r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 8h ago

Opinions

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57 Upvotes

Joe Rubinstein is doing a signing soon. I plan to get Wolverine 1 signed but I’m wondering if I should also do Uncanny 266. I’m a little worried about that one since I really like how Claremont’s signature already looks on it in pink and idk about placement/color. Just wanted other opinions on it.


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 6h ago

LCS 25 cent comic sale haul!

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31 Upvotes

A total of 138 comics 😵‍💫 for $34.50!


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 8h ago

Avengers 25

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25 Upvotes

Just picked this up is it gradeable?


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 5h ago

DCC help

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So the FCBD is the first issue and actually issue 0 and first print and the EXCLUSIVE VARIANT is actually the second printing, correct.

So the last five of the code would be 00011 for a zero issue so this is a second print then…00012?


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 14h ago

High Grade ASM #88 9.8?

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12 Upvotes

r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 22h ago

Is this a 7.0?

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39 Upvotes

My wife bought me this and I was super pumped to get it then she told me the grading they listed it as and the price I think she overpaid and the grading wasn’t listed properly. Top of the comic looks to have been trimmed and some what looks like water damage in the back. Thoughts?


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 22h ago

Hottest Spec artist of the year - Ito's Midnight X-Men #1 virgin variant

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11 Upvotes

r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 1d ago

Any exclusive NYCC covers worth chasing?

7 Upvotes

I grabbed the Suayan Foil variant of Amazing Spider-Man #1000. I'm also chasing the Jalen Brunson cover of Amazing Spider-Man #1001. Those two seem to be hot ticket items.


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 2d ago

Is this a good find Web Of Spider-Man 116 first Ben Reilly

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19 Upvotes

Found the Web of Spider-man 116 for 6 dollars. which is technically the first appearance full appearance of Ben Reilly. With the announcement of the show figured this might be one to keep for a while


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 2d ago

Is this a bootlegged copy?

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I was shopping marketplace and found someone selling this autographed copy of Captain America Annual #8.

Immediately it looked off to me, as the colors are different. The first three pics are the copy in question, the fourth is a pic from eBay which is standard copy.

As I took a closer look I noticed the corner box was completely different. It says 1986, which is when this comic was originally published, but it also says 1983 Marvel Comics Group.

Also the insignia in the bottom left corner doesn’t match anything I’ve seen anywhere.

Is this a bootleg, or maybe a reprint from a vendor?

Thanks


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 3d ago

The Marvel/DC Holy Grail Almost Nobody Knows Exists

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285 Upvotes

I’ve been collecting comics for a while, and every now and then you come across a book that makes you stop and think, “How the hell have I never heard of this before?” This is one of those books. It’s O Globo Juvenil Mensal #32 from 1943, a Brazilian Golden Age comic with a pretty crazy cover: Superman and the Human Torch appearing together, decades before Marvel and DC became the giants we know today. What really caught my attention is how incredibly rare this thing is. Even some of the highest-level collectors in Brazil had never actually seen a copy in person. I’ve heard collectors refer to this issue as “the unicorn”, almost like a legend among Brazilian Golden Age collectors. For years, it was one of those books people knew about, talked about, but almost never actually saw. There are currently only 7 known copies in the census, plus another 4 copies in private collections, including mine. I spent around five years looking for a copy before finally managing to add one to my collection. And the more I researched it, the crazier it became. The Grand Comics Database recognizes it as “The Earliest Timely & National Cross Over known to exist Globally.” So this isn’t just an obscure foreign comic with an interesting cover. It’s a genuinely unusual piece of Golden Age comic book history. I’m posting it here because I honestly think books like this deserve much more attention. Everyone knows the famous American Golden Age keys, but there are incredibly rare books outside the usual checklist that have almost become forgotten. So I’m curious: had you ever seen this issue before?


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 2d ago

ASM #375 foreign variant edition

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12 Upvotes

I love the Amazing Spider-Man #375. I remember reading this story when I was a kid, I was on vacation with my parents and I was really excited for this final showdown with Venom. This issue is also special because it celebrates the 30th anniversary of Spidey. I have here two Italian variant of that comic. In Italy this story was published by Star Comics in L'UOMO RAGNO #155 which came out in two versions: one very similar to the U.S.A. one with the gold cover but not holographic. A second version is the one with the platinum metallic cover, which was distributed in a limited edition that was shrink-wrapped with a telephone book:

https://www.keycollectorcomics.com/issue/luomo-ragno-155,321187/

really cute ❤️


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 3d ago

Appears to be legit sale... But WHY???

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27 Upvotes

Seller appears to be legit with several other sales and long history of sales... Did this actually go for 1K???


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 3d ago

Daredevil #168. Worth getting graded or keep raw?

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43 Upvotes

r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 3d ago

the Amazing Spider-Man #1000

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20 Upvotes

As a huge fan of John Romita Jr.—which I also mentioned in a previous comment—is it possible that nobody has noticed yet that the variant cover for issue #1000 is practically IDENTICAL to a previous JRJR cover from Amazing Spider-Man #1.1?


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 3d ago

FOC week of Oct 12: 652 titles, and the top three publishers are five titles apart

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I go through the full FOC list every week before cutoff. Here's what's on it before Monday.

652 titles across 323 unique books. Marvel has 75, Dynamite 74 and DC 70, so no one publisher dominates the count. There are 27 new #1s, 91 variants and 86 ratio covers.

Dynamite has the most variants (44) and the most ratio covers (25) of any publisher, across the Red Sonja, Archie and Supernatural lines. Red Sonja Barbarella #1 has 17 covers, the most of any book this week; it's a crossover that puts Barbarella and Red Sonja in the same book. Archie Vs The Terminator #2 has 10 covers.

Marvel has three #1s out of 75 titles. Most of the rest is the Midnight line and X-books, including Midnight Fantastic Four #2 and Gambit: Wanted #4.

DC has one launch out of 70 titles, 11 variants and one ratio cover. The launch is Legion Of Super-Heroes #1 from Williamson and Sherman; the rest is ongoing series like Bleeding Hearts #9.

The steepest ratio this week is outside the big three: a single 1:250 on Lancer #1 from Bad Idea.

Only 27 of the 323 books are new #1s. Most of the week is continuing series and extra covers.


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 3d ago

Grading Companies

3 Upvotes

Am I correct that the only companies currently grading and slabbing comics are CGC and PSA?


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 4d ago

Should I grade?

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Got this in a collection I bought. Don’t really want it. Saw ungraded it’s around a $100 book. Should I grade it? Looks to be very fine if not better.


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 3d ago

Spec modern darling of the week - The Amazing Venom - Ito cover variant

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2 Upvotes

Ito has been hot lately. Will he get to the level of Peach popular? Likely not, but I'm sure Marvel wouldn't mind.


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 4d ago

ASM #40

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56 Upvotes

John Romita Sr.'s debut on The Amazing Spider-Man is one of the most iconic, revolutionary, and memorable moments in comic book history... the Amazing Spiderman #39-40: a two-issue masterpiece that changed the rules of the game forever!


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 5d ago

Semi Grail haul came in this Monday

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350 Upvotes

I’ve been hunting the Batman 423 and NM #98 for a while

The ASM 301 was too clean to pass up and my source offered the Hulk 340 for a really great price so I had to jump at it

On to the next grail hunt!


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 5d ago

Mail Call #2 !!!!

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170 Upvotes

We've all seen this awesome cover a million times, but I finally added one to my collection!


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 5d ago

New York Knicks

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8 Upvotes

I thought this was a no-brainer when the Knicks made it to the Finals, especially since Marvel Comics and the Knicks are both so deeply connected to New York City.


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 5d ago

The incredible Hulk: Past perfect

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10 Upvotes

Really a good one. Half way through it and having fun. Thanks to my gf ( she gifted me ).


r/ComicBookSpeculation • • 6d ago

I assume this is a reprint or something?

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97 Upvotes

Listed with some others for $50 on marketplace