The clix world is saying that a Lobo clix will indeed be in a upcoming set, so my question is this:

Will that announcment alone help raise the value of back issues of Lobo, including his first appearance in Omega Men #3?

I know that movies has influenced the value of some comics, such as Spider-man and X-men...just wondering.

JR

I've never known Heroclix to influence the value of a comic. Though by extension it may, if a figure generates enough interest in issues where it has appeared in. But I highly doubt it.

I introduced a kid to clix for his 8th grade graduation present. He is now a regular at the Friday night game. His favorite piece is Blue Devil. So for Christmas, I picked up the 1st six issues of the BD comic so his mom would have a cool gift to give him.

Other then that, I don't really see Clix (as they are used now) to impact comics.

Unfortunately, Wizkids seems more to try and introduce new games, instead of growing the audience for their current games.

For example. Instead of giving out Free Comic Book Day Wolverine at Comic Book shops, they should have made a Freee Wolverine that would have been given out at the premiere of X-men III. It has now been several years since the release of Heroclix and I don't think they will get a majority of new growth by supporting comic fans... that ship has sailed.

What they need to do is find new players.

Sorry, a little off topic, but if these free figures were used that way, then I do believe that clix would influence comic.

I think right now, DC and Marvel are more interested in making sure their "upper tier" characters or new features (Spider-Woman, Carol Danvers) are mirrored in the current releases of Heroclix.

Omega Men #3 is the first cameo, Omega Men #10 is the first full appearance. He wasn't quite the same character back then. I think it was the first 4-part miniseries that showed him as we know him today. All that being said, the inflation rate goes up more than back issues of Lobo do. No one buys those for investment or speculation, they buy them because they're fun.

You'll notice that after the movie buzz has gone down, the books that got jacked up tend to fall. Do you remember when Thomas Jane's Punisher came out? Everyone was saying that Amazing Spider-Man 129 was going to be the next $1000 bronze age book, along with Incredible Hulk 181. Show dealers had ungraded NM copies at $1000, but when the music stopped, no one bought any. They're back down to where they used to be. Repeat the process with anything the movies touch... Batman: Year One, X-Men: God Loves Man Kills, League of Extraordinary Gentleman, Hellboy: Seed of Darkness, Daredevil 168... no matter how good or how successful the movie is, speculators will always toss aside the current hotness for a shiny new toy.

Two words of advice:

1) The books that maintain a high price don't usually just appear there. Anything that spikes in price will fall just as fast. Some take a little longer to drop (Origin 1, Geoff Johns' Flash 197), but fall they will. The things that remain at a high price grow steadily (Ultimate Spider-Man 1).

2) Stop reading Wizard, that's the single fastest way to ruin your appreciation of comics.

Hey, thanks for correcting me on the first Cameo and appearance of Lobo, sorry for the mistake. I usually go by what Overstreet and to a point, Comic Buyers Guide and every now and then I will go through Wizards. I was recently looking at some of the Spider-man titles in regards to the black costum and Venom and as of right now they are steady but I want to see how low they go after the movie buzz of Spider-man 3 has worn off.

JR