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This whole record collecting frenzy reminds me of the comic book collecting frenzy of the early 90's where every comic had a foil or multiple covers. All those comics are now sitting in 25 cent bins and a lot of these variant colored records will be some day.

I was in the midst of that nonsense...it got exhausting and frustrating...esp. when Marvel and DC started milking it. It got me out of reading and collecting comic books.

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This whole record collecting frenzy reminds me of the comic book collecting frenzy of the early 90's where every comic had a foil or multiple covers. All those comics are now sitting in 25 cent bins and a lot of these variant colored records will be some day.

I was in the midst of that nonsense...it got exhausting and frustrating...esp. when Marvel and DC started milking it. It got me out of reading and collecting comic books.

Yeah. I worked at a comic book shop in high school at that time. When I quit buying comics all that money went to buying records and drugs.

Instead of buying comics, I should have bought a car!

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I was in the midst of that nonsense...it got exhausting and frustrating...esp. when Marvel and DC started milking it. It got me out of reading and collecting comic books.

Yeah. I worked at a comic book shop in high school at that time. When I quit buying comics all that money went to buying records and drugs.

Instead of buying comics, I should have bought a car!

Ill be happy if it goes that way. Means me scoring some records on the cheap in another 10 years.

Also, Nicole, again with a great point!

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This whole record collecting frenzy reminds me of the comic book collecting frenzy of the early 90's where every comic had a foil or multiple covers. All those comics are now sitting in 25 cent bins and a lot of these variant colored records will be some day.

I was in the midst of that nonsense...it got exhausting and frustrating...esp. when Marvel and DC started milking it. It got me out of reading and collecting comic books.

I was only a kid when all of this was going down and for a number of years I held onto my copy of Batman 500 with the foil cover because I kept hearing talk it'd be worth something. By the time I was in my early 20's and got back into comics, I found out that it wasn't worth a couple of quarters. The variant covers game is one reason why I hate mainstream comics to a certain extent nowadays as well.

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Who else thought their Turok +1 with the special cover was going to be worth a fortune?

For all the shitty stunts they pulled, Valiant put out some amazing titles. I'd love a complete run of Harbinger, Shadowman or Solar.

Agreed! It was during that alternate foil hologram die-cut covers bullshit era that Marvel and DC were pulling, that publishers like Valiant, Image, Dark Horse, and a few other "indie" ones were thriving. Better stories and art.

At least as I recall it.

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Are any comics from the past 15 years really worth anything now?

There are a few for sure but certainly not the more garden variety #1's that everyone seems to think are the prize catchers. Surprisingly there are a lot of re-prints and trade paperbacks that are fetching far more money than given single issues.

Re: Buying vinyl to retire - I'd suggest going in on a couple of Butcher covers and maybe those could fund a trip to Tokyo or something.

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This whole record collecting frenzy reminds me of the comic book collecting frenzy of the early 90's where every comic had a foil or multiple covers. All those comics are now sitting in 25 cent bins and a lot of these variant colored records will be some day.

I have an embossed foil stamped Gambit mini-series and a Wolverine cross-over series with holographic covers that will attest to this.

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