when DC did the whole Death of Superman storyline, speculators and investors got into comicsthat died down again about 5 years later, and now it tends to be just rarity that makes them valuable. first appearances of characters who later become pivotal end up quite sought-after, but other than that there isn't much to it.
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mutster101 fell over,
Fri 17 Aug 2007, 20:32,
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