tired of hours in a pokémon center queue just to watch every single product go sold out? then doing it again next drop. so were we. 🔑 first private sale is live get your sealed under market, no queue, no waiting room. signup, grind levels, get in 👇

Key of the Day: Gobbledygook #1, the first Fugitoid appearance with a back cover ad for TMNT #1 that predates the Turtles' debut. A CGC 9.4 Signature Series copy signed by Kevin Eastman hammered for $132,000 at Hake's, closing Oct 21. A record for the book in any grade.

Happy Pokemon Delta Reign prereleases day! Full English release is Nov 6. 
Each Build & Battle Box has one of four foil promos: Masquerain, Magmortar, Enamorus, Kommo-o.

KeyWire TCG Fear & Greed: 87 Extreme Greed (down 2 from 89) Pokemon Delta Reign prerelease day Less TCG chatter on X than Friday's release day Riftbound Radiance openings split: big hits vs sealed value gripes OP-17 box $321.28, up $5.32

Goldin’s Trophy Pikachu closes Sunday, Oct 25, 7 PM PT (30-min extended bidding). Last bid we can confirm: $2.425M before premium, Oct 14. The record is $1.769M. Reported to be the only copy in PSA’s census. What to watch >>> keywire.io/signals/trophy-pi…

new lorcana and riftbound today!

KeyWire TCG Fear & Greed: 89 / Extreme Greed (up 1 from 88) 1. Riftbound Radiance and Lorcana Hyperia City drop today 2. X chatter vs Thu: Riftbound up 38%, One Piece up 18%, Pokemon up 13% 3. OP-17 box $315.96, up $6.44 Track cards free: keywire.io

Gloom didn’t need to evolve. it needed an illustrator who saw the vision. which Pokémon won you over because of ONE card?

KeyWire TCG Fear & Greed: 88, Extreme Greed (flat) 1. Pokemon X chatter up 9% on Delta Reign preorders. Prereleases on Saturday. 2. Riftbound down 8%, One Piece down 3% before Radiance drops Friday. 3. OP-17 box $309.52, up $4.60. Track your cards free: keywire.io

Japan’s gold Mega Rayquaza ex is about $946. Across the last four sets, the English gold card settled at a median 31% of the Japanese price, and the English SIR held 86%. 🐉⚡️Delta Reign PRERELEASES SATURDAY. Here's the data you need before you open a pack!!! keywire.io/signals/delta-rei…

a great cover should make you stop even if you barely read the character. Absolute Wonder Woman did just that. what other issue #1 nailed that first impression?

Daily Comics Movers · Wed Oct 21 Clayface reviews are split two days before it opens. Time Out gave it 4/5 and called it "the best DC film in years." The 2.5/5 "Morbius moment" review is off Rotten Tomatoes. We’ll see what happens when the embargo lifts. The Detective Comics #298 facsimile (the first Matt Hagen Clayface) hit shelves today, right ahead of Friday’s movie release. Today's new books: Absolute Flash #20 (the Absolute Cyborg debut) is Comics Heating Up's pick of the week, and Absolute Green Arrow #6 is #1 on the pull chart. Afterlife with Archie has a director, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Filming runs December through April, aiming at Halloween 2027 on Disney+. D'Orc #9 arrives this week on top of the Sony deal heat, and #10 is on Monday's final order cutoff.

buying an ETB to keep sealed is easy. being in the same room as it for three weeks is where the plan starts falling apart.

October reading assignment: Batman: The Long Halloween. 🎃🦇 what comic belongs next to it on the Halloween reading pile? give us something unsettling.

you’re building a 9-card binder page for Halloween. Gengar gets a spot. who else makes the cut? 🎃 bonus points for specific cards.

this Poliwhirl makes a rainy walk home look like the best moment of its life. what Pokémon card makes you wish you could be inside the artwork?

Lorcana's Hyperia City box is about 23% over MSRP before wide release. Attack of the Vine! ran 38% to 76% over at every tracked point. Singles are mixed: Cinderella Iconic up 24% to about $1,067, Marie's Enchanted down 34%. The data:

KeyWire TCG Fear & Greed: 88, Extreme Greed (flat) 1. Riftbound 83: Radiance hits shelves Thu 10/23 2. Pokemon 81: Trophy Pikachu auction closes at Goldin Sun 10/25 3. MTG 72: Festival in a Box sold out in about 20 min Scan yours free: keywire.io

PSA deactivated the certs and caps payouts at each item's Max Insured Value. Here's what's confirmed and what to do next:

TCG Fear & Greed: 88, Extreme Greed (up from 87) What's moving the needle today: • Pokemon chatter on X up 33% vs Monday as Delta Reign preorders roll out. Prereleases start Sat 10/24 • Riftbound up 32% with Radiance hitting shelves Thursday 10/23 (Lorcana Hyperia City same day) • OP-17 booster box flat at $303.14, One Piece chatter cools 5% • Card prices overall still Neutral. The hype is running ahead of prices

Four different Lugia cards have sold for $360,000 or more since Sept 10. The price doesn't track population: 13, 21, about 45 and 138 PSA 10s. See the full table>>> keywire.io/signals/four-diff…