100 Hot Comics: Amazing Spider-Man 14, 1st Green Goblin

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Amazing Spider-Man 14: 1st Green Goblin

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Why Amazing Spider-Man 14 is a Hot Comic

2024 MARKET REPORT: YOUR GREEN IS WORTH BACKING THE GOBLIN WITH

We haven't seen the last of the Green Goblin. In a market which has imploded, this book is still decently warm, so it's retained its place on the 100 Hot Comics this year.

2023 MARKET REPORT: THE SPIDEY BOOK EVERYBODY WANTS TO GAMBLE ON

No new records set this year, but the buzz around ASM #14 is too strong to justify it moving lower on the list.

There is only ONE book higher -- which one?

And what now for the Green Goblin?

2022 MARKET REPORT: GOBLIN = GREEN IN YOUR POCKET

Another massive record smashed! The CGC 9.8 sale of $210,000 back in September is a monster milestone for this book, at a time when the money seems insane across the board for Spider-Man and vintage comics in general.

It's hard to see where the value proposition is for this comic book, except that it's an early ASM and it's the first Green Goblin. The character is due a reboot in the MCU, plus the mantle is being passed to the new generation.

Feast your eyes on these recent sales:

9.8 $210,000
9.6 $48,000
9.4 $28,500
9.2 $22,800
9.0 $18,000
8.5 $8,950
8.0 $7,800
7.5 $6,600
7.0 $7,000
6.5 $5,760
6.0 $4,200
5.5 $3,840
5.0 $3,240
4.5 $3,120
4.0 $2,900
3.5 $2,880
3.0 $2,850
2.5 $1,860
2.0 $2,000
1.8 $1,675
1.5 $1,625
1.0 $760
0.5 $820

2021 MARKET UPDATE: IF YOU MISS OUT, THEN YOU'LL BE GREEN WITH ENVY

Some pretty brisk sales in all grades, as fans of Spidey believe the Green Goblin will get rebooted in the next round of MCU movies.

Entry point for this book is now $450!

Recent sales:

9.6 $25,000
9.2 $10,800
9.0 $6,500
8.5 $5,000
8.0 $4,900
7.5 $4,100
7.0 $3,300
6.5 $3,000
6.0 $2,880
5.5 $2,025
5.0 $1,725
4.5 $1,700
4.0 $1,925(!)
3.5 $1,350
3.0 $1,410(!)
2.5 $1,000
2.0 $1,000
1.8 $695
1.5 $645
1.0 $725(!!)
0.5 $450

IF YOU BOUGHT MY RECOMMENDED GRADE LAST YEAR:

Here's the bottom line.

CGC 7.5 2020 $3,639
LAST SALE $4,100
PERCENT CHANGE +12%

2020 MARKET UPDATE: HIGHER GRADES ARE WORTH GOBLIN UP

Some near-record results in the upper grade ranges have made up for a few disappointments lower down, where Amazing Spider-Man 14 is much more common.

Let's see how my chosen grade performed in the past 12 months:

Higher up in the 9s is where the book has performed really well. Here are recent sales:

9.6 $21,212
9.4 $14,400
9.2 $10,600
8.5 $5,595
8.0 $4,483
7.5 $3,650
7.0 $2,400
6.5 $2,280
6.0 $1,976
5.5 $1,700
5.0 $1,550
4.5 $1,495
4.0 $1,325
3.5 $988
3.0 $924
2.5 $799
2.0 $675
1.8 $485
1.5 $566(!)
1.0 $465

2019 MARKET UPDATE: GREEN SHOOTS OF PRICE RISES

Compared to some of the other books on the hot list, Amazing Spider-Man 14 is not posting huge gains, but the breadth of appreciation is why it's on this list so high up.

Pretty much every grade has seen price rises.

The Goblin made a cameo appearance in the Miles Morales movie Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse this year.

This may have influenced the price rise, but I think it's more likely that excitement about Marvel bringing the franchise home is behind it.

Recent sales:

CGC 9.0 $7,375
CGC 8.5 $4,650
CGC 8.0 $3,120
CGC 7.5 $3,149 (!)
CGC 7.0 $2,520
CGC 6.5 $2,495
CGC 6.0 $2,475 (!)
CGC 5.0 $1,600
CGC 4.0 $1,200
CGC 3.0 $995
CGC 2.0 $480

2018 MARKET UPDATE: COLLECTORS ARE 'GOBLIN UP' COPIES OF THIS KEY!

Values of this classic key issue are being squeezed.

At the top end, not much is happening. Very low grade copies are doing OK. It's the middle where we are seeing strange prices realized for this book.

The only thing that would kick this book into orbit would be a Green Goblin reboot. We "know" that The Scorpion is going to be the bad guy in the next Spider-Man movie after Homecoming. Goblin was done beautifully back in the Tobey McGuire days, so it seems unlikely.

Still, this book never goes out of fashion, and seems quite scarce in grades above FN. Recent sales:

CGC 9.0 $6,000
CGC 8.5 $2,300
CGC 8.0 $2,600 (!!)
CGC 7.5 $2,000
CGC 7.0 $2,200 (!!)
CGC 6.5 $1,700
CGC 6.0 $1,100
CGC 5.0 $1,000
CGC 4.0 $725
CGC 3.0 $600
CGC 2.0 $455

2017 MARKET UPDATE:

A long-time favorite of Spidey fans, Green Goblin is not going to go out of style anytime soon.

Added to that is the Hulk's status as THE hottest member of the Avengers team, and ASM's status as the most-collected comic book in history, and you have a winning formula for long-term appreciation with Amazing Spider-Man 14.

Check out the record sales in most grades above 3.0!

CGC 9.4 $8,650
CGC 9.2 $7,500
CGC 9.0 $4,500
CGC 8.0 $2,100
CGC 7.5 $1,850
CGC 6.0 $1,050
CGC 4.0 $575

There are a handful of truly classic super-villains, and their first appearances will never go out of style. The Green Goblin is not only a classic bad guy, but he appears in the Silver Age of the world's most collected comic book series, Amazing Spider-Man.

Add to this the latest Hulk fever (many of the classic Incredible Hulk appearances are on the Hot 100 List), and you have a recipe for long-term value appreciation that is hard to argue with.

High-grade copies are very expensive, but if you're patient, you should be able to find a clean, well-presenting CGC 7.5 example for a shade over $1,000.

We feel that price will look like a bargain in the years to come, especially if the Goblin makes a comeback in the hotly-rumored re-reboot of the Spider-Man movies.