As you can see by the photo here, we’ve got Batman #497 (the issue where Bane broke Batman (Bruce Wayne)’s back during 1993’s Knightfall arc. That midddle issue is Wolverine #1, from the original ongoing series from Marvel in the late-1980s. And rounding things out is Spawn #1 (FIRST printing, even!).
Going back 16 years, we’d have the April-1994-cover-date’s issue of Wizard Magazine. The price guide in that issue lists these as:
Batman #497 – $9.50
Wolverine #1 – $30.00
Spawn #1 – $12.50
Did I pay $52, you wonder?
Nope…I paid a mere $.75 for the lot of ’em.
Speaking of price differences…compare these two stacks of comics:
On the left is a stack of 88 issues of Wolverine, Batman #497, and Spawn #s 1-2.
On the right…is a stack of 8 issues, new this week.
That huge stack?
$6 less than the tiny stack of this week’s new issues.
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