I'm happy to bring you the latest quarterly installment of undervalued comics in 2020. If you missed any of the previous issues for this year or 2019, you can find them all here.

The Comic Industry Today

It feels like we all just drank from a firehose recently. Disney held their annual Investor Day and we were inundated with news of Marvel movies, shows, animation, castings, and a plethora of other revealing information. Investors and speculators are either in a position of trying to catch up or are laughing all the way to the bank. It all depends on if they bought in early on some of these previously unknown projects like Secret Invasion.

On the other side of the comic spectrum, DC has struggled through financial troubles and staff layoffs in much of the second half of 2020 as well as consistent printing issues. Hopefully, the HBO Max partnership can revive the DCEU and stop the bleeding, but DC's problems persist. They have critics on the fence about whether sending Wonder Woman 1984 both to streaming and to theaters is a good idea, but we shall know soon enough.

With that information in hand, what comics are currently undervalued as head into the Winter 2020/2021 season? Let's look at three.

Undervalued Comics:

Amazing Spider-Man #334

I am willing to bet before you read this sentence you didn't know that the second appearance of the Sinister Six appearing together was 26 years after their first appearance. In ASM #334 (1990), the group of villains were finally brought back together over a five-issue run titled "The Return of the Sinister Six."

With all of the casting news lately around characters that have played Electro, Dr. Octopus, and Kraven, we are almost guaranteed at this points to have some sort of meeting between these antagonists in either Spider-Man 3 or the upcoming Kraven movie. Their first appearance in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 is still on its way up in terms of pricing. All grades except one for this book grew substantially in FMV over the past 12 months. It shows no signs of slowing down.

Their second appearance, however, is almost an afterthought. CGC 9.8 copies are selling for a mere $80 right now. Even with only 168 blue label entries in the CGC census. When this group is finally revealed on the big screen (or the streaming screen, who knows anymore), all things Sinister Six will spike. This is presently a cheap way to buy in.

Adventure Comics #260

DC Comics and the DC Extended Universe are definitely not done with Aquaman yet. The 2018 movie made $1.1 billion worldwide and fans are clamoring for more.

The first overall appearance of Aquaman is essentially unattainable for the average Joe or Jane Comic Collector. There are less than 50 unrestored copies of More Fun Comics #73 (1941) on the CGC census, and even CGC 1.5 copies have sold in the past few years for over $15,000. The highest grade sold in the last 10 years was a CGC 8.0 copy that went for over $93,000.

Removing that book from the equation, Aquaman's first appearance in the Silver Age has not seen quite the spike in value like Namor's first SA appearance in Fantastic Four #4. Published in 1959, I would have thought such an iconic character would have an out-of-reach price similar to other pre-1960 first appearances. However, a CGC 7.5 copy recently sold in September for just $575!

If you are fine with mid-grade, a solid CGC 5.5 copy sold in November for $193. At this valuation, it seemingly has nowhere to go but up. I might place a couple bets here before we see Aquaman reappear on film.

Thor #372

We have known for some time that the new Loki series on Disney+ would involve a little-known Marvel group called the Time Variance Authority. Photos and leaks from the set revealed that news to us. It was also confirmed by way of the Loki trailer that was released.

Who is this group? The TVA are essentially time travel and multiverse hall monitors. They monitor the goings-on around the universe and through various timelines and have the ability to cull timelines that are deemed to be too dangerous.

Why is this important and what would cause their first appearance to send a little known Thor book spiking? Now that the MCU has introduced time travel and is about to introduce the multiverse, the TVA can be sure to be found as a consistent thread throughout the shenanigans. Various people and groups will be trying to pull in years to come, beginning with Loki. I have a feeling we will be seeing A LOT of them moving forward.

Somehow, there are only about 30 of these books on the CGC census, a number which is sure to rise. About 99.9% of those fall at 9.2 or above. So you will need to focus efforts there. The last 9.8 sold for only about $150 so it's not going to break the bank.

What Undervalued Comics Have You Noticed?

Have you seen any undervalued comics in your hunting that are relative to demand? Feel free to share in the comments!