Silver Age Amazing Spider-man Index 2002 - 2007
I'm several weeks late with this. I guess Christmas this year was a little busier than I expected. Oh well, better late than never!
In this article, I'm introducing the first title-specific index. The most successful title of the Silver Age - The Amazing Spider-man. The graph below shows how selected key issues have increased in value from 2002 to 2007.
The 7.6% rate of return of the Amazing Spider-man keys is a bit less than the return for the overall SCPI (which is just under 9%). Spidey hasn't appreciated at a breath-taking pace over the last five years, but the reader should note that key issues of Amazing Spider-man were already very highly valued in 2002 when GPA started collecting data.
One of the most interesting aspects of the ASM index is the unevenness of price gains. There appears to be a bit of a boom and bust characteristic to prices. After a rapid price increase during 2003 and 2004, the years 2005 and 2006 saw almost no change in average price.
In a previous article, I reported that 2007 was shaping up to be a great year for the SCPI (Silver Age Price Index). Clearly, with a 10.7% increase in 2007, Amazing Spider-man participated in the overall trend.
The table below shows the issues used to construct the index. All issues are given the same weight in the composite index.
The best performing issue was ASM #1 in CGC 4.0 (Very Good) condition. The second-best performer was ASM #39 (First John Romita cover and art).
Just in case you think that I only care about the numbers, here are two of my favorite Spidey covers! I love everything about the cover of #39. The gorgeous blues, Goblin on his glider and Spidey in real trouble!
Then there is the wonderful split-panel cover of Spidey #59. I love the way Romita has used the similarity in shape between MJ's right arm and Spidey's two arms to connect the images.
Well comic fans, I hope that you enjoyed this article and feel that it was worth waiting for.
In future weeks, I'll update the SCPI to include all of 2007. I also intend to create indexes for Fantastic Four and X-Men. Please let me know what you think. The best place to comment is in the thread on the CGC boards.
In this article, I'm introducing the first title-specific index. The most successful title of the Silver Age - The Amazing Spider-man. The graph below shows how selected key issues have increased in value from 2002 to 2007.
The 7.6% rate of return of the Amazing Spider-man keys is a bit less than the return for the overall SCPI (which is just under 9%). Spidey hasn't appreciated at a breath-taking pace over the last five years, but the reader should note that key issues of Amazing Spider-man were already very highly valued in 2002 when GPA started collecting data.
One of the most interesting aspects of the ASM index is the unevenness of price gains. There appears to be a bit of a boom and bust characteristic to prices. After a rapid price increase during 2003 and 2004, the years 2005 and 2006 saw almost no change in average price.
In a previous article, I reported that 2007 was shaping up to be a great year for the SCPI (Silver Age Price Index). Clearly, with a 10.7% increase in 2007, Amazing Spider-man participated in the overall trend.
The table below shows the issues used to construct the index. All issues are given the same weight in the composite index.
The best performing issue was ASM #1 in CGC 4.0 (Very Good) condition. The second-best performer was ASM #39 (First John Romita cover and art).Just in case you think that I only care about the numbers, here are two of my favorite Spidey covers! I love everything about the cover of #39. The gorgeous blues, Goblin on his glider and Spidey in real trouble!
Then there is the wonderful split-panel cover of Spidey #59. I love the way Romita has used the similarity in shape between MJ's right arm and Spidey's two arms to connect the images.
Well comic fans, I hope that you enjoyed this article and feel that it was worth waiting for.
In future weeks, I'll update the SCPI to include all of 2007. I also intend to create indexes for Fantastic Four and X-Men. Please let me know what you think. The best place to comment is in the thread on the CGC boards.
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