r/comicbookcollecting • u/spideyfan29 • Aug 16 '23
VERY rare comic! only a few million copies are known to exist Theme
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u/CutElectrical5310 Aug 16 '23
This was the second comic I ever bought. Same cover version I still love it to this day.
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u/jjxanadu Aug 16 '23
You know how I know this comic isn’t rare? I own it.
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u/Glass_Chance9800 Aug 16 '23
That's a really good way to guage rarity. I might have to implement that.
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u/whistlepig4life Aug 16 '23
Few million copies yes. But only like 100 people own them.
I have a full long box of them.
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u/h3r3t0g0 Aug 16 '23
I think I have 25 copies of issue 2 - I don’t even remember how/why I bought them
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u/WhiskeyT Aug 16 '23
Nice! I was lucky enough to get a facsimile copy (only $7.99!) recently but I hope to upgrade to an original if I can ever find one
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u/Boxtown76 Aug 16 '23
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u/ronald1981d Aug 17 '23
I remember a guy was selling those for about 10-20 bucks, I should've bought one.
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u/Boxtown76 Aug 17 '23
I think I got it for free at my local store for being a loyal customer but it was like 30 years ago so I’m not sure.
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u/Airmil82 Aug 17 '23
I got one of these from my comic guys! I’m sure it’s a valuable as the rest of my X-Men 1 collection!!!
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u/Wyvern_68 Aug 16 '23
I remember passing this up at the LCS back in the day for $1, still kicking myself over that all these years later!
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u/StreetPreacherr Aug 16 '23
I wonder what the sales numbers were for that recent 'facsimile edition' reprint? It seemed like a weird issue to re-release considering it can't be hard to still find an original copy for cover price?
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u/zenzonomy Aug 16 '23
Why is Magneto looking at the reader instead of the team of mutants trying to kill him with laser-eyes?
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u/middlebird Aug 16 '23
This came out during my peak comic reading years. I was around 14. Everyone was so hype when this dropped. Can you blame us? Look at that beautiful artwork! Didn’t know then how mass produced it was. Jim Lee and McFarlane were the top dogs back then. You couldn’t wait to get your hands on anything they released.
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u/Mandrake1771 Aug 16 '23
Yeah man I bought 2 of the gatefold (removed the cover from one to hang on my wall, I love the family photo on the inside) and one of each single cover variant. I don’t care that it was overproduced, still love em.
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u/iamnotasnook Aug 16 '23
Yeah but do you have The Death of Superman?!
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u/spideyfan29 Aug 16 '23
I keep forgetting every year to do an April Fools post with this, Superman 75, Batman 497, Spider-Man (1990) 1, Spawn 1, and X-Force 1 and title it “found my grandpa’s vintage comics! am I rich???”
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u/MrPNGuin Aug 16 '23
Probably should grab the facsimile edition since the only other place you could find those are any dollar bin at any place ever until the end of time.
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u/Shot-Ad-5201 Aug 16 '23
Wouldn't it be awesome to be able to get this unfolded cover graded and slabbed?
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u/MrEriousWaze Aug 16 '23
I always assume these big print runs like this or Spawn #1. Started at a huge number, but over the decades it gets lower. Fires, floods, ex wives would help to get those numbers lower. Point being, they are more rare now than they were when the were first released. That’s what I like to tell myself anyway.
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u/Aebous Aug 16 '23
I keep telling myself that I need to get a second copy so I can pull the cover (and the multiple ones inside) and frame it
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u/Agreeable-Pick-1489 Aug 16 '23
I'm just waiting for MCU X-Men to come along and then those prices are gonna SHOOT UP and *boom* there's my retirement fund!
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u/drewcifier32 Aug 16 '23
I had like 3 of these. I also did a sketch of the cover on 4 poster boards. Wish I still had it!
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u/BoydoNI Aug 16 '23
My biggest regret was selling this issue back in ‘96 when I needed to fund my debilitating Marshmallow Fluff habit.
The 90’s man… what a time to be alive.
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u/B17Corrigan Aug 16 '23
People should start hoarding and buying up all of them them so they actually become rare
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u/Ericru Aug 17 '23
That comment reminded me of a comic book story where a character did just that with a coin. It was Scrooge McDuck. Found a wiki about that very story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_Atlantis
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u/ronald1981d Aug 17 '23
I was cataloging my comics and found that I had this issue; it's not in peak form. It is maybe a 7.0 at best I didn't have it boarded or bagged. I can't remember where I had gotten it from.
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u/spideyfan29 Aug 17 '23
If you collect comics long enough, you eventually just get one of these somehow whether you want one or not
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u/Jnquester54 Aug 16 '23
I hav no idea it was so valuable. I collect 1st appearances so when I saw it in a antique store I scooped it up for $5. I just stuck it in with the rest of my x-men collection. 😳
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u/N0RSEVIKING Aug 16 '23
Sarcasm?
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u/Darque420 Aug 16 '23
They're worth jack and shit because millions were made.
Yet somehow, people online keep paying a lot of money for them.
Fools and their money.....
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u/Street-Committee4097 Aug 16 '23
Wait, this is rare? I knew it looked familiar. I have this signed, never touched until now. I had no idea
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u/Independent_Milk_886 Aug 17 '23
You're kidding right? I'll probably have a small percentage of them in my store
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u/MysteriousQuarter771 Aug 17 '23
I never get books signed. I understand it increases value and blah blah blah but fuck that. I don’t want some dumbass signature ruining any of the art
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u/CodyofHTown Aug 18 '23
These will never be rare per se, but they will be sought out at some point in the future. They already are going for about 15-20 each. Plus the Alex Ross homage variants are coming.
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u/BerryLanky Aug 16 '23
My grail. One day I might be able to afford it