Some of Bleeding Cools Spec can be out there. Some times they get it right. The Swamp Thing spec they ran tonight is spot on, but has been known since the announcement that Guillermo Del Toro submitted the Justice League Dark script. My friends at G+ CBSI have been all over this one. Still a good look out if you can find them in the wild.
From Bleeding Cool:
These have been rotting away in dollar bins for around thirty years. And suddenly they’re not.
We know Guillermo Del Toro is working on a Justice League Dark movie. That series began with the New 52, teaming John Constantine up with the likes of Deadman and Zatana against, you know, stuff. A supernatural entity doing deep and dark things in the DC Universe for good.
Yeah.
Now the Constantine TV series has seen his first appearance rise into the six hundreds with a good CGC grade.
Anyway, the announcement of the project has seen the New 52 Justice League Dark #1published a couple of years ago sell for up to $15, raw.
But that’s not enough for some folks. The “real” first appearance of Justice League Dark is being credited to some as Swamp Thing #49and Swamp Thing #50
by Alan Moore, Steve Bissette and Rick Veitch. Swamp Thing #50
But they are not the only books to be so affected. Hawkman #4featuring the first appearance of Zatanna is now a $100 book, raw. Strange Adventures #205
with the first Deadman is now a $250 book, Showcase #60
with the first Spectre is now $120, Doorway To Nightmare #1
with the first Madame Xanadu at $31, and Demon #1
for around $55.
And a good CGC grade can double or triple those prices or more, with Swamp Thing #49hitting $179 in 9.8…
And while these will no doubt be on the up-and-up, if you are looking for other Justice League Dark precedents to Swamp Thing, have you considered the prestige format version of Neil Gaiman‘s Books Of Magic? Issue 1 selling on eBay for just over a dollar?
Might be worth a cheeky purchase.
That’s what I’d be looking at…
Any luck at the honey hole for this one Tony or was it Silverless?
No it is silverless. Trying some other places (including my storage)
Showcase 80, 1st SA Phantom Stranger is still amazingly cheap. I’d think he would be in a JLD movie for sure
2 copies each of 49 & 50 but not in great condition