Larry Litt, Vincent Zurzolo & Iron Man<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nLarry Litt of Minneapolis & his comic, Iron Man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Minneapolis retired investment advisor knew a great investment when he saw it.<\/i><\/p>\n \u2014 Vincent Zurzolo, president of Comic Connect<\/p>\n<\/div>\n NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, May 8, 2023\/EINPresswire.com<\/a>\/ — As a kid, Larry Litt of Minneapolis, a self-described \u201clifelong comic fan,\u201d often took the bus downtown to his local comic shop, where he would stock up on the latest releases at 12 cents a pop.<\/p>\n One day, the shop owner gave him some advice: \u201cBag and board and store them well, and one day when you get to be my age, they will be worth a lot.\u201d The advice stuck.<\/p>\n Litt went on to a career as an investment<\/a> adviser and, besides stocks and bonds, he invested in comics. And\u2026he was able to buy an Iron Man<\/a> #1.<\/p>\n \u201cI love Iron Man,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is my second #1. I was able to sell the first one for a nice profit and wanted to replace it. I saw a really nice copy again and I bought it.\u201d<\/p>\n Now the highly collectible book is again hitting the auction market at ComicConnect.com with a potential six-figure sales price. \u201cI\u2019ve done well with price appreciation,\u201d Litt said, in something of an understatement.<\/p>\n Vincent Zurzolo, CEO of ComicConnect.com, the premier online marketplace for comic books and pop culture collectibles, said an Iron Man #1 in 9.9 condition (mint), as graded by Certified Guaranty Company (CGC), is a rare find.<\/p>\n \u201cIn over 23 years of CGC-graded comics, this is only the third copy ever graded a 9.9,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Iron Man first appeared in Tales of Suspense #39 in 1963, but didn\u2019t get his own Marvel title until May 1968.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Stan Lee devised Iron Man, he sought to create a hero that embodied all the things that his young readership rebelled against,\u201d Zurzolo said. \u201cThus was born Tony Stark, a shamelessly capitalist millionaire playboy whose fortune was built on war machinery and weaponry.\u201d<\/p>\n Iron Man\u2019s first solo outing was a smash hit among comics readers, but the superhero exploded in popularity with the release of the movie \u201cIron Man\u201d in 2008.<\/p>\n \u201cRobert Downey Jr.\u2019s star turn catapulted the character from perennial B-lister to A-list superhero status right up there with Superman, Batman and Spider-Man,\u201d Zurzolo said. \u201cBut longtime comics fans have always known that this is one of Marvel’s most complex and fascinating heroes.\u201d<\/p>\n ComicConnect sold a copy of Iron Man #1 in 2013 for $95,000. Zurzolo said he expects it could double or triple that price as demand for rare comics has exploded over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n \u201cHaving recently retired, being so fortunate as to get the third 9.9 in the world and now auctioning it at ComicConnect is really appealing,\u201d Litt said. \u201cI\u2019m not a 9.9 must-have collector, but this was an iron-clad investment I couldn\u2019t pass up.\u201d<\/p>\n He added that he is friends with Bob Layton, the well known comic book<\/a> artist who played a large role in shaping the persona of Iron Man. \u201cI have many coveted pieces from him,\u201d Litt said. \u201cComic books and especially their backstories are fascinating to me.\u201d<\/p>\n The auction begins May 15 and runs through June 5-9. For more information about the auction, visit ComicConnect.com.<\/p>\n Joanne Levine
Lekas & Levine PR
joannepr@aol.com
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