The surprising cameo appearance in the latest installment of Falcon and Winter Soldier has led to the character’s comic debut rising in price.
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 5, “Truth”, which is now streaming on Disney +.
The shocking debut of Julia Louis-Dreyfus as La Contessa Valentina Allegra de la Fontaine in the latest episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier led to a price increase in the Contessa’s first comic book.
This rise has followed a fixed pattern in recent months, with a character appearing prominently in a trailer (such as Owen Wilson’s Mobius in the Loki trailer) leads to an increase the first time that character appears on the secondary market, or when an important plot line in a Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) series refers to a notable comic book moment (such as the launch of the White Vision in WandaVision) that the comic strip that inspired the moment also sees a jump in the back, issues sales. Heck, we’re even now seeing the effect appear with non – Marvel comics (like Jupiter’s Legacy # 1 coming to the Jupiter’s Legacy trailer was released).
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The rise in price of 1967 Strange stories # 159, with the Contessa debut, is a bit more obvious than other cases, as it is much older than the more modern Marvel comics that have been more revived lately (as many of the modern MCU series on Disney + seems to be inspired by comic books in the late 1980s / early 1990s, mixed with even more recent storylines).
The reason it matters is because it is more likely to be rated with older comics than Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) with older comic books, and that you can more easily compare with similar comparisons to CGC grades. cartoons. In other words, let’s say that in a cartoon that rarely gets a graded rise in the issue price, it’s sometimes difficult to determine at selling prices what exactly is going on with the valuation, since each issue sold is in a very different state. is.
In this case, we can look at copies of Strange stories # 159 who have the same CGC degree, and compare it with each other and the difference is strong.
On April 7, a 9.6 copy of the issue (with a Jim Steranko written and signed by Nick Fury, agent of the SHIELD story that introduced the Contessa memorable) …
sold for $ 565.
After the Contessa appeared on Falcon and Winter Soldier, a $ 9.6 copy was sold for $ 1,984.50. A 7.5 copy costs $ 700.
The MCU influence continues to cast a wide shadow over the price of issue.
Created by Malcolm Spellman and directed by Kari Skogland, The falcon and the winter soldier stars Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Emily VanCamp, Wyatt Russell, Erin Kellyman, Adepero Oduye, Florence Kasumba and Daniel Brühl. New installments debut on Fridays at Disney +.
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