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7/3/2025, 12:39:59 PM
>>149243670
Comic collectors are the biggest copers ever
These days they insist that they collect comics just for the hobby, not for money.
Despite this claim, they continue to collect only comics that traditionally rose in value, ie keys.
Every now and then they stumble into the manga industry and try applying their collector logic there, only to be frustrated when nobody cares about the first appearance of generic cute girl manga from the 70s that only got 15 chapters before getting cancelled
Comics in the beginning were not collectible at all. They were treated the same as newspapers, you'd read it and then toss it. Maybe you'd hold onto it to use as scrap paper to write shopping lists on, or to tape up a broken window.
When the war came about, all manner of scrap metal, wood, etc was gathered for the war effort, amongst these were comics, for the scrap paper value.
After the war was over, the comics printed in the 30's and 40's suddenly became extremely rare since they were not valued to begin with, and were aggressively destroyed for the war.
However they were still not valuable, just rare. Comics were low brow, disposable stories for kids.
By the 70's, comics became an appreciated art form and people began to value those old rare comics.
By the 80's, collector culture was in full swing, there were comic fans, and those fans held onto their comics, keeping them in good condition.
But when the 90's hit, Marvel and DC had noticed this collector culture and began catering to it. They started releasing all kinds of glittery variants, limited runs, etc. artificial scarcity, and the collectors sucked it up. This lasted for a few years before the entire industry collapsed as people realised the collectibles were fake.
Most sane collectors left the hobby at this point but a few brainrotted retards have stuck around right up to this day, and of course the companies are more than happy to squeeze them dry.
Comic collectors are the biggest copers ever
These days they insist that they collect comics just for the hobby, not for money.
Despite this claim, they continue to collect only comics that traditionally rose in value, ie keys.
Every now and then they stumble into the manga industry and try applying their collector logic there, only to be frustrated when nobody cares about the first appearance of generic cute girl manga from the 70s that only got 15 chapters before getting cancelled
Comics in the beginning were not collectible at all. They were treated the same as newspapers, you'd read it and then toss it. Maybe you'd hold onto it to use as scrap paper to write shopping lists on, or to tape up a broken window.
When the war came about, all manner of scrap metal, wood, etc was gathered for the war effort, amongst these were comics, for the scrap paper value.
After the war was over, the comics printed in the 30's and 40's suddenly became extremely rare since they were not valued to begin with, and were aggressively destroyed for the war.
However they were still not valuable, just rare. Comics were low brow, disposable stories for kids.
By the 70's, comics became an appreciated art form and people began to value those old rare comics.
By the 80's, collector culture was in full swing, there were comic fans, and those fans held onto their comics, keeping them in good condition.
But when the 90's hit, Marvel and DC had noticed this collector culture and began catering to it. They started releasing all kinds of glittery variants, limited runs, etc. artificial scarcity, and the collectors sucked it up. This lasted for a few years before the entire industry collapsed as people realised the collectibles were fake.
Most sane collectors left the hobby at this point but a few brainrotted retards have stuck around right up to this day, and of course the companies are more than happy to squeeze them dry.
6/30/2025, 10:15:09 PM
>>212192278
>It's alienating to anyone over 15 years old
A sailor reads a comic book aboard the USS Doran in 1942
>It's alienating to anyone over 15 years old
A sailor reads a comic book aboard the USS Doran in 1942
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