Most Valuable GOLD KEY COMICS published each year (1962-1984)
Most Valuable GOLD KEY COMICS published each year (1962-1984)
Key investment comics and historically important issues
Compiled and edited by comic book historian Terry Hoknes www.HoknesComics.com hoknes@hotmail.com
These are the 3 most valuable GOLD KEY comic books published in every year (Overstreet 2013 guide NM prices)
These books have proven to be consistently the most in demand key issues ever and are the best investments long term.
This list only include regular cover mass printed editions. No variants or limited edition versions included.
This is the first time a yearly comparison has ever been made and the purpose is to show a few things.
First of all it does truly highlight the major key books of every year. It also shows quickly which titles seems to pop up the most often and are truly the most expensive series to collect. Whether its HR Pufnstuf or Uncle Scrooge some titles are just more collected than others and bring higher $ amounts even to non-key issues in a run.
Note its easy to see when a new hero age begins and a bunch of key books stand out with very high price runs during the gold and silver ages.
Note that some years have lesser keys standing at the front of the line and are for their age a better investment. This can always be seen with most books from the 1950’s which are much more affordable and scarcer than any more recent books.
Any books from 1977 to the present are much more common as comic book shops became more present and offered back issues. For many more current years its scarcer issues of long running titles that rank highest even though they are not key issues.
1962
SPACE FAMILY ROBINSON #1 $500.00 / DOCTOR SOLAR MAN OF THE ATOM #1 $450.00 / THE PHANTOM #1 $400.00
1963
MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER #1 $600.00 / THE JETSONS #1 $475.00 / AUGIE DOGGIE #1 $340.00
1964
JONNY QUEST #1 $700.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #54 $240.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #53 $240.00
1965
ASTRO BOY #1 $575.00 / THE MUNSTERS #1 $350.00 / MAN FROM UNCLE #1 $240.00
1966
ATOM ANT #1 $350.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #64 $340.00 / WILD WILD WEST #1 $240.00
1967
STAR TREK #1 $1,600.00 / SPACE GHOST #1 $600.00 / GREEN HORNET #1 $385.00
1968
STAR TREK #2 $850.00 / STAR TREK #3 575.00 / THE AVENGERS #1 $400.00
1969
MOVIE COMICS: YELLOW SUBMARINE $460.00 / DARK SHADOWS #1 $460.00 / STAR TREK #4 $350.00
1970
SCOOBY DOO #1 $600.00 / STAR TREK #7 $225.00 / STAR TREK #8 $225.00
1971
STAR TREK #9 $225.00 / SCOOBY DOO #5 $200.00 / SCOOBY DOO #6 $150.00
1972
SCOOBY DOO #10 $150.00 / H.R. PUFNSTUF #6 $125.00 / H.R. PUFNSTUF #7 $125.00
1973
SCOOBY DOO #16 $100.00 / SCOOBY DOO #17 $100.00 / SCOOBY DOO #18 $100.00
1974
THE ADDAMS FAMILY #1 $125.00 / BEST OF WALT DISNEY COMICS $95.00 / BEST OF WALT DISNEY COMICS $95.00
1975
UNDERDOG #1 $100.00 / ADDAMS FAMILY #2 $80.00 / STAR TREK #28 $80.00
1976
STAR TREK ENTERPRISE LOGS #1 $85.00 / STAR TREK ENTERPRISE LOGS #2 $75.00 / STAR TREK #36 $60.00
1977
STAR TREK ENTERPRISE LOGS #3 $75.00 / STAR TREK ENTERPRISE LOGS #4 $75.00 / WALT DISNEY CHRISTMAS PARADE $55.00
1978
UFO ENCOUNTERS #1 $60.00 / UFO MYSTERIES #1 $50.00 / UFO ENCOUNTERS #2 $50.00
1979
BATTLE OF THE PLANETS #1 $70.00 / STAR TREK #60 $45.00 / STAR TREK #61 $45.00
1980
UNCLE SCROOGE #179 $875.00 / DONALD DUCK #222 $340.00 / LITTLE LULU #260 $280.00
1981
WALT DISNEY’S COMICS AND STORIES #484 $70.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #182 $30.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #183 $30.00
1982
WINNIE THE POOH #29 $35.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #196 $35.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #197 $35.00
1983
UNCLE SCROOGE #198 $35.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #199 $35.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #200 $35.00
1984
UNCLE SCROOGE #206 $40.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #207 $40.00 / UNCLE SCROOGE #208 $40.00
I am always happy to hear your comments and thoughts/criticisms on any of my posts.
Terry Hoknes (author) of Hoknes Comics loves analyzing statistics and watching the growth and fall of comic titles over a period of time. He sells all of the latest hot back issue secondary market new comics and all new Diamond products at www.HoknesComics.com and also self-publishes a series of books called “Investing In Comic Books” that focus on the Golden, Silver and Bronze ages of comics. hoknes@hotmail.com
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