The Effect of Hollywood on the World of Comic Book Collecting
Travis Landry, Toy Department Director for Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers & RI Comic Con
The Effect of Hollywood on the World of Comic Book Collecting
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This trend has been extremely prevalent with the release of Marvel Studios “Guardians of The Galaxy” (2014) and “Ant-Man” (2015). In the world of comics, the trade term “bin book”, refers to a vintage comic book that typically sells for original face value if not less, and not until recently the key issue featuring the Guardians of The Galaxy and Ant-Man were found in those bins. Three books in particular worth mentioning would be “Marvel Preview” #4, the first appearance of Star Lord (Peter Quill), “The Incredible Hulk” #271, the first comic book appearance of Rocket Raccoon, and “Marvel Premiere” #47, when Scott Lang becomes the new Ant-Man.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTNo more than five years ago these three books could be found on any given day at any store or convention for a couple of bucks. Present day, high grade examples of both The Incredible Hulk #271 and Marvel Premiere #47 sell on average for four hundred dollars and rising every day. Marvel Preview #4 especially in recent times has sold well into the thousands for exceptional examples. With all this exponential growth in the marketplace the question comes to mind what books are worth investing in for the future. Luckily, with Marvel’s scheduled lineup the market is relatively more predictable than Wall Street.
Looking Ahead
For the faint of heart if investing thousands seems risky in something that was once twelve cents, investing in Captain Marvel is a significantly cheaper option. Carol Danvers first appeared in “Marvel Super-Heroes” #13 which already sells into the thousands, but Carol Danvers did not appear as Captain Marvel until issue nine of “Avenging Spider-Man” in 2012.
Currently you can purchase this key issue in pristine, graded condition for under one hundred fifty dollars, ungraded you can find them any day of the week for fifty bucks or less. If you have a couple extra bucks and don’t mind sitting on the book for four years it’s a no brainer. If you are interested in seeing how the market develops in the future before making a financial commitment, a 9.0 CGC graded example of Incredible Hulk #271 and a 9.4 CGC example of Marvel Premiere #47 will be featured in the upcoming Toy, Comic, and Collectibles auction at Rhode Island Comic Con on Sunday, November 13.
Comic Con 2015
Lou Ferrigno and Mayor Jorge Elorza cut the ribbon with lightsabers and open up Comic Con 2015.
Jessica Rabbit (right) from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Captain Marvel in attendance
The Punisher took time out of his busy schedule to attend RI Comic Con.
Rapunzle from Tangled
Interesting costume
Heavy Star Wars presence at Comic Con with The Force Awakens just over one month away. Hugs for Chewbacca.
Deadpool took a break from filming his upcoming movie to come to RI Comic Con.
Raven from the DC Superhero team, The Teen Titans.
Someone let Scarecrow out of Arkham Asylum. Don't let him inject you with his fear toxin.
Bounty Hunters made their way from the Star Wars galaxy.
Hatsune Miku
Dynerays Targarian
Darth Vader was at Comic Con hunting Luke Skywalker.
Fans take thier costumes seriously, lots of effort put into this one.
She looks evil
DC Comics had a heavy presence as always. From left to right is Wonder Woman, Batman, Harley Quinn and Batman.
Hellboy made it to Comic Con
Rhode Island Comic Con was a success in 2015
Some of the more interesting costumes at Comic Con.
The NiRoPe brothers from Cardis showed up.
Lots of photo opportunities with all kinds of characters. Including unicorns.
A Pirate took a break from sailing the seas
Back to the Future anyone? The Delorean
Security please
Deadpool costumes are always popular, especially now with the movie in production.
Skeleton hands, eyeballs, a knife and more on this costume. Very creative.
Thor took a break from protecting Asgard to come and help protect RI Comic Con.
With Suicide Squad coming out early next year, Harley Quinn was a popular costume at RI Comic Con
A Dalek from Dr. Who
Editor's Note: GoLocal mistakenly identified this as a Droid from Star Wars - we apologize for the error.
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Beware the Court of Owls.
A creepy faceless costume.
The Joker and Harley Quinn. Two characters that will be featured in the Suicide Squad movie.
Cruella Daville andher friends.
It's the Mario Brothers. Two Mario's, a Luigi and Toad tagging along.
Roman from RWBY and Amy from Sonic.
RWBY is a web series and it stands for Ruby,Weiss, Blake and Yang.
Captain America, Gambit (fom X-Men) and The Winter Soldier
A creepy scene.
Chewbacca, Princess Leia and Han Solo inside the Millinium Falcon ready to make the jump to light speed.
Despite Carrie Fisher dropping out last minute, her character was well represented at Comic Con. Lots of excitement for upcoming Star Wars movie.
The imperial Storm Troopers were present at Comic Con searching for Jedi Knights.
Deadpool haning out with Spider-Man and Spider-Man wearing an alternate Spidey suit.
Another busy vendor floor at Comic Con. Cool Comics, T-shirts, toys, video games and more.
Fans bring all kinds of costumes to Comic Con from all different genera's.
