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The Top Ten
1 Absolute Batman #18 – Dan Quintana – Davis Rider (Limited 999)
Dan Quintana is out here demolishing the aftermarket! After his epic cover for issue #16, this issue upped the ante. Dropped exclusively on Whatnot, this book nearly put the website out of commission for a bit as collectors were eager to get their hands on this limited book. With the deluge of Absolute Batman variants for each issue, it’s incredible to see these very limited, difficult-to-secure books continue to dominate the aftermarket. But when Dan Quintana drops a cover like this, collectors pay no attention to the hurdles to get their hands on a copy. We tracked 42 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 337% with a high sale of $365 for an NM copy and a current raw NM FMV of $301.
2 Kill All Immortals II #3 – Dan Quintana
Dan Quintana is killing it! Fans lined up at the aftermarket to secure the only variant available for this issue. That’s about it. While the series is garnering attention from the wider market, this issue is purely due to Quintana’s love and the aftermarket value associated with it. We tracked 22 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 350% with a high sale of $27 for a NM copy and a current raw NM FMV of $23.
3 Chuck Norris Vol 1 #1
How could this book appear here when Chuck Norris always takes the top spot? All jokes aside, RIP to the legend that is Chuck Norris! From a legendary martial arts career, Silver Screen as Walker, Texas Ranger, to meme legend, Norris was a beloved individual the world over. Sadly, Father Time comes for us all, with Norris recently passing away abruptly. Collectors were quick to visit the aftermarket and secure copies of Chuck Norris’s very own comic book! We tracked 46 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 141% increase for NM raw copies, with a high sale of $349 for a CGC 9.8 copy and a current raw NM FMV of $29.
4 Marvel Fanfare Vol 1 #2
We finally got a Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer, and hot dang, was there a LOT going on. The internet immediately went to sleuth town, dissecting the trailer and its interconnected web of associated comics. The community has settled on this book as a strong, underrated bet, thanks to the sentiment that we will see Man-Spider at some point in the film due to a discussion had in the trailer. That immediately sent collectors to the aftermarket to secure the first appearance of Man-Spider. That ignited a pretty fierce debate on what actually was the first appearance of Man-Spider, before the community seemingly settled on this book. It was a quickly moving situation, and that led to some hefty aftermarket movement! We tracked 64 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 162% for raw VF copies, with a high sale of $185 for a CGC 9.8 copy and a current raw NM FMV of $13.
5 Daredevil Vol 1 #174 – Direct Edition
The Hand is a tricky one! This book marks their first appearance as the Hand, a ninja assassin group that serves as a foil to the likes of Daredevil and Spider-Man at street level. With the recent Spider-Man: Brand New Day trailer, we saw what appears to be the Hand and Spider-Man duking it out. We also have a new season of Daredevil: Born Again hitting screens this week, where we may see the Hand operating as well. Exciting times for the clandestine ninja assassins! We tracked 24 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 152% for NM raw copies, with a high sale of $216 for a CGC 9.8 copy and a current raw NM FMV of $30.
6 Amazing Spider-Man #546 – Steve McNiven – Regular
Spider-Man: Brand New Day starts here, or so the comic tells us! This was a major storyline when it dropped, delivering the first full appearance of Mr. Negative, the Second Jackpot, and the first cameo of Freak. A ton went on in this run, which has inspired numerous other Spider-Man stories like the Spider-Man video game, and yes, parts of it share similarities with the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day. That’s caused a run on this issue, especially considering the first trailer just dropped. It will be interesting to see how much they pulled from this run when the movie drops! We tracked 42 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 107% for raw VF copies, with a high sale of $140 for a CGC 9.8 copy and a current raw NM FMV of $25.
7 Amazing Spider-Man Vol 1 #345 – Direct Edition
While the first full appearance of Carnage isn’t until #361, this book does mark the first appearance of the Carnage symbiote. There are some loose ends that fans want tied up, thanks to the strange cameo of the Venom Symbiote in the MCU, thanks to Venom: The Last Dance. Theories abound about the future of the Black Suit in the MCU. But the immediate thing that caught fans’ interest was a shot from the recent Spider-Man: Brand New Trailer that was eerily reminiscent of this cover! That was enough to get fans excited to chase this book! We tracked 127 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 107% for NM raw copies, with a high sale of $125 for a CGC 9.8 copy and a current raw NM FMV of $18.
8 Powers Vol 1 #1
Adult-targeted animated series are really picking up steam thanks to the likes of Invincible. Amazon has a bit of a monopoly on the genre right now, but Netflix is throwing its hat into the mix! Recently, it was announced that Netflix plans to greenlight a pilot episode for this series, with series creator Brian Michael Bendis set to pen the pilot. We’ll see how it goes or if it comes to fruition, but that was enough to get collectors hunting for this under-the-radar book. We tracked 35 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 62% with a high sale of $87 for a CGC 9.0 copy and a current raw NM FMV of $17.
9 Exquisite Corpses #11 – Michael Walsh – Secret Thank You Foil
Exquisite Corpses is still going strong, albeit it’s lost a bit of steam. What do collectors crave, however? Maybe not a secret thank you foil variant, but that was enough to recharge interest! Fans love a secret variant, especially when that sucker is foil, and they showed up big time on the aftermarket to secure a copy, driving FMV to nearly 8 times what cover A is commanding. We tracked 19 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 74% with a high sale of $70 for a raw NM+ copy and a current raw NM FMV of $42.
10 Dead Teenagers #1 – Naomi Franq – Virgin (1:10)
Oni Press may be a smaller publisher, but collectors aren’t discounting them by any stretch. This book is a prime example. A solid storyline was enough to draw collectors in, as this book was everywhere last week. But like many small publishers, LCS plays it safe and typically doesn’t order enough to hit ratio unless it’s an established IP. That caught up with them as collectors were eager to snag this book, a virgin variant of cover A. Something about it makes it a little more haunting, and for a horror-centric series, that can make or break it on the aftermarket. We tracked 10 copies sold, at a 7-day growth trend of 76% with a high sale of $21 for a raw NM copy and a current raw NM FMV of $18.