dear be-,
re: “A graphic novel is a longer story, usually original (ie never having appeared previously in any comic series) and published on stock similar to what is used for an Anthology.”
That still doesn’t rate for them to be as expensive as they are, even for ones that have had their run as a ‘new not published’ story, i.e., ‘ghost’, or, ‘femme noir’, which are in the 20 dollar ON EBAY!!
I fully agree. I have quite a collection of comics I bought that at the time cost me 12 - 50 cents each. Some are quite valuable.