This book has only accelerated, with prices rising by the day and fewer copies available, leading us to track it at a high sale of $150 for a raw copy and an NM FMV of $95. We often see a drop-off once the biggest Nakayama fans get their hands on a copy. The aftermarket and community love them and often trigger a run on them soon as they hit the shelves. #5: SILK #1 – DAVID NAKAYAMA (1:25) | MARVEL | 2023 | David Nakayama strikes again! He has a habit of delivering epic covers featuring bombshell characters of the industry. We tracked it at a high sale of $160 for a CGC 9.8 copy and a raw NM FMV of $51, quickly catching up to the first print. It's still a challenging book to get your hands on, but being one that so many people want a piece of helps the odds for collectors as LCS opted to order more. Many collectors breathed a sigh of relief when it was announced that a 2nd print would be released, including a virgin 1:25.

#6: SPIDER-MAN #7 – HUMBERTO RAMOS – 2ND PRINT – VIRGIN (1:25) | MARVEL | 2023 | Those who missed the first release would not be denied again! Once word got out that the new character Spider-Boy would grace the super secret cover of the first print, the scramble to secure a copy was insane. It's climbed in sales volume and price (although it's still very reasonable!) We tracked it at a high sale of 145%, with a high sale of $22 for a raw copy and an NM FMV of $19.

This book has challenged that sentiment, as it came out swinging with great art and a story that resonated with fans. Highly touted, most smirked when reading the solicitation as we've all heard it before 'the most ambitious comic of all time.' It screams, 'buy me now,' yet the community has grown tired of gimmick books that don't deliver.

#7: AMBASSADORS #1 – FRANK QUITELY | IMAGE | 2023 | Together, we've watched this book rise from an outlier to a Top Ten list mainstay with the numbers to back it up.

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