Hot Comics 2020 #48: 2001 8 (2001 a Space Odyssey #8), First Machine Man

100 Hot Comics: 2001 8 (2001 a Space Odyssey #8), First Machine Man. Click to order a copy at Goldin

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Why 2001 8 is a Hot Comic

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Machine Man... Just the latest B-list Marvel Comics character that has so much speculation surrounding him.

Machine Man went on to have a 19-issue run that ended with the first appearance of Jack O' Lantern.

There are a couple of other remarkable notes about this book.

The comic book series, 2001: A Space Odyssey was loosely based on the Stanley Kubrick movie from the novel by Arthur C. Clarke. Fans of the movie will probably not be all that impressed with the comics, to be honest.

The other is that a 35-Cent price variant exists. Marvel famously marketed higher-priced comics to test markets in the 1970s. The 35-Cent price variant is quite valuable and definitely scarce to rare.

We don't recommend the variant as an investment. It's too specialized a market, and prices don't follow normal patterns. Stick to the regular 30c issue.

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2001 #8 is a pretty common book in high grade. We recommend a CGC 9.8 with white pages. Click to buy a copy from Goldin

2001 is one of the late 1970s series which has been stockpiled. Occasionally we receive collections with multiple copies of each issue.

If you're looking for value, there is only one place to find it. The jump from CGC 9.6 to 9.8 is fairly large, but it's the only grade that makes sense to me.

If you look at recent sales, you'll see how bad the price compression on this book can be: