Hasn’t come out yet and already falling off!
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Too early for tax money
My return was in my checking account a few weeks ago.
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I haven’t even filed yet
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I think hobbyists are either getting an even less attention span than they used to have (i.e. onto the next thing), And/Or they are becoming less FOMO dumb than they once were.
Not that they won’t still put out an unreasonable amount of money as a result of FOMO, but I think the noggin is realizing quicker than they used to, that it might be not to smart of an idea to pay so much for an item that is FOMO valued.
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White Sky seems to have potential since the story of the first issue was pretty decent and the writers were involved with some huge games. Hopefully this book can beat that FOMO machine and do something down the road. We will see where this book goes by issue #10.
The next Miles Morales.
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I’ve been gathering books to try and come up with the… Not So Hot anymore and UF4 with Miles has really tumbled in value, even the graded copies are well below their peak.
Ultimate Fallout #4 - First Miles Morales on eBay
So for those who missed out on owning a copy, maybe now’s the time to start checking for deals for this one…
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Just about every comic that experienced a COVID boom is less than half their covid peak….including the biggest keys like UF4.
The only thing that seems to have “recovered” are DC Bronze horror and a few books that have active spec going (e.g., Invincible).
The Jane Foster as Thor books practically went to zero town.
So when looking at books cooling off, probably best to compare them to pre-Covid bubble to normalize them across all comics. I think UF4 is still doing well when you approach it that way.
For example, I grabbed a UF4 in late 2019 for $125. And I thought that was high at the time. It still sells for $400+ regularly.
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Wow.
Gotta be real real careful on what is submitted these days, particularly moderns.
Even that magic number 9.8 doesn’t provide magic returns like it used to, in many cases.
Someone ate crow with that book.
Earlier today I watched Bronzeville with a 25 book submission reveal.
In a large portion of it, he got hammered with lower grades he was not expecting; resulting in FMV of some books being at or near case cost. Not good
Give it time, one day… maybe just one day, long after their dead, a family member who holds out on hope might get their ROI back… 
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He should have known better and used pre-screen… any submission I make I research what’s the minimum grade I need to do better than selling raw after considering pressing/grading expenses.
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Agreed. I suppose prices could go a little lower, but right now they aren’t bad at all. $350 is a pretty darn good price for a 9.6. All it will take is for an announcement that a live action version will be made and these books will skyrocket again. Who knows if that is in the plans these days but it doesn’t seem that Miles is going anywhere. At worst a very solid long term hold.
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Actually 90% of what he submits is through a 9.8 prescreen. These were books he knew were likely not 9.8s, or had already not passed a prescreen.
Plus CGC has been a lot tougher in grading in the past year…so if you’re mostly looking for 9.8s and have been getting a lot of gift grades in recent years, of course that’s going to mess with your ability to accurately estimate grades.
He has also been getting hammered in the 9.8 prescreens…but that’s mostly because he’s been taking advantage of the 50 book $5 prescreens and sending in lots of books that were basically prayers.
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does cgc still offer the service were you send in a cbcs slab and they wont crack it if it wont get the same or better grade?
I guess that’s part of what I’m saying, send in books that have a good chance to get 9.8s with a 9.8 pre-screen. Also send in books at other pre-screen levels 9.6, 9.4, etc. that make financial sense if your intent is to resell. I have books set aside for various levels of pre-screen. If you’re realistic in what the book should potentially get (aside from harsh grading or other perceived issues) you will have a high success rate. I guess he’s playing a numbers game in the end.
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I’m not sure how they could do that since you need to inspect the interior of the book for grading.
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