Paper Girls is righteously garnering some attention with the success of the series on Amazon. References to sales chart positions are as the date of writing, not necessarily publication. The interest in any one book can move rapidly, so check out Movers in the Market Overview section on a regular basis to spot trends and momentarily flares of interest.
Sometimes it is investment potential and often it is collector interest, but history tells us that to stay up in value any book needs great storytelling and great art (inside and cover). Paper Girls #1 checks all those boxes.
Who rules? Paper Girls Rule
Paper Girls #1 is a 2015 book by Image comics that continues to rock, moving up 9 spots to be the #1 Modern Era moving book now.
The story of four 12-year-old girls starts out in 1988 (complete with Sony Walkman tape player) and follows them as they bounce around the timeline. It has justifiably garnered a lot of ink here and around the entertainment industry blogs.
The Amazon series is proving to be very popular, with a 90% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Audiences seem ready to embrace a time travel tale and while it obviously compares to Stranger Things, it has very much its own formula. I enjoy that the story seems to embrace (and reject) the notion that if you meet yourself in another time all hell will break loose.
The GoCollect FMV tracker has this book holding steady at around $100 but a search of current sale offerings is asking upwards of twice that price. Collectors and fans should be scooping up this book for some time. And maybe even in another time.
Invincible Forever
Invincible Ironman #9 jumps nine places to the #6 spot on the Modern Movers chart. This 2016 Brian Michael Bendis story strikes me as having a very "Miles Morales' tone. For more on BMB check out fellow blogger Matt Tuck's great work on how BMB has helped shape the stories of the MCU.
In this story, young and brilliant Riri Williams invents her own suit of armor and becomes Ironheart. This book includes her first full appearance.
Invincible Ironman #7 bursts on the sales charts moving up 68 places to land at #15. This has the first appearance of Ironheart, nestled there on the last page.
While GoCollect charts a 9.8 graded book as holding a steady value of around $525, the booming popularity is likely to push these values up. The rocketing interest is likely driven not only by the Disney + series coming in 2023 but also by news that Dominique Thorne was tapped to play Ironheart and has an appearance in the much-anticipated Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie. This train is just picking up steam.
Auction Time Kanan - For Real?
Kanan: Last Padawan #6 is the first appearance of Sabine Wren, a Mandalorian and rumored to be closely linked to the next block of Star Wars entertainment on Disney+ with the Ahsoka series. So, there is no doubt this is a cool book and in demand. The book is generally charting at #40, up 5 places over last week.
A search of current eBay listings for this book in this grade shows results at around $100; GoCollect FMV is closer to $425. You always have to do the homework whether it is a collectible, a stock, or a business in order to arrive at what might be considered a fair value.
Never Too Much of a Good Thing
Lastly, A shout-out for Spawn #327. I have to love Todd McFarlane making hay with yet another cover that looks a lot like his Spider-Man #1 (1990) cover. This Cover B variant by McFarlane is less than six months old and holding steady, up one place to
#16 on the current sales chart. I just have to love it when a maverick comes up the winner time and time again. And I still love this cover. Maybe you are tired of it, but it just makes me happy, regardless of which characters he drops in to crouch on a pile of webs.
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