Those Comics in Your Basement? Probably Worthless

[Darthphere]

I like stories.

 

[KevanG]

Same here. Give me a good story and I'm a fan for life even if I don't particularly like the series I'll still be more than willing to put up with garbage from them.

 

[jonathancrane]

I do not buy comics because of the resell value. There is nothing quite like opening an old comic - my favorites are from the 1970's-and feeling and smelling the different paperstock, and thumbing through old advertisements (my favorites are for the novelty items like X-Ray glasses,) and reading the old letters columns.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I can't sell my collection, even of classics
They had a solid idea, the process to sell them is wrong, they lack the patience to find the necessary buyer, and I mean the one willing to pay so much money for one issue

 

[Anubis]

You mean idiots?

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Yeah

 

[Thundercrack85]

I've said it once, I'll say it again, the only sure investment is in guns.

Well, unless you live in California. Then probably go with weed.

Gold will become worthless once we start mining asteroids.

Pretty soon all comics will be worthless, because no one will value printed material anymore.

 

[CGHulk]

Lets see, I have Silver Surfer #50 in mint condition, X-Force #1 still in its sealed package. I have the first Disney comic book that was released in Russia after the fall of the Iron Curtain in its sealed package. I have the Uncanny X-Men #300 in mint condition. I have all of the Todd Mc Farlane's run of Spider-Man comics in mint condition. I have the Death of Superman #75 in mint condition. I have Star Wars #1 in close to mint condition. I bought all of these comic books back in 1990-93 and today they are hardly worth anything.

 

[Lantern Venom]

Well, most things will one day be worth a lot of money - it's just a waiting game. Fifty years... 2,000 years.

But buying comics today in hopes that they will pay off in your lifetime is pretty dumb.

That's another aspect to the investment collector that is often overlooked. When you hear about someone selling a comic collection for an insane amount of money, it often wasn't the seller's collection originally. They are usually comprised of comics handed down from an uncle or grandpa.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Lets see, I have Silver Surfer #50 in mint condition, X-Force #1 still in its sealed package. I have the first Disney comic book that was released in Russia after the fall of the Iron Curtain in its sealed package. I have the Uncanny X-Men #300 in mint condition. I have all of the Todd Mc Farlane's run of Spider-Man comics in mint condition. I have the Death of Superman #75 in mint condition. I have Star Wars #1 in close to mint condition. I bought all of these comic books back in 1990-93 and today they are hardly worth anything.

You're talking 90s stuff, those guys collected from before

Did you know McFarlane Spider-Man 1 sold for a good amount of money recently?

 

[Ipodman]

Oh well...

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I think the last comic to sell like crazy was Jim Lee's X-men #1.

I think most people looked at each other with handsful of variant cover issues and realized that we were all suckers.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

If my kids want to collect anything, I'd urge them to collect great graphic novels.

It would be awesome to have a personal library with countless graphic novels. Eventually I'm hoping there will be public libraries with nothing but the best graphic novels.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

And trade-paper-backs

 

[Anubis]

Thank you so much for knowing the difference Spider-Aziz.

People toss the term "Graphic Novel" around so much these days, when most of the stuff they're talking about are Trades.

 

[Steyin]

I know someone who gained the comics his neighbor had amassed since he was young (I think he was moving away or something), so the guy got them appraised and the whole collection was worth over $10,000. Then again, there were some pretty rare comics in there, including a good amount of #1s.

 

[The Shape]

Wonder what my Death of Superman comic will be worth in a few years.

 

[KevanG]

A buck or two? Get it autographed by Stan Lee and see what happens.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Wonder what my Death of Superman comic will be worth in a few years.

Add up the hundreds of thousands of issues that were bought and divide that number by zero.

 

[The Shape]

Add up the hundreds of thousands of issues that were bought and divide that number by zero.

I mean, I saw some being sold online for around 70 bucks. Neat!

In 15 years, who knows.

 

[The Shape]

I know someone who gained the comics his neighbor had amassed since he was young (I think he was moving away or something), so the guy got them appraised and the whole collection was worth over $10,000. Then again, there were some pretty rare comics in there, including a good amount of #1s.

But even though his collection was WORTH that, who knows if anyone would PAY that.

 

[Anubis]

You can try and sell something for whatever. But that s**t ain't worth no 70 bucks. Maybe you'll get lucky and like Aziz said, find the necessary buyer. I.E. Idiots.

 

[Hal_Jordan]

I guess it depends on your definition of "worthless."

More like priceless to me.

 

[Anubis]

Well, that depends entirely upon what you got.

James Robinson's Starman run from start to finish? Priceless.

James Robinson's Cry for Justice limited series? People might pay you to burn that s**t.

 

[Immortalfire]

So this means I'm holding on to all 12 issues of SuperPro for nothing??? What a rip.