Copper Era books are a sweet spot for many collectors who started taking an interest in comics in the 1980s and have never stopped.  It is also an era ripe for the cinematic taking.  There are some books soaring up the sale charts which deserve your consideration. As always, notes as to specific sales poisons and moves are as of the time of writing this post and interest in books can shift quickly.  The good news is that pending movie appearances in Deadpool 3 and in characters played by the venerable Harrison Ford should be of interest for some time.

Deadpool Welcomes Wolverine

It is no surprise that the burst of news about Hugh Jackman returning to the MCU in Deadpool 3 has spiked interest in books where those two characters collide. Wolverine #88 is as hot as they come, with the 'Deluxe Edition' starting near the top sales lists for Copper books at the #3 spot and is now holding in the #2 position.  This book is the first battle between Deadpool and Wolverine.

The trailers for the movie, which include Jackman, are fantastic art in themselves.  GoCollect pegs a 9.8 graded copy of this book with a FMV of $550, although most sales offered now are higher.  The Newsstand edition (which does not include the text "Direct Edition" in the UPC box) is also popping into the sales charts but only in the #34 sales position.

Hulk 1 and the Coming of Harrison Ford

Also bursting into the Copper Era sales charts is Hulk #1 (2008), moving up 50 places to land at #22 in the sales charts.  This first appearance of the 'Red Hulk' is a classic cover but the thrill of this book is that it is also the first appearance of General 'Thunderbolt' Ross.

Harrison Ford has been cast as General Ross for the upcoming "Captain America: New World Order," tentatively set for the 2024 movie season.  9.8 graded books are holding around an FMV of $300.

Who is Joe-Fixit?

The Hulk in his 'grey Hulk' personae as Joe Fixit appears on the cover of Wolverine #8.  This great cover by John Buscema (who also drew the much-in-demand She-Hulk #1) is jumping up the charts but still hovering down at number 37, showing there is some interest but not near the focus as Wolverine #88.  There are murmurings that there is a Joe Fixit series coming.

This 1989 book in a 9.8 grade is holding a steep FMV of $425.  You have to wonder if this is already fully valued but I think there is still room to run if this incarnation of the Hulk catches on and the series storyline is solid.  Fun to think that what arguably was once just a printing error might spawn the idea of these different ways the Hulk manifests.

I don't recall there being any real interest in this storyline (or She-Hulk for that matter) back in the 1980s but I love that Marvel is mining these Copper Era innovations for ideas.

Gobbled-what?  $22,333 is What.

Remember how you use to sit around in your parents' basement with a buddy and think about drawing and printing up your own comic book?  It can't be that hard - one of us will draw it and the other will staple the pages together, you say to each other.

Checking out the Chartbusters section of GoCollect for Copper Era books reveals the sale of just such a project, in an 8.5 grade, for a whopping $22,333.  Gobbledygook #1 is the 1989 effort by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles creators Kevin Brooks and Peter Laird.  It was hand-produced, so it's notoriously easy to counterfeit (if you could get your hands on an original, I suppose).

There are only a handful of these around and this auction sale happened in September.  This is a slight drop in value from a sale of an 8.5 book in 2020 for over $26,000.  The back cover of this book is a TMNT ad which makes this a key holy grail sort of book for fans.

So keep drawing and burning copies of your latest project off of the laser printer in the office,  someday it might be worth thousands.

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Best of luck hunting these books in your LCS.  Copper Era books are wonderful finds out on the floor of long boxes, just sitting around waiting to be discovered!

*Any perceived investment advice is that of the freelance blogger and does not represent advice on behalf of GoCollect.