TOP COMIC BOOKS to INVEST in For 2024
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- Here is a list of what I think are the best comic book investments for 2024.
Not only will you find a top tier book to invest in, but I also gave alternatives at a cheaper option that are just as good.
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These seem like great books to buy if you have a time machine that goes back to 2013. I would say the best comics to invest in are not necessarily the ones that have 10X'd, but the ones that are undervalued.
iongot money for most of these.
Well, give us a few examples of some undervalued books.
@CharlesCharles-bb6qx You assume too much. I've been collecting for 30 yrs. You think I give a shit about ASM 300 ?
So there aren't any undervalued books..ok
Go back to the sandbox.
DC silver age undervalued
What people don’t account for is to make these comic gains you’re speaking to they would have to know very specifically what books to get 10+ years ago; whereas with an S&P 500 index fund, you have to know zero about the stocks & you would’ve done extremely well. 99.5% of comics come nowhere close to these goals and many of them lose value from where you bought them.
Agree
No fair to compare the best comics to an average pool index. Much more fair to compare the best comics to the best stocks - fortunately David did provide this in the video with the best comics only returning about 1/3 of the best stocks. My perspective - just buy what you like. Someone else will probably like it down the line too!
You are my No1 TH-cam channel to invest in. 😂
Love this, a really thoughtful look at the top 10 plus investments rather than just what’s hot. Good man.
Thanks Dave! Solid advice! Love this! Happy New year!
Great video and topic!! Thanks for the advice on what to invest in. 😎
Dave, really good video ! Solid picks all around ! I would add pre-code science fiction combined with good girl artwork IE Planet Comics, Frazetta Famous Funnies, Fox brand, etc ! Keep up the good work and have a happy new year 🎈🎊🎆 !!
Good points about the Golden Age Captain America comic books. Happy New Year!
Yoooooo my man 👊🏼 this was one of my favorite videos you have done. Thank you so much. Very useful and informative. Happy New Year 🎉
Thank you Glad you liked it
Great list! Solid insights.
Really good video, thanks!
I've been collecting "investment" Silver & Bronze age ASM & X-Men comics seriously for the past 12 months, however rightly or wrongly, I only buy the comics I like the look of, i.e. good artwork from the likes of Ditko, Romita, McFarlane etc. That way, even if my "investment" flops, I've still got a great piece of artwork / history to enjoy. My aim for 2024 is to purchase a high grade ASM 129, but again only because I love the artwork...if it appreciates in the next 10 years, that's a bonus!
This is exactly my approach to investing.👍👍 I mix it with a collecting mindset. If I like something about the book, I will purchase it for investing. If I don't like the character or the art.. etc.. I won't. I definitely like increasing the value of my collection but it's not ONLY about the money🙌🙌
thanks for the info now I just need to get the funds! : )
Nice vid...thx Dave!!!!
Great list with some good info 👊cheers and stay safe..
Thanks 👍
Great video man I'm back watching and ready to invest in one of them marvel silver age bluechips
Nice 👍🏻
I'd be interested in an affordable version of this, like books under 3k for example
Yea I was watching the video and I was thinking he's not talking to me lol. The Deadpool were affordable
I'd be more interested in books that are worth $1,000 at the most.
Yes! These are way out of my price range.
Some great investment tips here. I just need to find several hundred thousand dollars lying around and in 10-20 years I will have several hundred thousand dollars
hahaha
I think overall you hit all the keys for investing. The only thing that I might add are those comics that have video game connections.
Love Detective Comics #69, that Joker cover is amazing! Can’t wait for Joker 2 movie to come out as well
I don’t like the cover but Joker is the best character.
@@DanSchawbel Psychopaths are the most boring characters of all. Overdone and predictable. I just don't get the ongoing appeal.
Cgc just released list of books and oh man some big boy books on the list!
good show. tnx.
I’m thinking about getting into some of them key Spider-Man books, just low grade
Detective Comics were once an anthology series. But in the 1970's, they were all now Batman Comics. DC make Detective Comics as an anthology again. Since the Comics Code Authority is thankfully not a thing anymore.
Great video. I think lobo be bigger then Deadpool. He barely has any books out there.
As an average buyer myself. I'm not a greenhorn or super fan, neither of those are even on my radar. I think deadpool especially is overhyped.
@@Stargayzer---I totally agree. I don't think Deadpool has the legs similar to other gains on this list. New Mutants 98 is the only book on the list I personally disagree with. Jmo
Well I’ll have to disagree with you on actual runs to collect. I feel like a Batman volume 1 run will net way more than ASM in years to come but this is all speculation. I did enjoy this video though. Thank you!
ASMs are right up there with Batman GA, ASMs are huge money in 9.0+
Great vid. The fact the OA is up in a down market 🤔
art is always a on eof a kind
I’m going to come into a little bit of money. The book I’ve been eyeing is Eerie #1. I’m just wondering if there are other books in the pre code horror genre that I could do better with.
Crimesuspense 22 is always a really good one
Not a lot of love for DC, ouch. No green Lantern, Flash, Batman, not even a Penguin cover😢. But I love the horror tip. I don't collect Capt. America but I will keep an eye out for Red Skulls 💀
GGA is all I collected in 2023, no speculation or first appearance needed. Spirit 22, Archie 50. Cliffhanger 12 (Campbell cover) Zatanna 16, powergirl 27, Veronica 28, danger girl 2, any Dave Stevens books planet comics 1 etc,
Your list is very Marvel based. Marvel's market is already very heavily speculated on and requires that consistent push of speculation to maintain itself. Im sure things will go up but, I see greater growth potential in the next 10 years for Indie, DC and Pulp.
I collected as a kid and now,Im buying again. I buy the art that I enjoy. Im not really thinking roi.
Another good investment for long term is Dave’s hair.
Hey, what’s up Dave this is Bob in Connecticut. My crime suspense stories.22 3.0 I bought that years ago for under $300. I know it goes for more than $5000. I think my friend might want it . Anyway, my favorite,EC I have left is very, very rare. I have weird science fantasy annual. 1 9.0 I bought that years ago for only $500. There are only two copies and there are three copies 9.2. I’m definitely not selling this.
Batman 23 is the oldest Batman comic I have. Snagged it during the boom in a trade for a GSX 1. It's low grade but it is slabbed. I snap up Joker covers from ANY era when I see them cheap. Even Copper Age. I have all the Bronze Age one's and a lot of the Silver as well.
Wish I could afford more GA but you buy what you can and make the most of it.
Dont snub SA DC keys either. Marvel may be sitting on top at the moment but smart collectors are getting SA DC Keys now because the worm always turns. 1st SA Hawkman is one I picked up not long ago. 1st SA Appearances of the major Batman villains are all rock solid investments too.
DC was terrible in the silver age. They owned the golden age.
@@DanSchawbel Yeah.. War Titles aside, the SA scripts from most DC books are pretty silly. They were still writing stories for children and having Batman fight Aliens and weird monsters because Sci Fi was all the rage. Meanwhile Marvel was spinning off incredible stories geared towards adolescents and young adults in titles like SPIDEY, Y FF, Strange Tales, Tales To Astonish and JIM.
BUT
Those 'silly' DC SA books are hard to find in high grade and have a very nostalgic feel to them. The older collectors who grew up buying them as kids love them. I buy my share of SA Batman, Detective Comics and Action Comics/Superman - mainly for the cover art. But I prioritize SA Spidey over most other things.
Just started looking for manga in floppy form from viz. Recently got DB #1 and DBZ #1 in 9.8 first prints. Low counts and definitely modern classics that the age group who loves Dragon Ball and manga will have real money to spend on them in the next decade.
I'm a part of that age group, and I want the actual manga from Japan (which I have). Kids aren't that into comics. Go after the real deal if you want to invest in manga
@@internationalcomics1158 I’m in the age group as well. I have a Shonen Jump 51, most manga collectors just don’t care about investing yet and don’t look at their collections as investments. That’s why in the recent manga downturn folks who have been selling their collections haven’t gotten nearly what they paid. Once they actually have money to invest they’ll happily want to spend $5k on a manga or comic that they can actually make a profit on.
Thoughts about later Fantastic Four? Specifically issues #70 to #102?
yes there are some good ones in there for sure
Well I picked up issue #83 for $10. Nothing crazy but I get to expand my silver age collection.
This is, of course, jmo.. but for a lower risk investment(comparably speaking).. I would buy Mcfarlane's ASM books.. not only #300.. but the rest of that time period.. starting at 298 and going thru #328.. i believe there were a couple of issues he didn't do in that stretch. If we are talking long-term spec, i think it makes sense. Especially if u can obtain high-grade newsstand copies with MJ inserts for good measure. Another potential investment idea is the Marvel Tales run McFarlane did. They are reprints, but i believe all the covers are original McFarlane creations... and including the Batman 423 1st print couldn't hurt either.. jmo. I welcome other opinions about these books🙏
I totally agree. I've been investing in the ASM Todd run myself trying to get the whole run. All are cgc slabed and high grade lowest I have is 9.4.
Also, stop speculating on comic book character appearances in upcoming MCU and DCEU movies and TV shows.
Agree
But I made a killing off of Night Nurse #1. :(
If you do this, you are at the whims of what happens in Hollywood. Like Jonathan Majors getting arrested. Or James Gunn making Adam Warlock a somewhat uncool character.
Yeah that market is pretty much long gone today with the speculation disappearance.
It's worth doing, if you're doing it correctly. Speculating like that should be relatively cheap, low risk. Timing is important too. Have to anticipate and sell the news or even sometimes the rumor. I purchased first Arana a few months ago for cheap, cgc graded it 9.8, and tripled my money once the spider-woman trailer dropped. To be fair, if I had more money at my disposal, i would go for mostly, older more established books. Even now, I'm mostly moved away from cheaper modern spec.
Amazing Spider-Man is a good read too bro
I do own an original Herb Trimpe art sketch. It’s a CGC Certified sketch of the Hulk.
That's awesome. Congrats! Trimpe is the best artist on Hulk.. imo🙏
2024 to the moooooooooon!
What about jokers 1975 series?does good?
Can you do a video on top joker covers? Say top 25?
Amazing Spider-Man run from 1-200? Or lower than that?
1-129 for sure. Then it’s still good after but not as much
I would only invest short term (max 1 year) in rare or very high grade silver age comics preferably key issues if you can find them in raw or get a grade bump with cpr. I made the mistake of buying AF15 and H181 based on hype and dealer advice. Never let a dealer tell you what to invest in. I learnt this the hard way... Good luck in 2024. I would not invest a lot in comics.
Silver age comics aren’t rare.
What’s your reasoning behind “always go up” lol. They’ve been on a tear for last 10 years, seems like the time to sell and get out now
would you consider Avengers #1 as one of those top silver age keys?
Yes
If you are buying books to turn around in less than a year, you're not a comic book investor. I bought books going back to 1982 that I've held for decades. This is why my collection has value.
Before any one "invests" in comics, I highly recommend you look ahead and consider demographics within macro economic trends. Knowing that comic values and their liquidity is closely correlated to movies, the only comics I'm "investing" in are key FF and X books. Otherwise, I'm riding the BTC cycles as I head into retirement and the world become more digitized. As it is with platinum books, stamps, coins and records... so to will comics be. At this stage, it's a game of hot potato.
The correlation between comic prices and movies is only a modern trend. There are a lot of people collecting today that can't even remember what made comic values increase before the MCU and DCEU took hold of people's attention. And alot f the books mentioned in this vid have been solid investments for decades. Movies are going to play their role moving forward but their significance pertaining to long term comic collecting and 'investing' is waning. And will not be that important over the long haul.
Remember, stamps died out for a different reason. Comic books and comic characters are a solid fixation in popular culture and that will NEVER change.
@@Boxingbear I agree with some of the things you stated, but I also respectfully disagree with your other points. I can list a ton of books from the SA that have been lifted from under a rock due to movies, and there are reasons why moderns are more volatile, due to stuff like accessibility and lesser risk. But keep in mind, the only reason that comics have value is because there are buyers. Once the buyers are gone, only a handful of books will be left standing. I give the market about 20 years... by then, I hope to be divested from all my valuable books. I'm not saying that comics will disappear, but like stamps, coins, records and other past collectibles... it will become a relic in the digital age. Go to any comic con and look at all the grey, bearded old men in t-shirts. Yes, the superhero brands will live on, but the folks who are connected to the nostalgia of print wont. Thanks for responding.
Marvel will mess up FF again, easy prediction.
@@DanSchawbel Now that Disney owns Marvel I can see a lot things getting screwed up. Their most valuable and popular character is owned by Sony - and they can't get anything right either.
DC has a better chance moving forward. Look for characters like Metamorpho, Lobo, Plastic Man and The Question to pop up and take things in a bit of a different direction.
@@DanSchawbel The Christopher Reeves Superman, Michael Keatons Batman and the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man were all hits initially. They all treated their respective films with some degree of realism, creating anticipation and wonder... as per the Superman, the movie tagline: "You'll believe that a man can fly." The same could be said about Marvel. The first phase was all about these fantastical beings set in the real world with real consequences. But then, they all became kid friendly, cartoony and literally "comical". Screaming goats in Thor, a planet full people who sing in Marvels... it's all become a joke for the kids. Can or will Marvel change their trajectory with a stretchy man, his wife, a fire guy and a rock dude? I have my doubts as well. The Fantastic Four should be an updated Fantastic Voyage (1966). A fantastical voyage with a family of adventurers using the Kirby treatment... but instead, it will be another CGI mess like Quantumania. At least the first Ant-Man gave us an ants perspective, which was interesting. This is why comic investing has become a game of hot potato. Buy low, sell high before the movie.
Wow
Walking dead 1 a good investment?
I appreciate you trying something new. But the music in the background was rough after about 30 seconds. It just took away from your delivery and threw me off on the video the whole time. Thanks again for the great info.
Nyx 3 for me...x-23 just got introduced in deadpool and wolverine movie...mcu fans will get to know how cool of a character she is
🎉🎉 HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!🎉🎉
Thank you. You too
Dont let a 10 year return fool you. Ok if you bought it 10 years ago and sold today you made a nice profit. If you bought in 2021 and sold today, you loose your shirt. Buy in price is everything.
Add inflation and it's even worse.
Bingo!
I purchased the Bronze Holy Trinity in 2014 - 2015 in 9.8 for 5 - 10K .
I will definitely make a substantial return on this investment, but the window on these items is now closed and will never open again.
@@solaire-jd8jd Better crack the cases. Everyone is now predicting a huge drop in the value of graded slabs.
@@TT-fq7pl I think I'll wait til they drop before I crack any, that is a really big speculation.
DUDE you have to take off that auto-adjusting of your lighting option.
Where is iron fist 14?
Good books, but where is the rant?
You're website for reurns make no sense to me. Does it include some ebay take or what?
What do you think about Invincible #1?
Love it
Invincible is huge on Reddit. More popular than most DC and Marvel Characters. Has a top 5 most viewed forum. The younger generation is really into him.
@@teetoo3790 i think it’s one of the best super hero series I’ve seen recently. Refreshingly new. Buying up a bunch of invincible when I can
I think the comics are amazing. Hopefully, the mid second season so far won't hurt the market. We shall see in a few weeks.
Great video, but you need to turn off continual autofocus.
Golden age Hitler covers have always been in high demand.
I think I’ll just save my money for golden age instead of buying a bunch of bronze spec atp the spec books r to expensive 😭
These are all out of my price range. LOL
No money on comics. I've had mine since 1980 and still not worth much
Golden and silver age comics is the best to invest in. If you got comics from the 70 s and the 80s or even the 90s they are not worth that much except for a few key dates.
Don’t be a qweeya! Invest in what you love and don’t be afraid to read your shit in other formats!
Sorry Dave but this would have been an excellent video 20 years ago before these books rose exponentially, but the chances of these books continuing to climb at the same rate is slim to none. A lot of the Golden Age stuff is being pumped by a ton of TH-camrs who lack the understanding that people in their 30's (like myself) or younger could care less about the books but hope they can get people outside of auction houses/'investors' into them to keep the prices skewed. If a Comic TH-camr is making a video about a book, it is way too late for investment. More than likely they have been stockpiling those books and are hoping people aren't thinking about the tons of 50/60/70-year olds who did not save enough for retirement and will be dumping their collections soon. 2024 will be a great year for buying books though, we do agree on that!
Correct, manipulated
I think these books will go up over time. Long term. But it won’t go up like it did in 2021. Seeing a 2-10% per year average over time is something that would be realistic
You forget as we get older we slowly become our parents.
Our parents did not have over a trillion in student loans, could buy a house on a working-class income, or a collapsing medical system. Also, my parents never collected comics so that concept definitely does not hold. But keep in mind, "who will be paying these crazy prices in the future as the old folks retire and more and more of these hit the market...?".
@@joshuawyatt4381True. And yet for something so obvious, most collectors just don't want to accept it.
Dude, I thought you decided to retire because of your poor performance as a comic book investor. I saw the tear stained video. But I see there are still people who listen to you, so, go for it.
Moderns are bad getting worse. Invest don’t speculate.
Nobody ever mentions capital gains on collectibles which are the highest of anything.
I'm sure Democrats will find a way to make it even more painful.
There is no capitol gains in comics. If you sell it through a service like eBay. Then it’s counted as income. Which if you have write off you can get rid of. If not. Then it just raises your income.
@@ComicBookInvestments my bad I thought anything generally over a year is considered long-term capital gains which is really high on collectibles something like 28%
There is no reason to buy a Hulk 181. Its price is manipulated by dealers and collectors who horde the books to restrict availability which artificially inflates the value. Hard pass! Wait for the Boomer generation to liquidate their collections and bring the price back to market value.
Hulk 180 is the first appearance!
The census sucks, the amount of raws hoarded sucks and yes, manipulated.
@@DanSchawbel I wonder how many were printed. 250k? 500k?
WHat do you mean "Bring price back to market value "? Do you realize past sale are market value and whatever it's currently selling at, that that's what the market price is? That's like saying "Once people sell their Bitcoin, it'll go back to market value" Makes no sense.
@@User8vfjhejf I was thinking about Spawn 306 Mortal Combat Cover when I made the comment. It used to go for between $2k to $5k. Now you can buy a raw for $200. We need to see the supply released to consumers to get a clearer picture of its true worth.
I Wouldn't Buy Any Of These Books if you don't already have then face it U don't need it 👍 Don't listen to people like this They Don't Know As Much As They Sound Like They Do👍🔥🔥👍