100 Hot Comics #72:
Avengers 4, Captain America Revived

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Why Avengers 4 is a Hot Comic

2024 MARKET UPDATE: HIGHER GRADE EXAMPLES SET NEW RECORDS

Surprising to see this. The following grades sold for new record highs within the past 12 months:

CGC 9.0 $12,500
CGC 9.4 $29,000
CGC 9.6 $45,600 not a record, but the highest sale in grade since 2012

Pretty much every other grade has suffered.

2023 MARKET UPDATE: CAP ON THE BACK BURNER

Marvel Silver keys haven't struggled as badly as modern comic books, so it's not a big surprise that Avengers #4 (a true classic) is still holding its own.

It will help when the MCU settles down and all the changes work their way through the system...

2022 MARKET UPDATE: AVENGERS 4 IN A HOLDING PATTERN, BUT STILL HOT ENOUGH

My target grade of 5.0 is up about 80 percent in the past 12 months.

Even so, the lack of truly high-grade sales and the attention being elsewhere is the reason this book is further down the list than you might expect.

Any copy in any condition will sell. $780 is the entry price point now!

Recent sales:

9.2 $16,200
9.0 $11,250
8.5 $8,400
8.0 $7,200
7.5 $7,200
7.0 $4,600
6.5 $3,480
6.0 $3,700(!)
5.5 $2,640
5.0 $2,400
4.5 $2,480
4.0 $1,660
3.5 $1,850(!)
3.0 $1,620
2.5 $1,400
2.0 $1,100
1.8 $780
1.5 $960(!!)
1.0 $1,050(!!)
0.5 $780

2021 MARKET UPDATE: MID-GRADE CAP AWAKENS

High grade copies of this book are moving sideways, but low-to-mid-grade is where the action is, including our target grade. Six percent increase doesn't sound like much, but it's better than a poke in the eye.

Recent sales:

9.6 $19,200
9.4 $13,500
9.2 $9,000
9.0 $7,300
8.5 $5,590
8.0 $3,840
7.5 $4,000
7.0 $2,750
6.5 $2,250
6.0 $1,600
5.5 $1,475
5.0 $1,420
4.5 $1,650(!)
4.0 $1,160
3.5 $745
3.0 $845(!)
2.5 $860(!!)
2.0 $760
1.8 $615
1.5 $700(!)
1.0 $480
0.5 $375

IF YOU BOUGHT MY RECOMMENDED GRADE LAST YEAR:

Here's the bottom line.

CGC 5.0 2019 $1,332
LAST SALE $1,420
PERCENT CHANGE +6%

2020 MARKET UPDATE: TOSS A COIN FOR WHICHEVER GRADE YOU OWN!

Avengers 4 is so RANDOM right now, with some grades seeing strong gains, while others lose ground.

It's a fairly common book, but I am proud to say that I added a CGC 9.2 to my own portfolio this year -- hope that is a vote of confidence for you.

2019 MARKET UPDATE: VERY MIXED RESULTS MEAN CAP FALLS

You could toss a coin on most grade levels for this book and be as likely to predict a rising or falling price as you would if you analyzed data.

High and low, prices are up and down like crazy.

You'd be mad if you bought a CGC 9.6 two years ago, but happy if you bought a CGC 9.2.

If you have a copy, hold it. If not, this is not a wise time to invest in this book. It's too uncertain to recommend fully, but hot enough to deserve a place on the list.

Here are recent sales:

CGC 9.6 $23,500
CGC 9.2 $12,500 (!!)
CGC 9.0 $6,300
CGC 8.5 $5,300
CGC 8.0 $4,000
CGC 7.5 $2,880
CGC 6.0 $1,680
CGC 5.0 $1,236
CGC 4.0 $906

2018 MARKET UPDATE:

A CGC 9.8 came to market last May and sold for $143,000. That is serious, serious money!

Back in the real world, prices have softened in the lower grades, but mid-to-higher grade books keep this issue on the hot 100, with solid gains and lots of turnover.

Investing in our recommended grade of 5.0 would see you with a flat return since 2017. One to hold if you have it.

Here are recent sales:

CGC 9.8 $143,000
CGC 9.6 $31,000
CGC 9.4 $13,200
CGC 9.2 $6,500
CGC 9.0 $5,800
CGC 8.0 $4,200
CGC 7.5 $2,800
CGC 6.0 $1,750
CGC 4.0 $830

2017 MARKET UPDATE:

While the ridiculous prices for super-high grade copies of this book realized a few years ago will probably never be repeated, there is plenty of price support for grades between CGC 3.0 and 8.0.

This continues to be one of the most-loved Silver Age key issues, with Avengers movies not going out of fashion anytime soon and cast members, Cap included, getting their own movie series renewed.

CGC 9.4 $12,500
CGC 9.0 $4,660
CGC 8.0 $3,800
CGC 7.5 $3,050
CGC 6.0 $1,500
CGC 4.0 $900

Many collectors believe that Avengers #4 is the first Silver Age appearance of Captain America. They're wrong!

Check out Strange Tales #114 (also on the Hot 100 list). Readers wrote into Marvel to request his comeback from the Golden Age. They listened. ST 114 was the tryout, and it was very popular. So the fertile mind of Stan Lee brought Cap out of ice, literally, to join the Avengers.

It's a tough book in high grade, not to mention extremely expensive. We believe that some of the gains have already been priced in below VG-FN, making 5.0 about the sweet spot for an investment.