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Investment Potential and Analysis of Hulk, Iron Man, DD, SM, CA, Annuals, Specials and Giant Size T he first Table presents the   Bias Score   for all the issues. Bias scores show which issues are being bought by the Insiders (Pros) vs. the Outsiders (Fans Less Serious). The concept of my approach is to focus on the issues being bought  BULLISHLY  by the investors. We developed an analysis of data to quantify this Bias ( B Score ). We mark the issues with the highest Bias with Lime Green followed by a Dark Green staining for issues with a lesser but definite Bias.   Table 2 data deals with another data stream on comic-book issues. This run’s issues are looked at 3 grades 9.4, 8 and 6. The changes in bias between the different grades are calculated and the  SLN  numbers were born. The  SLN  numbers look into each “world” of the  I vs. O  bias data.  This data has shown historically to be the most liberal and establi...

This post is the final one on the 2nd Arc of 10 Titles. I present here in these tables all major issues that are at the 70 percentile desire scale. So you may plan your investment focus using this data to compare multiple issues to see if they are more or less desired now. These tables are so action packed that I leave it to you to fish around. My suggestion would be to find the avg prices in each section and see which issues stick out. CA117  1100 9.4 MSH 12 980 9.4 MSH 13 2800 9.4 MSH 18 2100 9.4 IM 1 2100 9.4 IM 55 2100 9.4 MSP 5 1300 9.4 So in the first section we have 7 comic books with an AVG 1780. Note the 3 issues below CA 117, MSH 12 and MSP 5 at 9.4. I am focusing on those issues because this data would imply they have the most room to grow in price. Given the movies etc. I would rank CA117, MSH 12 and MSP 5. Concerned about MSP 5 as Ghost Rider maybe seen it best days? So would ...

Cluster Analysis and Investment Potential of Sub-mariner, Iron Man, and Captain America Selected Issues Cluster analysis is the procedure where multiple titles are put together and analyzed as a group. So this post deals with the three titles in the 2nd ARC of titles; Capt America, Sub-mariner, and Iron Man. Table 1 is the B SCORE data for the cluster. As in other analysis, issues that have the highest Insider Bias are stained with Lime Green. These issues are Captain America #117 (496), Iron Man #1 (395) and Iron Man #55 (329). Note the extreme drop to the next level at 57. That is a drop of 83%. That is very significant. Given investment budget issues, you could only focus on these 3 issues and be fine. Note the next group from with a range of Bias Score from 57 to 42. These issues are to be considered issues that are somewhat biased and could be objects of some focus as well. Table 1 B Scores of the 3 Title Run of Selected Capt America, Sub-mariner, and Iron Man Issues.  ...

Amazingly Secret Approach Using an Incredibly Novel Data Analysis Procedure for Comic Book Investing and Speculation.  Analysis of Early Captain America Issues 100 to 118. This is the beginning Blog Arc for the next group of Marvel Titles to look at. I have eased over in the bronze era as well. Captain America issues 100 to 118, Sub-mariner 1 to 20, 22, 34 to 36 and 43. Defenders 1 to 19, Iron Man 1 to 56, So given the interest in the recent movies, I suspected these issues would be strong buys.   As discussed before the Bias Scores gives us a first top down view into these issues. Looking at table 1, green denoted issues are those issues biased supported by the insider investors and are recommended as buy candidates. The only light green issue #117 is the first appearance if the Falcon.   Note its B Score is 519 that puts it in the top 85 silver age issues for desirability. That is a strong strong number. See the data in the Desire Scale Blog Post. I...

Amazingly Secret Approach Using an Incredibly Novel Data Analysis Procedure for Comic Book Investing and Speculation.  This post is a final look into the last posts we have seen. I have a quick and dirty score card I use for fast decisions. I present the score cards below. Lime green means buy at all grades, dark green buy only at 9.4 , yellow means watch list only, no color is sell. Remember to review the post on angles and price points. I never Buy at average price. I either buy it below or walk. I have no emotion on the issue it's a vehicle for a 20 year investment program that I have tailored to me. You must find your own path. This data is a map that is all. A guide only. Next up runs like Cap America, Conan, Submariner etc. About ten more or so.  Good Luck. MMC!

Amazingly Secret Approach Using an Incredibly Novel Data Analysis Procedure for Comic Book Investing and Speculation.  This blog represent part 2 of the wrap up of the 10 runs in this volume. I have mapped in landscape style the Y Axis of High I vs High O Bias Issues across the issue numbers listed. This given you insight into the entire length of the run. It's a way to compare runs as well. I suggest you study the patterns and think about questions these data may address. So look at TOS run we see a negative area from #73 to 86. In TTA we have a nice area of High I Bias from #52 to 60 and #63 to 85. As seen in Part 1 the TOS is currently the best one for investing. Hulk Issue seen to be neutral as alot of those issues are at 0. ASM was not the best run either with the key exceptions. This data cautions the investor to tread lightly and do your homework on the targets you have selected for potential investments. The FF run has a lot of strength later in the run whi...

Amazingly Secret Approach Using an Incredibly Novel Data Analysis Procedure for Comic Book Investing and Speculation.  This post is just part 1 of a wrap up of the runs we have looked into. I like to have a Top-Down view of the runs. I have listed a tabular view of the first 20 issues/run at 9.4, 8 and 6. Followed by the Individual Pie Charts of each run's ADFs at each grade. Note I placed the table and pie chart in order from highest % of issues denoted as $ for Insiders Biased. The blue green color denoted Outsider Biased Issues. Note the $ % range at 9.4 was 85% to 30%, at 8.0 it was from 50% to 0% and 6.0 was 55% to 5%. So  I am going to assume these kind of numbers exist for all major runs in silver-age books. That my hypothesis anyway. Given the rarity of the 9.4 issues you could expect this result. I wonder with moderns if they show the same pattern not because of rarity but because we now have serious collectors buying and holding issues off the shelves. That po...

Amazingly Secret Approach Using an Incredibly Novel Data Analysis Procedure for Comic Book Investing and Speculation.  Table 3. Average Difference in the I/O data at the three grades adjusted by the group “cluster analysis” approach*. * In general as I have shown in the other blogs that these types of data points out those comic-book issues that have bias across the grades vs. comic-book issue only biased in the high grade. Title Issue C9.4 ADF C8 ADF C6 ADF AVG Tales to Astonish #27 1589.7 171.6 294.2 685.1 Tales to Astonish #35 196.4 -66.8 -198.2 -22.9 Tales to Astonish #36 15.1 -62.0 -122.7 -56.6 Tales to Astonish #37 2.5 -24.6 -40.9 -21.0 Tales to Astonish #38 7.3 -1.9 -49.1 -14.6 Tales to Astonish ...