Comic Speculation

Bought: $4.00 Sold: $19.98 Fees: $2,65 Profit: $13.33

So, Wednesday is new comic book day, so every Wednesday either I or my brother goes to the comic book store to buy our new comics. Comics can be valuable and collectible, but it really hit or miss, and it involves a lot of luck and knowledge. A lot of people speculate in comics - trying to guess which ones will be big, and you can make a lot of money doing it. It is really not my thing. I've bought a few comics here and there solely in hopes that the value increases, and my personal collection has some worth (not that I'd ever sell it), but comic speculation is a thing. Not something I'd recommend anyone jumping into to without knowledge and research. Thankfully for me my brother is an avid fan of comic speculation blogs, and he dabbles in it himself. He tipped me off to this one. This comic came out today, and it is a Children's comic about Scooby-Doo, but it also features two of DC's more popular female villains - Harley Quinn and Poision Ivy, who were not released as being part of this issue until very recently. The appearance of two major DC characters in a normally not sought after comic made it likely to be valuable: people who like the DC characters will want it for their collection and most likely aren't buy Scooby-Doo. Here you have an increased demand for a single issue of a normally not high selling comic book - high demand, low supply. Exactly what you want for comic speculation.

I picked up two copies today when it came out - one for me and one for my brother - and listed them both immediately on eBay. Within a few hours I had turned a $4 investment into a $20 sale.