Any comics worth more than 'cover'?

[Zippo]

Home alone for the week, and since I have all this time on my hands I was given a few assignments. One of those was to remove my stuff from the garage and put it into my storage shed -- the problem with that is that the shed is full

I came across my Transformers comic collection - Dreamwave until they folded and then IDW until late 2008 when I stopped as it was just getting too expensive.

I have started sorting them out into series and covers (generally if there was a second/third/fourth non exclusive cover I got it as well) and im wondering how I price them to move. I found my original emails from the comic store I brought them from and have the price I paid .. but are single issues worth that much anymore or are they worth much less ..

And are there any that stand out there as 'collectable' (read - expensive)

Your thoughts to help me?

[Paulbot]

I'd say Dreamwave's G1 More Than Meets The Eye series are worth more than their original price, which for 64 pages (IIRC) and no ads were high priced to begin with. They were hard to find towards the end [but have been reprinted since...]

The unreprinted DW books are also worth a few more dollars (the last few issues of Energon, the last few of Generation One ongoing, the few issues of War Within 3).

Something like the DW Summer Special (the one with the RID/BW stories) would also be hard to come by, so you could ask a bit more for that (if you've got it).

The whole of the first series of War Within (which has had poor quality reprints in trades) is also something to ask more for IMO.

[Hursticon]

Something like the DW Summer Special (the one with the RID/BW stories) would also be hard to come by, so you could ask a bit more for that (if you've got it).

I didn't think that actually saw a release?
I'd be interested in anything DW Beast Wars.

Sorry I can't be of any real help Zippo , I really know bugger all when it comes to the comic world beyond a few industry names, stories and characters that I like.

[Paulbot]

I didn't think that actually saw a release?
I'd be interested in anything DW Beast Wars.

There was a Summer special that had the first (and only) Beast Wars story by Dreamwave.

There was another special "Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual" that was cancelled but I recall it was supposed to have MTMTE profiles for Sunstorm, Bumper and the Female Autobots.

[UltraMarginal]

I spent a bit of time completing the third series of G1 off eBay a couple years ago, and I didn't think it was particularly expensive then, postage added up a bit but I was surprised and happy that they didnt' seem to have gone up much in value.

I haven't looked in a while though so things may have changed. especially for a full set. there were a few that I had a real hard time finding, I cant remember the numbers off the top of my head though. definitely the last few issues of the DW G1 were harder to come by.

[Hursticon]

There was a Summer special that had the first (and only) Beast Wars story by Dreamwave.

There was another special "Generation One 2004 Datatracks Annual" that was cancelled but I recall it was supposed to have MTMTE profiles for Sunstorm, Bumper and the Female Autobots.

Ah! - Cheers Paulbot, it was the Miniseries that I was thinking of that never made it to fruition ; so with that in mind it makes me all the more curious of acquiring a copy this DW Summer Special, being that it is a taste of what might of been but will never be.

[GoktimusPrime]

Something like the DW Summer Special (the one with the RID/BW stories) would also be hard to come by, so you could ask a bit more for that (if you've got it).

Wow really?? I got my copy autographed by Neil Kaplan earlier this year... I wonder if that makes it any more (or less) valuable. I have no intention of ever selling it, but I'd be curious to know.

[Cat]

Wow really?? I got my copy autographed by Neil Kaplan earlier this year... I wonder if that makes it any more (or less) valuable. I have no intention of ever selling it, but I'd be curious to know.

In all likelihood - less valuable.

But in cases like that, it's more than worth it for sentimental value.

[GoktimusPrime]

That's cool. It's not like I buy toys and comics as a form of investment anyway -- purely for pleasure. Obviously I'd be chuffed if anything appreciates in value, but if it doesn't (or if it depreciates) then I'm not fussed either. As you said, it's the sentimental value that's priceless anyway.

[llamatron]

I had at one point pretty much the entire DW run of comics... even priced at $1 per issue they barely move...