All About Thanos – The Definitive Comic Book Issues
Thanos is the Marvel’s flavor of the week after the Avengers movie and all comic book investing eyes are on Iron Man 55. But if you want to read more about this Starlin creation, you can learn much more by reading some far less expensive issues. Here’s the Thanos reading list:
– Captain Marvel #26 – 33,
– Warlock #9 – 11, 15,
– Avengers Annual #7,
– Marvel 2 in 1 Annual #2
– Thano’s Quest (1990’s)
– Silver Surfer #34 – 50 (1990’s series)
– Infinity Gauntlet #1 -6
– Marvel the End #1 – 6
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With these issues you should be a Thanos expert! Also make sure to visit my Iron Man 55 Value and Investment Survey for more info.
A Sleeper Awakes – Iron Man 55 Finally Hits it Big!
Iron Man 55, first Thanos, has long been called a “sleeper” issue ready to rise further into the stratospheric heights of key comics, but although a key and more expensive than surrounding issues, this comic hasn’t really hit the big time – until now.
!!!!Potential Spoiler Alert!!!!
The rumor patrol says the upcoming Avengers movie hints at Thanos as the next villain. We’ll see on Friday, but Iron Man #55 did break out this week.
The Iron Man #55 Breaks Out
On April 30th a CGC 9.6 copy of Iron Man #55 finished at $1,424. The winning bidder has 0 feedback, we’ll see if final payment is actually made. Looking at the bid history there was a more reliable bidder that chimed in with a max bid of $1,399. We’ll see if the winning bid holds. The previous high bid was around $899.
The importance of this comic was mentioned back in November in the “Avengers Movie Gets a New Villain?” post. It will be fun to watch this play out.
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