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Where Do You Buy and Sell Your Comics?

Posted by Cliff on from the why-didn't-I-think-of-this-one dept.

Hemos asks: "I've been collecting comics for almost two decades now, and have been looking around for some back issues that I've never been able to find in the local shops. I'm also looking to sell some of the comics that I already have. Any recommendations for the good places online (or offline) for buying and selling comics?" Come to think of it, so would I!

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  1. Batman by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Yeah, I've been thinking about getting rid of some Batman comics I have from the late 80's. You know, the "Death in the Family" set, "10 Nights of the Beast", "Gotham By Gaslight", stuff like that. The prices on ebay don't exactly excite me enough to start an auction, so they just sit in a box unread. (Well, since I read them initially, they aren't sealed or anything.)

  2. selling is hard by ghostlibrary · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hi,

    Selling is hard-- most folks want the 'valuable' issues in your collection so, after lots of sales work, you'll be stuck with, oh, 95% of your comics and all the really good stuff missing. That's the worth of both worlds, really-- still stuck with boxes laying around but no good stuff hidden in it.

    In "Comics Retailer" a few months back, there was a great bit from a comic book shop owner on how he buys comic collections-- by the pound, $1/pound. "But I have X-Men 128! What's that worth?" '$1/pound'.

    Rather than cherry pick collections, evaluate quality, etc, he just made the simple business case-- take it all at a fair price. I wish he was in this area. It'd be nice to regain storage space.

    Mycomicshop.com and WizardWorld.com both profess to be comic-specific sales sites, you might want to try those. I plan to, once I get organized enough to sell my back stuff.

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    A.