Jobbo

Hmm, yeah, I’ve just done some research & apparently, Marvel formed their own British publishing group, starting with The Mighty World of Marvel (which rings a bell) in 1972. So they will all be, or mostly be, the British versions .. altho, I don’t remember any of them being in B&W. If I remember correctly (& I could be wrong) each issue had The Hulk, Fantastic Four & Spiderman in them & then later on, I think Daredevil also made an appearance. It’s funny, but I had forgotten (until I just did some research & saw all the different titles) that there will be other stuff in the trunk like Planet of the Apes, Dracula Lives, Iron Fist, The Savage Sword of Conan etc. Like I said, I’ve definitely got first editions of Captain Britain (which I think is worth something) & Howard the Duck (yeah, I know, not so much) but it’s whether or not there’s other first editions in there as well. I’m almost certain there is, but .. !?! Anyhoo, stay tuned .. altho it will be at least a couple of weeks before I can get up there & open the trunk. Thanks again for all your help.

Thanks for all the replies & advice .. & of course, all of you are right, I do need to open the flippin’ trunk & have a good rummage. As for if they’re American comics, or their British cousins .. Living in the UK, back in the early 70’s, I used to get my Marvel & (some) DC comics delivered from the newsagent once a week, so I take it they’re British. I didn’t occur to me back then (& to be fair, I was only 8 at the time) but I take it that means that there are American & British versions of the same issues / comics knocking around .. & I’m guessing that the American versions are worth a lot more?

Hi all, I’m not a comic collector as such, but when I was a kid growing up in the UK in the early 70’s (yes, I really am that old) I did buy & still have a freezer size trunk full of mostly old Marvel & DC comics. The thing is (& this might be a good time for any avid comic collectors out there to look away) the trunk has been sitting & still sits, in my Mother’s dusty, cold attic, unopened for the past 40 years. I’ve no idea what state or condition the comics are in. I mean. I could open the trunk a find it’s now just one big block of paper mache (which I guess would make a nice coffee table) but it’s only recently, after seeing some of the prices that first editions & certain issues go for, that I’ve realised that I could be sitting on a gold mine .. or it might just be a coal mine, depending on what state the comics are in. Which finally leads me to my question, are first edition comic books that are in (& this is just a guess) a readable but worn condition worth anything? .. & by that I mean a lot more than say, a couple of dollars to $30 each? The reason I’m asking is because I’ve been looking online & issues like first edition X-Men, Hulk, Avengers etc, do ring a bell with me, I recognise all the covers, but after 50 plus years you’re memory plays tricks on you, so I’m not sure if I recognise them due to osmosis, or I remember reading them as a kid & they’re actually in the trunk. Now the obvious answer would be to just open the damn trunk, which I do intend on doing, but it will require some effort. My Mother lives almost two hundred miles away & altho I could go uo there & into the attic with a torch, but there’s literally hundreds of comics in the trunk to sort through .. & if some of them are worth more than say, $30 each, I rather do it properly, hire a van, get the trunk back to London & take my time. So basically, after all that waffle, are first edition X-Men, Hulk, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil .. um .. Captain Britain, Howard The Duck (yes, I know I’m starting to scrape the barrel) that are in poor, to fairly poor condition actually worth anything? .. If the answer is, yes, poor, to fairly poor first editions can still fetch say, hundreds of dollars (upwards) each, then I’ll be up there like a shot. Oh, I’ve just remembered, there’s probably some Dan Dare comics / annuals in there as well from when my Dad was a kid. Anyhoo, you get the idea .. answers on a postcard please & thanks in advance for any help.