I once found 20 bucks and got really excited, imagine how this guy must of felt.

I was just getting into comics in 1979-80 and I remember being amazed at Chuck's ads in comics! It totally turned me on to collecting back issues. I still have a few that I ordered from him back then. Thanks Chuck and Thanks to Mr. Church!

I would have a heart attack if i came across a collection like that.It's a collection we all dream.of.

I love stories like this! I'd also like to point out what an excellent illustrator Mr. Church was!

You earned it! Every cent! Got lucky, you bet… but you gotta be in the ring taking punches to get a knockout. Edgar Church was apparently an amazingly cool person. You sir are a Saint for preserving his history and art. Your story is the best listen I’ve had in some time!

Your story telling skills are outstanding. Looking forward to you doing more of these.

I've watched this several times over the years, and each time have a greater appreciation for all of the actors who made this happen. Thank you to Edgar Church for amassing this collection, to his heirs for having the wisdom to pass it on to others, to Chuck Rozanski for having the courage to purchase the collection, and to Key Collector Comics for sharing this amazing story with the rest of the world!

Great video! Thanks for sharing!! I'd heard of the Church collection but now I know the Mile High connection and story.

This is every collectors' dream story.

Wow! Thank you Nick! What a fantastic story!

If Key Collector is someday in financial trouble, you can always turn to radio or books-on-tape career. Top notch narration! 😍

Excellent story Nick!

Wow Nick your amazing at narration! I had a blast just listening to you tell this legendary story most all of us have heard portions of in the comic community. Thank you for that!

Awesome story thanks for sharing

Thought I knew how Chuck got into comics all those years ago. Boy, was I wrong. Thanks for this stroll down Chuck’s memory lane. He really is an American treasure!

This story was AWESOME!!!! Thanks for sharing it.

It's just nice when you chase your passion and follow your dreams, probably had a lot of people look down on you for your life choices. But you beat all the bastards and left them in the ditch. You're a winner. Well done bro.

This is like a person selling a Lottery winners ticket for a tiny fraction of what it was worth. He was there at the right time at the right place. Thats called extreme good luck. His profit margins must have been astronomical and it more than likely led to him being extremely wealthy. Good luck to him. I was born in 1971 and got into comics in the 80's so missed out on most of the Golden Age stuff. Ive got a good collection But I havent come across Action Comics 1 in mint condition yet or will this ever happen. What a lucky man. A lot of people would be very jelous of a person having such good luck as this. I say its a great story and We all have good luck at times, and bad luck.

I am awed at his and your impact on the comics industry.

I have to watch this in sections....my constitution can't take to see it all at one time My brain can only explode so many times

Great story! Great narration!! I actually met Chuck in the early 80s as a budding collector of high grade golden age comics. Being from SD I had the good fortune of attending Comic Con starting in 1979. It wasn’t until 1983 or 84 though that I met Mr Rozanski. I was 16 and as usual walking the bourse floor in search of elusive near mint to mint copies of any superhero title, only to be told time and again, they just don’t exist. Even at a show of that size, near mint golden age books were sadly few and far between. Not to mention the sad reactions I got from most dealers when I politely passed on their nice but sub par, to me anyhow, Fine to Very Fine books. Somewhere, somehow I caught the mint bug and to the dismay of most dealers, a Mint Freak was forged. Fortunately a friendlier dealer suggested I visit the guys at the Mile High table if it was mint copies that I was after. Sure enough there was Chuck with his rows and rows of long boxes / crates of NM and better Golden Age gems! As I sifted through his boxes I stopped at a issue of Daredevil Comics with a great cover and proceeded to compare the sticker price with the guide value and was shocked to find he was asking 1.5 times mint guide! Needless to say my “savvy” young self was not about to be ripped off so I politely passed and took my little wad of cash and moved on. There must’ve been at least twenty long boxes of some of the finest pedigree comics I would ever see and I didn’t buy even a single copy! And keep in mind most of these were books that catalogued under a $100 bucks! Needless to say the following year I came to my senses and made a beeline for Chuck’s booth and spent every penny I’d saved on the most beautiful comics I could afford. It was a mishmash of titles, but every book was a gem (a 9.4 to 9.8 by todays standards) and with great cover art. And because I bought so many he let me have them for 1.25 times the Overstreet guide price. He even told me a little bit about how he acquired the collection and that it was the heirs and their lawyer or realtor that had set the price. If memory serves right, he said they wanted 10 cents for each comic. Exactly what Edgar had paid for them, and not a penny less. I’ll never forget that great conversation nor the fact that by the following year when I went back for more Mile Highs, he had sold the remainder of the books to another dealer :( Sadly I sold off my entire collection of NM/M Golden Age pedigrees in the mid 90s and today take great pride whenever I see one of my near pristine “babies” sell at auction for a hundred times or more what I paid. Books from the Mile High, San Francisco, Pennsylvania and Allentown collections respectively. Plus I always had an eye for cover art and am proud to say that many of the books I bought were later designated as a “Classic Cover” in Overstreet. Needless to say I sometimes wish I still owned those beautiful books but the memory of them will have to do. And keep in mind this was pre CGC and slabbing, so yes, I even got to handle those supple beauties and occasionally even sniff them. If you know, you know 😂 Anyone out there got a Time Machine I can borrow??🥹

WOW! Bravo! This is the story that any boy who took comics seriously (like me) that dreams are made of. This is "The Beatles having a flat tire in front of your house" event! I think you were more than fair with the family. They obviously knew NOTHING about what they had, and you knew ALOT! This is a thrilling story. I usually don't have the patience for long personal stories like this. But this is the biggest ride in the amusement park; and you were tall enough! Incredible! ☺☺☺☺

Well done Nick. I enjoyed the Edgar Church story immensely. Incredible.

Great video Nick

WOW that was a awesome story great job Nick

Edgar Church's artwork was awesome and would love to have some

Bravo! I enjoyed your story of fate, hard work and perseverance.

I bagged and boarded Amazing Spider-Man 121 off the newsstand, it was graded 7.5. That these books much older got grades over 9 is truly amazing.

An excellent story told with passion and understanding. Of course, every negative comment Chuck got came from pure envy. He was in the right place at the right time and every comic reader/collector should take this as a warning to curate your collection and keep them pristine. Best to all.

Such a great story !!! Incredible find God put u in the right place

amazing story. and just think, collections like this might still be out there somewhere....

Awesome story!

Excellent!

Amazing story.

👏👏👏This was nicely done!👍 It wiill replace "The night before Christmas " in my house for years to come!

salute! great story!

This was a fantastic story!

I can't help but think the heirs to this man's comic collection had no idea what kind of money was tied up in these books, only looking on them as only trash and an eyesore. Along comes someone who knows the family has a gold mine downstairs, but neglects to tell them and instead keeps the profits to himself. Not a feel good story in any terms, only greed.

Totally amazing super duper Neat'O story and video Brother Thanks for sharing 😀 👍 ♥️ 🇺🇸🇨🇦♥️🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯

❤❤❤wow...the phenomenal paper to riches...😮😮😮

A terrific and informative historical account. I am curious if Edgar was in any condition to meet Chuck and if Chuck ever communicated directly with Edgar. I was surprised to learn Edgar was still alive at the time of this liquidation of his comics. Not sure if his ailment was mental (dementia) or more physical? What a journey and surprise ending for his collection.

I've got a Lamont Larsen All American Comics #7 in 3.0 condition, It's not quite up there with any of the books from the Edgar Church collection, But you just have to take what you can find. 😉

truly incredible

Preparation truly met opportunity

"This is the story of the $50 Million Dollar Comic Book Collection that was discovered by Mile High Comics owner, Chuck Rozanski, narrated by Key Collector Comics". And now charges twice comic value because 50 million isn't enough and no one should ever feel what he felt at that moment, ever. And "I'm smart for not contributing to my own country" - 2016.

Well worth listening to.😎

How many people paused the video to look at the prices from that 1981 listing and the other one right after that? $10 for Incredible Hulk #1, $20 for Amazing Spider-Man 129? $50 for #7-9, $20 for Incredible Hulk 181???????????? What I wouldn't give to be able to go back in time!

Wow I'm just saying thank you for this evening true powerful video essay commentary is indeed in my opinion 'A TRUE CLASSIC' video history. Story. Again thank you for your deep point of view.

Absolutely amazing story!

Beautiful story has Edger Church's art been collected in a book

Incredible

I feel so sorry for edgar church, his wife and his relatives being retold how they lost their comic fortune

Great story, Nick. Thanks for sharing.

I think Edgar Church must have been a time traveler to spec on Action Comics 1. Although, I guess I would travel back in time and buy multiple copies.

YOUR BEGINNING REMINDED ME OF MY OWN. MY BEST FRIEND AND I PUT ARE HEADS AND COMICS TOGETHER AND WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 15,000 COMICS BETWEEN US FROM 1935 - THE PRRESENT, AND WE FORMED GALAXY COMICS. WE STARTED A MAIL ORDER BUSINESS, HIT THE COMIC CON CIRCUIT, AND THOSE COMICS, GOT ME A CAR, A FEW THOUSAND FOR COLLEGE, AND ABOUT 600.00$ A WEEKEND EXTRA AFTER COST AT COMIC-CONS!!! GARY BAILEY KING OF DARKNESS NOT BAD FOR A 17 YR. OLD!! GARY BAILEY THIS WAS A STUPENDOUS EPISODE

It’s easy to pass judgment when you’ve never had this situation presented before. He was in a position to take these books off someone’s hands who are just as soon thrown them away. I once got 100 GA books for $280. And I once bought a dozen Xmen books GSX1, 94,101,129, etc for cover price from someone filling in at a pawn shop. I can still remember my hands shaking I was 14. I actually like the story where he goes to New York and buy the second collection and the guy snorting cocaine and he gets all these books that were supposed to be returned to the publisher. Just don’t get the prices today ? Who just sold the did Church Action #1 was it the dentist 🦷?

When you hit the deal of all time, you need to be smart. You would have been better off closing your comic business, getting a regular job and sitting on your collection for 20+ tears. Hindsight.

Wish there was more info on the mega keys, but a fun watch overall

RIP to the soul who collected all the comics. The price he paid was a good example of "Not everyone values what you value and that's okay." This story is a great example of how small things become even bigger things that we all know today. :D

If the heirs couldn't be bothered to find out the value of the collection, that's down to them, better it was saved than trashed, you profited on the backs of philistines, well done!

[...]...I understood the value of that collection

This is a great presentation, but I have mixed feelings about this story. Rozanski paid $1800 for this collection -- less than face value for every book, which even in 1977 was a steal. This strikes me as a perfect storm of an elderly man with health problems, a set of uncaring heirs, and a semi-scrupulous buyer. What's worse is that today, now that Rosanski has made his fortune, he jacks up his prices to avoid selling any of it. Great find, but a shame nonetheless.

In business you want to break even and beyond. You did that. No one lives forever. You made your money back and with the overlap continue to live. With all of those 9.0 you did well. All the best.

I wish mile high comics would have more original and EC reprints in high grade

I’m reading Seth’s Wimbledon Green and I can’t believe it’s based on a true story!!

Mr Rozanski is a lot more than only discovering the Edgar Church collection. I strongly believe that he is one of the most important people that shaped the hobby of comic collecting. Everybody should read about his story. I think a book should be published...

The word fanzine is pronounced fanzeen like magazine. It's short for fan made magazine

Imagine getting sick and have you kids sell action comics 1 behind your back. Also liked the excuse of selling at 2.5x cost to "save the golden age market". Nevertheless it's exciting to think of stumbling into that kind of collection

Great story 👍

Insane

Oh great the annual advertisement for Mile High (priced) Comics. Tell your buddy at MHC to buy a functional webpage for ordering.

Reading from chucks website

🤯🤯

He probably could have offered them $500. It was garbage to them. He was way too generous.

over time when the value of the collection became known, the the family ever come back legally that he didn't pay enough or did they never notice?

Quite the curse!

Veve has licensed digital comics !!

WOW is all I can say

No one should ever regret taking hold when the swine cast pearls at you.

Awesome story, have heard bits and pieces of this epic collection, don’t know how I feel about this story but sometimes lucky breaks are part of the business, he is a business man after all

Sure it's amazing,... Pretty messed up tho how the Mile High Help Desk for example is run by mean passive-aggressive alienating people that avoid eye contact and act upset at any little question -you are in their way. "No way am I ever returning here after working all week just so I can sit in traffic and yet again, another weekend wasted spending my day off, to be treated like I am some thing like a nuisance, never coming back here", and she just gave me a double-take like how dare I say that while I was walking away...I said that very plainly to the woman at the help desk after her interrupting me telling me to look up on my phone their inventory myself at their site then she reluctantly looks for the four comics I asked about after making me stand there and have her finish her texting, no one else around waiting, just me, they do not need your money at this place, such rude people at Mile High Comics, total bummer after being a fan before moving here three years ago, awful, dismissive, arrogant, mean treatment to people that do not "fit in" their comfort zone. It is serious mean passive aggressive bigotry that is actually common in this Denver area, and along the Front Range, people are pretty cruel here though over all on the roads and just with customers and co-workers. The loneliness living in this country bumkin / suburbanite asphalt and traffic that caters to the military, condo flippers, strip malls, parking lots and fracking...like this country sense of owning a truck means non-truck owners must give them right of way while zero police are on the freeways and you have two extra lanes unused bcuz they are toll lanes, messed up... Awful here in the middle of soccer moms and red neck laziness and cruelty, very weird to be surrounded by this in this elevated desert w/traffic, then have to take an unconcious bias training course at some company that depends on DoD spending and anyone that is not active military is treated like something to ignore if not treat like citizens are chumps and a waste of time,... There is no "diversity" here in all ways, not just today's politics, in all ways, there is nothingness and air pollution here... Total activ-shooter country here

They raised the price of their books to make more money, if not why do they still have a price guide 2 to 3 times higher then everyone today. Let’s not pretend mile high was trying to do right by the comic book industry.

That moment you said to your inner self while your making the deal... KATCHING IM GOING TO BE A MILLIONAIRE very soon lol..Good job..Stuff like this aint going to happen again..Congrats!..Now can I get a good deal on a CGC 9.8 SPAWN #1 lol

I almost threw up when I heard the words "I'm just going to throw them in the trash"

What an amazing story But the Church heirs must hate you.

and too think of those books that got hauled off by the trasman.....

You definitely got lucky

If the guy was still alive how could the family sell his collection?

"Fan-zeen"

your app really needs to be updated.....ultimated Spiderman #1 is more than $25 cover A..... along with dozens of other books. not happy for a customer for your app

Mile High Comics suck! He says he doesn't want to sell comics then gripes because his CgC books haven't been repriced.

Fan-zeen. Not zine…

So you’re saying Chuck gave away an Action Comics #1 and kept all issues of the Spirit? ☠️

I see so much greed

Chuck likes to wear dresses.

Haters gonna hate.

And he stole them for the cover price, and then spent years whining about how he should of got more for them.

So u robbed em

Chuck is a trans groomer. Not a fan

ACTION #1 9.0+ .... 🫀🚫💀⚰️🥀