More Otaku Fall Cleanup Madness: Comic Book Edition...

My tiny closet revealed not only some long neglected figures, some of which went to a landfill and some of which are now on display, but, it also held over 400 comic books. I've spent days going through everything, taking pictures on my phone and using an app to assess my collection. And after due consideration, the internet gods have decided that my eclectic mix of Thundercats, Werewolves, Heavy Metal and other assorted nonsense is *potentially* worth almost $3800. I say that with a grain of salt, because this stuff was mass produced. If it was almost 100 tears old, exceedingly rare and everyone wanted one, like a first edition of Superman, that would be different.

Thundercats #22 is duplicated because I actually have two of the same issue. Why? Who knows. It's been years since I bought these. I probably forgot that I already had that issue and bought it again. The Werewolf By Night and Giant Sized Werewolf comics were part of a bundle of older issues. Way back in the misty dawn of time, the shop would sell big bundles of older comic books for a few dollars. Alien Worlds and Twisted Tales which are both anthology series where different stories are featured in each issue, were a bit of a surprise to be counted among the high and the mighty Thundercats and Masters of the Universe. Meanwhile, one of my favorite comic books, Dragon's Star, was completely unknown by the app. By the way, officially, outside the app, Dragon's Star is valued at just a few dollars.

There were a number of comic books that the app recognized, but, was unable to provide pricing for. And, there were some comic books that had the app completely scratching its head. I checked a handful of these unknown and unvalued comic books and found a few that were supposedly worth $20-40. It was fun. Like opening presents on Christmas Day, trying to guess at which comic book was worth what. It was exciting to experience the anticipation of discovery. So what now? For me, this is like someone saying that the dirt in my carpet or the unknown life growing in the back of my refrigerator is worth obscene amounts of money. Good luck trying to find a buyer.

IF, I decide to sell my comic books, I already know that I'm not going to get rich. There are a couple options in my area. One, the preferred option, would be to sell the more valuable items piecemeal on sites like eBay. The second option would be to contact a dealer who specializes in buying comics in bulk. They're not going to pay me top dollar, but, I could empty out my closet and get some pocket change for my trouble. If I suspected that I had any real treasure in my collection, the first step would be to pay the $30-45 per comic to get them professionally graded. Once graded, I could take them to an auction house or a reputable dealer and get them valued and sold. But, nothing in my collection, not even the mighty Transformers, is worthy of that kind of special attention.

For the time being, I plan of just changing the bags the comic books are in to make them more presentable. The cardboard backers seemed to have held up better over the years, so, I don't believe I'll need to change those. I have no plans to sell them anytime soon. I just thought it was a nice experiment to see what I had and what it could *potentially* be worth. That's all for today.