Believe it or not, it’s already been more than 18 months since James Gunn’s Peacemaker was released on HBOMax (now Max). A virtually unknown character until John Cena first portrayed him in The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker was hit with critics and fans alike scoring a 94% with critics and 89% with the audience. More than half a year later, let’s take a look and see if Peacemaker’s key issues have held their value.

The FMV of Fightin’ Five #40 in its most common CGC grade is $600.

Graded copies of Fightin’ Five #40, which contains the first appearance of Peacemaker, published in 1966, are exceptionally rare. Specifically, according to the CGC Census, CGC has graded a total of 200 blue labels. Compare that to a key issue published by Marvel in 1966, Fantastic Four #52, which includes the first appearance of the Black Panther, which has nearly 6,200 blue labels. They're both from the Silver Age, but graded copies of Fightin’ Five #40 don’t appear on eBay too often.

I'm seeing several raw copies of this issue on eBay right now, but I wouldn't expect a flood of these issues to be submitted to CGC anytime soon and then subsequently inundating the market. Considering this book got hot right at the peak of the comic boom, at a time when CGC was overwhelmed with submissions, I'm taking an educated guess that there aren't a ton of raw copies out there right now.

In terms of its value, it's a little hard to determine trends with this book because there's little data about graded copies. Even in its most common grade, a 4.5, there are only 25 total copies.

Like most comics that went to the moon during the comic boom, this book has lost roughly 20 to 25% of its value during the past two years. That's actually pretty good in comparison to some comics that lost 50 to 75% of their value since the comic boom. Investors are still willing to pay good money for a 4.5 with the last two sales being $312 and $385.

Interestingly, 4.0 copies have sold for higher amounts, with the last three sales for 4.0s being $525 on June 15th, $393 on May 29th, and $55 on May 26th. Those sales probably explain why the FMV of a 4.5 according to GoCollect is $600.

The FMV of Peacemaker #1 in its most common grade is $375.

Like Fightin’ Five #40, graded copies of Peacemaker #1 are also very rare. According to the CGC Census, CGC has graded only a total of 247 blue labels. As of right now, there are only 12 CGC-graded copies of this issue available on eBay.

Although it's impossible to know how many raw copies of this book exist, the print run for comics published by Charlton Comics can't compare to the print runs from giants like DC or Marvel in the 1960s, so I'm not expecting the number of copies of this issue to grow very much on the CGC Census.

A 6.5, the most common grade on the CGC Census, reached a high sale of $749 in August of 2021, but then steadily began to lose value. Today, according to GoCollect, the FMV of a 6.5 is $375. While Peacemaker #1 doesn't have the first appearance of Peacemaker, I personally prefer this issue since it has a great picture of Peacemaker on its cover. Make sure NOT to buy the 1978 reprint of this issue that looks very similar except for the Modern Comics logo in the upper left corner.

Considering that James Gunn has confirmed on Twitter that season 2 of Peacemaker is coming after Superman: Legacy, this could be a good time to buy either of these Silver Age issues.

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