Hellboy 2 will be released this week (July 11th) and it’s a good time to look at how this movie has affected the price of the issue to watch for the movie – Next Men 21 .

To get a little perspective on the situation, let’s look at the past sales history of this book.

A CGC 9.8 copy of this book hit it’s high in April of 2004 (the release month for the movie). It sold for about $470. It dropped all the way to the $100 to $150 range for most of 2006-2007. That’s some drop. Starting in early 2008 the book has consistently sold for over $200, making a nice rebound. If you want to learn more about these type of comic book movie connection take a look at the information here.

If you want to continue to track the behavior of this book, take a look at the auctions below. If you are going to purchase any of the books great, but if not, still track the final values in a spreadsheet or by some other method.