I'm barely a year into collecting and what I like the most, is chasing after all these out of print omnibuses and get to read them. Can't believe how much great comics I been missing out on.
My favorite thing about collecting today is. After all these years i have a comic book room. No tv, computer, radio or other distractions. Just a recliner chair 50+ short boxes and some of my favorite comic collectibles (small statues, figures, artwork etc). It is my happy place. Great channel by the way. Keep up the good work.
I recently bought a silver age Green Lantern comic. Been reading series since Johns era. This will be my first book going to CGC. Taking my hobby to the next level!
I would say the best thing is the accessibility of information and community. I have been hugely enriched by several great Facebook Groups (and at least one on Reddit), Also being able to look through massive catalog of Golden Age comics on Comicbookplus, new books on Comixology, and watch genuinely great content on everything from Cartoonist Kayfabe to Comics Tropes is the kind of stuff you couldn't imagine even a decade ago.
I collect comics, sports cards, 1966 Batman, KISS and signed memorabilia. My wife just got into vinyl pops. She asked why I don’t collect those. “Really? You want me to start another collection,” is my response. 😂
Glad it wasn’t on a work zoom call when the plug came up….had my laughing with that. I was like, man that Batman action figure looked great, then the plug shows up, great stuff!
Comic collecting has been a constant in my life since 6TH Grade. I love collecting today because of the community, people like you, awesome stories and the art work. Love the art work. Great show as always. 👍
Another 🔥🔥🔥 vid, my man! It really is a great time to be collecting. For me, the best thing... All the great stories! Has there ever been a time where we've had SO MANY amazing comics coming out on the regular? Nah, this is the mostest! 🤣
Superpower Review with the cameo appearance lol Thanks dude. Great video as always. I know I have mentioned this before, but I'm jelly of that Vengeance of Bane #1.
My favorite thing about collecting now is that sense of anticipation you get every week. You wake up in the morning on Tuesday or Wednesday thinking “l get to go to the comic book store today after work!” I was out of it for a lonnng time and have realized how much l missed it.
My favorite thing is the ease with which you can even FIND comics. Between conventions, shops, and the massive online marketplaces, pretty much anything can be found.
Another great video bro! I agree man I think people are to harsh on stories in comics now a days. A lot of people hated the New 52 runs and they were some of my favorite.
lots of great points in this video! I think the community is the best part. Back in the day, it was a lot harder to find people with similar interests. Not just with comics, but anything.
I enjoy hunting the different variants. It's also a blast watching the look on my children's faces when they walk into a comic book store and freak out because they see Spider-Man or Harley Quinn.
I just recently discovered your channel and wanted to stop by and say that I'm enjoying it. As for what I love most about comics. Well there are a few. First, I love cool art. I have several favorite artists and find new ones all the time. Second, I like a good story. Batman is by far my favorite character so I tend to send my $ his way. Third, I enjoy the speculation aspect. I like buying books for cover price minus a bit for my subscription discount and watching those little investments bloom. I do read most of my books but some are just bought for the cover and/or investment aspect. I occasionally send some off to CGC. Getting my most recent order back soon. The highlight was my signed Secret Wars 8 going from a 9.6 to 9.8 after pressing and my Star Wars 42 newstand and getting a 9.6. Not bad for a $50 investment two years ago.
Just discovered your channel (the 7 comic shop haul video). Was a collector as a kid (mid 80's/early 90's) and life happened and got out of collecting. Have recently discovered a new interest in collecting but no idea where to start. So many titles/variants/storylines etc. I enjoyed this video as it's a bit overwhelming to try and get back into it, so good to see the positives. (I watched your negative video also and feel the same way)
I always say to start with your fav charcater. Collect only the main charcater as a start, if you hear of other great books then you can branch out to those!
Great video again! Just saw your 10 reasons why collecting now sucks before this. Both great videos and very true. Probably my favorite thing about collecting today is the accessibility of information about anything. If I need to get caught up with a story, without buying dozens of books, I can always find a TH-cam video or something somewhere. I also just discovered CGC this past month, which inadvertently led me to your channel and many others. I’m going down the hole of that type of collecting, mostly been about the raw books these past couple of years I got back into collecting since being away for so long since when I was a kid in the 90s. Anyway, great video, thanks!
Very entertaining. I collected as a kid in the 70s, and am now investigating selling what I've kept for all these decades. Have submitted to CGC, and waiting for the results is surprisingly fun and addictive. While I understand and respect the anti-slab argument, I agree with you 100% that slabbing is great. But maybe I'll feel differently if the grades I get back are disappointing. I'd now put LOL here if I wasn't in my late fifties. LOL. Oops.
I like that if I want something with a really obscure character, say, Music Meister, I can just look up exactly which comics he appears in and grab those. No more guessing. Also, that I can order pretty much anything online. The comic shops in your area have four out of the six books in an arc you want? The rest are up on ebay. Also, online previews and artists on social media make finding new things to read really accessible. It's really easy now to find new things to read.
watching my collection reach heights that i never thought it could when i was a kid, is my favorite part/ finally getting that book you never thought you'd own. that type of thing keeping my hope alive to anything could be possible lol
I'm in my 3rd phase of collecting myself. I did it as a child, a teen and now at middle age am just getting back into it again. I just always loved it. It's a lifelong love affair.
You're absolutely right, It's a great time to be in this world. I used to struggle for information. Back in the days when all you had was 1 or 2 magazines. ( RIP wizards ♥️) now It's so much easier !
My favorite thing about collecting is getting the chance to work with valuable paper. I know that sounds weird, but I am a historian so comics play right into my obsession with valuable documents.
Another spot on list. My favorite is the stories and artwork right now is exceptional. New series like Something Is Killing The Children, The Old Guard, BRZRKR are kicking open the door for independents to really compete.
Favorite things are access to information, friendly collectors buyers/sellers. Just overall a good experience especially now with the comic characters in movies it’s given everyone access to the comic world 🤘🤘❤️
Another great list! I like this positive one a lot more. So many great reasons to be in this hobby right now. The community is the best part for me! Thanks for the awesome content, brother! 🎉💯
I'm glad you did this certainly like hearing positive stuff over negative. Having reading options and display options are definitely great. I enjoy getting books slabbed,I just can't do it very often for $ reasons.
I love how many options there are in comics nowadays. I can buy just new ones or just old ones. I can get reprints if I want my original copies to be kept in decent condition. Also the artwork a lot of the time is just fantastic today! I'm a sucker for great artwork
Hey there. I found your channel a few days ago and watched a few videos and subscribed today. Keep up the great work! I'm a Spider-Man fan, I have 3 Spidey tats so maybe I'm borderline fanatical? What I love is there are so many Spider-Man items I can get for my collection. Statues, T-shirts, lithos, posters, figures, Blu-rays for example to add to my Spider-Man collection aside from comics. Speaking of comics, I have really never considered myself a comic book collector, more like a comic book reader, which is why I absolutely love picking up trades and collected editions. I really don't pick up singles as they are too expensive. That being said, I will go out and try to find Spidey comics out in the wild. In trying to put together the original Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Web Of Spider-Man & Marvel Team Up runs. Unfortunately, I seriously doubt I'll ever put together a solid volume 1 run of Amazing Spider-Man, but I'll still try. Those books from the 60's are way out of my price range. Anyway, I just wanted to leave a comment on here. Really enjoying the channel and I'll be watching your other videos as well as any new ones that pop up. Have a good one.
I remember collecting when I was a teenager and you can walk into a Bodega and it would have a rack and of course you would look for the comic in the back because the ones in the front would be all bent out of shape but back then we didn't think about 9.8 but still you wanted us clean the comic as you could
Awesome job bud..my style is more old school. I've never slabbed one of my grails and keys. I check them out from time to time. The feel of the old paper, interior art and stories. Not to the mention the smell of a old book. Nothing like it. Yeah I know a bit weird. But that's just my thing enjoying my books. :) you have a new follower here. Keep up the great posts. And do you have a instagram page? Would be interested in checking out some of your PC if you do and share pics of them. Thanks again for good content. And yes I have made some great connections with the collecting fam.
I've only been in the hobby for about 2 years now. I haven't had any issues with collecting thus far. My favorite thing is the hunt. It's one thing to have a pull list, but the hunt for variants is a whole other game!
Pretty nice unbiased analysis dude.. P.S. Don't give DC any ideas... They just may combine that batman buttplug with Captain carrot in the next installment.
I would say my most favorite thing about collecting Comic books.Is reading all the new books that are coming out as well as past issues. Lastly I enjoy having multiple copies of vintage comic books as it really brings me happiness.
Been MIA for a while so really pumped to see ur over 2k subs James! Bro, I never thought about looking for batman sex toys but good to know they have a buttplug available!!! Lmao. And in general, it's a dope ass time to be a collector.
great list! my favorite thing right now is actually one of the things you listed - the accessibility of information. if i want to find out which issue has a first appearance or which issues comprise a certain run, i can just look it up online.
The batman butt plug got me in trouble🤣 watching this video at 5am sitting on my bed while my wife sleeps and I busted out laughing oops 🤭 totally worth it
I startet in mid 2016. First i was like only two titles, FLash and suicide squad as single issues and the collection had to be by those same titles. Now i am collecting 16 titles. THe thing i like about buying those single issues every month is to see my collection grow. It is not fun to buy all the trade paper backs from one soecific volume from one specific title. But to see it grow steady over the years is like watcing your record collection getting bigger. xD
10 excellent points, nice ride the lightning T btw! I would like to add one thing, all my formerly minor keys like 1st Gamora, 1st Valkyrie etc. that I have been collecting over the past 20 years are now worth money haha.
My favorite thing is hunting down hot books and once a month submitting them so I can display them when they return from CGC... yeah I know, thats 3 things but thats what I like to do.
hi dude hope you’re ok it’s my first time viewing your channel and first impressions is awesome i’m a comic collector too i have a vast collection but i’m only collecting skottie young or alex ross
When i met rob liefeld in 2018, but not paying the price of $80 and then met him last year had him sign a comic, then had it sent off to CGC for my first submission was amazing.
What are things you miss? Things that have kind of gone on the wayside? As a kid I loved the team-up books. The Brave And The Bold and Marvel-Two-In-One were the first subscriptions I ever got.
Thanks for the video! The options are phenomenal. Thru trade paperback or digital, there are more comics to read than I can ever get to. Growing up, there weren't trade paperbacks, so reading old great runs of comics was difficult and or expensive. And the comics coming out today are about....everything. Writing and art styles of so many kinds.....stories of so many genres, There's so many more superheroes, there's more horror, sci-fi, drama, romance, comedy, tragedy, there's a lot, and a fair amount of biography and history as well. I'm enjoying Ginseng Roots, which is an autobiography of Craig Thompsons childhood working in the Ginseng fields in Wisconsin. Comics are an amazing medium, thanks for pointing out what a great time it is to be reading comics. ....oh, also the availability of so many colors in comics today and the quality of art reproduction.
Great video, the only criticism is that that great or good stories today are very hard to come by. The comic industry is full of talentless writers or creators that are burnt out and just skating by and I think that this is part of the reason that Manga is taking over America . In the American comic industry, artist journeymen like Crain, Ribic, Dell'Otto, etc are the main stars today.
As a cheapskate who mostly wants to *read* comics, I completely agree with points 3 (collected editions) and 9 (readily available info). Here are seven more points specific to low-cost readership... A. Online sales (eBay in particular) make it possible to obtain material from sellers located far from home, and also make it possible to learn about titles I didn't know existed; B. Values for vintage hardcover collected editions are still unsettled in many instances -- meaning that it's possible to find cool books at bargain prices; C. The ever-widening price spread for desirable comics in various conditions has meant that beat-to-heck copies of many of these comics are still fairly affordable; D. The existence of digital comic archives means that it's possible to read thousands of Marvel and DC comics for a reasonable subscription price; E. Speculation has helped local comic shops stay in business, enabling me to find cheap stuff that doesn't provide much revenue to the shops; F. The rise of TH-cam comic collecting channels has led to many channels devoted to comic art history, which I love; G. The existence of websites like Comic Book Plus provide no-cost access to vintage comics that have fallen into the public domain.
Thanks for the videos! I just like finding classic Marvel Silver Age twelve-centers for reasonable prices! They don't have to be big keys to be awesome looking - like Fantastic Four #39, with a guest appearance by Daredevil, and Doctor Doom menacing over them on the cover!
Best thing about collecting for me is acquiring the books I missed out on in the past. It is a bummer though to see uptrending value in books I actually used to own but sold, like Batman Adventures 12 and Conan 1 for bits of dollars!
My favourite thing about collecting comics now is the quality of the paper. I'm a bronze age guy. That's my era. My childhood. But I handle them with kid gloves because they seem so fragile. Modern comics can take a beating and are pretty much indestructible. Built to last forever pretty much.
James, all good arguments, I'll grant you. But consider: do most collectors these days actually buy comics as a hobby to enjoy, or as an investment? Do they acquire comics/related stuff to store away, obsessed with "Mint", without actually cracking them open, like some folk do with the recent fad of vinyl records where they buy a record only for the cover art and don't actually own a turntable to play the music? Is being a comics collector more of a business now (almost a profession), driven by publishers who flood the market with collectables, manipulating the consumer into thinking they have to get everything or they "lose"? Curious as to your opinion. Uncle G
Favorite thing is the options. Still hard for me, as my obsessions are the Marvel Monsters, and they come few and far between. But still cool new stuff, Like Marvel's Aliens, Marvel's American Kaiju appearances, so there's always something cool!
It's funny James cause my gf hates comics until i showed her Harley Quinn and that was a big mistake because i have spent a ton on Harley Quinn statues,figures,and comics but everytime she says you don't need anymore comics i always say what about ur massive Harley Quinn collection and she stops talking so i guess it's a good thing.
I used to collect Marvel and DC, it became too costly. I then started to collect DC only. I needed most every title except Batman whom I avoided like the plague, and it wasn't easy, he's everywhere. Now, I collect only DC trades and hardcovers once they're released. And, it's still a pain when there's multiple crossovers.
Omg I laughed so hard with the butt plug line, got me good lol.
Hahaha GOTCHA
I'm barely a year into collecting and what I like the most, is chasing after all these out of print omnibuses and get to read them. Can't believe how much great comics I been missing out on.
Love Omni's - that's changes the game for me. So many great ways to read comics that you wouldn't be able to buy right now. It's awesome!
Ummm.....did you say buttplug...🤣
My favorite part is the community we have.
My favorite thing about collecting today is. After all these years i have a comic book room. No tv, computer, radio or other distractions. Just a recliner chair 50+ short boxes and some of my favorite comic collectibles (small statues, figures, artwork etc). It is my happy place.
Great channel by the way. Keep up the good work.
Great Video bud!
Thanks Bat Collects!
My favorite thing about collecting right now is the community. So much support and such a welcoming place. I love it.
I been bench watching all your videos this week and this one came at the right time.
I recently bought a silver age Green Lantern comic. Been reading series since Johns era. This will be my first book going to CGC. Taking my hobby to the next level!
ah yes the batman butt plug. The most prized of collectibles
Signed by Kevin Conroy xo
Like how many do you have?
I would say the best thing is the accessibility of information and community. I have been hugely enriched by several great Facebook Groups (and at least one on Reddit), Also being able to look through massive catalog of Golden Age comics on Comicbookplus, new books on Comixology, and watch genuinely great content on everything from Cartoonist Kayfabe to Comics Tropes is the kind of stuff you couldn't imagine even a decade ago.
I collect comics, sports cards, 1966 Batman, KISS and signed memorabilia. My wife just got into vinyl pops. She asked why I don’t collect those. “Really? You want me to start another collection,” is my response. 😂
The only thing I haven't gotten in to is the POPs, I've collected every single thing else hahaha
Glad it wasn’t on a work zoom call when the plug came up….had my laughing with that. I was like, man that Batman action figure looked great, then the plug shows up, great stuff!
Favorite thing you listed: stories. Other favorite thing: accessibility of information like YT videos that let you learn and catch up.
I agree, anyone can be an expert now and that's a great thing!
So glad to see this after the last one! Comics are so important to you, let the good outshine the challenges!
Thanks Sarah!
My fave part today is access to comics online from anywhere. I have been collecting for 5 decades and it's easier and more fun today than before.
Me too man, google is such a flex for comics hahaha
Comic collecting has been a constant in my life since 6TH Grade. I love collecting today because of the community, people like you, awesome stories and the art work. Love the art work. Great show as always. 👍
Another 🔥🔥🔥 vid, my man! It really is a great time to be collecting. For me, the best thing... All the great stories! Has there ever been a time where we've had SO MANY amazing comics coming out on the regular? Nah, this is the mostest! 🤣
Someone in the comments just said a preview would be like counting a trailer as the movie - made me think!
Superpower Review with the cameo appearance lol Thanks dude. Great video as always. I know I have mentioned this before, but I'm jelly of that Vengeance of Bane #1.
My favorite thing about collecting now is that sense of anticipation you get every week. You wake up in the morning on Tuesday or Wednesday thinking “l get to go to the comic book store today after work!” I was out of it for a lonnng time and have realized how much l missed it.
The easy access to comics via Collector groups, EBay and online stores is the greatest help, as in Uk we have limited number of CBS
My favorite thing is the ease with which you can even FIND comics. Between conventions, shops, and the massive online marketplaces, pretty much anything can be found.
Fantastic video! Discussing comic books with other fans is really fun!
Another great video bro! I agree man I think people are to harsh on stories in comics now a days. A lot of people hated the New 52 runs and they were some of my favorite.
The new 52 was solid. I don't have too many complaints minus some changes to characters
lots of great points in this video! I think the community is the best part. Back in the day, it was a lot harder to find people with similar interests. Not just with comics, but anything.
I keep meeting cool people every DAY. I absolutely love it
You know what really grinds my gears? Collected editions! Lol
Lololol
I enjoy hunting the different variants. It's also a blast watching the look on my children's faces when they walk into a comic book store and freak out because they see Spider-Man or Harley Quinn.
I just recently discovered your channel and wanted to stop by and say that I'm enjoying it. As for what I love most about comics. Well there are a few. First, I love cool art. I have several favorite artists and find new ones all the time. Second, I like a good story. Batman is by far my favorite character so I tend to send my $ his way. Third, I enjoy the speculation aspect. I like buying books for cover price minus a bit for my subscription discount and watching those little investments bloom. I do read most of my books but some are just bought for the cover and/or investment aspect. I occasionally send some off to CGC. Getting my most recent order back soon. The highlight was my signed Secret Wars 8 going from a 9.6 to 9.8 after pressing and my Star Wars 42 newstand and getting a 9.6. Not bad for a $50 investment two years ago.
Love this list more than the last!!! Amazing
Positive beating the negatives!
Just discovered your channel (the 7 comic shop haul video). Was a collector as a kid (mid 80's/early 90's) and life happened and got out of collecting. Have recently discovered a new interest in collecting but no idea where to start. So many titles/variants/storylines etc. I enjoyed this video as it's a bit overwhelming to try and get back into it, so good to see the positives. (I watched your negative video also and feel the same way)
I always say to start with your fav charcater. Collect only the main charcater as a start, if you hear of other great books then you can branch out to those!
Great video again! Just saw your 10 reasons why collecting now sucks before this. Both great videos and very true. Probably my favorite thing about collecting today is the accessibility of information about anything. If I need to get caught up with a story, without buying dozens of books, I can always find a TH-cam video or something somewhere. I also just discovered CGC this past month, which inadvertently led me to your channel and many others. I’m going down the hole of that type of collecting, mostly been about the raw books these past couple of years I got back into collecting since being away for so long since when I was a kid in the 90s. Anyway, great video, thanks!
I love being able to Google everything, it makes it so much easier!
I honestly love the Omnibus format. I still buy singles every week but I adore a complete story in one massive hardcover.
Once I get enough money, I'd love to get more omnibuses! Specifically John Byrne She-Hulk, and a guilty pleasure, the 90s Spider-Man Clone Saga.
MY fav format of ANY collected editions
I have Vengeance of Bane #1 that should be coming back from CGC in about a month!!! Really hoping for a 9.8
Good luck!
Love your positive attitude and keep the content coming.
Good follow up vid...it really is a great time to be collecting/reading comics
Hilarious and informative as always! Great video 👍🏻
Very entertaining. I collected as a kid in the 70s, and am now investigating selling what I've kept for all these decades. Have submitted to CGC, and waiting for the results is surprisingly fun and addictive. While I understand and respect the anti-slab argument, I agree with you 100% that slabbing is great. But maybe I'll feel differently if the grades I get back are disappointing. I'd now put LOL here if I wasn't in my late fifties. LOL. Oops.
I like that if I want something with a really obscure character, say, Music Meister, I can just look up exactly which comics he appears in and grab those. No more guessing.
Also, that I can order pretty much anything online. The comic shops in your area have four out of the six books in an arc you want? The rest are up on ebay.
Also, online previews and artists on social media make finding new things to read really accessible. It's really easy now to find new things to read.
The whole ability to look stuff up is amazing - a real game changer
I love the way you just threw off the Batman butt plug, just another collectable. lol. That was the straw that made me subscribe.
Like how you snuck that in there... Hilarious! (You know what you im talking about)
watching my collection reach heights that i never thought it could when i was a kid, is my favorite part/ finally getting that book you never thought you'd own. that type of thing keeping my hope alive to anything could be possible lol
Isn't it the best? collecting your childhood books specifically is such a flex
I just love talking books! Collecting, reading, grading, all of it
I'm in my 3rd phase of collecting myself. I did it as a child, a teen and now at middle age am just getting back into it again. I just always loved it. It's a lifelong love affair.
A lifelong addiction! haha
Basically 😅
You're absolutely right, It's a great time to be in this world. I used to struggle for information. Back in the days when all you had was 1 or 2 magazines.
( RIP wizards ♥️) now It's so much easier !
Hahaha you don't need to order comic guides when you can just Google it all now!
My favorite thing about collecting is getting the chance to work with valuable paper. I know that sounds weird, but I am a historian so comics play right into my obsession with valuable documents.
Comics have turned me into such a historian!
Great video, I was partly distracted by the Vengeance of Bane. So hard to find that book ahahah
I collect mostly raw comics. I love the stories in todays comics like you said.
Thanks for sharing my man!
Another spot on list. My favorite is the stories and artwork right now is exceptional. New series like Something Is Killing The Children, The Old Guard, BRZRKR are kicking open the door for independents to really compete.
It's ALL ABOUT THE INDIE BOOKS right now! SO good!
Excellent video keep up the good work 🎉
Recently bought a dc comic collection. Trying to sell batman comics is tough
Oh INDEED
You did yourself proud 🥲 hi from UK.
Thank you Dale! I appreciate the kind words!!
Fantastic video. Your points were all valid, especially regarding the vast majority of the comic communing made up of positive peeps. Subbed ⬆️ 👍🏼
Favorite things are access to information, friendly collectors buyers/sellers. Just overall a good experience especially now with the comic characters in movies it’s given everyone access to the comic world 🤘🤘❤️
Another great list! I like this positive one a lot more. So many great reasons to be in this hobby right now. The community is the best part for me! Thanks for the awesome content, brother! 🎉💯
Well said! thanks for commenting my friend!
Yep, the people and the choices really keep it fun. I like slabs, they increased buyer confidence like nothing else I've ever seen. Be well.
Thanks my friend! Love slabbing myself
@@MintHunterComics love slabing yourself? What was your grade? lol
Nice insights on the vids. Keep it up. Have a great one.
Hahaha I'd probably get a 3.5 🤣🤣🤣
Really like your editing and sequencing of your video!
I'm glad you did this certainly like hearing positive stuff over negative. Having reading options and display options are definitely great. I enjoy getting books slabbed,I just can't do it very often for $ reasons.
Positive beats Neg every time - and yes I submit to CGC all the time - but sometimes I have to be more careful with what I submit
Love those Batman animated adventures comics. Those books as well as Superman and Justice League Adventures are so underrated.
I love how many options there are in comics nowadays. I can buy just new ones or just old ones. I can get reprints if I want my original copies to be kept in decent condition. Also the artwork a lot of the time is just fantastic today! I'm a sucker for great artwork
Cover art is SO important. Sometimes if the cover is wack it doesn't even matter how good the story is, no one will pick it up!
Bring on that Tom King/Bill Sienkiewicz Captain Carrot 12 issue Maxi Series!!
Oh HELL YEAH!
Hey there. I found your channel a few days ago and watched a few videos and subscribed today. Keep up the great work!
I'm a Spider-Man fan, I have 3 Spidey tats so maybe I'm borderline fanatical? What I love is there are so many Spider-Man items I can get for my collection. Statues, T-shirts, lithos, posters, figures, Blu-rays for example to add to my Spider-Man collection aside from comics.
Speaking of comics, I have really never considered myself a comic book collector, more like a comic book reader, which is why I absolutely love picking up trades and collected editions. I really don't pick up singles as they are too expensive. That being said, I will go out and try to find Spidey comics out in the wild. In trying to put together the original Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Web Of Spider-Man & Marvel Team Up runs. Unfortunately, I seriously doubt I'll ever put together a solid volume 1 run of Amazing Spider-Man, but I'll still try. Those books from the 60's are way out of my price range.
Anyway, I just wanted to leave a comment on here. Really enjoying the channel and I'll be watching your other videos as well as any new ones that pop up. Have a good one.
I remember collecting when I was a teenager and you can walk into a Bodega and it would have a rack and of course you would look for the comic in the back because the ones in the front would be all bent out of shape but back then we didn't think about 9.8 but still you wanted us clean the comic as you could
Awesome job bud..my style is more old school. I've never slabbed one of my grails and keys. I check them out from time to time. The feel of the old paper, interior art and stories. Not to the mention the smell of a old book. Nothing like it. Yeah I know a bit weird. But that's just my thing enjoying my books. :) you have a new follower here. Keep up the great posts. And do you have a instagram page? Would be interested in checking out some of your PC if you do and share pics of them. Thanks again for good content. And yes I have made some great connections with the collecting fam.
I've only been in the hobby for about 2 years now. I haven't had any issues with collecting thus far. My favorite thing is the hunt. It's one thing to have a pull list, but the hunt for variants is a whole other game!
Pretty nice unbiased analysis dude.. P.S. Don't give DC any ideas... They just may combine that batman buttplug with Captain carrot in the next installment.
I would say my most favorite thing about collecting Comic books.Is reading all the new books that are coming out as well as past issues. Lastly I enjoy having multiple copies of vintage comic books as it really brings me happiness.
Well said my man! I love the new books coming out especially from Boom or Image!
my favorite thing is meeting new peeps
Same here man, Welcome!
I’m loving getting first appearances of characters I love. Especially now since I can more afford it
Absolutely - keep the pre orders strong!
I love that you can go online and get some deals plus raffles that happen of Facebook for slabs and raw books
So which are your hidden miss as talked about at point 8. Maybe you can make a video about that? Great content!
Been MIA for a while so really pumped to see ur over 2k subs James! Bro, I never thought about looking for batman sex toys but good to know they have a buttplug available!!! Lmao. And in general, it's a dope ass time to be a collector.
great list! my favorite thing right now is actually one of the things you listed - the accessibility of information. if i want to find out which issue has a first appearance or which issues comprise a certain run, i can just look it up online.
The batman butt plug got me in trouble🤣 watching this video at 5am sitting on my bed while my wife sleeps and I busted out laughing oops 🤭 totally worth it
I startet in mid 2016. First i was like only two titles, FLash and suicide squad as single issues and the collection had to be by those same titles. Now i am collecting 16 titles. THe thing i like about buying those single issues every month is to see my collection grow. It is not fun to buy all the trade paper backs from one soecific volume from one specific title. But to see it grow steady over the years is like watcing your record collection getting bigger. xD
Crazy to think I just started off with two books. Looks like the FOMO got to you as well! haha
10 excellent points, nice ride the lightning T btw! I would like to add one thing, all my formerly minor keys like 1st Gamora, 1st Valkyrie etc. that I have been collecting over the past 20 years are now worth money haha.
Exactly! It's fun as hell to see books spring into popularity
My favorite thing is hunting down hot books and once a month submitting them so I can display them when they return from CGC... yeah I know, thats 3 things but thats what I like to do.
hi dude hope you’re ok it’s my first time viewing your channel and first impressions is awesome i’m a comic collector too i have a vast collection but i’m only collecting skottie young or alex ross
Another great video man!
When i met rob liefeld in 2018, but not paying the price of $80 and then met him last year had him sign a comic, then had it sent off to CGC for my first submission was amazing.
What are things you miss? Things that have kind of gone on the wayside? As a kid I loved the team-up books. The Brave And The Bold and Marvel-Two-In-One were the first subscriptions I ever got.
DC versus Marvel stuff hahaha
Thanks for the video! The options are phenomenal.
Thru trade paperback or digital, there are more comics to read than I can ever get to. Growing up, there weren't trade paperbacks, so reading old great runs of comics was difficult and or expensive.
And the comics coming out today are about....everything.
Writing and art styles of so many kinds.....stories of so many genres, There's so many more superheroes, there's more horror, sci-fi, drama, romance, comedy, tragedy, there's a lot, and a fair amount of biography and history as well.
I'm enjoying Ginseng Roots, which is an autobiography of Craig Thompsons childhood working in the Ginseng fields in Wisconsin.
Comics are an amazing medium, thanks for pointing out what a great time it is to be reading comics.
....oh, also the availability of so many colors in comics today and the quality of art reproduction.
Great video, the only criticism is that that great or good stories today are very hard to come by. The comic industry is full of talentless writers or creators that are burnt out and just skating by and I think that this is part of the reason that Manga is taking over America . In the American comic industry, artist journeymen like Crain, Ribic, Dell'Otto, etc are the main stars today.
My 2 favorite things about this video 1- Vengeance of Bane (It's a grail of mine in 9.8) 2- batman butplug lmao!!
As a cheapskate who mostly wants to *read* comics, I completely agree with points 3 (collected editions) and 9 (readily available info).
Here are seven more points specific to low-cost readership...
A. Online sales (eBay in particular) make it possible to obtain material from sellers located far from home, and also make it possible to learn about titles I didn't know existed;
B. Values for vintage hardcover collected editions are still unsettled in many instances -- meaning that it's possible to find cool books at bargain prices;
C. The ever-widening price spread for desirable comics in various conditions has meant that beat-to-heck copies of many of these comics are still fairly affordable;
D. The existence of digital comic archives means that it's possible to read thousands of Marvel and DC comics for a reasonable subscription price;
E. Speculation has helped local comic shops stay in business, enabling me to find cheap stuff that doesn't provide much revenue to the shops;
F. The rise of TH-cam comic collecting channels has led to many channels devoted to comic art history, which I love;
G. The existence of websites like Comic Book Plus provide no-cost access to vintage comics that have fallen into the public domain.
Thanks for the videos! I just like finding classic Marvel Silver Age twelve-centers for reasonable prices! They don't have to be big keys to be awesome looking - like Fantastic Four #39, with a guest appearance by Daredevil, and Doctor Doom menacing over them on the cover!
I love underrated silver age booksa
Batman buttplugs! 😂 hey! Me and Alfred are the same height!
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I thought im the only one who noticed that. 😂😂😂
@@elvibora3965 *wink
Best thing about collecting for me is acquiring the books I missed out on in the past. It is a bummer though to see uptrending value in books I actually used to own but sold, like Batman Adventures 12 and Conan 1 for bits of dollars!
New subscriber and love the vid.
I have been reading comics since 1976 and I still love them as much 46 years later. I can afford so much more now.
Really enjoyed the best/worst series Really great takes and info 👍
You got it man! Glad you're liking it!
funny enough, wolverine's foot is the same size as pennyworth's head
hahahahaha
My favourite thing about collecting comics now is the quality of the paper. I'm a bronze age guy. That's my era. My childhood. But I handle them with kid gloves because they seem so fragile. Modern comics can take a beating and are pretty much indestructible. Built to last forever pretty much.
Hey,Mint Hunter Comics,can you do a video showing us your top 20 valuable comics????
I should! I'm taking one week off from videos but maybe I'll throw that in the video idea pile
Great content
James, all good arguments, I'll grant you. But consider: do most collectors these days actually buy comics as a hobby to enjoy, or as an investment? Do they acquire comics/related stuff to store away, obsessed with "Mint", without actually cracking them open, like some folk do with the recent fad of vinyl records where they buy a record only for the cover art and don't actually own a turntable to play the music? Is being a comics collector more of a business now (almost a profession), driven by publishers who flood the market with collectables, manipulating the consumer into thinking they have to get everything or they "lose"? Curious as to your opinion.
Uncle G
Favorite thing is the options. Still hard for me, as my obsessions are the Marvel Monsters, and they come few and far between. But still cool new stuff, Like Marvel's Aliens, Marvel's American Kaiju appearances, so there's always something cool!
I quite agree! (And I love your username by the way haha)
@@MintHunterComics Thank you! Darth is for my son, who loves Vader, and Gojira for me, as I've been a fan of Godzilla since I was 5 (54 now).
Anyone else questioning why James bought Batman butt- never mind 😂
Slabbing books has to be my favorite thing about comics now.
It's funny James cause my gf hates comics until i showed her Harley Quinn and that was a big mistake because i have spent a ton on Harley Quinn statues,figures,and comics but everytime she says you don't need anymore comics i always say what about ur massive Harley Quinn collection and she stops talking so i guess it's a good thing.
My favorite thing about collecting is digital reading. I just love being able to read books that I may never own.
I used to collect Marvel and DC, it became too costly. I then started to collect DC only. I needed most every title except Batman whom I avoided like the plague, and it wasn't easy, he's everywhere. Now, I collect only DC trades and hardcovers once they're released. And, it's still a pain when there's multiple crossovers.