Market report on comic books

We have all heard of collectors complaining about the hobby burst in the 90's. And we still hear about the old time collector complaining about how comic books aren't good like they were back in the days. There are many more doomsayers in the comic book collecting industry. But before I get further into comic books let me say a few things.
"Misery loves company." And when one person complains to another, the other person eats it up.
"Its easier to see the glass as half empty than half full" We are bought up in a pessimistic world. Why? simple, its much easier. And when things don't go the way we want to we simply blame the next person.
"Negativity will always overrule positivity" Its a simple human trait, most people tend to focus on what went wrong rather than what went well. The value of ten comics can go up but if one comic book drops in value the collector would rather focus on that one.
Okay back to comics, it seems that the market on comics have steadied itself. Over the years many modern comic books have gained or maintained a healthy value. The Walking Dead, Morning Glories, Thief of Thieves and some other comics have all maintained a steady market. Though sometimes we see a price drop, early issues are constantly in demand.
Next comes the movie comic book tie-ins. When the Avengers movie was announced many silver age Avengers comics got a small bump in price. When certain characters were announced in new movies, the first appearance of that character usually went up in value.
Want more examples? Batman Adventures #12, NYX #3, Vengeance of Bane #1 have all increased in value over the years. So to the people that says the comic book hobby is going down the drain, perhaps we should tell them to stick their head in the drain first.
I also want to point out. Many people that collect other things tend to think that comic books are a bad market. While its not the best, its certainly pretty healthy and when you buy comics to read and enjoy it outweighs the investment part. I also want to add, been a collector of many other things I have noticed that comic books have been outperforming many other collectibles in the secondary market.

A mini report on the new 52s from DC comics

Well I have to say that some of the new 52s from DC are starting to bore me. I have always thought that 52 new titles were too much of a starting point for DC. My first initial thought was why don't they start off small and work into more titles. Of course there is a business strategy of wanting to sell as many comics as possible. But I think this strategy is hurting the quality of the comics as the talent is stretched out too thin.

Many titles are starting to get dull and boring. The art in some of the comics are not the greatest to say the least. Titles I though that was going to be good only became so-so or unbearable. Lets start off with some of the titles I initially began with.

Supergirl - Right of the back, the comic was boring. What, who, where and why were the main story line. Reading about a confused character was not fun, a story is supposed to show focus. If they wanted to make this work at least foreshadow some of the future and tell us what may happen. They can always change the future to give the story a twist but instead they threw two characters into battle. A very confused Supergirl and a Superboy that won't tell whats going on lead me to drop this title starting with issue #3.

Wonder Woman - What can I say? again with the confusing story arc. Something happened in the past, something happens in the future. Wonder Woman time travels... wait, what? How the hell did that happen? Oh wait the character from the past time travels too, are we reading a science fiction comic? Issue #1 was uneventful, issue #2 was uneventful and so was issue #3. I'm giving this one more try and if it doesn't improve, I'm dropping this title.

Some other titles thats not even worth my time typing about. Superman, Action, Red Hood and the Outlaws. Surprisingly I was very impressed with Aquaman and Voodoo and am also still reading titles like Teen Titans, Batgirl, Catwoman, Batwoman, Batman, Batman The Dark Knight and Detective. Though I have to say I dropped Batman and Robin. It did nothing for me and felt like I was reading a babysitting story gone horribly wrong.