Kirby's Best Cover: Why is it SO CHEAP? | Comic Auction Haul

Описание: Unboxing everything I've been buying lately from auctions and local comic shops. From big-ticket Silver Age keys to cheap nostalgia buys, I'm showing you what I'm adding to my collection and what I plan to flip.

📦 AUCTION WINS:

Comic Link:
Fantastic Four Annual #2 (7.5) - Origin of Doom, introduces Latveria. Already own a 5.5, upgrading my copy of this undervalued key.

Comic Connect (True North Collection):
X-Men #129 First Kitty Pryde (9.6) - High-grade copy of a character who's likely MCU-bound
Strange Tales #135 First Nick Fury as SHIELD agent (9.2) - Kirby's James Bond-inspired issue that introduced the Helicarrier, flying cars, and Life Model Decoys
Avengers #4 Return of Captain America (8.0) - My second copy. I argue this is a top 5 Kirby cover and criminally undervalued right now

🛍️ LOCAL SHOP & CONVENTION FINDS:

Early Claremont X-Men:
X-Men #95, #131, #133, #139, #143 - The golden era of X-Men, cheap and abundant
X-Men #98 First solo Wolverine cover - Got it for $100, likely 9.6-9.8

Amazing Spider-Man:
ASM #8 - Childhood nostalgia book with damage, got it for $120
ASM #45, #55, #57, #62, #64 (multiple copies), #66, #67 - Mix of personal collection and flip candidates

Other Pickups:
Incredible Hulk #105 - One of the best Hulk covers ever (Marie Severin)
Secret Wars #1 - Nostalgia buy with blue Galactus misprint
Weird Fantasy #6 - Post-apocalyptic robot cover by Al Feldstein
Uncle Scrooge comics - Carl Barks classics in great condition

COLLECTING PHILOSOPHY:

I keep a small, curated collection of books I genuinely care about. After my childhood collection was stolen, I got liberated from accumulating books I didn't cherish. Now I focus on books that either:

Mean something to me personally
I can flip for a profit to fund more collecting

I'm currently buying faster than selling, so it's time to thin the herd.

📊 BOOKS I'M BETTING ON:

Avengers #4 is bottomed out and undervalued post-MCU prime
FF Annual #2 deserves more recognition for establishing Doom's backstory
Early Claremont X-Men are classics that can still be had for cheap

What books are you picking up right now? Drop your recent finds in the comments!

00:00 Unboxing the Comic Haul
03:03 Fantastic Four Annual 2
04:42 True North Collection
05:54 Uncanny X Men 129
07:01 Strange Tales
08:44 Avengers 4
13:26 Secret Wars 10
13:44 Uncanny X Men 139
14:09 Uncanny X Men 143
14:26 X-Men 95
14:56 Uncanny X Men 131
15:19 Uncanny X Men 133
16:01 ASM 8
17:04 Incredibly Hulk 105
17:28 ASM 62
17:48 ASM 67
18:06 ASM 66
18:25 ASM 64
18:43 ASM 57
19:18 ASM 55
19:57 ASM 45
20:12 Secret Wars 1
20:41 Weird Fantasy 6
21:08 Uncle Scrooge
21:45 Time to Sell

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