Man, i laughed so hard at the story in the middle. Ha! Awesome story. I'm jealous of the store you found, not so much for the books, but for the experience. That had to have been a great feeling for a collector. Like a prospector tapping into a gold vein. Lol. I'm just starting to collect again after a two decade break. Looking forward to hitting some flea markets soon.
I overloaded my eyes on all those awesome books & covers. I enjoy the Classic X-Men covers, front & back. Thank you for an awesome video. Enjoy all that reading of classic books.
likingthecovers4963 I have been enjoying this reading for sure. It's fun to just dive in and take my pick of so many stories I haven't read before. It's also fun playing with shiny minty covers of course. thanks for the continued support and glad you enjoyed.
my local store just had an awesome event where all back issues (all modern, but variants even up to 1:50's) were $1 AU, I think I spent like $500 that weekend. Worth it.
At a car-boot sale over in England I bought a whole stack of X-Factor stuff for £7 (about $10). First appearances of Apocalypse and Archangel in there as well as issues 2 through to 70 and then most of 80-100. Also found the first appearances of Deadpool and Legion somewhere similar in a lot of about 30 books I got for £15. Something tells me the sellers didn't know what they had, and when I first bought them neither did I - I just saw comics and thought they'd be fun to read!
That's awesome, those two stories exemplify one of the best types of finds: the unexpected and humble haul that spits out a couple nuggets along to go with some fun reading. Thanks for the comment, take care.
eta nick I don't like the black backgrounds on the interior pages/panels of those punisher war journal books, but the actual panel art is great. Jim Lee, yes. I look forward to sitting down and spending 1-2 hours just reading them all at once.
very awesome haul you got. I really digging all the superman stuff and Fantasic Four and Batman books, I got me a run of Spectacular going trying to get it all but iam on my Action Comics Run right now.
MrGretzky9966 Thanks for the kind words. I just read most of the Batmans and they were fun interesting reads. Not as fluffy as I expected the plot to be....good dense mystery type reads. I am pretty unfamiliar with the spectacular spidey stories so looking forward to reading those too. Action comics is not my favorite, but maybe after reading some of the superman books in this haul I'll change my mind. later on man
I love Bronze Age books !! That is the era in which I grew up !! I collect comic books , ( and books , magazines , ect. !! ) from 1989 - back !! This is a great haul !! I love coming across the books from that era cheaply !! I just picked up about 120 comics at a buy 1 : Get 1 Free Labor Day Sale !!
Justice League Of America , Alpha Flight , Legends # 1 , Uncanny X - Men , Flash , Some Gold Key , Marvel 2 - in - 1 , All - Star Squadron , Tales Of The Teen Titans , Blue Beetle , some Charlton comics , Star Trek , Marvel Team - Up , Doctor Specktor , and more !! They were / are all in mint condition . I collect the books of my youth . That is why I enjoy videos such as yours so much !! The biggest haul that I got from that store was 200 comic books exactly !! I also bought a big stack of 1980s ( Mostly -- there were a few from the 1970s and 1990s thrown in with them !! ) of Mostly mint Uncanny X - Men !! That was not during their sale , but since the sale would be months away , I bought them all anyway !! They were on fifty cents each at the time . ( They had fifty centers on one side , and dollar books on the other . Now they are ALL dollar books in the bottom shelf .
eta nick ya, I saw you talking about it on one of your videos recently, then I just recently experienced it for myself with those Wolverines...it's something that only a hoarder/collector type can appreciate I think
Paradax! My man Brendan McCarthy on art....looks great man. That's one of the greatest things about digging through a shit ton of books, loads of gems to be found!
+comicKkrakK I think you are the only one to have mentioned Paradax after watching this video. Its one of the many comics from this haul that I have not yet found the time to read, but I'll put it up towards the top of the reading pile now that it has your endorsement. Is Brendan McCarthy your friend, or are you a fan, or both?
Naw...Not friends, just one of my favorite weirdo artists. I just found out yesterday that he also dabbled in movies. He was a writer and designer on the latest Mad Max: Fury Road film which was news to me. His style is pretty wacked and the coloring is always intense. I'd never heard of that book so I was excited to have another to add to my list to look for.
comicKkrakK Ya, I just heard you talking about his involvement in the new Mad Max. That makes him interesting, all the rest aside. Another artist to get into! There are soo many good ones out there. Not enough time to read them all -- must make the hard choices.
it's true but I'm finding that there are a bunch of artists I like that haven't done too much which makes it easy to just collect them all! Must have....more!
Jealous of those NM Longshots. That was one of the first stories I really got into as a kid. I read it as a trade paperback but have always wanted the comics.
It is crazy how the universe works. I’m currently reading doomsday clock and Nathaniel Dusk is in a movie which is talked about in Doomsday Clock. I didn’t know Nathaniel Dusk was indeed a real character which means there is a lot more to learn about the story that is happening in Doomsday Clock
Planet Comics #1 may have been a reprint but that was a new (for the time) cover by Dave Stevens. He's the guy who created The Rocketeer and was famous for drawing beautiful women.
Jared Osborn Thanks for that info Jared, I sincerely appreciate the heads up. I liked the Rocketeer movie as a kid, but that is about as far as my experience goes with Dave Stevens, unless he worked on other stuff I've read that I'm just unaware of....quite possible....in any case, I really liked that cover. I'm impressed that it did not come out of the 50's.
TheComicsPreacher I don't think he ever did much for Marvel or DC. He was certainly famous and talented enough to but I think he worked full time in animation out in L.A. and only did his comics part time. He was only in his 50s when he died in 2008. The very first IDW Artist Edition book from a couple of years ago was of his Rocketeer comics.
+Bill Christensen Thanks for that good info Bill. I did not realize that at the time of filming, but when it came time to bag and board the more "valuable" comics from this haul I looked some of them up and did realize that it was the first print. However, I haven't looked at that thing in months and your comment now makes me want to go digging for it. this could get messy...heh heh
Kenneth Brown Thanks man, I just took a look at your most recent vid and think it is worth checking out your channel. I look forward to it and will comment on your vids when I watch.
That's funny, I've got that Hembeck cover freebie, Femforce, Ex-Mutants (bagged and boarded today in fact) I'm at 23:28 and if I see you pull a Macross #1, Concrete, Nexus, Outlanders or Ninja High School I really will start humming the theme from Twilight Zone.
I'm having a bit of a Twilight Zone moment watching this while I've been bagging and boarding 99% of those same comics the past few days. I bought all mine when new and they've been siting in boxes since '96 when I stopped buying comics. Last year, while stuck at home with nothing to do I figured I'd straighten up the garage and do something about all those boxes of comics (about 10,000 books from between '75 and '96.) Several years ago I made my first attempt. Bought a comic database program that told you prices. I got about 2-3 long boxes entered and the most expensive book was worth around $44. The vast majority not even worth the cover price. So I said WTF and gave up. Jump to last year and doing some research online and finding sites like Go.Collect, Covrprice, MyComicShop to name a few and I discover the world of dry cleaning and pressing and getting comics graded. I went through some of my X-Men and did a test run with X-Men #120. I sent it out to Avery Comic Pressing, who was nice enough to guide me through the process, and he did his magic and forwarded it to CGC. It came back a 9.8. I hung onto it for awhile after hearing rumors of Alpha Flight (who has their first appearance in this book) soon to be a part of the MCU. I got tired of waiting so in November I put it up for sale and, well, if you go online to some of the places I mentioned you can see what it sold for. I was happy, the buyer was happy, and I paid down some of my credit cards. I also used some of that money to pay to send in more books. I know some of those books of yours you should go through that process of sending them in too. You'll make a lot more than the $5 or $10 you mentioned as you were flipping through them. Depending on their condition now and after a cleaning/pressing. Good Luck. Keep looking, maybe you'll find that Hulk #181 or TMNT #1 and buy a new car with the profits.
Ha, forgot about my super-man hating in this vid. Ya, not the biggest superman fan. He's the one that started it all, of course, but is just plain boring to me.
+Alex Lopez That is awesome! Glad to have inspired. I am always selling comics on ebay -- its how I pay for the new comics I get -- but I never mix my youtube channel and sales...sorry man.
The guy who bought those comics originally must have thought they would actually be worth something because he bought multiples. I did the same crap also.
These were all leftovers from a comic book store that went under in the late 90's. A thrift shop owner bought them at a storage auction and was selling them out of his random thrift shop.
i would have never grabbed doubles and triples unless they were key issues or worth a good amount of money. I would have replaced the doubles and triples you got for other comics that you could have gotten. just my opinion.
Planet Comics! Some slick Dave Stevens art on there....he draws a sexy sexy lady. Great score man, just thinking of digging through all those boxes of comics give me......some dilation of my own....a puckering really. Must have been a blast!
+comicKkrakK Picturing what a "puckering" would look like....ok better stop picturing that. Ya, this Haul introduced me to Dave Stevens with Planet Comics #1 and I have been picking his stuff up here and there ever since.
+Alex Lopez Hi Alex, I would rather not say since it is in my hometown...sorry about that. It is not a comic store though -- it is a thrift store that just happens to have a ton of comics. Search local thrift stores and, in my experience, about 1 out of 10 times you'll find some comics.
+Tom Ryan Ya, I went back. Picked up about a dozen of those minty fresh Planet Comics #1 when I went back, but not much else. I've gone through every single book in that place now. Nothing left for me, but man that place did give out quite a lot.
Got to love 35 cent comics. Sweet pick ups for sure. Thank you for sharing
vincru12000 I swear I enjoy reading a discounted book more than an expensive book....must be my Jewish side.....
so beautiful comics he find 👍👍👌
Would buy all those X-men Classics, I know I would spend a bloody fortune in that store
lol, the store is long gone now, but those are indeed great books
Not even a comic book guy but hearing your passion for them is awesome. Keep the haul videos coming
Thanks, glad you enjoyed the video
Man, i laughed so hard at the story in the middle. Ha! Awesome story. I'm jealous of the store you found, not so much for the books, but for the experience. That had to have been a great feeling for a collector. Like a prospector tapping into a gold vein. Lol. I'm just starting to collect again after a two decade break. Looking forward to hitting some flea markets soon.
I think you hit the nail on the head -- I will always remember this place for the experience more than the books themselves. Thanks for the comments
I overloaded my eyes on all those awesome books & covers. I enjoy the Classic X-Men covers, front & back. Thank you for an awesome video. Enjoy all that reading of classic books.
likingthecovers4963 I have been enjoying this reading for sure. It's fun to just dive in and take my pick of so many stories I haven't read before. It's also fun playing with shiny minty covers of course. thanks for the continued support and glad you enjoyed.
great haul but hearing you concerned about making your money back kinda ruins it..
Bummer
Collect for the love man not for the potential profit.
my local store just had an awesome event where all back issues (all modern, but variants even up to 1:50's) were $1 AU, I think I spent like $500 that weekend. Worth it.
+Brett Nolan Wow, ya, buying in bulk can pay off for sure.
nice stuff there man I just back in to collecting comics again and love all these vids I have been watching in the past few months.
+gillhitman11 nice, enjoy!
It sucks that most of those 80's-90's comics are worthless
Yup, still fun though
My favorite part of this video is the story about the guy working there. Sounds like he might be on something when he reads his comic books :)
+Comicbookjunkie Just maybe..... ;)
You seem pretty lit. I have been watching hukas I'm going the comic book haul loop on the suggestions you seem fun to watch can't wait for .more vids
At a car-boot sale over in England I bought a whole stack of X-Factor stuff for £7 (about $10). First appearances of Apocalypse and Archangel in there as well as issues 2 through to 70 and then most of 80-100. Also found the first appearances of Deadpool and Legion somewhere similar in a lot of about 30 books I got for £15. Something tells me the sellers didn't know what they had, and when I first bought them neither did I - I just saw comics and thought they'd be fun to read!
That's awesome, those two stories exemplify one of the best types of finds: the unexpected and humble haul that spits out a couple nuggets along to go with some fun reading. Thanks for the comment, take care.
the Punisher War Journal books are fun read. I bought them when they came out and Jim Lee's arts in them are great...long before he became famous :)
eta nick I don't like the black backgrounds on the interior pages/panels of those punisher war journal books, but the actual panel art is great. Jim Lee, yes. I look forward to sitting down and spending 1-2 hours just reading them all at once.
very awesome haul you got. I really digging all the superman stuff and Fantasic Four and Batman books, I got me a run of Spectacular going trying to get it all but iam on my Action Comics Run right now.
MrGretzky9966 Thanks for the kind words. I just read most of the Batmans and they were fun interesting reads. Not as fluffy as I expected the plot to be....good dense mystery type reads. I am pretty unfamiliar with the spectacular spidey stories so looking forward to reading those too. Action comics is not my favorite, but maybe after reading some of the superman books in this haul I'll change my mind. later on man
TheComicsPreacher let me know how you liked the superman stuff
MrGretzky9966 It's not quite toward the top of the reading pile yet, but I'll try to remember to let you know when I get to them
I love Bronze Age books !! That is the era in which I grew up !! I collect comic books , ( and books , magazines , ect. !! ) from 1989 - back !! This is a great haul !! I love coming across the books from that era cheaply !! I just picked up about 120 comics at a buy 1 : Get 1 Free Labor Day Sale !!
Buy 1:Get 1 Free sale sounds good to me! What types of books were in that 120 comic stack? I mean, what titles, etc.?
Justice League Of America , Alpha Flight , Legends # 1 , Uncanny X - Men , Flash , Some Gold Key , Marvel 2 - in - 1 , All - Star Squadron , Tales Of The Teen Titans , Blue Beetle , some Charlton comics , Star Trek , Marvel Team - Up , Doctor Specktor , and more !! They were / are all in mint condition . I collect the books of my youth . That is why I enjoy videos such as yours so much !! The biggest haul that I got from that store was 200 comic books exactly !! I also bought a big stack of 1980s ( Mostly -- there were a few from the 1970s and 1990s thrown in with them !! ) of Mostly mint Uncanny X - Men !! That was not during their sale , but since the sale would be months away , I bought them all anyway !! They were on fifty cents each at the time . ( They had fifty centers on one side , and dollar books on the other . Now they are ALL dollar books in the bottom shelf .
awesome! the paper sticking sound!
eta nick ya, I saw you talking about it on one of your videos recently, then I just recently experienced it for myself with those Wolverines...it's something that only a hoarder/collector type can appreciate I think
Paradax! My man Brendan McCarthy on art....looks great man. That's one of the greatest things about digging through a shit ton of books, loads of gems to be found!
+comicKkrakK I think you are the only one to have mentioned Paradax after watching this video. Its one of the many comics from this haul that I have not yet found the time to read, but I'll put it up towards the top of the reading pile now that it has your endorsement. Is Brendan McCarthy your friend, or are you a fan, or both?
Naw...Not friends, just one of my favorite weirdo artists. I just found out yesterday that he also dabbled in movies. He was a writer and designer on the latest Mad Max: Fury Road film which was news to me. His style is pretty wacked and the coloring is always intense. I'd never heard of that book so I was excited to have another to add to my list to look for.
comicKkrakK Ya, I just heard you talking about his involvement in the new Mad Max. That makes him interesting, all the rest aside. Another artist to get into! There are soo many good ones out there. Not enough time to read them all -- must make the hard choices.
it's true but I'm finding that there are a bunch of artists I like that haven't done too much which makes it easy to just collect them all! Must have....more!
comicKkrakK Yup, I'll go with your verb of choice: must "devour" them all. I currently have a healthy sized stack I'm devouring. always nice to have.
Jealous of those NM Longshots. That was one of the first stories I really got into as a kid. I read it as a trade paperback but have always wanted the comics.
Thanks, it was an interesting story for sure
love the finds
thanks, any particular favorites?
Great job, good eye sniper
Awesome pick up man
It is crazy how the universe works. I’m currently reading doomsday clock and Nathaniel Dusk is in a movie which is talked about in Doomsday Clock. I didn’t know Nathaniel Dusk was indeed a real character which means there is a lot more to learn about the story that is happening in Doomsday Clock
Great video !
Thanks, glad you enjoyed. Interesting profile icon you have there...
It's just me.
Planet Comics #1 may have been a reprint but that was a new (for the time) cover by Dave Stevens. He's the guy who created The Rocketeer and was famous for drawing beautiful women.
Jared Osborn Thanks for that info Jared, I sincerely appreciate the heads up. I liked the Rocketeer movie as a kid, but that is about as far as my experience goes with Dave Stevens, unless he worked on other stuff I've read that I'm just unaware of....quite possible....in any case, I really liked that cover. I'm impressed that it did not come out of the 50's.
You can find a lot of really nice Dave Stevens covers on indy books of the 1980s. He was kind of the precursor to Adam Hughes.
Jared Osborn Interesting. Only Indies, or did he ever go mainstream?
TheComicsPreacher I don't think he ever did much for Marvel or DC. He was certainly famous and talented enough to but I think he worked full time in animation out in L.A. and only did his comics part time. He was only in his 50s when he died in 2008. The very first IDW Artist Edition book from a couple of years ago was of his Rocketeer comics.
Jared Osborn I may have to check out the original Rocketeer comics now.....Damnit Jared! Damnit!
you find alot of great books thanks for sharing
+Thomas Williams8484 (tha Dragon) No worries, glad you enjoyed.
ok this good friend anytime...how many comics do have now ?
Thomas Williams8484 ok this good friend anytime? About 1000.
Hulk 377 the green one is the first print!! Nice score!!
+Bill Christensen Thanks for that good info Bill. I did not realize that at the time of filming, but when it came time to bag and board the more "valuable" comics from this haul I looked some of them up and did realize that it was the first print. However, I haven't looked at that thing in months and your comment now makes me want to go digging for it. this could get messy...heh heh
I dare you to read them all.... TODAY!!!!! lolol what a find!
DetroitMadman Oh God. Please no! That would be quite the binge reading session, heheh.
Great stuff
+stan stacey gallagher thanks!
good stuff in there can't believe you got all those in mint, that cheap
+digi lifestyle that was a fun haul for sure, thanks for the comment
you got a sick deal....fun video
Kenneth Brown Thanks man, I just took a look at your most recent vid and think it is worth checking out your channel. I look forward to it and will comment on your vids when I watch.
thank you sir ...good day
Hi, PREACHER , if you want to see me the Planet Comics#1 BY DAVE STEVENS LET ME KNOW! I LOVE THAT ART WORK!
That's funny, I've got that Hembeck cover freebie, Femforce, Ex-Mutants (bagged and boarded today in fact) I'm at 23:28 and if I see you pull a Macross #1, Concrete, Nexus, Outlanders or Ninja High School I really will start humming the theme from Twilight Zone.
Avengers 263 is the First App of X-Factor. Not tremendous but still a good find for 35 cents. Thx so much for sharing bud. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed. Ya, nothing major in this haul, but all good fun. Take care
Would have loved to look through the comics, how much did u get the lot for?
it's been a while...but I think it was somewhere around $125 for the lot
I'm having a bit of a Twilight Zone moment watching this while I've been bagging and boarding 99% of those same comics the past few days. I bought all mine when new and they've been siting in boxes since '96 when I stopped buying comics. Last year, while stuck at home with nothing to do I figured I'd straighten up the garage and do something about all those boxes of comics (about 10,000 books from between '75 and '96.)
Several years ago I made my first attempt. Bought a comic database program that told you prices. I got about 2-3 long boxes entered and the most expensive book was worth around $44. The vast majority not even worth the cover price. So I said WTF and gave up. Jump to last year and doing some research online and finding sites like Go.Collect, Covrprice, MyComicShop to name a few and I discover the world of dry cleaning and pressing and getting comics graded. I went through some of my X-Men and did a test run with X-Men #120. I sent it out to Avery Comic Pressing, who was nice enough to guide me through the process, and he did his magic and forwarded it to CGC. It came back a 9.8. I hung onto it for awhile after hearing rumors of Alpha Flight (who has their first appearance in this book) soon to be a part of the MCU. I got tired of waiting so in November I put it up for sale and, well, if you go online to some of the places I mentioned you can see what it sold for. I was happy, the buyer was happy, and I paid down some of my credit cards. I also used some of that money to pay to send in more books.
I know some of those books of yours you should go through that process of sending them in too. You'll make a lot more than the $5 or $10 you mentioned as you were flipping through them. Depending on their condition now and after a cleaning/pressing.
Good Luck. Keep looking, maybe you'll find that Hulk #181 or TMNT #1 and buy a new car with the profits.
awesome
+Alex Lopez thanks!
JACKPOT!!!!!!
Heh heh
Drop Dead Superman? :----)(
Nice Haul :---->
Ha, forgot about my super-man hating in this vid. Ya, not the biggest superman fan. He's the one that started it all, of course, but is just plain boring to me.
do you have any comics you want to sale because i am starting to collect comics by your inspiration.
+Alex Lopez That is awesome! Glad to have inspired. I am always selling comics on ebay -- its how I pay for the new comics I get -- but I never mix my youtube channel and sales...sorry man.
The venom carnage should go up in price with the movie. Dead man comics
The guy who bought those comics originally must have thought they would actually be worth something because he bought multiples. I did the same crap also.
These were all leftovers from a comic book store that went under in the late 90's. A thrift shop owner bought them at a storage auction and was selling them out of his random thrift shop.
Its funny that 25-30 year old books are still too new to be worth a damn
very nice
metal7ful thanks
Keep them in 13 gallons RubberMaid to protect against water.
That is a very specific rec!
i would have never grabbed doubles and triples unless they were key issues or worth a good amount of money. I would have replaced the doubles and triples you got for other comics that you could have gotten. just my opinion.
I hear ya, good point
Predator #1 is the first appearance of Predator in comics. Longshot #1 is the first appearance of Longshot. Watch out for that Space Dilation!
LONGSHANKS _78 Thanks for the info my friend. And I'll be on the lookout for any signs of space/time dilation for sure.
excellent quality
thanks!
Planet Comics! Some slick Dave Stevens art on there....he draws a sexy sexy lady. Great score man, just thinking of digging through all those boxes of comics give me......some dilation of my own....a puckering really. Must have been a blast!
+comicKkrakK Picturing what a "puckering" would look like....ok better stop picturing that. Ya, this Haul introduced me to Dave Stevens with Planet Comics #1 and I have been picking his stuff up here and there ever since.
glad to hear it....he's got a lot out there worth grabbing. He's one of my favourites.
Im 12 i love comic movies my problem is theres no comic shops near me. Tips to get started?
+AQUA FETT same answer as I gave to the same question on the other video :)
The GI Joe comic is now worth a nickel.
Ha! true
Bro that gap is bigger the grand canyon
In my teeth? Ya, I can spout water out of my mouth like a fountain :)
Nah homie you good, just a joke
where is this comic store located.
+Alex Lopez Hi Alex, I would rather not say since it is in my hometown...sorry about that. It is not a comic store though -- it is a thrift store that just happens to have a ton of comics. Search local thrift stores and, in my experience, about 1 out of 10 times you'll find some comics.
8:46 the lizard ??????
Read 25 Kirby Fantastic Fours in a row and you'll get space/time dilation (haha!). That stuff was far-out, especially midway through his run.
Ha! Good call, true enough.
where is this heaven.
+Elvin Villamor close...sunny Cali ;)
Bronze age my ass lol
eh?
I see piles and piles of this junk in thrift/antique/junk stores.
ok
kool stuff but take a shower bro!
Ha, ya, I was pretty dirty after this one.
Did you ever go back to see the rest?
+Tom Ryan Ya, I went back. Picked up about a dozen of those minty fresh Planet Comics #1 when I went back, but not much else. I've gone through every single book in that place now. Nothing left for me, but man that place did give out quite a lot.
That's great! Happy new year man!