LongingForKrypton

April 15, 2021

11 hours ago, littledoom said:

I was at a shop on Monday and I heard a phone call about this stolen collection. I passed on the info to another shop I was at the same day also

Thank you very much for helping to get the word out!

April 10, 2021

Thanks for all the support and the suggestions, everyone!

I will definitely contact those places that I haven't already been in touch with.

April 10, 2021

On 4/8/2021 at 9:42 PM, Broke as a Joke said:

I'm up in Temecula area and there are only a handful of Comic shops up here. Do you have a timeframe of when they were actually stolen from the storage facility?

The theft occurred between Sept 1, 2020 (the last time anyone saw the books) and March 28, 2021 (the day the theft was discovered).

ThothAmon · April 8, 2021

I am the guy whose comic collection was stolen in Vista, CA.

Thanks for the support and sympathy from my fellow collectors. It is appreciated.

For those wondering why I put the comics into storage in the first place, it's because I was going abroad, and now I am staying longer than originally planned. I have been in London since the beginning of the pandemic, and that's the reason I wasn't able to check in on the comics for awhile.

As Bob mentioned, the list he gave is just the more notable key issues. The entire collection that was stolen was about 6,000+ books. They were in about 15 long boxes plus several smaller boxes, and they pretty much filled the storage unit. Here is a more extensive list of the more notable series, and I'm uploading JPGs of the full list:

Adventure 247,267,293,300-304,306-308,310-312,317,319,323,331-332,334,336,343-344,346,351-352,357,380,431-434,438-440

Amazing Spider-Man 2-7,9,11-19,21,23-25,27-28,30-31,33-34,36,38-42,46,48,50-52,54-55,63,65-66, 68-70,75,78,80,83,86,104,106,122,129

King-Size Annual 2, Annual 10-11, King-Size Special 3,5

The Brave and the Bold 28,30,34-36,42,60,79,81,87,91,92,94-101,103-111,116,118-120

Cerebus 1-300

Daredevil (v1,1964) 1-21,24,27,28, 30,33-35,37-39,43,44,50,52,55,57,60,67,70-73,81-82,84,86-89,91-96,98-100,158-191

Special 1-3

Detective Comics 356,369,401,402,426,439,441,443-448,449-454,456-479,485,489,490,519,526-567,853

Doctor Strange (v1, 1968) 169-181

Fantastic Four (v1) 6-13,15-18,20-22,25-28,31-32,34,36-37,42,45,47,49-50,55,57,101,150, 232-293

King-Size Annual/Special 1-4,9,17-19, Giant-Size 4,6

Flash (1959) 105 (the only restored book in the collection),110-114,117-118,121,123,125,126,130,132,135-136,147,164,170,173,178,187,214,240,300

Green Lantern(v1) 93,94

Hawkman (1964) 18,20

Incredible Hulk (1962) 2-6

Journey Into Mystery 83-125

Annual 1

Justice League of America (v1, 1960) 1-4,8-9,14,16,19,22,24,25,27,29,62,75,93,123

Mystery In Space 53,56,58,62,66,68,70,72-74,81,83,87-96,99,100,102

Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. (v1) 1-5,9,11,12,14,16-18

Showcase 18,34-36,59,61,73,82,85,101-103

Silver Surfer (v1,1968) 1-6,8,14-18

Strangers In Paradise

(v1, Antartic Press) 1-3

(v2, Abstract Studios, Sept ’94 – July ‘96) 1-14

(v3,Homage/Image, Oct ’96 – Abstract Studios) 1-90

Superboy (v1) 72-73,77-78,80-84,87-89,91,93-95,98,101-102,105,108,117,121,128, 130-131,134,136,139,147,168,170, 172,183,191,193,223,235,252

Superman 139,147-153,155,157,161-162,167-169,176,178,181,183,185-188,192-193,202,216,222,228,236,252,258,264,270,276,279,285,287,292-294,296,306,316,318,328,353,356

Tales of Suspense (v1) 39-47,50-52,56-58,60,68,77,79,84,89-90,93,99

Tales to Astonish (v1) 27,35,38,40,42-49,56,60,88,91

Thor 126-154,156,158-170,172-176,178,182-186,189,191-193,195,356

X-Men (v1) 2,4-5,7,10-12,17,25,33,35

None of these books were in CGC slabs (they were all in mylar bags), but some of them had been graded previously, and those had the CGC slip inside the mylar bag behind the backing board. I wish I had a list of which books had CGC slips, but unfortunately, I don't. However, the books were all in very nice condition, mostly at least 8.5 with a couple exceptions. (Justice League #1 was in 8.2 condition, and Adventure #247 was in 7.5 condition, but I don't think I had anything lower than that, and the raw books were all of comparably high quality.) Individually, these books might not stand out, but I'm hoping that anyone seeing a bulk of these books turning up in condition that high might take note, so I'm circulating this list.

Thanks for your support!