New 70%-90% Off Bargain Comics Listing! Howdy! Chuck and Nanette (click on image for larger view) As the sun is breaking on the horizon this morning, the entire world is a beautiful white. I know the magic won't last, but as the sun sparkles on the two inches of fresh snow that we received overnight, the whole world looks fresh and clean. The water contained in the snow is also a real blessing, as the winter here in Boulder, Colorado has been exceptionally dry. I'll have to delay my journey to the Mile High Comics offices by a bit this morning to let the roads clear, but the moisture that we received for our pastures is well worth that slight inconvenience. Even though I will be starting my workday a little late, a great many positive things are happening right now at Mile High Comics. As a case in point, our inventory crew will be continuing this morning to fill up the huge "new" magazine rack that I slowly reconstructed over the past three weeks, with 700 boxes containing our magazine pulling files. For many years, we concentrated almost exclusively on grading and entering into our online inventories Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image comics. We did process many thousands of magazines during that same period of time, but we focused almost exclusively on grading Marvel, Starlog, and Warren magazines. Magazines from most other publishers (of which there are hundreds...) were set aside to be graded at some undetermined "later" date. Well, with this fantastic new steel shelving unit now available to us, we've gone full bore on grading the huge backlog of magazines that we've piled up around the warehouse. Our speediest grader, Reese, has already worked his way through eight 6' high pallets of magazines, and is now working on his ninth! Thanks to his diligent efforts, we have immensely expanded our overall selection of comics, science fiction, and old horror magazines of all kinds. If you haven't checked out our magazine listings in a while, you really should! Not only has our selection greatly expanded, but in the instances where Reese graded significant numbers of multiples of the same magazine, our prices have also been slashed. These magazine price reductions are most likely temporary, however, as once we finish processing this backlog, it will probably become much more difficult for us to find replacements for the scarce issues that we had stashed for so many years. While Reese has been working diligently on grading magazines, the rest of our inventory team has been adding Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and Independent comics into our website listings in huge quantities. I realized this morning that I have been somewhat remiss, in that I have not alerted you to the fact that so many great comics bargains have been added to our website during the past six weeks. With that thought in mind, I am including quick links for you below to our steeply discounted back issues: Marvel Comics OnSale DC Comics OnSale Image Comics OnSale Dark Horse Comics OnSale As per usual, if you want to peruse our steep discount sales on Independent comics, you will need to look up each individual title. Otherwise, the listings would be just too long! I can, however, provide you with links to all of our older comics, as they are coded for easy access: Golden Age Comics Silver Age Comics Bronze Age Comics CGC-Graded Comics Before I forget to mention this fact, all of our older comics are listed for you right now at a minimum of 66% off, with a few at higher discounts. This sale even includes ALL of our scarcest ACG, ARCHIE, CHARLTON, DELL, EC, FAWCETT, GOLD KEY, HARVEY, WARREN, and WHITMAN titles! Quite a few older comics are also available through our New-In-Stock and $50+ New-In-Stock listings, so they are also well worth perusing. Finally, our ridiculously generous 50% off sale on all of our Marvel and DC trade paperbacks, and our 30% off sale on all of our Marvel and DC hardbacks, ends on this upcoming Friday, at noon Colorado Time. As I fully expected, a great many of you immediately took advantage of this incredible book sale. What I hadn't realized at the time that I put this sale into effect, however, was that with my offering you 50% off on all of our Marvel and DC trade paperbacks, and my also allowing you to earn free shipping at $50 (domestic) and $125 (International), no express carriers, I'm allowing you to buy books from us at a greater discount than most comics retailers pay Diamond when ordering wholesale! On many levels, that's just a bit too crazy... Blessedly, I had a massive restock of trade paperbacks and hardbacks already on order from Diamond, so our listings will surge with additional book titles this afternoon and tomorrow. That should help us to replace most of the books that just sold out. Suffice it to say, if you still want to take advantage of this crazy book sale, you do need to hurry to get your order in to us right away. I am definitely not going to extend this trade paperbacks and hardbacks sale past Friday, at noon... My final item for today is a reminder that the benefit auction for the University of Colorado comics program will be this upcoming Friday afternoon, at 5:30 PM, in the University Memorial Center on the Boulder Campus. The auction will be in the art gallery on the second floor, which has been showing an incredible exhibit of 50+ pieces of rare comics original art for the past 30 days. The auction is timed to coincide with the end of the gallery show, so if you live in Colorado, this is your last chance to see some incredible comics art, including 12 pieces from my own personal collection. I will be the auctioneer, and I guarantee that a fun time will be had by all! For those of you who cannot attend the auction, you can place an e-mail prebid by contacting lynne@milehighcomics.com. This is a no minimum bid auction, so I would be quite surprised if even some very low prebids did not end up winning some of the better lots. The entire auction listing is printed for you at the end of this newsletter. That's it for today. Before I head for Denver, I need to quickly weed around some red chard and kale plants in the huge greenhouse that we have here on our farm. Somehow, there's not much in the world that is more pleasant than working in a warm greenhouse, on a sunny late winter's morning... Happy Collecting! Chuck Rozanski, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. Advance Previews of next weeks comics from Archie Comics Benefit Auction at the University of Colorado Memorial Center 1) MARCH OF COMICS #203 GOOD Retail Value: $6.00 Woody Woodpecker Story. 2) FABLES: 1001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL HC #1 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $19.99 1,001 NIGHTS OF SNOWFALL is both an entry point to the critically acclaimed series and an essential part of Willingham's enchanting and imaginative FABLES mythos. (click to view image) 3) PHENIX REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE LA RANDE DESSINEE: #37 FINE Retail Value: $20.00 WINDSOR MCKAY COVER. LOTS OF WALT KELLY OF POGO FAME 4) WILLIAM STOUT'S MOTOR MANIA Retail Value: $20.00 BLACK & WHITE HIGHLIGHTS FROM CARTOONS MAGAZINE FROM 1971-1975 #309 of 750 5) ACROSS THE UNIVERSE: THE DC UNIVERSE STORIES OF ALAN MOORE TPB (1ST PRINT) NEAR MINT Retail Value: $25.00 Written by Alan Moore. A new collection of rarely seen DC Universe work! Featuring stories from SUPERMAN ANNUAL #11, DC COMICS PRESENTS #85, BATMAN ANNUAL #11, DETECTIVE COMICS #549 & 550, SECRET ORIGINS #10, VIGILANTE #17 & 18, OMEGA MEN #26 & 27, GREEN LANTERN #188 and GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL #2 & 3. 6) LIBERTY MEADOWS: 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION HC (2008) #1 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $24.99 This hardcover is a special edition of the first graphic novel EDEN. (click to view image) 7) WALKING DEAD HC (2006) #1 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $29.99 This is where it all begins. A great start to an incredible series. (click to view image) 8) BROUGHT TO LIGHT SC (1ST PRINT) Retail Value: $30.00 (OUT OF PRINT) FEATURING A STORY BY ALAN "WATCHMEN" MOORE AND BILL SIEKIEWICZ (TRUE STORY) 9) FANZINE-CUTS #84 Retail Value: $30.00 Wirtham parody with Wally Wood art 10) SPAWN #1 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $30.00 Get the #1 issue of Todd McFarlane creation. This series is still going strong. (click to view image) 11) BARBIE SET (BARBIE #1 & BARBIE FASHION #1) NEAR MINT Retail Value: $31.00 A must for any Barbie collector. (click to view image) 12) GROO (1982) #1 VERY FINE Retail Value: $32.00 Story: Friends and Enemies. Drawn by Sergio Aragones (click to view image) 13) STAR WARS: CLONE WARS #1 LIMITED EDITION NEAR MINT Retail Value: $35.00 Only 1,000 copies ever printed 14) FOOM (FRIENDS OF OLD MARVEL) FANZINE #18 VERY GOOD+ Retail Value: $38.00 JOHN ROMITIA ISSUE 15) SIN CITY: BABE WORE RED (1994) #1 (MATURE) NEAR MINT Retail Value: $40.00 Collection of short stories from "The Town Without Pity." Stories and art by Frank Miller. This collection is noteworthy in Miller's use of limited bright red color tones in an otherwise B&W comic. The red is quite effective in highlighting certain elements of the story "The Dame Wore Red." The other stories, which are much shorter, are "And Behind Door Number Three..." and "The Customer is Always Right." (click to view image) 16) WALT DISNEY'S SILLY SYMPHONIES (DELL GIANT) #5 VERY GOOD+ Retail Value: $40.00 COMPLETE CINDERELLA STORY 17) WOLVERINE (1998) #100 DELUXE NEAR MINT Retail Value: $40.00 Will Wolverine get his adamantium back or not??? (click to view image) 18) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (1967) #3 VERY GOOD Retail Value: $43.00. Photo Cover based on the T.V. Series 19) GI JOE VS. TRANSFORMERS OMNIBUS HC (2007) #1 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $49.99 This collects all the meetings of the Gi Joe and Transformers ever printed. (click to view image) 20) FOUR COLOR #352 VERY GOOD Retail Value: $50.00 MICKEY MOUSE IN THE MYSTERY OF PAINTED VALLEY 21) BATMAN (1940) #266 VERY FINE Retail Value: $53.00 The Curious Case of the Catwoman's Coincidences! (click to view image) 22) LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: BLACK DOSSIER HC (2007) #1 VARIANT NEAR MINT Retail Value: $60.00 Mina Murray and a once-again-young Allan Quatermain steal The Black Dossier, and a new generation of Extraordinary Gentlemen doggedly pursue the pair. (click to view image) 23) MAD MAGAZINE 1962) #89 VERY GOOD+ Retail Value: $60.00 Cover art by Kelly Freas and art by Wally Wood 24) SANDMAN (1988) #8 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $60.00 Death's first appearance. (click to view image) 25) THUNDERCATS MAGAZINE #7 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $60.00 May 1987 Very hard to get, only printed in the United Kingdom (click to view image) 26) WONDER WOMAN (1942) #219 VERY FINE Retail Value: $63.00 World of Enslaved Woman! (click to view image) 27) FOUR COLOR #1349 VERY GOOD Retail Value: $68.00 YOGI BEAR VISITS THE U.N. 28) ALIENS: TRIBES HC (1992) #1 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $75.00 Written by Stephen R. Bissette and Drawn by Dave Dorman (click to view image) 29) BATMAN: BRIDE OF THE DEMON HC (1ST PRINT) NEAR MINT Retail Value: $75.00 RA'S AL GHUL AND TALIA (FUTURE MOTHER OF BATMAN'S SON) story 30) GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995) #1 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $75.00 Story: Super Spartan 10.4.2029. One of the first main stream Manga series to hit it big! (click to view image) 31) WOLVERINE (1988) #1 FINE Retail Value: $75.00 Wolvie takes down a band of pirates who have captured Mariko's secretary; Wolverine adopts the "Patch" identity in Madripoor where he tries to track down the infamous Black Sword of legend (click to view image) 32) MAXX #35 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $75.00 Last issue in his first series. Very low print run hard to find. (click to view image) 33) TEEN TITANS (1966) #46 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $80.00 "The Fiddler's Concert of Crime!" is written by Bob Rozakis and drawn by Irv Novick and Joe Giella (click to view image) 34) FLIPPER (1966)#1 FINE Retail Value: $85.00 Photo cover from T.V. series 35) X-MEN (1963) #139 VERY FINE Retail Value: $88.00 1st appearance of Stevie Hunter and 1st appearance of Sprite (Kitty Pryde). New costume for Wolverine (click to view image) 36) ELFQUEST (1996) #9 PAGE #42 ORIGINAL ART Retail Value: $90.00 (click to view image) 37) JOKER 1:6 SCALE DELUXE COLLECTOR FIGURE DC DIRRECT Retail Value: $90.00 38) AL CAPP'S SHMOO (1952)#5 GOOD Retail Value: $96.00 SCI-FI TRIP TO THE MOON 39) ARCHIE & FRIENDS #42 PAGE #4 ORIGINAL ART PAGE BY RICH KOSLOWSKI Retail Value: $100.00 (click to view image) 40) DEADPOOL (2008) #1 DFE S&N NEAR MINT Retail Value: $100.00 #182 of 330 Signed by Clayton Crain (click to view image) 41) FANTASTIC FOUR THE RETURN PAPERBACK NEAR MINT Retail Value: $100.00 Mighty Marvel Collector's album #9 (click to view image) 42) GREATEST JOKER STORIES EVER TOLD HC NEAR MINT Retail Value: $100.00 This 1988 Hardcover reprints some of the best Joker stories all in one book. Great Book!! (click to view image) 43) KISS 4K #1 (DESTROYER EDITION) NEAR MINT Retail Value: $100.00 30" X 18" LIMITED TO 200 COPIES. It's huge! 44) JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #94 PAGE #30 ORIGINAL ART PAGE Retail Value: $100.00 (click to view image) 45) MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER (1991) #1 WITH CARD NEAR MINT Retail Value: $100.00 SIGNED BY JIM SHOOTER AND BOB LAYTON 46) MARVEL MASTERWORKS #3 (5TH PRINT) NEAR MINT Retail Value: $100.00 Reprints X-MEN #1-10 (click to view image) 47) SAGA OF SWAMP THING (1982) #37 VERY FINE Retail Value: $100.00 Written by Alan Moore. One of his classic works. (click to view image) 48) TOMB RAIDER/DARKNESS SPECIAL CGC 9.4 Retail Value: $100.00 TOPCOWSTORE EXCLUSIVE FOIL EDITION (click to view image) 49) WATCHMEN (1986) #12 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $100.00 Story: A Strong and Loving World. The last in a groundbreaking series. Get it before the movie comes out. (click to view image) 50) MARVEL COLLECTIBLE CLASSICS: X-MEN (1998) #1 DFE S&N NEAR MINT Retail Value: $125.00 #436 of 1500 signed by Adam Kubert (click to view image) 51) UNCANNY X-MEN #458 CGC 9.6 Retail Value: $125.00 World's End Part 4. The Enemy of my Enemy (click to view image) 52) WOLVERINE (1982) #2 NEAR MINT Retail Value: $125.00 Story: Debts and Obligations. The second in his first four issue limited series. (click to view image) 53) DETECTIVE COMICS (1937) #367 FINE Retail Value: $127.00 "Where There's a Will - There's a Slay!" Drawn by Carmine Infantino. (click to view image) 54) AVENGERS (1963) #27 FINE Retail Value: $149.00 Story: Four against the Floodtide. Written by Stan Lee. (click to view image) 55) BALDER THE BRAVE (1985) #1 CGC 9.8 Retail Value: $150.00 Story: The Sword of Frey. Written by Walt Simonson. (click to view image) 56) DARK HORSE PRESENTS (1986) #51 SIGNED BY FRANK MILLER VERY FINE Retail Value: $192.00 This issue features the second-ever appearance of Sin City. (click to view image) 57) ACTION COMICS #704 PAGE #10 ORIGINAL ART PAGE BY JACKSON GUICE Retail Value: $200.00 (click to view image) 58) ARMY OF DARKNESS" ASHES 2 ASHES #2 RETAILER INCENTIVE CGC 9.8 Retail Value: $200.00 Ash is back with more insane and funny adventures. (click to view image) 59) MARVEL MASTERWORKS GOLDEN AGE CAPTAIN AMERICA LIMITED EDITION NEAR MINT Retail Value: $200.00 Only 1300 copies printed. Reprints the original CAPTAIN AMERICA #5-8. 60) BETTY #86 PAGES #1-5 ORIGINAL ART PAGES Retail Value: $250.00 (click to view image) 61) FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) #66 FINE Retail Value: $270.00 Begin the origin of Him, later known as Adam Warlock. The Thing is beside himself with anger and worry as his blind sculptress girlfriend, Alicia Masters, has been kidnapped. (click to view image) 62) HEROBEAR AND THE KID (2000)#1 CGC 9.4 Q (SIGNED WITH SKETCH) Retail Value: $300.00 Written and Drawn by Mike Kunkel. A great story for all ages. (click to view image) 63) LOIS LANE (1958) #70 VERY GOOD Retail Value: $340.00 1st Silver Age Catwoman appearance. (click to view image) 64) SWAMP THING (1972) #1 FINE Retail Value: $355.00 Bernie Wrightson (Pencils) and Bernie Wrightson (Inks) Some of his finest works. (click to view image) 65) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (1963) #45 FINE Retail Value: $400.00 Story: Spidey Smashes Out! Written by Stan Lee and Drawn by John Romita. (click to view image) 66) MICHAEL TURNER'S FATHOM: CANNON HAWKE PRELUDE #1 WIZARD WORLD 2005 CONVENTION EDITION CGC 9.8 Retail Value: $400.00 Written by J.T.Krul and drawn by Marcus To (click to view image) 67) 80 PAGE GIANT (1964) #1 VERY GOOD Retail Value: $565.00 A hoax, a dream, an imaginary tale! Six super-stories of Superman and his extended family; each lovingly reprinted from their 1950s original runs; makes for 80 pages of excitement as only the Action Ace can deliver. (click to view image) 68) SPIDER-MAN (1990) #1 PLATINUM NEAR MINT Retail Value: $800.00 This is the very rare Platinum edition. Low print run and very hard to find. (click to view image) 69) JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (1960) #22 FINE Retail Value: $850.00 Crisis on Earth-Two! JSA crossover. (click to view image) 70) TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) #27 GOOD Retail Value: $5600.00 1st Ant-Man appearance and last 10 cent issue in this series. Key Issue! (click to view image) 71) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583 SET Retail Value: $ Retail Value: $125.00 This is 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th prints of the very sought over Barak Obama covers (click to view image) 72) SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN MAGAZINE #2 (1968) CGC 7.5 Retail Value: $450.00 Story: Green Goblin Lives! Written by Stan Lee and Drawn by John Romita, Sr. (click to view image) 73) MATTHEW VANDERPOL ORIGINAL SKETCH Retail Value: $????? (click to view image) 74) A SIGNED SPIEGELMAN POSTER Retail Value: $????? 75) CAPTAIN AMERICAN ORIGINAL SKETCH BY Dan Crosier Retail Value: $????? (click to view image) Current Newsletter