COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Daredevil 2
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Certification #:
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1108461003
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #2 features the second appearance of Daredevil and Electro, as well as a Fantastic Four appearance. Our 9.6 is tied for second highest graded, trailing a pair of 9.8s, a WP one from the Pacific Coast Collection and an OW/W page copy from the Western Penn Collection. I was the second highest bidder for the Pacific Coast copy at a recent CL auction. I also negotiated to buy the Western Penn copy, but when I offered the owner his original counter, he not only rejected it, but raised the price $20,000. So somewhat of necessity I decided to settle for this 9.6, which was acquired in the 4/1/2021 CC Auction.
Greed has certainly run rampant during this pandemic, as sellers have sometimes doubled the prices of books that have sat unsold for years. As my son said to me, it’s a good thing we acquired most of our books many years ago, we could never put together our collection today at these prices. No truer words were ever spoken, it has become a market of speculators rather than collectors.
2022 Update: I usually hate to see an expansion of the census at the top, but in this case since I don’t own a 9.8, I really don’t mind. In that vein, it’s noteworthy that there are now three 9.8s, so maybe I will get another shot at upgrading this book in the future.
2024 Update: I just checked and the same DD #2 9.8 Western Penn book is still listed on the CL Exchange, but the ask is now $75,000. Of course the listing is wrong, as there are now three 9.8s, but as anyone who collects comics should know, CL does not update listings and that book has been listed for at least three years now. I would guess it’s about a $40k book in the current market; however, I have no issue with someone who wants to list a book at an exaggerated price just to see if someone with more money than knowledge hits the ask. In truth, the book isn’t really for sale, but the owner wouldn’t turn down an over-market offer. I feel that way about a lot of our books.
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