Should You Invest in Tosin Oduye?

Simply over seven months in the past, Marvel revealed Black Panther #3, which contained the primary look of Tosin, a younger Wakandan hero. With many speculating that Tosin would change into the subsequent Black Panther, this ebook instantly turned a bestseller. Others speculate that he’ll seem as T’Challa and Nakia’s new child son in Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly.

Will Black Panther #3’s run final? I feel the brief reply is “no.”

Black Panther #3 Has Outperformed the Remainder of the Market.

Proper out of the gate, uncooked copies of Black Panther #3 (2022) bought for $10 to $15 on eBay shortly after Marvel revealed the ebook. Although the comedian ebook market has entered a bear market (with most comics shedding 20% or extra of their present market worth), Black Panther #3 outperformed the remainder of the market. Six months later, uncooked copies have bought for $20 to $70. Outperforming the market over the previous six months is spectacular; nonetheless, I don’t assume it’ll final.

9.8s Make up 92% of the Common Blue Labels on the CGC Census.

Although Marvel revealed this ebook solely seven months in the past in January 2022, there are already 722 CGC 9.8s copies of this ebook listed within the CGC Census. As well as, 9.8s make up a whopping 92% of the blue labels. Contemplating it takes CGC roughly 4 to 6 months to grade a ebook and ship it again to you (and twice as lengthy in case you ask them to press it too), traders will need to have shipped lots of of copies as quickly as they rolled off Marvel’s printers.

I additionally anticipate that GCC has acquired lots of, if not hundreds, of copies of this ebook that they haven’t but graded in latest months. What does that imply? In six months’ time, we may simply see 2000+ 9.8s on the Census. At this level, provide will probably exceed demand. In different phrases, in case you purchased at present at $200 (the going price on eBay), you’d probably lose at the least some cash in your funding. It’s even scarier for many who have just lately paid $1,000 for the 1:25 Taurin Clarke variant.

A Comparable Guide Has Not Fared Nicely.

May this ebook keep its regular rise in worth? Maybe if the MCU introduces him as a personality and he turns into a fan-favorite, broadly talking, amongst popular culture fanatics. However we’ve now seen the bounds of the MCU as a driving drive behind the rise of comedian ebook values.

Contemplate the primary look of Shuri. Though most speculators anticipate that she’s going to change into the subsequent Black Panther, that hasn’t boosted the worth of her first look in Black Panther #2 (2005). The truth is, CGC 9.8 copies of that difficulty have misplaced roughly 50% of their worth since hitting a peak of over $1100 lower than a yr in the past.

9.8s include 45% of the blue labels on the CGC Census, a way more favorable ratio than Tosin’s first look. In different phrases, when it comes to worth, the long run isn’t brilliant for Black Panther #3, particularly whenever you examine it to Black Panther #2.