Does anyone collect comic books?

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Originally Posted by OlderTheBetter

Agree 100%. Comics are the hottest mass-market collectible at present. Much more robust than cards and future is brighter than the card market as they're getting the younger people and cards are mostly not.

This is due in part to comics being a cross-over medium. The 'next big thing' in comics could be something that is decades old. All it takes is a blockbuster movie/show of some 'older' comic character to give that comic a bump. X-Men, Walking Dead, Guardians of the Galaxy, Black Panther, et al.

It is similar to cards though in that first appearances or origins of characters (think stars/RCs) go for much more than issues of that same era. Also many collectors don't collect runs of titles (think sets) but collect specific issues of characters or cover objects (yes, there are people who collect comics where the covers contain lighthouses, umbrellas, dinosaurs, etc regardless of the comic itself). While this has always been the case to some extent, I think it is much more so now than in the past. In both cases, cards and comics, it probably is related to the massive amounts of material to choose from and having a limited budget to spend it on.