{"id":755,"date":"2011-05-25T05:06:52","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T13:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/?p=755"},"modified":"2011-05-23T19:40:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-24T03:40:46","slug":"5-comic-book-sleepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbooksecrets.com\/theblog\/comic-book-picks\/5-comic-book-sleepers\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Comic Book Sleepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has always been a fascination in the comic book collecting hobby for &#8220;sleepers&#8221; &#8211; those comic books that may be currently overlooked and undervalued, poised for explosive sales growth.  It&#8217;s a lot of fun to try and predict the future, so today I&#8217;m going to try my hand with 5 comics that may be &#8220;sleepers.&#8221;  We&#8217;ll have to check back over the next year or two to see how they do.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any comments or your own list of sleepers, please comment below!<\/p>\n<p><strong>5 Comic Book Sleepers:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Showcase #22- First Silver Age Green Lantern and Hal Jordan issue.  This comic book will be quick and easy to track because I&#8217;m basing this on the summer 2011 Green Lantern movie.  The Green Lantern is well know among collectors, but not so much among the general public.  I&#8217;m betting that good showing here could be the oomph it takes to propel this comic book forward.<\/p>\n<p>Amazing Adventures #11 &#8211; First Blue Beast.  Another easy one to track.  X-men 1st Class is just around the corner and I&#8217;m hoping for a pop in this comic book.  This one is a real beauty in high grade condition due to it&#8217;s black cover.  Can be difficult to find.<\/p>\n<p>Tales of Suspense #52 &#8211; First Black Widow, Natalia \u201cNatasha\u201d Alianovna Romanova.  This starts my play on the upcoming Avengers movie.  We&#8217;ll have to watch this comic over the next year.<\/p>\n<p>Tales of Suspense #57 and Avengers 16, 19 &#8211; I&#8217;m these comics to watch here because this is a play on Hawkeye, another character in the Avengers movie.  I&#8217;ll be watching both books to see which has better performance, hopefully they&#8217;re both winners.<\/p>\n<p>Showcase #4 &#8211; 1st Silver Age Flash.  Is this book really a sleeper?  I&#8217;m saying it is because it has been overshadowed by the $1 million sale of Amazing Fantasy #15.  This book has been considered more difficult to find in high grade than Amazing Fantasy #15.  I think it&#8217;s only a matter of time until this book catches up.  There is word on the street of a JLA movie in the making, and that could be just the press this books needs to show renewed movement.<\/p>\n<p>Well there you have it. Feel free to add your comments and picks.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the sleepers currently for sale below.<\/p>\n<p><script language=\"JavaScript\" src=\"http:\/\/lapi.ebay.com\/ws\/eBayISAPI.dll?EKServer&#038;ai=crpt%7En%7Fdnx%7Cs&#038;bdrcolor=FFCC00&#038;catid=73+12590&#038;cid=0&#038;eksize=1&#038;encode=UTF-8&#038;endcolor=FF0000&#038;endtime=y&#038;fbgcolor=FFFFFF&#038;fntcolor=000000&#038;fs=0&#038;hdrcolor=FFFFCC&#038;hdrimage=1&#038;hdrsrch=n&#038;img=y&#038;lnkcolor=0000FF&#038;logo=2&#038;num=12&#038;numbid=n&#038;paypal=n&#038;popup=n&#038;prvd=9&#038;query=%28%22showcase+4%22%2C+%22showcase+22%22%2C+%22amazing+adventures+11%22%2C+%22tales+of+suspense+52%22%2C+%22tales+of+suspense+57%22%2C+%22avengers+16%22%29&#038;r0=3&#038;sacategoryin=73+12590&#038;shipcost=n&#038;siteid=0&#038;sort=MetaEndSort&#038;sortby=endtime&#038;sortdir=asc&#038;srchdesc=n&#038;tbgcolor=FFFFFF&#038;tlecolor=FFCE63&#038;tlefs=0&#038;tlfcolor=000000&#038;toolid=10004&#038;track=5336836840&#038;width=455\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has always been a fascination in the comic book collecting hobby for &#8220;sleepers&#8221; &#8211; those comic books that may be currently overlooked and undervalued, poised for explosive sales growth. 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