Hello everyone,
I've been out of collectiong comics for 2-3 years now. I've collected off and on for more then 25 years and have over 10,000 comics in my collection. I am looking to get back into the hobby and am seriously considering going solely digital, but am having an internal conflict with myself about it and am looking for your thoughts and advice on the subject.
I have considered myself a collector of the hobby and had believed for years that I would sell my comics when I retired for a profit. Going back through and looking at my collection, it appears that a large majority of the comics haven't really gone up in value, much at all. There are a select few worth a profit, like The Walking Dead and some early X-Men, but for the most part, there still worth about cover price.
I have always loved the idea of holding the actual comic in my hand and a few years ago when stuff like comixology started poping up, I thought to myself, "I will never go that route". Cut to this past week and my desire to get back into the hobby. I walked into my local comic store and started looking around at new books I might want to get. If I want to get the recently released Justice League #1, he is selling it for $10 or I can buy it for $3 on comixology. This is just one example of multiple comics I would want to pick up. Knowing how I am, I would want to go back and buy multiple issues and series I missed out on over the past 2-3 years, which could lead me to buying comics at an increased price or worse yet, not be able to find an available copy.
I own an iPad 2 and have tried a handful of comics out on comixology. I believe the experience has been favorable to holding the actual comic in my hands. The prices are right, $1 less then the original cover price on most DC issues although Marvel wants cover price on most of their big titles and I'm not really comfortable paying cover price for a digital version. It's quick and easy to get them and they take up a lot less space. The majority of the comics that I will purchase will not increase in value over the years, so I really won't be losing future profits, for the most part.
But, I am still a collector at heart and question if I should take the plunge and go down this road. I've even considered selling my actual collection and replacing it with online versions. So I take my feelings to the community for some thoughts and advice. Anyone considered the options I have discussed, if so, what conclusions did you come to about it? I would appreciate all pros and cons on the subject from everyone?
Thank you in advance!
Clay
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