Each week, GoCollect updates its hottest Comics List. We know which ones jumped the most. So, now it’s time to speculate on why.

Hottest Comics top Ten

Ultimate fallout #4

Amazing Spider-Man #361

Venom #3

Amazing Spider-Man #300

The savage She-Hulk #1

Venom #3 (3rd Printing)

The Eternals #1

Venom #9

Marvel Super-Heroes secret Wars #1

Darth Vader #3

Hottest Comics biggest Movers

JSA secret Files

Our biggest mover this week is JSA secret files #1. moving 937 spots, JSA has landed in spot #63. 9 graded copies sold last week versus the 1 for the first two weeks of July. The highest sold was 9.8 for $128. The top three grades have all increased in price with the demand. most notably, a 9.4 value increased by 178%. tons of these are on the market right now raw. This may be a good investment to get raw then grade it out.

So why were people hopping on the JSA bandwagon last week? Well, it was announced that Noah Centineo will be playing Atom Smasher in Dwane “The Rock” Johnson’s Black Adom. Black Adom is a spinoff of Shazam. While the character, Albert Rothstein, first appeared in a 1983 comic All-Star Squadron #25, his alter was Nuklon, not Atom Smasher. The first appearance of Albert Rothstein as Atom Smasher is in JSA secret files #1. A couple people did seek out All-Star, but not noticeably different than other weeks. right now the movie is scheduled to be released in December of 2021.

What are your thoughts on the casting so far? Noah Centineo commonly plays a teenage heartthrob. most notable would be To All the boys I’ve loved Before, The perfect Date, and the TV series The Fosters. Do you think he can pull off the bulky Atom Smasher?

New Mutants

Climbing the list up 927 spots is The new Mutants #14. 7 graded copies sold last week compared to the 2 the week before, and the 2 before that. The highest sold for $339 and was a 9.8. looking at the CGC Census, there are more 9.6 than 9.8 so the value being that high makes sense.

The new Mutants preview hit YouTube from the 20th Century studio channel where they also announced an at home panel for TODAY, Thursday, July 23rd. After watching the trailer to me the build-up was to the “He’s right, it’s magic” line leading into the girl saying “So am I” and with a flash of her eyes, the action begins. Clearly, the character is Illyana Rasputin as Magik. The new Mutants #14 is the first appearance of Magik. Anya Taylor-Joy is the actress who will be playing Magik alongside Maisie Williams a Wolfsbane. Although we’ve known this for some time, the new trailer most likely sparked interest, yet again, with the hopeful light at the end of the tunnel for this film.

Let’s be real though. will we ever be able to see this film? The first preview came out in 2017! It already got delayed a few times before COVID shut everything down. Commenters pointed out that on the new trailer they didn’t include the date on the release, mentioning that only in the read more section.

Marvel Feature

Moving up 923 spots this week is marvel feature #1. 7 have sold in the past week compared to the other 2 for the first two weeks of July. The highest one from the last week was a 9.0 that sold for $350. The FMV for a 9.8 is $4,900. Makes sense as according to the CGC Census there are only 13 9.8s out there right now. three of those being in the signature series. Of the 12 grades that sold over the last 8 months, 6 values increased while the other 6 decreased. 9.6 decreased by 42% while 8.0 increased by 33.9%.

Marvel feature #1 is the first appearance of the Defenders as Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner, and the Hulk. There was a marvel auction last week auctioning off props from the TV series, The Defenders. However, those characters weren’t the ones featured in this issue. A week ago, an article came out speculating about Sub-Mariner being in doctor strange 2… That would be 2/3s of the original team which may have driven enough people to seek this issue out.

What are your thoughts? let me know in the comments!

Deadpool

Deadpool #1 moved up the list 914 spots. 9 graded copies have sold this month so far when only 9 sold for the whole month of June. The highest sold was a 9.8 that sold for $219. Out of the 7 grades that have sold recently, 5 increased. most notable was 8.0 whose value increased by 89.7%.

Deadpool #1 has a decent list of first appearances. You’ve got T-Ray, Blind Al, and Patch. It’s also the issue where  Joe Kelly starts his run. all of that being said… I can’t find anything in the new streams that would connect to why this issue jumped so high on the list. Ryan Reynolds did share the almost used costume for Deadpool 2 last week. Something else that has seen a lot of press within the last week was a statement made by Rob Liefeld.

“You know what? There may not be another Deadpool, and I’m fine.”

Maybe with enough of that talk, people were inclined to take the plunge and purchase this issue. let me know your thoughtnull

Each week, GoCollect updates its hottest Comics List. We know which ones jumped the most. So, now it’s time to speculate on why.

Hottest Comics top Ten

Ultimate fallout #4

Amazing Spider-Man #361

Venom #3

Amazing Spider-Man #300

The savage She-Hulk #1

Venom #3 (3rd Printing)

The Eternals #1

Venom #9

Marvel Super-Heroes secret Wars #1

Darth Vader #3

Hottest Comics biggest Movers

JSA secret Files

Our biggest mover this week is JSA secret files #1. moving 937 spots, JSA has landed in spot #63. 9 graded copies sold last week versus the 1 for the first two weeks of July. The highest sold was 9.8 for $128. The top three grades have all increased in price with the demand. most notably, a 9.4 value increased by 178%. tons of these are on the market right now raw. This may be a good investment to get raw then grade it out.

So why were people hopping on the JSA bandwagon last week? Well, it was announced that Noah Centineo will be playing Atom Smasher in Dwane “The Rock” Johnson’s Black Adom. Black Adom is a spinoff of Shazam. While the character, Albert Rothstein, first appeared in a 1983 comic All-Star Squadron #25, his alter was Nuklon, not Atom Smasher. The first appearance of Albert Rothstein as Atom Smasher is in JSA secret files #1. A couple people did seek out All-Star, but not noticeably different than other weeks. right now the movie is scheduled to be released in December of 2021.

What are your thoughts on the casting so far? Noah Centineo commonly plays a teenage heartthrob. most notable would be To All the boys I’ve loved Before, The perfect Date, and the TV series The Fosters. Do you think he can pull off the bulky Atom Smasher?

New Mutants

Climbing the list up 927 spots is The new Mutants #14. 7 graded copies sold last week compared to the 2 the week before, and the 2 before that. The highest sold for $339 and was a 9.8. looking at the CGC Census, there are more 9.6 than 9.8 so the value being that high makes sense.

The new Mutants preview hit YouTube from the 20th Century studio channel where they also announced an at home panel for TODAY, Thursday, July 23rd. After watching the trailer to me the build-up was to the “He’s right, it’s magic” line leading into the girl saying “So am I” and with a flash of her eyes, the action begins. Clearly, the character is Illyana Rasputin as Magik. The new Mutants #14 is the first appearance of Magik. Anya Taylor-Joy is the actress who will be playing Magik alongside Maisie Williams a Wolfsbane. Although we’ve known this for some time, the new trailer most likely sparked interest, yet again, with the hopeful light at the end of the tunnel for this film.

Let’s be real though. will we ever be able to see this film? The first preview came out in 2017! It already got delayed a few times before COVID shut everything down. Commenters pointed out that on the new trailer they didn’t include the date on the release, mentioning that only in the read more section.

Marvel Feature

Moving up 923 spots this week is marvel feature #1. 7 have sold in the past week compared to the other 2 for the first two weeks of July. The highest one from the last week was a 9.0 that sold for $350. The FMV for a 9.8 is $4,900. Makes sense as according to the CGC Census there are only 13 9.8s out there right now. three of those being in the signature series. Of the 12 grades that sold over the last 8 months, 6 values increased while the other 6 decreased. 9.6 decreased by 42% while 8.0 increased by 33.9%.

Marvel feature #1 is the first appearance of the Defenders as Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner, and the Hulk. There was a marvel auction last week auctioning off props from the TV series, The Defenders. However, those characters weren’t the ones featured in this issue. A week ago, an article came out speculating about Sub-Mariner being in doctor strange 2… That would be 2/3s of the original team which may have driven enough people to seek this issue out.

What are your thoughts? let me know in the comments!

Deadpool

Deadpool #1 moved up the list 914 spots. 9 graded copies have sold this month so far when only 9 sold for the whole month of June. The highest sold was a 9.8 that sold for $219. Out of the 7 grades that have sold recently, 5 increased. most notable was 8.0 whose value increased by 89.7%.

Deadpool #1 has a decent list of first appearances. You’ve got T-Ray, Blind Al, and Patch. It’s also the issue where  Joe Kelly starts his run. all of that being said… I can’t find anything in the new streams that would connect to why this issue jumped so high on the list. Ryan Reynolds did share the almost used costume for Deadpool 2 last week. Something else that has seen a lot of press within the last week was a statement made by Rob Liefeld.

“You know what? There may not be another Deadpool, and I’m fine.”

Maybe with enough of that talk, people were inclined to take the plunge and purchase this issue. let me know your thoughtnull

Media release — Alex Toth’s definitive version of Zorro, is now available in a hardcover archival reprint from Hermes Press.
Comic legend Alex Toth’s complete Dell Adventures of Zorro, is finally available in a full color archival reprint. Toth, who defined how action/adventure stories are told, set the conventional for comic books with his Zorro tales. cited by comic book artists, historians, and fans, as some of Toth’s best work, these stories have been painstakingly reconstructed to look better than the original Dell comic books in this deluxe reprint which boasts many extras including a detailed essay on Toth’s career.

Toth, who never had an extended run on any one feature, relied on the quality of his work rather than on the popularity of the comic characters he was working on for his place of distinction in the world of pop culture. Indeed, the stories contained in Hermes Press’ new complete Zorro reprint provide one of the longest “runs” of his work on any one character. Toth’s work on Zorro is infectiously fun, beautifully paced, handsomely composed, and represents quintessential examples of action adventure comic books storytelling. available now!

Alex Toth’s complete Zorro Reprint, Alex Toth’s Zorro, the complete Dell Adventures 240 page all color hard cover, ISBN No.: 9781613450314, $49.99, available everywhere and on Amazon.com, contains four color comics, 882, 920, 933, 960, 976, 1003 and Zorro #12.

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He makes a significant case out of Aguirre-Sacasa’s Afterlife With Archie being planned as a monthly but not being solicited as one, but he doesn’t point out the likeliest reason why — this is what happens when you start working with writers from Hollywood to chase media attention. It happened with Kevin Smith at DC and J. Michael Straczynski at Marvel, to name two of the most evident examples (and I never expect to see Jeph Loeb’s Captain America: White). The fact is, the Hollywood day job is a lot more crucial and pays better. then again, artist Francesco Francavilla is doing a lot as well, working on Hawkeye and his own Black Beetle as well as a number of covers.

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