We’re back with more market reactions to the reveals at Disney’s D23 event on Saturday, September 10. Last time we took our first look at Werewolf by Night keys related to the Disney+ special. This time, we’re going to see how Bloodstone and Man-Thing keys reacted in the market.

The First Bloodstone

As had been speculated for a while now, Elsa Bloodstone is coming to the MCU. In Marvel Comics, Elsa is the daughter of Ulysses Bloodstone, a character originating much earlier than his daughter. Ulysses made his first appearance in Marvel Presents #1, cover dated September 1975.

Eight graded copies of the character’s debut have sold since September 10. The highest sale was a 9.8 graded copy selling on September 11 for $1,000, an all-time record high sale for this book. While it was the only record set, it’s a pretty big deal when a book crosses the four-figure threshold.

For those who think MCU spec is dead, look no further than this book reaching this high.

Elsa Bloodstone

Elsa Bloodstone made her first appearance in Bloodstone #1, cover dated November 2001. Eight graded copies have sold since September 10. Interestingly, no 9.8 copies have sold in that time, despite this grade representing nearly 46% of the CGC census of 1,257 copies.

We have seen three 9.6 graded copies sell, each time for a higher price. First, there was a slashed $325 sale on September 11, then a $335 sale on September 12, followed quickly by a $390 sale on the same day.

For a book that had been trending downward since a $530 sale on January 31, this marks a nice turnaround. The trajectory is pointing upward once more, so keep an eye on this comic.

At Last… Man-Thing!

Fans have been clamoring for Man-Thing for what seems like forever, and we finally got our first look at him in the Werewolf by Night trailer.

As with many Marvel Bronze Age characters, there are a number of ‘first’ keys for Man-Thing. His first appearance was in Savage Tales #1, published in a magazine format with a cover date of May 1971.

Marvel magazines aren’t looked upon as fondly by collectors as comics, even when there’s a first appearance. Only two graded copies of the 674 found in the CGC census have sold since September 10. The first was a 9.2 selling for $1,950. While not the highest sale – a slashed $3,995 sale on June 28 – it is the second highest price paid, and some would say that it’s the highest sane price paid.

This magazine is known for its eyebrow-raising sales. Just take a look at the sale of a 9.8 graded copy in November 2021 for $37,200, a sale nearly eight times what this book had ever fetched previously.

We also saw our first sub-2.0 graded copy sale on September 13 – a 1.0 selling for $303. In fact, it’s the first time a copy lower than the 3.5 grade has sold. As I’ve mentioned previously, low grades selling at all is usually a sign that demand is there for a particular book.

First Man-Thing Comic Appearance

Man-Thing made his first comic book appearance in Fear #10, cover dated (appropriately enough) October 1972. Hard to believe that’s 50 years before the premiere of Werewolf by Night on Disney+!

Only four graded copies have sold since September 10, and none of the sales were in the higher grades. Despite that, we did see a record when a 7.5. sold on September 11 for a slashed $325, 10% more than a slashed $295 sale on September 1. Keep an eye on this book.

It has a relatively low CGC census count of 435 graded copies and is often overlooked by collectors due to the fact that it’s not a true first appearance and not a first issue.

Man-Thing’s First #1

Man-Thing earned his first solo series beginning with Man-Thing #1, cover dated January 1974. If there’s a Man-Thing key that’s been heating up since the release of the Werewolf by Night trailer, this is it. Eight graded copies have sold since September 10. The highest sale was a 9.8 going for $2,160. That’s down 44% from its peak high of $3,840 set in a March 2021 Heritage auction.

We did, however, see records set or tied in the 9.6 ($1,200), 9.2 ($450), 9.0 ($395), and 8.0 ($200) grades. This would appear to be the Man-Thing key collectors are focused on, despite (or perhaps because of) a census count nearly triple that of Fear #10.

We have one more MCU property to look at for market reactions – Secret Invasion. We’ll be back with all the Skrull key goodness post-D23 coming up next.

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