Comic-Con Party News I want to start today by thanking everyone who helped to make this year's Free Comic Book Day such an incredible success. We gave away over 10,000 FCBD special editions in just one day, which is an all-time record! Our autograph party featuring Jim Shooter and Chris Claremont was also extremely well-attended, with upwards of 1,000 people waiting very patiently in line during the course of their six-hour marathon signing party. All-in-all, it was a really wonderful Free Comic Book Day day... I now have several bits of good news for you. First, legendary comics creator, Neal Adams, has agreed to return to sign autographs at our Jason St. Mega-Store on Thursday evening, May 30th. The signing will begin at 6 PM, and run through 10 PM. Neal will be bringing even more of his own prints and sketches to offer you, and since we actually have some advance notice this year, we are ordering in a huge number of Neal's best hardback and trade paperback collections from DC Comics to offer you at the party. Neal will sign any item that you request for a $10 fee, and we will also have Mile High Comics certificates of authenticity available for only $2 each. Neal Adams My next bit of good news is that we have a preliminary agreement with SAGA creator, Fiona Staples, that she will also be signing for us that same Thursday evening. We do need to confirm that she will actually be able to attend, but we feel enough confidence in her being able to come that we have already ordered 500 copies of the Image First Edition of SAGA #1, and 100 copies of the SAGA trade paperback, just for the party. In case you haven't already heard, SAGA is a great story, and also a breakout hit for Image, second only to WALKING DEAD in total sales... In addition to Neal Adams and Fiona Staples, we think that we also have upwards of twenty other comics creators from the convention who will be signing autographs for us during our Thursday night, May 30th, party. I mention this potentially high number because we have always offered free table space to all local comics creators who wish to show off their publications to our Mega-Store audiences. That free space offer still holds true right now, but with the May 30th event now only three weeks away, we may find that we have a limit on just how many free tables that we can fit into Jason St., especially since we are expecting a crowd of 2,000+ fans that evening. If you want to reserve free table space for that night, please do contact David Saindon at our Lakewood store right away at 303-238-8125, or write to him at mhc.lakewood@gmail.com. We will do our best to find you a great spot in the store! Along those same lines, I want to encourage those of you who can, to arrive early for our party. The official starting time for party is 6 PM, and that is the point at which we will start serving refreshments. Unlike last year, however, we will open the Mega-Store to our party guests beginning at 2 PM. We may, in fact, already have some creators already signing earlier in the day, but that situation is fluid fight now as we work out individual arrangements with folks. I'll keep you posted as we get further along with our plans. One thing that I can assure you, however, is that with upwards of 2,000 people expected that night, only the early birds will get close-in parking. Carpool, if you can... Before I leave the subject of the Jason St. party, I did want to mention that we have already begun stocking up the store with even more great back issues, trade paperbacks, and hardbacks. Reece is completely reorganizing our new books area for you, while Stu, Jon, Randy, Charley, and Chris are filing our newly acquired back issue comics by the thousands into both the Silver Age bins, and the modern bins, each day. It would serve those of you who are avid collectors quite well to visit the Mega-Store several times before the night of the big party... My final item for today is a quick mention that I will be conducting one of my famous no-minimum-bid Silver Age Comics Auctions a week from Saturday, May 18th, beginning at 11:30 AM. I just purchased several major collections of older comics, and we pulled out some of the best issues for this one great auction. A partial listing of 100 of the 700+ auction items is at the end of this newsletter. I hope that we see you on Saturday, the 18th! Happy Collecting! Chuck Rozanski, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. May 9, 2013 No Minimum Bid Auction - May 18th, Jason Street Mega Store LOT A $75+ AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #301 NEWSSTAND FI ACTION COMICS #314 FI CONAN #11 VG LOIS LANE #70 GD X-MEN #98 VG WITCHBLADE #1 FI LONE RANGER #83 FI GI JOE #120 NEWSSTAND FI LOT B $100+ X-MEN #27 VG SUPERMAN #197 VG LOIS LANE #23 VG METAL MEN #4 VG CONAN #10 VG FANTASTIC FOUR #32 GD POISON ELVES #11 VF WALT DISNEY'S COMICS & STORIES #161 FI LOT C $110+ MAGNUS ROBOT FIGHTER (VALIANT) #0 NM WOLVERINE (MINI) #4 NEWSSTAND VF SECRET WARS #8 NEWSSTAND VG CABLE & DEADPOOL #33 NEWSSTAND VF CONAN #24 FI GREEN LANTERN #19 VG SPIRIT GIANT-SIZE (HARVEY) #1 FI AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #74 FI LOT D $125+ LOIS LANE #13 VG GREEN LANTERN #32 FI DC SPECIAL #1 FI GRIMM FAIRY TALES: RETURN TO WONDERLAND #1 2ND PRINT NM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252 NEWSSTAND FI NEW AVENGERS #16 SKETCH COVER NM TRUE BLOOD: GREAT REVELATION #1 NM OUR FIGHTING FORCES #57 VG LOT E $150+ ULTIMATE X-MEN #1 DF ALT COVER NM OUR ARMY AT WAR #34 GD FLASH #122 VG UNCLE SCROOGE FC #495 FA PREACHER #1 VF JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #125 FI FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 GD AKUMA-SHE ILLUSTRATIONS #1 ADULT NM LOT F $225+ WALKING DEAD #75 ULTIMATE VARIANT NM JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #22 VG GI JOE #21 NEWSSTAND VG DONALD DUCK #26 VG DC 100 PAGE SUPER SPECTACULAR #4 FI CONAN #2 FI AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #51 VG ACTION COMICS #235 GD LOT G $175+ SHOWCASE #40 VG TALES TO ASTONISH #49 VG SHOWCASE #25 GD 80 PAGE GIANT #5 FI UNCLE SCROOGE #10 VG AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36 VG BABY'S FIRST DEADPOOL BOOK #1 NM BARBIE HALLOWEEN SPECIAL EDITION #1993 NM LOT H $140+ HOUSE OF MYSTERY #143 VG HAWKMAN #5 FI BATMAN #429 NEWSSTAND FI NEW MUTANTS #87 NEWSSTAND FI DARK TOWER: GUNSLINGER BORN #5 SKETCH COVER NM GRIMM FAIRY TALES: DREAM EATER SAGA #1 LIMITED ED NM LAUREL & HARDY #1 VF CONAN: WEIGHT OF THE CROWN #1 SPECIAL EDITION NM LOT I $125+ JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #28 VG KIRBY GENESIS #0 ROSS SKETCH NM GRIMM FAIRY TALES: DREAM EATER SAGA-INFERNO #1 LIMITED ED NM CIVIL WAR #2 TURNER NM BLACK KISS (VORTEX) #7 ADULT NM BETTY PAGE IN JUNGLELAND #1 NM CONAN #7 FI VAMPIRELLA (DYNAMITE) #4 DFE ALT COVER NM LOT J $100+ MARVEL COLLECTORS' ITEM CLASSICS #18 VF UNCANNY X-MEN #392 NEWSSTAND UNBAGGED VF GREEN LANTERN #50 FI SPIRIT GIANT-SIZE (HARVEY) #2 FI 80 PAGE GIANT #14 VG AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #30 GD ATOM #29 VG LIFE WITH ARCHIE #42 FI Free Comic Book Day 2013 at Jason St Mega Store Mile High Comics Retail Store Locations Current Newsletter