It Came From the Bargain Bins, or, Cool Finds for Cheap

[Jo-El]

So, I was on my way home this last weekend while my wife and kids were out of town visiting in laws, I happened to pass a garage sale two doors from my house.  I usually just drive by slow, and drive away when I see nothing of interest, but I happened to notice longboxes in this guys garage, so I stopped.  He had five boxes, and after finding a few things that strongly piqued my interest, I offered him $200 for all of them.  He jumped on it(which made me nervous), but I was pretty sure I was getting a good value.  I got the stuff home, and while I now own 4 boxes of 90's Marvel, DC, Valiant and Image that I probably don't care much for, I have a pretty solid box of older stuff.  After going through these boxes for the last few days, here's what I've pulled out that I think are good/valuabale:

Fantastic Four 46,47,70,76,138,141
Action Comics 440
Adventure Comics 436
The Atom #9
Sgt Fury and his Howling Comamandos #86
The Amazing Spider-Man #58,67,70,75,101,138,153,171
Tales to Astonish (Hulk & Sub-Mariner) #92,95
Tales of Suspense #61,77
Worlds Finest Comics #175
The Mighty Thor #135,174,222,244,
Green Lantern/Green Arrow #83
Sub Mariner (1968) #25, 61, 68
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #136
Superman #262, 313
House of Mystery #179,223
Freedom Fighters #4
Ghost Rider #15
Godzilla King of Monsters #1
Howard the Duck #13 (first KISS comics appearance)
Blazing Battle Action w/Sgt Fury #140,141
Jungle Action Featuring the Black Panther #12
The Uncanny X-Men #129
Detective Comics #329

Now I'm not much for buying comics for their value, many(if not most) of these issues are in very good condition (VG, Fine, or Very Fine).  I would swear the issue of the Atom looks like it is fresh of the racks, with crispy white pages.  I had to really scan the thing before I was convinced it wasn't a reprint.  All of the FF's and ASM's are in great shape as well!  So what do you think, was it a good buy?

[Sean M.]

picked up the following out of the dollar bins today:
Empire #2 (don't know much about this but it was written by Mark Waid with art by Barry Kitson so I took a shot)

If I recall, this only ran about 6 issues with a double-sized 0 issue which reprinted the first real parts of the story (they'd been printed at another publisher)- it's well worth picking up the rest/ the trade if there is one- it's a nice take on the 'what if the villains won' concept. According to wikipaedia it was Eisner nominated as well.

[Jeff B.]

went to the LCS for a couple of things I left my DCBS order (Rebels #5, Exiles #3) also picked up Pluto vol 1 and some issues of the Outsiders while I was there.

Had to also go dollar bin diving while I was there, I couldn't leave without checking out the bins, this is what I got:
XMen Noir - 2,3
Spider-Man Noir - 2
Big Hero 6 - 1,2,5,6
XMen/Spider-Man - 1
Ghost Rider Danny Ketch - 3
Magneto Testament - 1
Marvel Assistant Size Spectacular - 1

[JimN]

Now I'm not much for buying comics for their value, many(if not most) of these issues are in very good condition (VG, Fine, or Very Fine).  I would swear the issue of the Atom looks like it is fresh of the racks, with crispy white pages.  I had to really scan the thing before I was convinced it wasn't a reprint.  All of the FF's and ASM's are in great shape as well!  So what do you think, was it a good buy?

I think so. There are some excellent comics on that list and if you don't want the 90s stuff, you could probably re-sell those 4 boxes to get back some of the $200 you initially paid.

Jim

[Dom Sutton]

Now I'm not much for buying comics for their value, many(if not most) of these issues are in very good condition (VG, Fine, or Very Fine).  I would swear the issue of the Atom looks like it is fresh of the racks, with crispy white pages.  I had to really scan the thing before I was convinced it wasn't a reprint.  All of the FF's and ASM's are in great shape as well!  So what do you think, was it a good buy?

YES! Even if you discount the 90s stuff you've got a bunch of nice silver and bronze stuff there at an average of less than $5 a comic. You could probably sell the Fan 4 and Spidey issues on ebay and make your money back and more (especially if those Fan 4 #46 + #47 are in decent condition) . A good purchase I reckon.

[synch]

ms marvel v5  HC  sealed  comics shop $10   Beats  the   V4  I just ordered from amazon for $16! &  it helps complete the set!  Just glad I did not see v4 there too 

Runaways   Can't see a volume number  but its the  Dead End kids   one....  $10  sealed!

From my  a  LCS today!    Not too shabby  really  when a book costs  about $3-4 these days $10 for a HC  containing  1-6 something books...

[Sean M.]

Picked up a ton of Helix material for 25p per issue. So, I got Vermillion 1-12, Brain Banx 1-5, Time Breakers 1-5, Gemeni Blood 1-9 and Mumbai Maguffin (a prestige format OGN from Virgin Comics for 50p) for £8.50- cheaper than the trades even if they're rubbish. 

[Bill Doughty]

Picked up a bunch of recent stuff for 50 cents a pop from Mr. Met over on the CGS board.  I got:

Batman 676 (RIP pt.1)
Batman 686 & Detective 853 (Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader Pts. 1 & 2)
The Core 1 (Hickman!)
Fantastic Comics #24 (a.k.a. Next Issue Project #1... where are the follow-ups to this?)
Dynamo 5 Annual 1
Gigantic 2
Jersey Gods 1
REBELS 1
Pax Romana 1 (More Hickman!)
Gutsville 1
Transhuman 1 (Still More Hickman!)

Pretty sweet haul!

[VinceB]

Fantastic Comics #24 (a.k.a. Next Issue Project #1... where are the follow-ups to this?)

Unfortunately, not yet, but there are plans to do more. 

[VinceB]

Picked up a ton of Helix material for 25p per issue. So, I got Vermillion 1-12, Brain Banx 1-5, Time Breakers 1-5, Gemeni Blood 1-9...

No rubbish there. All the Helix stuff is GOLD, especially Gemini Blood. It's FANTASTIC! Another one of those great series that expired way too quickly.

[Julian]

Peep this. At the Big Apple con i found great deals. 1) Death of the New Gods: $4.50 2) Two Issues of Batman from Morrison's run I'm missing: $1 3) Three Trades: Vinyl Underground Vols 1 & 2 and The Trials of Shazam Vol 2:  $20 4) 1 signed print from Kevin O'Neil: free

[Ted Falconi]

Currently working on amassing complete runs of Fables and Jack of Fables and made a little progress today:

Not a massive haul, but
Captain America #128, 164, 148
Hate #20
Amazing Heroes #174
Comics Interview #31
Heroes World Catalog #1
Hate Annual #3

Batman #672
Jack of Fables #4
Tom Strong #14
Fables #68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75
Atomic Robo fcbd 2008

for $4.75 from Half Price Books on Touhy in Niles (Skokie maybe?) IL.  Unfortunately for me, the books were all priced at $1.00 each, so I left a lot of stuff behind - quite a bit of Nightwing, Powers, Authority, 52, etc. 
When I got to the register, I learned that all comics are now 25 cents.  I'll be back next week unless you all get there first.

Also unfortunate: the price tags are stuck right on most of the books themselves (but not on the oldies!).

[VinceB]

Holy SHIT! A Heroes World catalog! Some of my favorite comic art EVER! 

I'd kill for a complete set of those. Anyone know how many they did?

Good score!

[Sean M.]

No rubbish there. All the Helix stuff is GOLD, especially Gemini Blood. It's FANTASTIC! Another one of those great series that expired way too quickly.

Yeah- I left the UK for some years and they came out when I was abroad- haven't really had a chance to dig in (read the first two issues of Gemeni Blood- seems like good stuff- but I haven't got time to read comics this week (too many work related/ work related course stuff to do- am going to be chained to MS Word for the near future  - or at least till the end of this week then  ) 

[BobBretall]

I got another short box full of comics this weekend for $12.  I love LA's Frank & Son show!

Probably about 120 comics (I got to pick them out), all ones I had on my want list.

A bunch of issues of "The Losers" from Vertigo, Human Target, Dynamite's Battlestar Galactica stuff (which I passed on originally, but for 10 cents an issue, I figured "What the Heck")....lots more.....

I picked up the entire run of "War of the Worlds" from Amazing Adventures (except for 3 issues).  These are duplicates, but all were in better condition than the ones I bought off the rack in the '70s and read to death time & time again.    Oh, Killraven, I loved your amazing adventures.......

[ja$#b w*&ch]

Picked up the Jack Kirby OMAC hardcover in the Amazon marketplace lst night for $1.63 in good condition. I bought it right before I went to sleep and thought I had dreamed it.

[synch]

zombies marvel v2 hc $14 at my lcs     roar brains
 

[Milesy]

Finally got my 1980 EC Library, Two Fisted Tales complete collection in the mail from the states, and I only paid $60 for it.

[clever_username]

No rubbish there. All the Helix stuff is GOLD, especially Gemini Blood. It's FANTASTIC! Another one of those great series that expired way too quickly.

Didn't Transmetropolitan start out as a Helix book and then moved to Vertigo when the line was closed?

[Sean M.]

Didn't Transmetropolitan start out as a Helix book and then moved to Vertigo when the line was closed?

Yes. Or was that a rhetorical question?