Plucking Some Gems ~ DC Edition

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A couple of weeks back I wrote a piece about how we are helping a customer clear out some room from their storage unit. He’s a maniac and hoarded decades worth of comics, statues, toys, and everything in between. He wants to shed most of the comics and we struck a deal to snag the boxes sight unseen. Some of these boxes have some gigantic mega turds, while some have some tasty gems.

My business partner and I have quickly rummaged through the boxes we’ve yanked this far...and I do mean quickly meaning there are definitely books we are missing. But so far we’ve managed to find some quality books. I popped up a piece covering some of the Independent titles here

Today I’ll be taking a peek at the DC comics leaving Marvel for the final one as it’s the largest chunk. So let’s jump into it!!!

These Chromium reprints of some golden age keys are a tough find in the wild. The regular released reprints fetch $10-$15 bucks while the Chromium counterparts can bring in a crisp $50 a pop.

A few signed books with COA’s. These are always a tad tougher to move but with one signed by Jim Lee it shouldn’t be too much of an issue. Maybe $50 bucks a pop as well?!?

Reprints of key issues always perform well over time. 99.9% of the world’s population can’t afford this book so they will settle for a cheaper reprint. This US Postal Service reprint of the most expensive comic in the world...the Holy Grail of funny books...Action Comics #1, will still sell for $30 bucks or so. Not a bad deal considering a high grade copy of the real deal sold a few years back for just over $3 Million!!!

A smattering of 1st appearances, cool covers, and low tiered keys & #1’s make up this chunk. 1st Hitman...1st Vixen...1st Nightwing...1st Hush...1st Teen Titans...1st Bolland Wonder Woman cover. These all bring in $20-$50 a piece. Nothing to retire off of but I like $20 dollar bills...don’t you?!?

Then there are the Platimums. These were incentives given to retailers back in the 90’s on “key” issues. Batman #492 is the start of Knightfall. To my surprise...I almost threw up when I saw how little this book currently brings in. This used to be a $100 plus and I’m seeing copies go for under $10 bucks right now. There is ZERO chance I let this go for that kind of cash. I’d rather burn it. It’ll rebound in time and I’ll wait it out as it’s a tough book to find.

The Superman #75 Platimun bagged edition averages $150ish but can reach $200 or so depending on the market. We had one a few years back that we moved for $200 and it sat on the wall for only a couple weeks. I’ll probably pride it in that same realm.

There are tons of other cool books but this was just a small sampling of some DC’s we plucked. Marvel...that’s where some biggies are.

Coming soon...

Blewitt