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.
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.