100 Hot Comics #89:
Avengers 8, 1st Kang the Conqueror

100 Hot Comics: Avengers 8, 1st Kang the Conqueror. Click to buy a copy at Goldin

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Why Avengers 8 is a Hot Comic

2024 MARKET REPORT: ANOTHER BOOK WHICH HAS BEEN DOUBLE WHAMMIED

Kang made his somewhat forgettable MCU bow and the pandemic bubble burst.

In some grades, trading at 1/3 of the pandemic highs!

2023 MARKET REPORT: KANGS FOR THE MEMORIES

Most of the market has sharply corrected. There are exceptions, and Avengers #8 is one.

It's tracking sideways, as one of the elements of the new phase of the MCU, Kang, appears here first. Worth holding if you own it.

2022 MARKET REPORT: STILL HOLDING?

While there seems to be a bit of a lull in the world of Kang rumor, prices for this book have been very healthy in the past 12 months. Another of my better tips, it seems.

Did you hold? If you did, then my advice remains the same. I don't see any reason to dump this book yet.

Recent sales:

9.4 $9,700
9.2 $8,550
9.0 $4,610
8.5 $5,635 (!!)
8.0 $3,600
7.5 $3,100
7.0 $2,550
6.5 $2,400
6.0 $1,825
5.5 $1,880
5.0 $1,380
4.5 $1,250
4.0 $1,125
3.5 $820
3.0 $900
2.5 $620
2.0 $750(!)
1.8 $420
1.5 $990 (OMG)
0.5 $395

2021 MARKET REPORT: KANG ON TO THIS ISSUE

While it's not the biggest percentage gainer this year, Kang's first appearance is still increasing in value in most grades.

The freeze on movies due to the pandemic is not helping.

Recent sales:

9.4 $4,400
9.2 $3,160
9.0 $2,075
8.5 $1,880
7.5 $1,325
7.0 $1,000
6.5 $810
6.0 $1,030 (knucklehead buy)
5.5 $760
5.0 $650
4.5 $500
4.0 $470
3.5 $370
3.0 $350
2.5 $250

IF YOU BOUGHT MY RECOMMENDED GRADE LAST YEAR:

Here's the bottom line.

CGC 8.0 2020 $1,362
LAST SALE $1,589
PERCENT CHANGE +16%

2020 MARKET REPORT: NEW ENTRY ON THE HOT 100!

What does Kang the Conqueror have to do with the MCU?

I'm not clear yet (I don't have contacts in Marvel Studios), but clearly SOMETHING, because this among many potential candidates has been hot for a couple of years now.

It's a pretty tough book, mid-1960s, white cover which shows dirt and dust.

I still see upside and suggest you own a nice high-grade copy as soon as you can afford one.

Recent sales:

9.8 $16,500 (new record!)
9.4 $3,120
9.2 $3,300
9.0 $1,824
8.5 $1,680
7.5 $720
7.0 $600
6.5 $495
6.0 $449
5.5 $400
5.0 $330
4.5 $390(!)
4.0 $210
3.5 $249(!!)
3.0 $137
2.5 $175(!)

2019 MARKET REPORT: NEW ENTRY ON THE HOT 100!

Avengers 8 is quietly becoming one of the hottest books in the series, thanks to renewed rumor of the FF movies coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

There is some confusion about the rights to the Kang character, with James Gunn commenting that 20th Century Fox has the rights.

Mind you, that was back in 2015, so things may well have changed since then with the generally upbeat Homecoming mood and Disney's purchase of Marvel.

Avengers is one of the classic Marvel titles of the Silver Age, and this is an issue in the first ten. That in itself is enough to recommend most key issues.

We see this way less often than #1 and #4 believe it or not -- this book seems scarcer than many of the same period.

The mostly white cover also shows dust and sun shadowing easily, so a high-grade copy is pretty hard to come by.

What to Invest In

100 Hot Comics: Avengers 8, 1st Kang the Conqueror. Look for CGC 8.0. Click to buy a copy at Goldin

In common with most Silver Age comic books, you should look beyond VG condition -- the average well-read copy won't excite potential buyers when it comes time to cash in.

Here are some recent sales:

CGC 2.5 $129
CGC 3.0 $72 (!)
CGC 4.0 $240
CGC 5.0 $300
CGC 6.0 $355
CGC 7.0 $500
CGC 8.0 $950
CGC 9.0 $1,050

The price of an 8.0 has increased threefold since 2017, and that's where I'd put your money if it was up to me. I doubt whether you'll get one for less than $1,000 now.

Try to find a copy with at least Off-White to White pages.

Don't buy fixed price listings. As you can see from the 3.0 sale above, the 2.5 was an impatient buyer who over-paid for the lower-grade example.

The jump in price from 5.0 to 6.0 is not very big, so if your budget doesn't stretch to an 8.0 then I would look to the FN level.