There have been many, many comics with the X-men in them that you mention. X-Men, Alpha Flight, New Mutants, and X-Factor all featuring several mutants. Spin-offs with one or two characters are Wolverine, Dazzler, and Cable. Then there were many issues where part or all of the X-men made guest appearances in other titles, such as former X-men in 28 Fantastic Four, Captain America 172-175, in Angel Tales Suspense 49 (with cameos by other X-men), Avengers 53, the intro of Wolverine in Incredible Hulk 180-182, new X-Men in Marvel Team-Up 53, Annual 1, New Mutants annual 6.
This list could go again and again I think. And that’s not even counting the numerous appearances of evil mutants of X-men as Magneto who fought non-superhero mutants. Or how about Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, the two mutants who appeared as regulars on many issues of Avengers?
At present, the Internet could not be hotter because of its inclusion in the new movie Fantastic Four. History shows that a character who makes his way into the general public, a cinema or television has an instant surge in popularity, which translates into a term for the purchase of their books are usually translate into big, inflated dollars for collectors and sellers. If I understand your question, you want to know if these books are worth something, n’est-ce pas?
Well, the answer is obvious, yes! Yes! And Yes! I think you’re really wanting to know: “What are they worth? How do I sell? The problem with sale / evaluating an element which varies in value based on the desires of collectors it is only worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. To get the taste of what your book is worth, you should consult guides price which approximates values based on a criterion of how your book is selling several parts of the country at the same time that the number of books available for sale, etc. ”
Assistant Overstreet and published two guides to help you that. You can find these guides at the local Barnes and Noble. You can also see a more “real world” market by connecting your book into a kind of online auction or another auction sites and see what is for sale or if books like the you have sold. Then you’ll have to find out exactly what the status of your books are questioning the quality of the book is the most important factor in determining what it’s worth. For that, you can get auto grade or a comic book store guy to do it, but be ready for a large number of slings and arrows of people who will tell you that your rank stench skills and your Near the currency is more as a very fine, if you’re lucky.
The industry has taken a turn toward the legitimization of his “rank with the creation of professional certification bodies which certifies your professional fees for a book. The book is graded by experts, sealed and authenticated. I love this because it provides a 3rd party neutral evaluation and comes with the pedigree and documents that collectors confidence when buying a book. The service is not new, but it is not necessarily Lloyd’s of London, it will take some time to finally become the industry standard, but at some point it. I compare to the idea of making a complete history of a used vehicle faxed to you d a State Agency rather than speaking of the seller.
CGC and PGX are two such book certification companies, but I think you can probably find a professional evaluator in any city. Again, you want the assessor to a 3rd party neutral who makes a living at this and is willing to provide certification and pedigree. See some examples of his earlier work. There are several factors that have a direct influence on the value of a book. Some of those I use are: state-run, availability, rarity, origin question, the major scenario, new character, new developments, etc.
The Silver Surfer is hot, hot, hot right now and this is probably the ideal time to sell it is to you. Regarding the coverage question # 1, you can have it repaired by a catering company, but it must be identified as repaired when listing the book for sale or be evaluated. Many people would like to get their hands on this kind of comic book sure to keep a very close link on the price range when you’ve sold.