You have to remember that the '90s was the decade of the comics glut. Every publisher under the sun was cranking out a bajillion titles with infinity variant covers to try and drive the speculation market. My dad used to say that they (both the industry and the speculators) were "investing in tulips", and he wasn't far from the truth. I'm not surprised that there's plenty of back issues in the bins.
Very true. But you can find some good stories. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and remember grabbing variants thinking they would be valuable. Same thing happened with sports cards (which I collect as well). They have some decent pre 70s stuff
Oh yeah, I was right there with you. I snagged every #1 issue and chromium, die-cut, laser-etched, foil-stamped, hologram cover I could get get my mitts on, mainly because I wanted to read the stories, but I figured that if they did go up in value it couldn't hurt. I even managed to find a few series I stuck with in the process. My only regret is that I left a bunch of those in my old bedroom at my parents' house and I haven't been back in ages to get them. It would shock me if they hadn't been turned into a mouse's nest by this point, but I loved those books back in the day.
Luckily my local comic book store has a massive back issues section. Funny because the old comics seem to sell better.
You have to remember that the '90s was the decade of the comics glut. Every publisher under the sun was cranking out a bajillion titles with infinity variant covers to try and drive the speculation market. My dad used to say that they (both the industry and the speculators) were "investing in tulips", and he wasn't far from the truth. I'm not surprised that there's plenty of back issues in the bins.
Very true. But you can find some good stories. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and remember grabbing variants thinking they would be valuable. Same thing happened with sports cards (which I collect as well). They have some decent pre 70s stuff
Oh yeah, I was right there with you. I snagged every #1 issue and chromium, die-cut, laser-etched, foil-stamped, hologram cover I could get get my mitts on, mainly because I wanted to read the stories, but I figured that if they did go up in value it couldn't hurt. I even managed to find a few series I stuck with in the process. My only regret is that I left a bunch of those in my old bedroom at my parents' house and I haven't been back in ages to get them. It would shock me if they hadn't been turned into a mouse's nest by this point, but I loved those books back in the day.