When I was a kid, there was a newspaper comic called Phantom (lived on a island in a skull cave with blond-haired kids)... I would read that, Mandrake the Magician and Bloom County.
Ah, so does that mean I could be the only one with any sort of collection, should he suddenly (or not so suddenly) become outrageously famous? I'd be rich!
The box is 5 inches deep. He has like 4 of everything at least. I'm not sure how old/first run any of it is but he could probably tell you. It takes most of the surface of a double bed when all laid out.
And to brag on my part, I have the original four Crow comics (there were only four) and the first one has a typo in it. I didn't pay for them though; they were given to me by a now-ex. And I have Bat Man: Year One which I did buy myself.
Well, there is the complete Star Wars things we have. If you don't want to go to the folder and see the close ups of every thing, here's the whole group.
The only things missing Archie tells me is the Emperor's shuttle and an original Luke figurine somewhere. He has the Vader and Luke that had their lightsabers embedded in their arms but he still managed to get some regular lightsabers from somewhere that have yet to turn up. The scary thing is these things are complete. He didn't get them as collectibles, they were Christmas and birthday presents when he was a kid, but every thing is there. A few things are in fair or bad condition but for the most part, collectible wise, they are all good or excellent.
But as far as size, this is nothing compared to the GI Joe things I have scattered through my dining room, bedroom and living room. I had no clue what I was getting into when I said we needed to catalog this stuff. I haven't even begun to photograph all the Joe and Cobra stuff. He has BOTH bases, the big playsets that are about 3 to 4 feet wide each! The figurine count is already up to over 50 of them and I still have more to set out.
And the thing that drives me crazy is you can take all their little guns, backpacks and helmets, toss them into a box, shake it up, then have him pick something out and he knows who it belongs to! He hasn't touched these toys in 20 years and he still knows this crap. It's scary and awesome at the same time.
Archie has the Crow comics too! But he had to rescue them from an ex once, she tried to claim them after a break up. IN fact, he only got them after he introduced her to me, because she didn't believe he had moved on from her. No clue if they have a typo in them or not. I should probably have him look but the comics are a whole other mess we're half dreading and half looking forward too.
Do you know the long white boxes they sell to comic collectors to store their comics in? The acid free ones and all that special stuff? There are 14 of those boxes in my spare bedroom. Archie has to move them because when they are full I can't pick them up. And there is also two bleach boxes that just happen to be perfectly sized to hold comics in there too....
One of the weirdest random collectible things Archie has is the actual reel of film for the original Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie. It's the whole movie on the reels they use to show them in theaters. I know you guys know what I'm talking about :b Archie has a friend who was a radio DJ and I'm not sure how that helped him get it, but he was given two copies of the film and he gave one to Archie.
To be honest, its a pain in the arse now, and I'm looking to shrink it down, all those cartridges take up a lot of space, not to mention the consoles.
For example, just my MD (GENESIS) games themselves fill up an entire 6 foot bookcase (two-deep).
Not only that, but I very rarely get the chance to play anything these days.
I also inherited a batch load of 2000AD (Judge Dredd) comic from my Bro, who kept them in immaculate condition.
Still got them, and some very old issues in there from the seventies (I think) , early eighties, have to have a sort out and find out what I have for sure.
we have an original Atari with about a dozen games, some still with boxes and the little instruction booklets that come with it... I know they are collectible but no clue what kinda prices ... also the original Nintendo system and a free games...
if anyone has some comics they want priced, shout out because I just bought the Overstreet comic book pricing guide for this year :)
Judge Dredd's range from $2.50 to $6.00, with number 1 being the 6 dollars and that's for Near Mint condition. The other $6 is for the movie adaptation comic drawn by Sienkiewicz. Since they sold for $2.25 originally that's really only a quarter mark up BUT I've been looking through this for a couple days now and most things I've found are only increased by a nickel from their original price. So... 25cents increase is actually a good mark up for an 80's comic that's not from Marvel or DC. Most of Dredd's are done by Eagle Comics but one series was done by DC, Legends of the Law in 1994. The DC series of Dredd has increased a bit more since it was originally $1.95 and is now 2.50 an issue.
Comics are rated in Good (GD), Very Good (VG), Fine (FN), Very Fine (VF), Very Fine/Near Mint (VF/NM) and Near Mint (NM). Near Mint is the mecca of comics. Just because it's in a bag and you know it's not been handled much most dealers will not want to label it a solo NM but will opt for the VF/NM.
Those original Crow's from 1989 from Caliber press range from $6 to $80 for GD to NM. If it's the first original printing of the number one issue the values go 6, 12, 18, 37, 59, 80 for the various condition ratings. The 2nd thru 4th issues are 4, 8, 12, 22, 34, and 45. If you have the second printing instead of first printing all of the number 1's are $6 and 2 thru 4 are $4.
You should check the publishers though. There are three sets of The Crow's but it's the ones put out by Caliber Press in 1989 that are the high priced ones. The other's were reprints with some changes in script and artists from other publishers. They don't go for as much.
Battletech #3 from 1987 is worth $3.00 and Phantom #1 takes a bit more info to give you an accurate price. But if it's the #1 produced overseas only by Gold Key publishing and shows his Origin it goes 16, 32, 48, 115, 220, 325 in rising conditions respectively. If your talking older Phantoms from David McKay Publishing Co from 1939 and is labeled Feature Book 20 the prices are a lot higher.
Give me the publisher and the year on that un numbered Phantom and I'll see what I can find :)
Superman 11, with Jimmy Olson and Luthor story in it, needs to be measured to know if it's original. If it measures 13 and a half by 10, it's a reprint. The reprints are from a long time ago too so they can look really old, but if it's smaller than that, it's an original. The prices are 290, 580, 870, 1856, 3178, 4500 based on condition. So even in really bad shape it can be worth something. It's a Golden Age comic if it's not a reprint, which just means any comic pruced from 1929 to Present but it's a very early Golden Age. So you can never tell. It might be worth having it checked out to see if it's in good enough condition to be worth something to someone.
Alright, let me dig around for it. It's in the spare room under all the other items I've gathered over the years.
EDIT: Anyways, I found it, and this is the cover -
But, before anyone gets excited (like I did, heh), it's actually a replica of the original 1948 #1 printed in Australia; being as it is, and being a reprint made in the 1990's, it's worth around $12 in its current near mint state.
And to think, I had dollar signs in the eyes as I was looking for it.
I'll hold onto it for another fifty years and see what happens. ;)
But, on the plus side, I got to search through a bunch of my comics, and I have more than a few early editions of X-Men, Batman, Superman and a bunch of others from the late 80's to the early 90's - if I have the patience and time, I'll go through them and produce a list for you (with issue number, publication date and print location).
