Hey now, I know I’ve been harping on silver age comic investing and how many people are scrambling to get silver age books before they become ridiculously too expensive. For the most part, it is still wise to grab up those great silver age key issues for long term investments if you can afford them.
While there are still a lot to be mined in the silver age, many investors are really starting to look at bronze age comics as comic book investments. Yes, this has a lot to do with many silver age key issues just becoming too expensive and out of reach. In my last article, I did mention that many of us average comic investors are starting to get lower graded books in the silver age and golden age.
This concept is starting to spill over into bronze age comic investing. Many are trying to get those key issue bronze age comics before they’ hit the price that you could buy a house with. Right now, high demand key issue bronze age books in high grade are already going past the $10,000 mark. Those that are 9.6 or 9.8 CGC graded, that is.
If you’re not sure about the bronze age of comics, it’s the period of comic books that were printed between 1970 and roughly ending around 1983 or 84. This time period also spawned quite a bit of first appearances. Among the superheroes that were introduced in the bronze age was Wolverine, The Punisher, Sabretooth, etc.
The characters I listed above are high demand characters. Their first appearances in high grade are already in the thousands of dollars range if they’re graded by CGC or PGX.
Like many high demand silver age keys, most collectors are seeking those bronze age key issues at virtually any grade. For example, my local comic shop got an Amazing Spider-Man #129, first appearance of The Punisher, about a month ago. It was an unslabbed book, which means non CGC graded, and was about a GD grade. It sold well above it’s graded guide price within a week.
Yes, many are starting to turn a keen eye on bronze age comics, trying to get that gem that’s still affordable and hasn’t had a huge push in demand just yet. Sure, you could go with the gamble, or you could go with the ones most likely to give you the best return in the long run.
