Most GoCollect blogs cover books you should consider buying.  This article is something different.  These are books I  believe you should consider SELLING.

Punch-Out  Punchline

I have written about Punchline before when assessing risky investments.  I had her as a copycat version of Marvel's Carnage.  Venom and Harley Quinn were characters that were introduced as villains, but whose popularity has made them more than mere bad guys.   When this happens you need to introduce a new villain to replace the originals.  Carnage has been around for years and will soon be in a movie.  He has become a bankable character.  The same can not be said for Punchline.  She is just too new to invest in her beyond lottery ticket-like speculation.  I believed in her before but I have since downgraded that belief because of the changing times.

DC Comics is in a state of turmoil.  If you are investing in characters 10 years old or older you may be safe.  If you are investing in new characters from a comic book company in a state of chaos you might want to reconsider your choices.  Having a few copies of Hell Arisen #3 may be a gamble, but owning multiple copies of this book hoping Punchline becomes the next big thing is now dangerous.  Here today she may be gone tomorrow before we even got to know her.

Cable is not a lifeline

Years ago New Mutants #87 was on my search list of books to buy.  I always thought Cable was a great character. It was not locating the book that kept me from buying it.  The reason for not buying was I always found the cost to be more than what I thought the book should be selling for at the time.  Even when Ryan Reynolds mentioned he would appear in Deadpool 2 the price rose beyond what I thought the book was worth.  After the movie one has to ask, now what?

This book will hold its FMV  because of the character's significance alone.  The question you have to ask is if that is good enough.  If you are a collector the answer may be yes.  If you are an investor the answer should be no.  This is not a rare book.  Many ungraded books exist out there so finding one in great condition is not a problem.  I would put my money somewhere else and know that I can find New Mutants #87 later.  That has been my strategy and I have yet to go wrong with it at auctions.  Every auction I find a book that has much greater potential for long-term gains that has a similar selling price.  If I can find them so can you!

What were people thinking?

When Chadwick Boseman died tragically people started to buy Black Panther #2 and all other Shuri appearances.  My question was why? T'Challa did not die in the comics nor did he die in the movies. What was the rush to invest then in Shuri?  The reason was obvious.  Speculators believed that with the death of Mr. Boseman the elevation of Shuri as the new Black Panther was the logical next step in the MCU.  My question was always why.

 

Chadwick Boseman did not leave the role over a salary dispute, creative differences, or because he was tired from the role.  He died from a tragic illness!  Marvel should not make a movie about the death of T'Challa and Shuri avenging his death because that was already done in Captain America: Civil War.  Showing her adapting to being the new leader of Wakanda and the new Black Panther was done in Black Panther.  Furthermore, how would it look for Marvel to make a movie attempting to profit from the death of a beloved actor?  No "In Memory of..." will eliminate the bad feeling from the moviegoers' minds.  Kevin Feige can make movies about death, war, disease, and other conflicts but to use the memory of a deceased actor to sell tickets is probably a bad idea.  Kevin Feige is smart and has crafted a universe that he can draw from a myriad of stories.  Telling a story caused by the death of Chadwick Boseman is not one I think will be successful.   If you invested in Shuri books, now may be a good time to rethink your reasoning and get out before it is too late.

Getting out while the getting is good!

Buying a book before it appreciates in value is something investors and collectors desire.  It means you bought the book at the correct time before you had to pay more for it.  The same desire should go to selling books. Times change and a book that was once hot may not be today.  Even if you sell a book at a loss it is better than selling it when the value is nothing.  The books I mentioned now have negatives elements that may not have existed before when you bought these books, but they do exist now.  That should change how you look at them.

A special consideration should be made to Shuri books.  Never before has fear of missing out influenced a market segment, but that is what happened.  People freaked out and bought what they thought were logical investments.  I hope now people start to rethink their purchases.  Kevin Feige is successful because he avoids bad ideas.  Making a movie to profit from an actor's death is the zenith of bad choices and taste.  It would alienate moviegoers, actors, and film crews to profit off the death of a human being that he once called a friend.  Why risk all that he has built to profit from a single movie that will ultimately focus on an iconic actor's death.  There is no way any story of Shuri's ascension to the role of Black Panther will not have people think of Chadwick Boseman.  Black Panther was a success but that does not mean Black Panther 2 will be one.

As always though I ask what you think.