100 Hot Comics #16: Amazing Spider-Man 2, 1st Vulture

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Why Amazing Spider-Man 2 is a Hot Comic

2024 MARKET UPDATE: MOST OF THE ACTION IS IN LOWER TO MID GRADES

Signs of life in the Silver Age Marvel market can be seen in this book.

While there are no records being broken, we see upticks in grades between 0.5 to 6.0.

2023 MARKET UPDATE: CLIPPED WINGS, FEATHERS FLY

Almost every sale of this book is lower than a year ago. Then why is it higher on the hot list?

Simply, a few points off last year's highs is WAY better than many of the Hot 100.

Sinister Six is still on the table. Until that happens, this isn't going away.

2022 MARKET UPDATE: THE VULTURES ARE CIRCLING

Insane Spider-Man sales in 2021! The 9.6 of this book from the Twin Cities pedigree sold for $168,000. That's a LOT of money and it's not even the top of the census, as there is one 9.8 out there...

Strong sales in other higher grades mean this book is back on the rise, even though the Sinister Six project doesn't seem to have materialized yet.

Recent sales:

9.6 $168,000
9.0 $40,000
8.0 $15,000
7.0 $6,200
6.5 $4,800
6.0 $6,500(!!!!)
5.5 $6,295
5.0 $4,775
4.5 $3,120
4.0 $3,355
3.5 $2,400
3.0 $2,500
2.5 $2,000
2.0 $2,500(!!)
1.8 $1,375
1.5 $1,345
1.0 $1,750(!!)
0.5 $1,100

2021 MARKET UPDATE:

What now for the Sinister Six?

With the Coronavirus affecting comic book prices, the MCU is on pause, and so speculation about maybe projects has been stifled a bit.

No sales in the VF/NM range or higher reported since last year's report.

Entry level is now over $500.

Recent sales:

8.5 $9,600
7.0 $4,400
6.5 $3,300
6.0 $2,835 (low sale)
5.5 $3,495(!!!)
5.0 $3,000
4.5 $2,350
4.0 $2,400
3.5 $1,730
3.0 $1,500
2.5 $1,200
2.0 $1,160
1.8 $1,320(!!)
1.5 $1,200(!)
1.0 $850
0.5 $565

IF YOU BOUGHT MY RECOMMENDED GRADE LAST YEAR:

Here's the bottom line.

CGC 7.0 2020 $3,752
LAST SALE $4,400
PERCENT CHANGE +17%

2020 MARKET UPDATE: VULTURE FLAPS BACK INTO CONTENTION!

Last year I mentioned that the sell off of Amazing Spider-Man 2 was over-done -- and wow, was I ever right!

It's come back big time.

There is some noise about a Sinister Six movie, which has led to Amazing Spider-Man Annual 1 becoming hotter, and this book coming back into vogue.

Once word is confirmed about the Sinister Six project, Amazing Spider-Man 2 will continue its stellar gains.

The entry price on ASM 2 is now $450 for a 0.5. Unreal.

Recent sales:

9.0 $14,400
8.0 $6,196
7.5 $3,960
6.5 $2,783
6.0 $2,880(!)
5.5 $2,452
5.0 $2,125
4.5 $2,195(!)
4.0 $1,250
3.5 $1,300(!)
3.0 $840
2.5 $840
2.0 $750
1.8 $850(!!!)
1.5 $700
1.0 $615
0.5 $450

2019 MARKET UPDATE: BARELY SURVIVING IN THE HOT 100

When is a selloff overdone? Perhaps when it's an early Silver Age key issue comic book, of the world's most collected super-hero, Spider-Man.

This is starting to look like a deal waiting to happen.

The last sale in my chosen 7.0 grade looks cheap compared to a CGC 6.0 at $2,500 and a CGC 6.5 at $2,880.

It's still the second issue of ASM. It's still the first Vulture appearance. Yes, his movie time has come and gone, but there will always be demand for this book.

Recent sales:

CGC 9.0 $6,821
CGC 8.5 $8,600 (!!!)
CGC 7.5 $3,750
CGC 7.0 $2,880
CGC 6.5 $2,880
CGC 6.0 $2,500
CGC 5.5 $2,384
CGC 5.0 $1,975
CGC 4.5 $1,850
CGC 4.0 $1,380
CGC 3.5 $1,120
CGC 3.0 $1,149 (!!)
CGC 2.5 $948

2018 MARKET UPDATE: WAKE UP, IT'S THE 3RD SPIDER-MAN APPEARANCE

The usual dropoff after a movie comes and goes applies to this book, with weaker prices in many of the grades.

But this is still the third ever appearance of Spider-Man. I like this book long-term.

The CGC 9.4 sale is a new record high in the grade. Recent sales:

CGC 9.4 $26,000
CGC 8.0 $5,700
CGC 7.0 $2,750
CGC 6.5 $1,910
CGC 6.0 $2,400 (!!)
CGC 5.5 $1,875
CGC 5.0 $1,200
CGC 4.5 $1,200
CGC 4.0 $1,250
CGC 3.5 $1,035
CGC 3.0 $990
CGC 2.5 $510

2017 MARKET UPDATE:

It's confirmed! After all the speculation, Michael Keaton will be The Vulture in the wasn't-Marvel-anymore-but-now-will-be reboot of Spider-Man: Homecoming.

As if that wasn't enough, it's the third-ever appearance of Spidey, and a true Silver Age key issue. The fuss about this book is justified. I doubt whether it will suffer much price-wise after the movie has come and gone. Scarce in higher grades.

CGC 7.0: $2,800
CGC 6.5 $2,200
CGC 6.0 $1,875
CGC 5.5 $1,550
CGC 5.0 $1,910
CGC 4.5 $1,250
CGC 4.0 $1,150
CGC 3.5 $975
CGC 3.0 $950
CGC 2.5 $650
CGC 0.5 INCOMPLETE $720 (!!!)

Of all the bad guys on the Spider-Man villains list, the Vulture has perhaps the most potential from an investment standpoint.

Sorry for the amateurish quality of the following YouTube clip, but it demonstrates the excitement around the Vulture's potential appearance in a future Spider-Man movie project:

There are a bunch of question marks since that trailer was released. An actor's IMDB profile included mention he had signed for the project and was due to play the Vulture.

Then it was removed again, and the entire Spider-Man reboot with Andrew Garfield seems to have been shelved.

That doesn't mean the Vulture won't feature at some point, maybe as part of a Sinister Six project. The Sinister Six first appeared in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1, so it might be worth grabbing a copy of that book too.

We didn't include the annual in our Hot 100 list, because since Garfield's Spidey movie series has been cancelled, prices have come down on that book as speculators dumped their copies.