100 Hot Comics #47:
X Men 12, 1st Juggernaut

100 Hot Comics: Uncanny X Men 12, 1st Juggernaut. Click to order a copy from Goldin

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Why Uncanny X Men 12 is a Hot Comic

2024 MARKET UPDATE: CGC 9.6 SETS A BIG NEW RECORD

$42K is nothing to be sneezed at in any market, but this chilly frost on the comic book has been shaken off by this 9.6 sale.

There is good support for VF and above, but lower grades sold off. This probably reflects that speculators tend to have less ready cash than long-term investors, so they get into (and out of) lower-grade examples more quickly.

2023 MARKET UPDATE: LOST ITS X-FACTOR

The enduring theme of 2023's list will be that books are not as hot as they were in the past couple of years.

It will be interesting to see what happens with the Juggernaut character in the MCU in the next round of movies. For now, it's just hanging on to its place on the 100 Hot Comics list.

2022 MARKET UPDATE: JUGGERNAUT ROLLING SLOWER

So it was a new entry on the 2021 Hot list, and then immediately the pressure got too much?!

Whatever. This book was crazy hot, and now it's not. There are some impressive prices amongst the downward momentum, notably the CGC 9.4 sale for $24,110 and $15,000 for a 9.2.

CGC 0.5 entry price is $225.

Recent sales:

9.4 $24,110
9.2 $15,000
9.0 $7,180
8.5 $4,800
8.0 $3,015
7.5 $2,640
7.0 $2,230
6.5 $2,000
6.0 $1,320
5.5 $1,020
5.0 $840
4.5 $870
4.0 $995 (!!!!)
3.5 $820
3.0 $1,000 (OMG)
2.5 $610
2.0 $580
1.8 $525
1.5 $570
1.0 $375
0.5 $225

Juggernaut is one of the more popular members of the early X-Men team.

Yes, the character has been "done" in the second Deadpool movie, but there is plenty of scope for a more serious look at Juggernaut in the future.

Looking at prices of this book, it's even possible to make the case that X-Men 12 is still actually an under-valued comic book.

Published in 1965, it's still possible to pick up a VF-NM for around $3K. That seems way too cheap for such an important Silver Age first appearance issue.

What to Invest In

Uncanny X-Men 12 is still a bargain in upper grades, like CGC 8.0. Click to buy a copy from Goldin

What a strange book this is.

You can buy a CGC 8.0 for less than $2,000. A CGC 9.6 sold for $13,000 in the past year. A CGC 9.0 sold in December 2020 for just $3,022.

But if you look lower down the grades, there is a ton of price compression, especially in the VG-FN range, which means prices in these middle grades can only move up.

That will in turn push up the VF and higher grades. It's a good time to get on the bandwagon -- or rather the Juggernaut.