I found a chest full of comic books.

[Bluntman428]

No joke, I found hundreds of comic books in my basement earlier. The first issues of Spawn, X-men, Silver Surfer...all kinds of crap. Even have DC Comic's dungeons and dragons comics from the first issue on. They're all in mint condition too, in the original wrappers. I know there's people out there who pay absurd amounts of money for this stuff, so I feel like I just won the lottery. I'm not much of a comic fan myself...but my inner nerd screamed with glee when I found these. :p

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5403/p7250107it5.jpg

Unfortunately, I have no idea how to go about selling these things, or what they're worth. Does anyone have any idea what I should do with these things? I know there's probably at least $500 worth of comics here.

http://img511.imageshack.us/img511/2387/p7250106hr5.jpg

Thor and Silver Surfer

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8945/p7250103to2.jpg

First issue of Silver Sable, second issue of Silver Surfer.

http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/3133/p7250104km9.jpg

Random X-men, 400th issue of Thor.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1008/p7250105jg3.jpg

Early issue of X-men, and an issue where Iron Man gets owned.

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7254/p7250106aq7.jpg

First and Second issues of Spawn...might keep these, Spawn's a gangsta. :uzi:

[Jdm7399]

Haha, I can't believed you called it "crap".:p

That's some good treasure you got there. Got to check the Wizard magazine for the prices. I take that back...does the Wizard still carry prices on comics? I haven't pick one up in years. Either way, Bluntman...you'll have some extra income if you sell them off.;)

[Anti HERO 574]

wow..nice find..haha

well you should sell them on ebay
but im not sure exactly how much people pay for these comic books

tops i would say for the good ones 1500?

[Tussell]

How the hell do you now know those are down in your basement?

[Shaaady Souljah]

i would sit back and wait for PantsParty's reply before deciding where to sell. i get the vibe from him that he is the comic genius for where and how to sell them—he may even take some off of your hands. ;)

[Bluntman428]

tops i would say for the good ones 1500?

Don't get my hopes up like that. :p

I was expecting like $300 or so for the lot of them...guess I should rethink that.

I looked around on the net for a database with prices and whatnot, to no avail. I'm hoping someone here will know what I should do, since I know there's a lot of comic book fans here. I'm trying to avoid ebay...had some bad experiences with it in the past.

I have about 100 issues of the Uncanny X-men btw...when wolverine and the crew still wore their classic gear, and Storm was rocking the mohawk.

A couple more pics:

http://img477.imageshack.us/img477/8405/p7250110ff0.jpg

First issue of X-men (circa 1991), another issue of X-men with an appearance from Ghost Rider.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7805/p7250108yu0.jpg

First issues of Nomad and Longshot. No clue who Longshot is, Nomad's from Captain America I believe.

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9926/p7250109kb8.jpg

First issue of Youngblood, 29th issue of Ghost Rider featuring the X-men. I have no idea who the hell Youngblood is.

[Predator x360a]

Oh hell if Pants Party sees this thread he's gonna die lol. Nice find man.

[saladdressing89]

u could make a good amount of $ with that

[EBIL CHICKEN]

http://www.stashmycomics.com/

The Pants Party is an Admin there, so I guess he is going to be your best bet here.

Did you buy those and forget about them, or did the previous owners leave them behind?

[veritas347]

wow i bet all those first issues could get you alot of money and especially classics like x-men and silver surfer

EDIT: you might want to check this site out if you type in the comic and click on it, it comes out with prices for them ex. silver sable only worth like $6.00 silver surfer second issue $5.00

www.comicspriceguide.com (http://www.comicspriceguide.com)

[The Pants Party]

Just getting ready to reply to your PM and saw this thread here, so I'll just ramble here... Like Ebil up there said, my site has a pretty decent price database, but it's all inputed by myself and one other guy, so it's obviously not perfect and mostly just the main titles are done.

There aren't any good paper price guides anymore except Overstreet, but that is only published quarterly I think. Wizard isn't bad, but it has a small selection of prices. Comicspriceguide.com is probably your best bet for getting a general idea.

If you want to register over at my site and post on the forums there that you're selling, you might get a few offers. Our site is mostly for people to make a database of their collection, so the forums aren't really active, but it couldn't hurt. Large runs sell better than single issues, so check and see if you have consecutive stuff, or at least a big number of one title, even if it's non-numerical.

Silver Surfer is obviously hot right now because of the new FF movie. Silver Sable is crap. Spawn's not worth the paper it's printed on anymore, and same with Youngblood (basically if it's an Image comic, it's not worth anything). Thor just returned from the dead so his stuff should be able to sell right about now. Any type of X-Men comic is always a good seller. Iron Man's not doing so good because of his involvement with Captain America's death.

Uh, yeah, I'm a nerd.

Edit: Just saw you mentioned you have some old Uncanny issues. If you have anything before #165, I'll take that off your hands. I have every issue from January 1983-Present, so anything before that I'm looking to get. Just don't tell my wife. ;)

[Tussell]

I have a few older comics as well... Not as many, put if I PM them to ya, can you hit me up?

[Clipse 2]

Dude thats a huge find and one I wish would happen to me; I'd probably squeal like an 8 year old girl meeting Justin Timberlake. Pants Party is right about Image Comics being worth little and I wish it weren't so. I collected during the time Image hit it big, it seemed everything they came out with flew off the shelves and became popular.

Even though this is all true I'd definitely be willing to work something out with you for the Spawn comics especially that first issue. During the time I collected I was also big into sketching. My mom still has a poster sized sketch I did of the cover for Spawn #1 (I'll find a pic of it and post it sometime). Since I've done that sketch I've always wanted that comic yet never went out to get it. Again though, great find Bluntman.

[x McGrim x]

That must have been a nice surprise. Good luck on selling them!

[Kaens]

Not to burst anyone's bubble (sorry Bluntman) but to me, that looks like $20-50 worth of comics. If those are worth $500, then I'm going to be a millionaire from my stash. To me, and granted I haven't been into comics for 10 years now, that's just a bunch of random comics from early 90s. Don't be fooled by Longshot #1. That's from a six part mini and even if you had the whole set it's worthless. Anything from Image is worthless, except maybe those Spawns, but they printed millions of that comic and if you told me it was worth more than $5 I'd be surprised.

Okay, quick ebay search and you can get both of those issues of Spawn for $0.99 (http://cgi.ebay.com/Spawn-1-and-2-Comic-Book-Lot-1992-Mint-Rare_W0QQitemZ260141941185QQihZ016QQcategoryZ17079 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem).

[Bluntman428]

Yeah, I know they aren't that valuable. I'm expecting to get a couple hundred for them. The X-men are up for about $8-$12 each on ComicsPriceGuide.com.

If anyone's interested in snagging any of them before I put them on Ebay, here's a quick list of what I've got. I'm selling them for the prices up on comicspriceguide.com. Most are in mint condition, especially the X-men comics.

Marvel Comics

Uncanny X-men:


Annual Issue 11 (1987)
139
171, 178, 177, 179
185
190, 196, 197
202, 204, 207, 208, 209,
210, 211, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219
220, 221, 222, 224, 226, 227, 228, 229
230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 237, 239
240, 241, 242, 243,246, 247, 248, 249
250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259
260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 267
274, 275, 278, 279
280, 281, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 288, 289
290, 291, 292
X-men (1991 version):


1-11
X-Factor:


15, 16
24, 26, 29
36, 37, 38, 39
70, 78
Annual Shattershot #7 (1992)
Silver Surfer:


2
20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
30, 31
65, 66
70, 71
Iron Man:


192, 193, 198
227
230, 231, 232, 233, 239
244
250
Silver Sable:


1-4
Longshot:


1-2
Nomad:


1-4
Mighty Thor:


374
381, 389
391, 399
400
443Ghost Rider:


26, 27 (feat. X-men)
Captain America:


342
350
401
Daredevil:


223
260, 263, 268, 269
307, 308
New Mutants:

15
45

50, 52
62, 63, 65, 69

72 Elf Quest:


1
7
23
Random:

X-men Annual Shattershots #1 (1992) #16(1992)

X-men Annual #8 (1984)

X-men: The Evolutionary War Annual #12

Kitty Pryde and Wolverine Issue 1 of 6

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Issue 11

Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars II Issues 1 and 8

X-men's Havok Issues 24 and 25

Youngblood Issue 1

Spawn Issues 1 and 2

DC Comics


Green Lantern:


194, 197
Superman:


Action Comics Issue 568 and 573
1987 Issue 5
Firestorm - the Nuclear Man:


56
62
71
Advanced Dungeons and Dragons:

1, 2, 3, 4
14
23, 27
31, 33,35, 36
Forgotten Realms:


1
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19
20, 21, 24, 25, 26

[JesusBread]

How did you find them in your basement? O_o Did you move into a new house or something?

[Tremlos]

Man I love comics, I wiash this happened to me...

[Bluntman428]

How did you find them in your basement? O_o Did you move into a new house or something?

They were my brother's. He left these boxes in our basement 10 years ago before he moved to Japan.

I'm splitting the profits with him 50/50. ;)

[Anti HERO 574]

silver surfer #2

will probably go for alot

[Tremlos]

Just let us know how ya come out after its all done.

[xVanished]

Nice comic book collection. Make sure to let us know how much you got in the end. ;)

[Dashman232]

Lucky, those are worth so much, my dad has some old ones too but does not want to sell them.:woop:

[JoHnOfDaDeAd]

speaking of huge stashes...this retarded neighbor of mine gave me here sons huge!!!!!!!!!!! comic stash(like a all mint lol) and his ps1 stuff with games worth 50+ dollars...gotta go find em in my basement though:)

[ElementalSoBe]

nice find i wish i could find a stack of my brothers comics