# Anyone here collect comics? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** comic-books-manga\ **Created:** [March 22, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390 "2021-03-22T01:30:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/41 "2021-03-24T02:35:51Z")
For those looking to sell their collection, there are Comic Book buy/sell/trade groups on Facebook. You should be able to find someone near you. Selling an entire collection you will probably be lucky to get 10 cents on the dollar. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/42 "2021-03-24T02:51:54Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > If one of my friends’ kids showed the least bit of interest, I would dump the whole lot on their doorstep. Why wait for a kid to ask? I’ll bet there’s a children’s hospital near you that would be thrilled to take them. Maybe pull out the 2000AD first, though. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/43 "2021-03-24T02:53:27Z")
Most are unfolded. It gets pretty easy to see the joke after a few, no need to fold. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/44 "2021-03-24T03:17:23Z")
Hush, mediocre masses. We are in the presence of Mike Who Pre-Visualizes The Fold-In! I’m serious… that’s impressive. My bet is he also does Sudokus without a pen, Rubik’s Cubes without touching them, and does jigsaw puzzles by spreading the pieces out and just staring at them for two days, moving them where they should go… in his mind: > Hmmm… uh, huh… okay, edges all done. Some rocks, waves, more waves, and a seagull _there,_ another one _there,_ annnnd, the blue rowboat. Done! > > Where’s the Mod Podge? ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/45 "2021-03-24T04:19:28Z")
Sorry, old man. It’s not really that hard, even you could do it… > The Far Side creator Gary Larson described his experience with the Fold-In: “The dilemma was always this: Very slowly and carefully fold the back cover… without creasing the page and quickly look at the joke. Jaffee’s artistry before the folding was so amazing that I suspect I was not alone in not wanting to deface it in any way.” .[Mad Fold-in - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Fold-in) ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/46 "2021-03-24T04:22:18Z")
I would insist that any back issues of MAD I buy be pre-folded. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/47 "2021-03-24T04:38:49Z")
Just to give a taste of how crazy marvel comics prices have gotten [https://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-WHAT-IF-10-1ST-APPEARANCE-OF-JANE-FOSTER-AS-THOR/174686679099?hash=item28ac23303b:g:7yMAAOSwZsRgUQwV](https://www.ebay.com/itm/1978-WHAT-IF-10-1ST-APPEARANCE-OF-JANE-FOSTER-AS-THOR/174686679099?hash=item28ac23303b:g:7yMAAOSwZsRgUQwV) This went for $135…it has spine roll, and ‘40’ was written on the cover. But thats not the kicker its A WHAT IF. Its not really the first appearance. Its just a What if…but its going for a decent price. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/48 "2021-03-24T04:58:19Z")
That price is driven by anticipation of a Jane Foster as Thor film. I bought a run of Daredevil for $30 on eBay and sold it a year later for $225 a few weeks before the Ben Affleck film came out. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/49 "2021-03-24T05:03:29Z")
And THAT was back in 2003(?)!! Things have gotten nuttier then that. The first Elektra appearance goes for about $36 for a reader copy. If Marvel said they were doing an Elektra Disney plus series it would ten fold. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/50 "2021-03-24T13:02:05Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > This went for $135…it has spine roll, and ‘40’ was written on the cover. But thats not the kicker > > its A WHAT IF. Its not really the first appearance. Its just a What if…but its going for a decent price. Yeah, but look at the prices for older issues in better shape on the same page. They’re worth a lot more than cover price, but you’d think they’d be worth a lot more. as mentioned elsewhere, there’s interest by possibly a handful of buyers in this particular issue. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/51 "2021-03-24T13:14:24Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > And THAT was back in 2003 I think that was actually an advantage back then, when a movie based on a Marvel character was actually a novelty. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/52 "2021-03-24T15:49:33Z")
I had about 900 comics of the same period. A couple years ago, I decided it was time to pare them down since they had been sitting for years. I sorted through and kept two short-boxes worth. Over the next year I kept a neighborhood little library stocked. I always wondered who took all those comics: Kids or a 40’ish year old guy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/53 "2021-03-24T23:32:05Z")
“What If” #44 Was much better. [An Alternate Reality Captain America Turns Around a Corrupted America](https://www.cbr.com/captain-america-what-if-thawed-out-today/) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/54 "2021-03-25T00:24:36Z")
Man, I’ve seen screen caps of the “America is nothing” speech from that issue before, but I never realized it was preceded by Cap leading a squad of Black Panthers into combat, and I don’t mean the super hero. “Comic books didn’t use to be political,” indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/55 "2021-03-25T01:15:01Z")
I stopped “collecting” conics decades ago. I still own a lot and read a lot but I don’t see the point in “collecting” them. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/56 "2021-03-25T02:04:27Z")
Good point! I’ll admit I don’t collect comics, I READ them. (Which leads to a hoarding that looks an awful lot like collecting…) But if you studied my comics, you’d see that most have been stuffed in backpacks, crammed into coat pockets and panniers, even folded in a back pocket. My local Comic Book Guy is always getting me to buy some Silver Age funnybook in terrible shape. But if it’s got great art or fun writing, he’ll say “It’s a Good Read…” and I’m sold. One time I said “Near-Poor Quality is fine. The happiest days of my childhood were when I shoved a folded-up World’s Finest in my jeans pocket, biked down to the park to read and slurp a Coke Slurpee.” He laughed as I folded up the World’s Finest he’d just sold me, crammed it in my pocket, and headed out to my bike. “Next stop the 7-11, so Have Slurpee, Will RIde!” ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/57 "2021-03-25T02:35:23Z")
Im pretty sure that one made me tear up back in the day ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/58 "2021-03-25T02:37:58Z")
So long as the cover is firmly attached im usually good with almost any quality…but its a quirk i have…you can have a comic be in great condition but if the cover is hanging by a thread it kills my soul. I think because im afraid to read it. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/59 "2021-03-25T02:51:22Z")
When I was a kid there used to be a surplus store with a big bin of coverless comics for I think 10 cents each. I bought a number of those. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390/60 "2021-03-25T04:49:21Z")
Those covers were returned to the publisher as proof of the books’ destruction. I wish I had some unethical retailers in my neighborhood when I was a kid. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-collect-comics/938390.md?page=4)