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joeschmoe16 Posts: 1
9/19/2016
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It seems that quite a number of Marvel bronze age comics, especially from early-mid 70s, have shot up in value thanks to the reappearance of numerous characters that garnered little interest at the time. I'm curious whether Marvel has actually been explicit that this has been their intent, at least in part, to resurrect marginal characters from the trash heap in order to generate interest in previously worthless back issues. I suppose DC has shown similar trends. Is this something that in your opinion has been going on at the same rate throughout the history of comic books, or do you think there's been an increase? Me, I'm surprised a few times a year when I look at the "Comics to Watch" section and see what I used to consider worthless junk listed there because of some character I probably had forgotten about the day after I skimmed through the book. Present examples would be The Incredible Hulk Annual #6 and Power Man #19.
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Defiant1 Posts: 720
12/26/2016
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Marvel does profit from back issue sales, it just not a direct 1:1 connection. The health of the back issue market keeps collectors engaged and that means they are more likely to see new solicitations. Back issue sales at the comic book stores keeps the cash flow healthy and stores can order more aggressively on new comics. A healthy back issue market reflects a confidence from the consumer that comics are collectible. A confident consumer is more willing to buy new comics with the hope that they too will be desirable back issues in the future.
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captnwilli Posts: 11
9/27/2016
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I hear ya Ox! Those 70's books is what I learned to read by. Kinda makes me feel old. Dollar boxes back then were the 10 and 20 cent boxes at Geppi's Comic World in his first "house basement" location. Believe it or not it was hard trying to get together that 20cents to get those 60's books back then. Ah the memories.
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