As I have mentioned before, I've been collecting comic books since '66. That's a very long time. And at least for me, the next step was selling them! First to get rid of duplicates or lesser quality items, and then as a business. And I have seen many trends come and go...
The trend now, isn't collecting those long-numbered titles like Action Comics of Amazing Spider-man, BUT trying to obtain, as they are called now, foreign editions.
First, many collectors went and tried to get the ditions from their respective countries. If you lived in México, you tried to get the first editions of Superman or Batman from Editorial Novaro or Amazing Spider-Man and Fantastic Four from La Prensa. But also I told my several customers that, no matter the money they had, it would be much more hard to get the Mexican editions, because: You might had a Million dollars and get relatively easily, ANY issu from the past, as an Action Comics # 1, but try to get the same issue in spanish, and they would run into a wall. Mexican editorial houses didn't print said issue, and in case that they did, there isn't a market like in the U:S:
More recent issues? Case in point:
This is Batman · 78, from 1953:
This is an issue relatively easy to get at any of several big comic book stores around the US.
AND, this is Batman # 6, from 1954, Mexican Editorial Novaro edition:
Try get one, or two... Right now, there is one copy selling at eBay for 600 dlls. But not always you can find ANY early issues fron any 50s title for sale. Really, they are very hard to get by!
So, the next logical step was to collect more recent editions, like for example:
This is Amazing Spider-Man # 129, from 1974 and first appearance of the Punisher.
And this is the greek edition:
And this is the Mexican edition. Both foreign editions are closer in time,publication time to the US edition.
Other examples follow.
Batman # 244 from 1972:
And the portuguese edition:
Amazing Spider-Man # 50, from 1967:
And this is the edition from Denmark:
This is Incredible Hulk # 340, from 1988:
And this is the Finland edition:
This is Iron Man # 1, from 1968:
And this is the Mexican Edition from the same year!
AS you may see, this is a whole new world for collectors! Also, the more attractive ones, are key or first issues, but the sky is the limit! Only problem? You'll need a lot of money!
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