On the fifth day of Christmas, your GoCollect gave to you: A Shortboxed Giveaway of a 9.8 crisis on limitless Earths #8! and a blog comparing Silver Surfer #1 to odd Tales annual #2.As part of our 12 Days of Giveaways, Shortboxed has made a decision to sponsor 6 days and this is their third! They also made a decision to supply some special blog content for you to take pleasure in (see below).

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What is the Giveaway?

Shortboxed has chosen to giveaway a 9.8 graded crisis on limitless Earths #8. This was released in 1985 making it a bronze age comic and 35 years old! This grade has an estimated FMV of $90 ideal now. how can you win this crisis on limitless Earths issue?

How to enter the Shortboxed Giveaway

Head over to Instagram and be sure to follow both GoCollect and Shortboxed and like the most recent post from both. then head over to the giveaway page and fill it out! It’s that simple! We will announce today’s winner of crisis on limitless Earths #8 Wednesday at 5pm EST.  You have until midnight tonight to enter!  stay tuned every day until Christmas for a lot more giveaways. If you want the chance to win every day, you have to follow the instructions every day – so don’t miss out!

Now – check out their blog about Silver Surfer 1 VS odd Tales annual 2!

Silver Surfer 1 vs odd Tales annual 2

(This post originally published on Shortboxed)

In this article, I will compare two books that I believe to be overvalued and undervalued. I’d like to take a look at two Silver Age marvel keys:

Over

The Silver Surfer #1 (1968)

90 Day GPA 7.0: $831

2019 GPA 7.0: $860

2018 GPA 7.0: $629CGC

Total universal Census: 3414

X-Factor: first Solo Series:, number 1 Issue, classic (ish) cover

 

 

Under

Strange Tales annual #2 (1963)

90 Day GPA 7.0: $610

2019 GPA 7.0: $571

2018 GPA 7.0: $538

CGC total universal Census: 454

X-Factor: 4th appearance of Spider-Man, first ever Spider-Man crossover, Jack Kirby Spider-Man cover

I know it’s hard to compare the abundance of Bronze Age books to the less available Silver Age stuff but let’s agree that odd Tales annual 2 is not a scare or even rare book. Yes, when talking about higher grade (9.0 and above) the odd Tales annual 2 really drops off but oddly the CGC splits show even a lot more favoritism toward Silver Surfer 1. Why? I think both books have an equal number of talking points. absolutely good arguments can be made for both sides, but that’s what makes the subject interesting. Let’s talk about the strength of each argument and break down the “X-Factors” one by one.

Silver Surfer 1

Let’s tackle Silver Surfer 1 first. To start we have the famed “number 1 issue” argument. Okay, I can get behind that, but the power that packs the most punch for a number 1 is clearly missing here: a first appearance. This book is in fact Silver Surfer’s 19th appearance. So what about first solo series? That’s cool but why is Silver Surfer 1 bringing in a lot more money than the other first solo series? Iron Man, Sub-Mariner, Captain America and doctor odd are all famous marvel characters that received solo titles in 1968 and aren’t getting close to the numbers that Silver Surfer 1 is getting. Is it a lot more rare? A 1968 marvel book rare? Lastly, let’s talk about the cover. In the age of books encapsulated in plastic, great covers bring in the cash. but is SS1 a great cover? Well it’s certainly not the best cover in the short title run, in my opinion. In fact, I would absolutely put this cover in the bottom half of the title. John Buscema is an famous cover artist but this is not his best work on the title. Please see issues 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, or 12, for instance:

Strange Tales annual 2

So how does odd Tales annual 2 hold up? Let’s talk about Spider-Man’s fourth appearance. Is that really significant? In the entirety of the comic book world, there are only a handful of characters where any appearance beyond their second appearance is deemed meaningful. Spider-Man is unquestionably on the Mt. Rushmore of comic book characters and owning any of his early appearances is noteworthy. As a matter of fact, I would venture to say that Spider-Man’s 19th appearance is a lot more significant that Silver Surfer’s fourth.

How about the very first Spider-Man crossover? I don’t think I need to reiterate the sheer value of Spider-Man to describe the relevance of his first crossover. The odd Tales title had survived some of the roughest times for comics and kept chugging through the superhero revival of the early 1960s. So, too, had Marvel’s flag carrier between the golden and Silver Age of comics – the Human Torch. Marvel’s faith was evident when they made a decision to insert him as a crucial member of their new snull