Top 10 Comics You Threw Away (That are worth THOUSANDS)

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  • @govatos
    @govatos Рік тому +10

    Tip: Love and Rockets is magazine-sized, so make sure to look in the magazine boxes!

  • @henricjoneskar2653
    @henricjoneskar2653 Рік тому +14

    I’m a collector from Sweden, collecting mainly Swedish comics. I had a huge amount of spider-man, transformers and stuff like that during my childhood that I just threw or gave away. While Swedish comics are no way near as pricey as their US-counterparts , I definitely missed out on some value

    • @lennon2744
      @lennon2744 Рік тому +2

      That sucks but your flag is a puls

  • @stephenbarone4053
    @stephenbarone4053 Рік тому +6

    The Love and Rockets isn’t a surprise. It was a long running series and influential.

  • @RPRsChannel
    @RPRsChannel Рік тому +3

    *_Naughty Covers are very niche, and you can make big bucks on those books as those that fetish them, REALLY want them._*

  • @sixarms
    @sixarms Рік тому +5

    I can clearly remember holding that Hulk reprint in my hand and putting back on the shelf because I have the original, and because I did not like the lighter green color. I need to lay down now.

    • @bigbabysld
      @bigbabysld Рік тому

      don't sweat it, been collecting over 40yrs...you'd be surprised at how many books I passed up or put back that are now major keys...You just never know what the market is gonna dictate.

  • @sourcecode5273
    @sourcecode5273 Рік тому +4

    May I suggest another topic? You should investigate the history of the "Evil Ernie" comic book and the history of the company. Then make a video about what you learned and the value of some of the books. At one time in the past I wanted that companies skull logo as a tattoo. I chickened out on the tattoo. LOL!

    • @karlburkhardt9902
      @karlburkhardt9902 Рік тому +2

      Smiley was awesome.

    • @Red-Devil884
      @Red-Devil884 Рік тому +2

      Bro, i could not stop drawing Smiley everywhere as a kid! Loved him so much.

  • @the_hefty_lefty
    @the_hefty_lefty Рік тому +6

    Wouldn't the Walt Simonson Alien adaption (or the Heavy Metal issues that previewed it) be the first appearance of the Xenomorph in comics? Regardless, nice to see some Caliber and outlaw comics get a shout out on this episode!

  • @Mazzter88
    @Mazzter88 Рік тому +2

    Comic store I used to go to got in a copy of the Superman commission book-the owner was going to toss it in the $1 bin until he realized it had no price on it-he got $900 for it raw-my best chance to get one on the cheap if it ended up in the bin

  • @sourcecode5273
    @sourcecode5273 Рік тому +4

    Another interesting subject. Well Done!

  • @johnnydropkicks
    @johnnydropkicks Рік тому +2

    I’ve thrown away several copies of “Star Wars: Last Jedi - DJ - Most Wanted” #1 on the direct order of my LCS owner. He had many, many overstock copies of this book and hated the cover and story so much that he didn’t even want me to hand copies out for free for fear of it steering people away from comics.

  • @q.demarco2963
    @q.demarco2963 Рік тому +4

    Nice episode!Had never even seen/heard of these.Great contribution of knowledge to the comic community.

  • @robphoenix1182
    @robphoenix1182 Рік тому +3

    I'm proud I've never thrown out a comic.

  • @michaelvasquez8556
    @michaelvasquez8556 Рік тому +2

    On the cry for dawn #1 there is also a counterfeit that's worth quite a bit as well

  • @stephennewberry9815
    @stephennewberry9815 Рік тому +1

    That Aliens #1 James.
    The cover was blistered on quite a few of them. Due to printing process, that jet black colour blistered the paper. I remember it as though it was yesterday.

  • @robertt9342
    @robertt9342 Рік тому +2

    The more money than sense list, got it.

  • @isitunlimited
    @isitunlimited Рік тому +3

    Had the Supergirl and Aliens. Might still have the Aliens somewhere. I got entire sets of those DC logo variants at Costco as a kid. From Death of Superman, Zero Hour, Knightfall up until 97 JLA era or so. Blows my mind to know those are sought after now.

  • @beermarshal2070
    @beermarshal2070 Рік тому +1

    James, I gotta add to/correct your info about Love and Rockets. The photo you showed is of the third (at least) printing of the Fantagraphics #1 - the first printing had a 2.95 cover price, the second a 3.50. Don't know how many printings there were but that is at least the third and there's no way anybody's getting thousands for that - well, they shouldn't. I think when you talk about thousands, you are talking about the self-published #1 with a b/w, totally different cover, which came out in 1981 - that one does go for big bucks and I've been trying to get a copy myself for a while. The early printings of the Fantagraphics books seem to go for several hundred apiece usually; but checking I see that there's only one graded 9.8 of the Fanta #1 1st print so I suppose it might hit the four figures if it were sold. Or more.
    Can't say I've ever thrown out anything valuable myself, though I have plenty of stories of passing up stuff that became valuable, such as a STACK of TMNT #1 1st printings for $5 apiece at a con not long after it came out...

  • @wsnyder9082
    @wsnyder9082 Рік тому +1

    Never realized how expensive Groot 1 was

  • @vincentimbesi3947
    @vincentimbesi3947 Рік тому +2

    Where did you get the Captain Carrot T-shirt?!!😮

  • @jasoncraft2135
    @jasoncraft2135 Рік тому +2

    I bought a lot of Incredible Hulk comics(trying to fill my run) on ebay back when you still paid in advance with a money order. It was a large lot and a lot of doubles. In there was a couple issues of 271 1st Rocket Raccoon I kept 1 for the P.C. and gave the rest away to toys for tots with a lot of the other doubles a quarter book back then a bit more now oh well I'm sure they were enjoyed.

  • @lennon2744
    @lennon2744 Рік тому +2

    I'm looking for some of these books in my bulk right now

  • @cnote729
    @cnote729 Рік тому +1

    I never threw away a comics, but I remember selling the entire series of Watchmen like 3 years after I got it thinking nobody but old dudes wanted it it

  • @martymcfly1312
    @martymcfly1312 Рік тому +1

    great vid. Didn’t even know they made a Captain Carrot shirt.

  • @charliedogg7683
    @charliedogg7683 Рік тому +1

    Love these list videos James. The thing about old objects which are now valuable is that they may not have been worth much for a long time, so you can't really kick yourself if you sold an Aliens #1 for $100 years ago when it was worth maybe $50. By the way, I like the cover of Love And Rockets #1, it really reminds me of Brian Bolland's art style.

  • @Conan0Brady
    @Conan0Brady Рік тому +1

    Legends of the Dark Knight #50 2nd printing is another super rare book. It's a ghost in any grade.

  • @briancampbell9257
    @briancampbell9257 Рік тому +2

    Hearing about these titles and values is fun and informative. Very entertaining too. A little something ranging through Archie to Fetish comics? Who knew?

  • @YurrNext
    @YurrNext Рік тому +2

    I definitely have 4 of these, and bonus points for having multiples of those Cry for Dawn books. 👍

  • @Caseshells123
    @Caseshells123 Рік тому +1

    Aliens 1 is extremely hard to get a 9.8 with all that black. Still trying to find one to send to CGC

  • @sethchapman8001
    @sethchapman8001 Рік тому +1

    Cool video, good stuff to look for in the wild, thanks! For curiosity's sake, would be cool to include some prices for non-9.8s as well.

  • @redhanded8367
    @redhanded8367 Рік тому +1

    I sold my copy of Cry For Dawn #1 to a dealer at at a comic con for $25 about 30 years ago. Not sure it would have been a 9.8 since I read it a couple times. I still have my Aliens # 1 but it has a finger print that took off some color on the bottom right corner.

  • @pme1967
    @pme1967 Рік тому +3

    All the comics that I sold/traded (for various reasons) before the comic boom of the mid 90s would be worth a nice figure in today's market especially if graded as they were all at least 7.5 - mid 9s (The Flash 105 & TMNT 1(2nd) , OMG). One dealer I traded with said these early Avengers were the nicest to come into his shop in a very long time and those I know would have graded in the 9s.

  • @Sinsightful
    @Sinsightful Рік тому +2

    Once again, your content is AMAZING.

  • @danielcochran9882
    @danielcochran9882 Рік тому

    I had a buddy that had the entire Crow first print run, all those early Cry/Dawn books I remember thinking "these indy titles will never be worth anything..." More fool me.

  • @grendel0013
    @grendel0013 Рік тому +1

    I just completed my original Grendel run all CGC Universal Blue 9.8 White pages! It literally took me over 20 years to get the Grendels 1 and 2. Issue 3 and Primer 2 I've had for a while. I got another set all 9.6 white. Not many folks even know about this series. It's my personal grail. I'm a bigger fan of Grendel 1 over Primer 2 however. I love the cover on the first issue and it's a full story and has the origin of Hunter Rose. There's only 13 issue 1's and six issue 2's graded 9.8. White pages is extremely rare with these early Comico. I have every comic raw from their B&W early days besides the CGC Grendels. Loved that era.

    • @MintHunterComics
      @MintHunterComics  Рік тому +1

      DAMN dude...

    • @grendel0013
      @grendel0013 Рік тому

      @@MintHunterComics It was getting rough after so many years of searching and submitting raws. I was on the verge of asking folks like yourself and some of the other comicbook people on UA-cam and Instagram to please be on the lookout for raw highgrade copies and submit them to CGC. But finally my hard work paid off! There is one other guy selling the set all 9.8 on eBay but he's asking 23k. Not only is that a little too pricey but 3 of the 4 don't have the white pages. It was so much more satisfying building the collection myself anyways. Also a heck of a lot cheaper.😝

  • @kadett_6889
    @kadett_6889 Рік тому +1

    At the same con i bought. CFD #1 75$, and Incredible hulk 181 28$.
    Graded? CFD CGC 9.6, Hulk 181 CGC 2.0.
    Weird right.

  • @commodorerook3797
    @commodorerook3797 Рік тому +1

    Good vid. Do more like these "hidden gems in plain sight!"

  • @erisi236
    @erisi236 Рік тому +1

    I do have that Aliens one, it's certainly not a 9.8 but it is in my Dark Horse box

  • @squashchefan
    @squashchefan Рік тому +1

    I've never thrown a comic away but have given quite a few away. First appearance of Harley Quinn being one of them

  • @peterquinn7878
    @peterquinn7878 Рік тому +1

    He may not be as "cool" as the usual DC characters, but I consider my collection of Ambush Bug issues to be invaluable. They do make me laugh, and I never collected comics just to make a profit. Although...profit is always welcome! 😼

  • @keithkovalic
    @keithkovalic Рік тому +2

    I think you should work that Archie book into every video you do moving forward.

  • @TheMarrowMan
    @TheMarrowMan Рік тому +1

    My parents threw out a bunch of my old comics during a house cleaning a few years ago. A lot of 80's GIJoe, Transformers and Marvel Star Wars books. Yes the rare ones, like the last issues up to the final issue. I was so mad lol I think there was a black panther #1 in there too. I shoulda took them when I moved out back in the 90s.

    • @bigbabysld
      @bigbabysld Рік тому

      yep, my moms threw a bunch of my books away too

  • @vertualvice
    @vertualvice Рік тому +1

    I have a 4th print of the Cry for Dawn #1. I don't think it's a 9.8 but it's darn close!

  • @josephambrecht7133
    @josephambrecht7133 Рік тому +1

    Is that bunny man from roco modern life shirt??

  • @pillar81
    @pillar81 Рік тому

    Not thrown away, but I pretty much gave away my whole set of Ultimate Fallout miniseries for a song.

  • @SplinkProductions
    @SplinkProductions Рік тому +2

    Threw out some “New Universe”comics. No regrets.

    • @stevenschaller1672
      @stevenschaller1672 Рік тому +1

      Lol those are actually starting to become popular now!!👍

  • @youlovecomicbooks
    @youlovecomicbooks Рік тому

    I see that Super Girl Action Comics all the time in dollar bins. Gonna’ be looking for that DC Logo at the bottom now.

  • @bigbabysld
    @bigbabysld Рік тому

    I didnt throw away but I moved out of my apartment about 25yrs ago amd at the time I only collected Marvel, had them all bagged and boarded...I collected DC but never took it seriously (didn't even bag and board them, they were just piled up in my closet)and when I moved I took the marvels but left all the DC's behind in that closet and just left it to the landlord to figure out what to do with them...about 100+ books, my biggest comic collecting regret to this day, thru memory I have collected most of those books back thru e-bay and other sites...My DC collection is bigger and better than before, BUT...I do regret doing that to those books back then.

  • @versewonderstrikes5353
    @versewonderstrikes5353 Рік тому +1

    Dawn is a trippy read

  • @Firevine
    @Firevine Рік тому

    These prices are why I don't bother with graded comics.

  • @shadowman_nine
    @shadowman_nine Рік тому

    Dude the "Good Girl Naughty Covers" are Metal as fuck and decently popular. You can definitely argue they do not sell nowhere near that of traditional superhero titles but books like Razor, CFD, Avengelyne, Lady Death (etc) all fall in line with the Spawn following (Even though CFD and LD came before Spawn). Niche comics for sure but not as unpopular as one outside of that circle would think.

  • @crswaites
    @crswaites Рік тому

    I cannot believe this! Whenever I see videos like this, I click and they are always interesting but they never have anything I ever owned. So I clicked this thinking it would be the same, but *literally* the first thing you mentioned was Cry For Dawn #1... Which I owned and threw away!!! It was given to me at a booth at a comic convention by a guy working the booth. I had the third print. Threw it away about ten years ago when I was cutting down on my collection because other than a nice man being nice to me, it meant nothing.

  • @pcantu3
    @pcantu3 Рік тому +1

    Great video. Glad I did not throw out any of them, but also never had any of them. lol

  • @ampersand085
    @ampersand085 Рік тому

    Dammit, I will never get the 1st Appearance of Cheryl Blossom now, after you have released the last 2 videos.

  • @mrgumdrops5
    @mrgumdrops5 Рік тому +1

    I've got aliens #1 never opened from bag and board and never read after it was bought by my dad. Im not selling but I would love to get it graded!

  • @kennethjohnson9370
    @kennethjohnson9370 Рік тому +2

    These comics are not Worth much in the late sixties I gave My friends hot stuff Wendy the good witch etc put they were in GD -VG I kept the Super heroes comics in GD to fine +

  • @mikecroge
    @mikecroge Рік тому

    I picked up the full crow run and the caliber presents for $300 . I sent out all of them to CGC . Got caliber at 9.8 and the crow 1-4 8.5 to 9.2 . Huge fan of the crow think that and ASM 129 are the best books

  • @ZosoRocks1
    @ZosoRocks1 Рік тому

    I rcvd a copy of The Crow (1993 Kitchen Sink TPB) - as a bday present from an ex-girlfried - with the intro pages not in the order as the std 1st print...but was a mfr error-"rmthatbalso bounded the memoriam page upside down.
    I tcvd it in 3.0 (minus?) Condition. I didn't care.
    I had James O'Barr sign it (upside down) and he stated..."I only heard about this error, but never saw one. It took us a couple tries." ...and he smiled at me in summary.
    It was a very cool moment.

  • @Caseshells123
    @Caseshells123 Рік тому +2

    What are the top 10 dc universe logos

  • @iankane1733
    @iankane1733 4 місяці тому

    I had to just check my copy of Action Comics 686, but sadly I don’t have that variant 😔

  • @nuctech99m
    @nuctech99m Рік тому +1

    Nice video I'll have to check my stuff I think I have the Crow

  • @karlburkhardt9902
    @karlburkhardt9902 Рік тому

    I'll add one for your list and enlighten you on Dawn a little. Continum Comics #1 is Joseph Michael Linsner's first work and the first Dawn story. There is only 1 9.8 on the census that I know of. The other Funeral for a Friend DCU Logo books are also very hard to find.

  • @carlonbass
    @carlonbass Рік тому +1

    Good stuff, man. Thanks! Luv it

  • @philcamacho127
    @philcamacho127 Рік тому

    Luv these vid lists. Joined and happy to! 😊

  • @donaldmiller9648
    @donaldmiller9648 Рік тому

    I sold a lot and traded away thousands of super books in past but traded a real Star Wars #1 (35 cent cover) for a Fantasy Quarterly #1 thinking it was a good deal, not realizing how hard to find the Star Wars books were....actually had two copies got in trade from southern collector who bought from a California service man who moved to Louisiana...let both copies go cheap ;-(...found a #3 35 cent cover that came in same small group 20 years later and sold on Ebay 24 years ago for good money at time ..

  • @TheDjk300ComicGuy
    @TheDjk300ComicGuy Рік тому

    Found a 377 3rd print in a .25 bin. I couldn’t believe it. Came back 7.5. I’m happy

  • @mark-s
    @mark-s Рік тому

    Hope you do that famous auction this Sunday James

    • @MintHunterComics
      @MintHunterComics  Рік тому +1

      Coming today at 2!

    • @mark-s
      @mark-s Рік тому

      @@MintHunterComics excellent will be watching hope to get a UA-cam notification 😀

  • @tonytothe8544
    @tonytothe8544 Рік тому

    I found an Archie's Girls in a dollar box that graded a 9.4. It sold on Comiclink for $700

  • @keithd4324
    @keithd4324 Рік тому

    Yeah, I had a Darkhawk #1. Didn't care for it. Gave it to my son. I guess that it's worth something now.

  • @jarredsmith9187
    @jarredsmith9187 Рік тому

    I have been looking for Primer#2 but it cost $1,000's so maybe I will get lucky when this big yard sale comes up and find it

  • @leeniren3706
    @leeniren3706 Рік тому

    So basically, if I want to go and privately commission a comic book that you could be worth thousands of dollars?

  • @steelbat54
    @steelbat54 Рік тому

    Threw a comic out? 🤣🤣🤣 thats a good one..🤣🤣🤣

  • @IzzyVerseNYC
    @IzzyVerseNYC Рік тому

    Bad Girls of the 90s Dawn was Lisner goodness

  • @wolverado1322
    @wolverado1322 Рік тому

    Great info and insights as usual! Gotta continue learning to keep growing with the hobby.

  • @TRAWLPortlandME
    @TRAWLPortlandME 2 місяці тому

    Thanks for this video! I found the Action #686 DC Universe in my collection and it’s high grade. 😮

  • @TheJohno95
    @TheJohno95 Рік тому

    Those Indy books from the 80's will probably, in time, be the only Copper Age books that really have any value. By that time the Marvel and DC stuff were on better paper and way overprinted. But you had to a niche buyer to be looking for those Indy titles. Hence, the ones with famous characters....Future big bucks.
    Just as an aside: The first Dark Horse Aliens comic is Dark Horse Presents #24. Something for you to go chase now!

  • @bricksbamboos2552
    @bricksbamboos2552 Рік тому

    WOW, great video..learned something new and have some new stuff to hunt for

  • @jarredsmith9187
    @jarredsmith9187 Рік тому

    Great books,I just picked up new 52 Batman#2,the new mutants #9, astonishing x-men#9,pirates of the dark water#1,Battlestar Galactica #1 and Flaming Carrot Comics#27 for 4 each and they are all keys and worth a lot more then $24.

  • @rodneymarsden3003
    @rodneymarsden3003 Рік тому

    I remember the first issue of GI Joe comic when it first came out. I flipped through the comic and turned it down. I had numerous times to pick it up at a good price but still turned it down. Hated the artwork. Nowadays its worth a lot.

    • @MintHunterComics
      @MintHunterComics  Рік тому

      Oof!

    • @rodneymarsden3003
      @rodneymarsden3003 Рік тому

      @@MintHunterComics I know! To this day I am not keen on the artwork so not that unhappy I didn't buy it. I remember they did an Australian GI Joe I thought was really lame.

  • @calebleland8390
    @calebleland8390 Рік тому

    And that, James, is why I will never own issue 1 of The Crow. Granted, I don't necessarily need a 9.8, but that's a pricey book even in mid grade. Awesome list, brother!

  • @monkeyideas
    @monkeyideas Рік тому

    Great video. Any plans for one on bronze age neal adam books?

  • @silverfactoryrecordsandboo8584

    Love and Rockets is top 5 greatest comics ever produced in the english language and it's not standard size (i.e. wasnt bagged/boarded as much.) Doesnt surprise me.

  • @StarsetCards
    @StarsetCards Рік тому +1

    GI Joe #256 1:10 incentive

  • @stevenschaller1672
    @stevenschaller1672 Рік тому +1

    I actually have love snd rockets number one!!👍 Paid 14 1/2 cents for it!!👍

  • @WombatComics
    @WombatComics Рік тому

    I had all the Cry for Dawn issues and sold them over the years. The comics that had some value that I hated the look of and threw away were Whitman variants. I only had one or two but i hated that Whitman label and the lack of issue number on the cover.

  • @TheDjk300ComicGuy
    @TheDjk300ComicGuy Рік тому

    Have all cry for dawn 9.4s though. Love them

  • @2ndbestbob28
    @2ndbestbob28 Рік тому

    I have absolutely none of those books.... typical. 🙄
    Apart from the Hulk issue. Now I've just got to check what print it is.... 😏

  • @claykirby20011
    @claykirby20011 Рік тому

    Sounds like 9.8 comics are supposed to be worth thousands, but they are probably almost as rare as suckers willing to pay that amount for them.

  • @Chalwa
    @Chalwa Рік тому

    Not sure who would throw away their own comics.

  • @thecatwrangler9448
    @thecatwrangler9448 Рік тому

    DO NOT TRADE THAT COMICO #2 FOR HULK #181 YOU WILL REGRET IT

  • @bestcore1214
    @bestcore1214 Рік тому

    Great list man! 👌

  • @troytutti5415
    @troytutti5415 Рік тому

    How do you tell if the super girl funeral for a friend is first or second printing because I have one 🤞🏻. Back in the day I collected the whole funeral for a friend and death of supper man.
    Any help would be appreciated
    Thanks
    Troy

    • @MintHunterComics
      @MintHunterComics  Рік тому

      It'll have the DC universe logo

    • @troytutti5415
      @troytutti5415 Рік тому

      Thanks for your reply👍🏻. Turns out I have the wrong one🤷‍♂️
      Love the videos I’m going to watch your old videos and then go through my comics again. I collected in the early 90s to late 90s any ideas for key issues? And if you don’t mind I’ll be picking your amazing comic filled brain again👍🏻🙏

  • @williambain3979
    @williambain3979 Рік тому +1

    Great info

  • @magemarshall3139
    @magemarshall3139 Рік тому

    Graded books
    Are not books
    They become art.
    Books are to be read, enjoyed, and passed on!
    $6000 for something you’re just going to look at. Most graded books still end up in a box and are never seen again.

    • @MintHunterComics
      @MintHunterComics  Рік тому

      that's one way of looking at it! the other way is about preserving history

  • @macorourke2222
    @macorourke2222 Рік тому

    Neat'O Brother Thanks for the information. 😀👍❤️🇺🇸🇨🇦❤️💯💯

  • @christopherpennington6627
    @christopherpennington6627 Рік тому

    I just picked up incredible hulk #377 3rd print for $20 in a high grade

    • @MintHunterComics
      @MintHunterComics  Рік тому

      Well then!

    • @christopherpennington6627
      @christopherpennington6627 Рік тому

      @@MintHunterComics it was a neighbor of mine bought a short box for $50 and he said he had an incredible hulk inside he would sell for $20 lol

  • @graham6791
    @graham6791 Рік тому

    Do you have a coverless dec 359 or a reader cover.

    • @MintHunterComics
      @MintHunterComics  Рік тому

      I'm afraid it sold!

    • @graham6791
      @graham6791 Рік тому

      @@MintHunterComics no worries thanks for the reply, that coverless showcase 43 what is that priced at.

  • @jamesmoss3424
    @jamesmoss3424 Рік тому

    Great idea 💡 for this video. 😀👍

  • @DanQR5
    @DanQR5 Рік тому

    Batman Adventures 12

  • @CHAMPDOGZ
    @CHAMPDOGZ Рік тому +1

    Don't make any videos like this please I'm already hoarding too many collectibles because of FOMO

  • @Byrdznyst
    @Byrdznyst Рік тому

    Cry Fer Dawn & Witchblade Started My Hot Girl Crv. Collection.. Butt I Think Dawn Is N Green Dress *

    • @MintHunterComics
      @MintHunterComics  Рік тому

      Nice *Butt* inclusion haha

    • @Byrdznyst
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