What Was the First Comic You Sold? 6 6

[littledoom]

The first comics I sold were 20-30 Marvel Legends reprints to an eager buyer at a yard sale back in 2008 for about $20-30. Prior to that I traded some FF Bryne and 80s Eternals issues for ASM 315 from my best friend at school. I finally sold off that ASM 315 this year. Those comics came from Toys R Us 5-packs in the mid/late 2000s. They mainly had overprinted undesirable 80s Marvels

Edited November 9, 2021 by littledoom

[Jesse-Lee]

I traded a Joker #1 to a guy in high school in 1995 for a Nike windbreaker and $10. Kinda wish I still had the book, although I bet it wasn't really high grade. The jacket and the $10 are both long gone.

[jcjames]

ROM #1 (FN+), bought for $1, sold for $12, March 2015 on feebay. 

That's when I thought to myself, "Hey, this is actually a thing!" 

 

[badback83]

Tales of Suspense 49 CGC 8.5.  Wish I had that one back.

[Terry JSA]

The first comic I sold was an Edge of Spider-Verse #2 for $75. 

I got it for $20 since it was in rough shape. I was happy with my first sale. 

[Galen130]

My personal raw copy of Batman Adventures #12.  I started learning about comic grading as well with that comic.  I gave it a 9.4 estimate and sold it on feebay in 2017...same time I joined the boards.  The seller who bought it emailed me a few months later and told me I nailed the grade...CGC gave it a 9.4.  I don't know if he had it pressed, but I was surprised.  Turned out that I have a knack for grading, but I'm not perfect.  That is the most profitable sale I've had to date, including the sales I've had here on the boards since Summer 2020.

[Larryw7]

Tales from the Crypt 38, Detective 170, Batman 39 to Bob Horn at a local show around 1979.

[kav]

GL 76 for like $4 bucks 1977.
@oakman29

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[oakman29]

On 11/8/2021 at 9:37 PM, kav said:

GL 76 for like $4 bucks 1977.
@oakman29

😂 I sold a Fantastic Four #9 to (I think) Jayman about ten years ago  for 75.00. I can still count on two hands how many times I sold a book.

[kav]

On 11/8/2021 at 10:14 PM, oakman29 said:

😂 I sold a Fantastic Four #9 to (I think) Jayman about ten years ago  for 75.00. I can still count on two hands how many times I sold a book.

you can count more than me!

 

[oakman29]

On 11/8/2021 at 10:20 PM, kav said:

you can count more than me!

 

I can even tell you what my first major comic book buy is . An AF 15 that would grade 5.0/5.5 if I ever had it graded(which I wont) for 500.00 in early 1980's . I think 1982.🤔

[kav]

On 11/8/2021 at 10:24 PM, oakman29 said:

I can even tell you what my first major comic book buy is . An AF 15 that would grade 5.0/5.5 if I ever had it graded(which I wont) for 500.00 in early 1980's . I think 1982.🤔

I will dbl your $$$

[littledoom]

On 11/8/2021 at 9:37 PM, kav said:

GL 76 for like $4 bucks 1977.
@oakman29

wow 

[kav]

On 11/8/2021 at 10:28 PM, littledoom said:

wow 

not only that it was for kneel atom's collection.

[MAR1979]

I've sold under 10 comics in my life, but probably traded 20-25.   The earliest trade I recall making was DD 257 condition unknown but no less than NM+ 9.6, for a  sealed/unopened  Mego Spock on Card - condition approx NM/M.  This was back around 1991? Current day not sure it was good deal or not?

 

Edited November 9, 2021 by MAR1979

[shadroch]

This is a very interesting question.  I thought about it and don't have an answer to it. I should, but I just don't remember it.

Edited November 9, 2021 by shadroch

[SeniorSurfer]

When I was a kid I remember selling some Incredible Hulk books (about 103 - 112) to the LCS after they, of course, asked me what I wanted for them.  Since I had paid .12 each, I boldly asked for double and successfully received .25 per.

Later I remember trying to sell a few early DD and Cap SA books that I had doubles of to a friend that came to visit. Total for three books was easily about $4.00-5.50) going by an early, outdated Overstreet I had available.  Since this was serious money, he went to ask his father who looked at the merchandise, then looked at him like he was some kind of nut and told him to forget about it, even though he kept whining about looking them up and confirming that's what they were going for "in the book."

[Comics4All]

On 11/9/2021 at 1:28 AM, kav said:

I will dbl your $$$

Double your $ and throw in a PGX graded 4.5 copy of Rob Liefeld’s masterpiece : Troll 1! 

[chrisco37]

I remember selling a full run of McFarlane ASM's (including 300) way back at a show in 1994 for beer money in college.  $125.

At that same show, I traded a few NM100's for $10/ea.  I used that to pick up some Bronze ASM's.  

 

[Comics4All]

On 11/9/2021 at 8:20 AM, chrisco37 said:

I remember selling a full run of McFarlane ASM's (including 300) way back at a show in 1994 for beer money in college.  $125.

At that same show, I traded a few NM100's for $10/ea.  I used that to pick up some Bronze ASM's.  

 

Yeah, but that was probably some good keystone ice beer that you drank!