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Chuck Buys Another Awesome Collection
Howdy!
It is pouring rain this morning here in the foothills of Appalachia located in northwestern North Carolina. That pretty much grinds things to a halt for me as regards shipping my comic book and toy acquisitions back to our Jason St. Mega-Store. I can (and have…) loaded comic books onto pallets at FedEx in a heavy mist or light drizzle, but pouring rain is just too darn hazardous for my precious paper items.
Chuck and Bert
In case you are wondering, I am forced to build my pallets in the parking lot at FedEx Freight facilities because they have Covid-inspired restrictions on outsider access to their loading/shipping facilities. They are fine with sending a guy out with a forklift to pick up my skid-wrapped pallets in the parking lot, but no way can I go inside. That all makes complete sense, but leaves me spinning my wheels when heavy rain develops. Sigh…
20 U-Haul getting loaded
What makes this delay all the more frustrating is that I am now far behind schedule on my epic comics-buying trip. I was doing just fine until I made it to Bert and Connies house on Sunday afternoon, and discovered that Bert had not exaggerated in the slightest when he expressed to Pam that he had an immense collection. By the time I had finished (slowly) packing up his vast collection of 10,000 lbs of comics, graphic novels and hardback books, and action figures into my rented 20 U-Haul van, three days had passed! Yesterday was particular onerous, as I had to carry over 200 boxes that weighed 30-50 lbs each from his 2nd story collection room. Honestly, I am beat.
Chuck in the bac of the 20 U-Haul at 8 PM
So you know, I started yesterday at 8:30 AM, and finished loading Berts collection into my rented 20 U-Haul at 8 PM. I then spent two more hours squeezing the wonderful Silver Age collection that I picked up on Long Island on Friday into a remaining corner of my rental. The two comics that I am holding (Hulk #181 – 7.5 and Daredevil #1 – 6.5) in this wonderful photo taken by Connie came from that Long Island collection.
HULK 181
DAREDEVIL 1
As regards Berts collection, he returned to passionately collecting in 1992, and has near-complete runs of an extraordinary number of titles. I have never seen a complete Simpsons/Bongo (with ALL the smaller titles), for example, or every single Disney title, from Gladstone through Gemstone. Also, every single Dark Horse Star Wars title. From Marvel, in addition to your typical superhero fare, he has all the Groo issues, plus hard-to-find Ren & Stimpy and Beavis & Butthead. His DCs are ridiculously comprehensive, with long runs of every title, including all of the key issues. Whew!
Some of the 1,000 rare and out of print graphic novels and comics reprint collections
The real prizes of Berts collection, however, were his insanely cool collection of extremely rare action figures and character dioramas, and his library of over 1,000 rare and out of print graphic novels and comics reprint collections. My own personal comics reference library is vast, but Bert has (easily) 500 books that I really need for my own library (but which I will not take). In addition, Bert let me have his entire horror films reference library, including more Universal Monsters and Ray Harryhausen books than I had any idea even existed. Truly, Bert put together an amazing collection!
Some of the 1,000 rare and out of print graphic novels and comics reprint collections
Once I do get unloaded at FedEx, I will then continue on my buying trip. Pam has arranged 14 more home visits for me in seven states, and I will do my best to fulfill them all. I do have to be back in Colorado on the 9th, however, for a consult about cataract surgery. I am starting to have a really hard time reading road signs at night, so this eye operation is quickly becoming a priority. In the meantime, I rely upon Google Maps combined with Siri, which works just fine.
In other news, my first two 6 high pallets arrived in Denver yesterday, and both Will and Pam immediately began bagging and grading some of the scarce issues that I shipped to them. The listing of new arrivals at the end of this newsletter contains a sampling of those issues. More are coming!
Nanette
As regards our online sales, we are currently at 50% off across-the-board with our SPRINGBREAK! codeword, and if my beloved wife, Nanette, has her way, we will stay at 50% off until hell freezes over. Nanette pays our company bills, and knows that our $114,000.00 annual property tax bill on our Jason St. Mega-Store is due in the 30th of April. We do have most of that enormous tax payment already escrowed, but Nanette is our voice of conservatism in the company, so we all listen to her. Besides, tomorrow is our 43rd wedding anniversary. Keeping Nanette happy will help me to facilitate that there is still a shot of reaching our 44th. Just saying…
Happy collecting!
Chuck Rozanski/Bettie Pages, President – Mile High Comics, Inc. March 31, 2021
P.S. Below are some of our new arrivals. Almost all of the back issues comics and books qualify for the 50% off SPRINGBREAK! codeword. Only new issues, a few variants, and our professionally-graded items are exempt. For a complete list visit our Premium New-In-Stock and overall New-In-Stock links. Be safe!
MARVEL
AGENT CARTER: GUIDEBOOK TO THE MARVEL CINEMATIC UNIV (2016) #1
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