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Josgre987 t1_j1ap5j1 wrote

Reply to comment by FrankDrakman in TIL Stan Lee made the X-Men mutants because he didn't want to come up with a reason for their super powers, instead they were just born with them. Additionally the 1963 comic was initially a flop until the 1975 reboot by Len Wein and Dave Cockrum. by jamescookenotthatone

My dad had the first issue as spiderman as a kid, threw it out after a few years because at the time it had little value

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TheHalf t1_j1aqu9u wrote

Next you are going to tell me you sold the 25 bitcoins you mined for $100

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Josgre987 t1_j1aritk wrote

in the 90's when the comic boom happened, my dad bought 20+ first issue copies of different lesser known comics in the hopes they would one day blow up in price.

They did not. I've got stacks of the fucking things. Turok was not the money maker he hoped for, but the bone collection might go for an ok price.

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DiabloSerpentino t1_j1c40bx wrote

Mark my words... Mere DAYS after you finally throw out the Turoks, they WILL announce a new movie and they WILL shoot through the roof. I cannot TELL you how many times over the years this has happened to me. I swear to all Gods- the old and the new- I once had an opportunity to buy literally DOZENS (if not hundreds) of Near Mint copies of New Mutants #98 for twenty-five cents each, no tax. At the time, I thought to myself "Why in the hell would anyone buy this book even for a quarter???".

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Josgre987 t1_j1c5692 wrote

I swear if I do ever offload these things and they shoot up in price i'm just gonna shoot myself.

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