100 Hot Comics #53:
Comico Primer 2, 1st Grendel

100 Hot Comics: Comico Primer 2, 1st Grendel. Click to order a copy from Goldin

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Why Comico Primer 2 is a Hot Comic

2024 MARKET UPDATE: PRIME YOURSELF FOR BAD NEWS

From record highs last year to heartbreaking lows. This book is selling in grades below 9.8 for one third of its pandemic highs.

2023 MARKET UPDATE: I CALLED IT!

A record 9.8 sale was what I predicted, and we saw just that, with $6600 in October 2022 almost DOUBLE the previous best price!

A rare, black-covered Copper Age key issue, it was bound to happen in the end.

2022 MARKET UPDATE: LONG OVERDUE FOR A RECORD 9.8 SALE

Some big moves have been made in lower grades this year, but no 9.8 sales at all. It's a tough book because of its all-black cover art.

We've seen solid gains in this very difficult 1980s key issue. Grendel may never be an A-lister, but I'm betting that this book has a long way to appreciate.

Recent sales:

9.6 $1,800
9.4 $2,000
9.2 $1,900
9.0 $1,100
8.5 $1,440
8.0 $960
7.0 $610
6.5 $615

2021 MARKET UPDATE: AN OVERLOOKED KEY ISSUE WHICH STILL HAS POTENTIAL

In CGC 9.8, you would have made a 15 percent return this year. In general, what sales there were increased in value, but it's a low-volume, off-the-radar kind of book.

Recent sales:

9.8 $3,200
9.6 $1,150
9.4 $495
9.2 $475
9.0 $415
8.5 $700 (knucklehead buy!)

IF YOU BOUGHT MY RECOMMENDED GRADE LAST YEAR:

Here's the bottom line.

CGC 9.6 2020 $1,123
LAST SALE $1,150
PERCENT CHANGE +1%

Grendel is one of the 1980s comic book characters that's becoming more popular, as children of that decade now have disposal income to chase their sentimental memories with.

The character has crossed over with various super heroes, including Batman, and while it's still possible to find copies "in the wild", Primer was a fairly niche comic book by an independent publisher.

The all-black cover of Comico Primer 2 makes it very unlikely that you will stumble across a high-grade copy by chance.

This combination of factors makes this a new must-have comic book of the 1980s, along with other better-known issues:

Caliber Presents #1
John Byrne's Next Men #21
The Crow #1
Albedo #2
TMNT #1 1st print

What to Invest In

Comico Primer 2 is not really much more expensive in CGC 9.6 than in 9.4. Click to buy a copy from Goldin

In common with a bunch of the most valuable comic books of the 1980s, Comico Primer 2 is pretty scarce in CGC 9.8. This book is from the first half of the decade too.

I normally preach 9.8 or nothing from the 1980s, but this is a tough book and you will probably have to beat the last sale price of $2,400 to get one. Ouch!

There are 33 9.8s in the census, which means you can find one if your pockets are deep enough, but there is more choice of CGC 9.6s out there.

This is our recommended grade, giving you better value for your investment Dollars than CGC 9.4, which is not much cheaper.