1,000+ Mile High Comics Variants Destroyed By Hail Storm Howdy! I am on a flight today returning from my brief foray to Anchorage. I visited southern Alaska to consider purchasing a very large comic collection. Discussions are ongoing as regards that comic transaction, but that doesn't matter to me as the trip turned out to be wonderful in any event, as I was able to share a delightful dinner with members of the Imperial Court of Alaska. Madeline Holdorf, Empress IX of Alaska was my host, and she made certain that I had a wonderful time during my visit. Dinner with Empress IX of Alaska, Madeline Holdorf, ICC Board member Kevin Meiners, Imperial Court of Alaska members Russ Reno and David Sherman While I was away from Denver (my trip was booked last week with a non-refundable ticket...) our awesome staff at Mile High Comics continued the cleanup from Monday's devastating hailstorm. Sadly, our initial damage estimates of $30,000 - $50,000 in comics and books are turning out to be too low. Will Moulton discovered yesterday that rainwater from one of the 42 skylights that were destroyed during the storm soaked a double-sided wooden shelving unit containing 20,000 premium back issues. We are still tallying our losses among those 20,000 comics, but the fact that a high percentage of the water-damaged comics on those shelves consisted of our Mile High Comics exclusive variants, our losses in product (alone) now exceed $100,000.00. ARCHIE #1 Mile High Exclusive While having that many comics and books get damaged and destroyed by our storm is dismaying, I prefer to focus on the positives. No one was injured by the falling shards of skylights, and the damage in most areas of the building was relatively easy to clean up. In addition, our online operations are completely functional with orders shipping like clockwork, and the Jason St. store will be in fine shape for tomorrow's (Saturday's) benefit Texas Hold'em poker game benefitting the Harvey Milk Foundation. I do not at all look forward to the upcoming insurance struggles, but into each life a little rain must fall... Poker Flyer I will close today's newsletter with a simple request for support. Word has spread nationwide about our hail damage, and that media coverage appears to have led some of our fans to hold off on placing orders with us, even though our website operations were completely unaffected by the storm. We do have a 30% off KITTYPRIDE! codeword sale in effect right now, and it applies to all ten million our back issue comics and magazines. Only new issues, a few variants, and our professionally graded issues are excluded. If you have a few comics, magazines, or books that you are seeking, please let us help you with your collection over this next week. Despite the storm, Pam has made certain that our New-In-Stock and Premium New-In-Stock links are filled for you with exciting new arrivals. Happy collecting! Chuck Rozanski, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. May 12, 2017 Current Newsletter