Comic Books

My interest in comic books dropped drastically after the age of 10. Even if I'd wanted to collect them - which I didn't - I'd have had to overcome several problems - volume, space, investment cash, and preservation being at the top of the list. Unless you're serious, have a strong interest and lots of storage space, it doesn't seem like a very lucrative enterprise.

Seriously, DUDE!, these are really expensive. There was a time when a kid could but a soda, a candy bar, and a couple of Spider-Man or X-Man comics for less than a dollar and have fun reading them. Now comic books are these rare collectable highly artistic memorabilia that cost about $5 more for one small issue, yikes! The old ones once bought for a dime may be worth thousands of dollars!

I only collect Star Wars comics... Tales of the Jedi and the Quinlan Vos: Jedi in Darkness omnibus are among the stand outs.

I had tons of EC comics, including MAD before it became a magazine. My mom, like millions of other moms, threw them out... guaranteeing that the few that survived would become nearly priceless.

A complete set of Justice League Fictions in mint condition will make you a veritable tycoon.

Have you ever taken a tour of the old money part of town with the big, solid, brick mansions and had the tour guide say "And this place was built on a fortune made in the comic book collecting market"? Me either.

Comic books (oh, I'm sorry - 'graphic novels') where a trendy collecting item through the late 80's into the 90's. . .this was before comic book movies stormed Hollywood It seems the devastating combination of the internet and general illiteracy have lowered the value somewhat. . .and the over-saturation of comic book movies. . .

Of course, they are going to be valuable to one who has an appreciation for them. And I do!

SOME of them are worth a few bucks,but my old 20 cent Conans,Sgt.Rocks,Weird War & stuff are long gone.I didn't think ANTHING was "valuable" when I was a kid,except Dads furniture....

I grew up collecting comics. I had several Golden Age comics, including Superman #2, Batman #49 and others that I can no longer recall. They were stolen when I was in Boot Camp in 1972. I still had a big collection and was still collecting into my adult years. During my layoff they became my source of income and I eventually sold my entire collection, including Amazing Fantasy #15, the first appearance of Spiderman. I which I still had all those comic books.

If they're in great condition from the forties, fifties or early sixties, and are one of the valuable titles, and you bought them cheap, you probably did ok. If you bought them five years ago thinking they were a shrewd investment, you probably need to buy "Investments for Dummies." And if you bought three hundred copies of "Moon Knight" and carefully wrapped them in archival plastic and stored them in a moisture and insect proof case expecting to be a millionaire one day, you're just beyond hope.

I had a couple 'rare' comic books when I was a kid that I recently tried to sell. I didn't even get an offer on them because the condition was bad. Even if it's a rare comic book, the condition has to be superb.

Before Mom died she 'thinned out' my comic book collection from the 60s and 70s for me. What she left me with was Richie Rich and Casper the Friendly Ghost.