A small Collection fell into my lap today 0

[gadzukes]

My phone starts ringing.  A number I didn't recognize, but it identified it as being a town I used to live in so I answered it.   

Turned out to be a friend of a friend of a friend I knew in that town.  He had some comics "cluttering" up his garage and he heard that I was a collector (THIS IS WHY YOU TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT YOU COLLECT COMICS).

I asked him the normal basic questions.... era? Cover price? Marvel/DC? etc....  He didn't know much, but he mentioned lots of 12c Disney (ugh) Lots of 12c Bugs bunny, Little lulu, tom & jerry, and other cartooney stuff (ugh), lots of Archie (this perked my interest a little).

I asked him... Superheroes?  Marvel?  DC?  He said lots of 12c Superman/Superboy/justice league.

Finally he said... "I'm holding a Journey Into Mystery 88". BINGO!

I drove the 1hr today hoping hoping hoping that there were more early Marvels.

It turned out to be not the greatest collection but still well worth the drive.

The JIM 88 turned out to be in horrid shape (1.0-1.5). And then there was a Green Lantern 76 "woohoo".

Here's some pics.

 

[gadzukes]

[gadzukes]

With a press maybe a 5.0?

[gadzukes]

POLKADOT MAN!  Superman/Flash race

Edited March 11, 2022 by gadzukes

[gadzukes]

[gadzukes]

There's about 20 more Archies and about 75 Walt Disneys from the 1960s

He asked for $1000 (I love when they throw out a number 1st).  I countered with $900.  Done deal.

I feel good about that price.

There will be some work involved selling cheap stuff, but I think I will do fine.  

[WolverineX]

Congrats buddy.  Great pickup

[Mucheee1]

On 3/11/2022 at 1:25 PM, gadzukes said:

I never would have thought to store my comics this way …

[gadzukes]

On 3/11/2022 at 5:18 PM, Mucheee1 said:

I never would have thought to store my comics this way …

None of them were bag/boarded (in the normal method).  The guy said he got them all from a woman who had them all stacked RAW in a garage.  HE wasn't a comic guy himself so this was his method of storing them.  

[thehumantorch]

Congrats.  I'd buy a collection like that all day long.