel movies is now known for.
If the characters never connected to the comic reading community when they were first introduced (I base that claim on the fact that the Eternals do not have many books with them in it), then why would they now connect with a more diverse moving going audience?
Movie could connect to audience. Most people I know who love the Avengers movies have never picked up a comic.
Agreed. It totally could, and probably should, given the track record of the Marvel films. I hope it is too, for the sake of this awesome cinematic universe that I love. Im just trying to look at things from a different perspective, as these characters are such unknowns. The Eternals could also be a one-off film meant to help build the foundation for the future of the MCU. That may also be a possibility, imo. Just a thought.
I think they learned a lot from the Inhumans failure. I am selling all the copies I have bought in the last 3 years. If it fails I have already been in the black for a year already. Anything else is just the cherry on top.
I I am surprised marvel comics presents #6 was not in the top ten.and silver surfer black 2nd print is a monster. don’t sleep on the 3rd print .p.h.o.d. love you guys blind adam out
Their lists are reporting week old info generally. MCP 5 and 6 will be on next weeks along with maybe 1 and 3 if those heat up.
It will be next week. This is essentially last week’s data but MCP 6 is on their trending book list.
I got to covrprice.com on Tuesday to see what the hot books of the week are…if you do that they’re only 4 day old data ?
The trick is you need to check out the movers list for the most up to date info
MCP 6 feels like fools gold to me. The ‘market’ overreacts as usual. I would not pay more than cover. Surfer is a great read. I wish it wasn’t Trad Moore on art though. Trads art is you love it or you hate it. Im in the middle. I wish it was Deodato or Shaw on that book. Marvel is going to miss Deodato. Stores will over order on the 3rd printing.
Thanks for the top ten. Its based on real numbers. Not rumours or hyperbole.
So many spec books, especially new ones live hard and die fast! MCP 6 has a very good chance at being one of those considering Wolverine has soooo many children to choose from when developing a character. On MCP #6 is anyone has them now is a good time to sell just in case it turns out to be a dud. If you wanted one but didn’t get it…Wait.
This is why I dumped my copies immediately. Sold 6 copies and made about $100 profit. Price for a set of 5/6 seems to be stable at $60 for the moment…
Helped pay off the last $100 I “borrowed” from my bank account to buy a FF49 a few weeks back…
I read Surfer last night and it was the worse art I have seen in many years in a top book.
Honestly I was embarrassed for paying full price on it.
In regards to MCP #6, I sold both copies I was able to find quickly and bought Moon Knight #37 and #38 (final two issues of the 1980’s series) with some of the money. I love last issues and the #38 has a beautiful Kaluta cover.
I like to take the money and run if possible. Especially when the hype dies off and MCP goes back down.
Just a thought…
There’s a discussion in the forum that shows none of the other 616 this time frame continuity children are comparable to this version. Only one even has substantial Wolverine like powers and doesn’t appear as anything more than a badly drawn knockoff of Daken. I wasted about an hour this morning trying to find another that’s even close.
Yeah, that is true, but if the editors really wanted a character in the 616, they would allow it to happen. This new Wolvie kid could be a hot new property, but odds are she may fall back into a crowded crowd of offspring wherever they may be, When/if the prices for MCP #6 fall I will get one just in case. I just won’t be holding my breath that it amounts to much over the long haul. Never know though. Always good to have one.
I got three on release and sold two. Got two copies of #5 and sold one.
“Yeah, that is true, but if the editors really wanted a character in the 616, they would allow it to happen”
That’s been my thinking too and kind of the point. If anything great had already been procreated I would have heard about it already and they’d be blowing them up already. This seems like a fresh take, an attractive package with all the powers, claws, personality perks, and leaves X-23 free to get developed along with the New Mutants and other X-Men in the MCU whereas this could bridge into anything since it’s not weighted down by history and allegiances.
One of those alternative no power kids even has a chain saw tied to his wrist. I don’t see the MCU developing Texas Chainsaw Massacre anytime soon. Another ones powers is to kick rocks? I don’t feel like I missed much not having read those yet.
Oh man, I would get a kick out of a Texas Chainsaw Wolverine! I see what you are saying though. Some of the whateverines are kinda….odd. I think Wild Thing would do well with a re-introduction.
When you post the runners up make sure you edit that comment section for Teen Titans 12 out. The writers obviously thinking about Teen Titans Special when commenting. no sense confusing people more than they’re doing all by themselves with blind copy pasting.
I have the draft written up just haven’t been able to finish it yet. Thanks for the heads up.
SO Wolverine has Daken, Laura Kinney, and Wolverina (great great great grand daughter or something like that from GOTG). Also Honey Badger/Scout is loosely made from his DNA right? Does he need anymore children? I think a few high profile speculators who don’t know crap are trying to push this book. While other books go under the radar- people will laugh and reject 1st app. of Gwenham, but that’s a better long term hold than the former IMO. A Spider-ham cartoon will most likely happen, and when that does Gwenham is shoo in. That book will be a $20-30 easy. It seems that the self-proclaimed infuencers/speculators nowadays haven’t got a clue what to invest in. Just spewing garbage every week.
I agree on Spider-Guin. They fleshed out the cartoon universe pretty well in a one and done issue. I think this is not the last time we see this. I didn’t push the book and in fact didn’t read it Tuesday night when the new books came in as nothing ever happens in the book. With Hickman relaunching the X-Men universe we may never see her again.
In the event Marvel Comics Present #1 ends up generating any heat at all, along with the others, it was released in the Walmart 3 packs.
While #6 is certainly getting the hype, #5 had multiples everywhere I went & it’s getting 15-20ish. Always funny how people laser focus.
That Spiderman Life story #2 is also collecting dust here & that’s another quick flip getting no attention.
I cannot find life story 2. Have looked everywhere. If you end up with an extra cover price copy I am your huckleberry.
I got you buddy if Vf\Nm is ok? A bit of tiny color rubs as it was sitting behind other books on the shelf.
Just drop me an email.
What’s he story with Life a story 2? Lots of copies everywhere around me. Any particular regular cover you’re looking for? I’ll keep my eye out.
Just the red regular cover. First appearance of Black Goblin
My favorite Wolverine kids were The Mongrels. I wish they would bring them back.
They have movie potential.
Everyone who has anything to say against her being his biological daughter is always quoting the names of clones and others that aren’t.
Sooo many, but you can’t name ONE biological daughter after two days of asking from this time frame and continuity.
This one feels refreshing and doesn’t have decades of X-History tied up with her. No reason to think HOX and POX would do anything to her other than maybe add her in and there’s nothing so far to say she’d have any reason to tie herself into the X-titles when the obvious path is to take her own road.
All that and I expect a lower print run for #5 and for #6 than for Totally Awesome Hulk 22. I’m sure someone has him on the list for child support payments as well since there’s some future Logan DNA involved in his creation.
“Sooo many, but you can’t name ONE biological daughter after two days of asking from this time frame and continuity.”
With claws and healing powers.
Battling a thunderstorm here between posts.
True, but I don’t think most out there care if “he or she” are biological children or a clone. X-23 comes to mind. Being biological really wont sell her as a character. Marvel needs to have some big plans for her and soon or she will fall to the wayside like so many others.
Professor X said X23 is Wolverines daughter in Logan so biological or not going to have to go with Jean Luc Picard”s belief because he has access to everyone’s minds. Key or not I have 3 copies because I have every Wolverine key 1st appearance all his children all his villains. It’s really a no brainer blonde X-23 with telekinetic powers> than all Wolverine’s children/clones combined.
She appears more powerful than even Wolverine.
@alana
Off topic but thanks on the Gamestop statue tip. Heck of a deal! Grabbed Black Manta for $10.
I have been meaning to hit one or two. Haven’t had a chance yet.
Marvel Comics Presents #5 only had 15,023 copies according to Comichron for May. I doubt #6 had more without Venom on the cover and many of those sound lower grade. Totally Awesome Hulk 22 was 24,995 copies.
I have to agree. I went back to issue #1 & the entire story is quite good. It really isn’t just a random..let’s invent a Wolvie kiddo”. There’s a reson..well thought out machinations at play.
I translated the note in French she left Wolverine..it says:
“Thanks for the little happiness”…given the story, it can be taken in 2 diff ways & just another good element of storytelling.
Marie, The Truth, Sylvie, Agathe…who knows what their future holds.but these are all 1st appearances that have really gone unnoticed.
I frankly believe the whole set should be collected.
I’ve been doing bundled set sales ever since I figured pretty much the same thing yesterday, even without #6 along for the ride now. I just wish I wasn’t needing the money enough to be able to sit on a set for a while and maybe even read one. I’m a lock for buying a trade to read now when it releases. it sounds like the solicitation for #9 finishes this story up so people will probably want the last 3 also since the story looks interesting.