jordanlund@lemmy.worldM to Comic Books@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoComics Stolen from Homes, Lockers & Comic Stores Across North Americableedingcool.comexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
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minus-squareZoolander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt cracks me up that he says that they stole thousands of books and then the site reports that it was $4000 in goods. Comics really aren’t as valuable as I would have guessed in a digital world.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIn that theft, the big book they namecheck is Fantastic Four #48, which is the first Silver Surfer / first Galactus. Depending on condition, it’s a solid several hundred dollar book with graded versions into the low thousands. https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ivitems=5090521#59840121
minus-squareZoolander@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoEven worse… that means that the “thousands” of other books were essentially worthless.
It cracks me up that he says that they stole thousands of books and then the site reports that it was $4000 in goods. Comics really aren’t as valuable as I would have guessed in a digital world.
In that theft, the big book they namecheck is Fantastic Four #48, which is the first Silver Surfer / first Galactus.
Depending on condition, it’s a solid several hundred dollar book with graded versions into the low thousands.
https://www.mycomicshop.com/search?ivitems=5090521#59840121
Even worse… that means that the “thousands” of other books were essentially worthless.