It’s a pleasure watching your channel. You don’t talk about the values or the spec potential of comics or try to sell your comics to us like a lot of other KZfaqrs. You do it for the love of comics and it really comes through. Keep up the great work.

This was such an amazing experience, so glad to have come and support! Andy is such a nice and amazing guy, it was awesome meeting talking with both of you guys! I’m glad everything sold and Andy got some extra space in his basement. Also glad that you got some awesome books as well! Very jealous of that Aquaman book knowing that I could’ve grabbed it and I almost did! Great pickups, awesome video, amazing people! I too am happy to be a part of this wonderful community.

Met Dave Stevens at a show in 1987...still haveva Batman and Joker print he did and signed. Nice guy and made great art covers. Going to have to look at stock and see what I have of him.

You did right by Andy, Mike. The tale has come full circle and it was a success all around. Proud of you man, congrats on that great Aquaman pickup! We are lucky to have you in our community, I certainly wouldn’t be on KZfaq if it wasn’t for you.

Awesome con as soon as I get new wheels I am checking these stores, flea markets, and conventions and you and Andy did fantastic!!! GaryBailey God of Thunder and Lightning

You got some amazing books at a great price, but more importantly you obviously had such a great time! Very happy that Andy was able to sell nearly everything he wanted to get away from. Great video!

Great Steranko book! Best Aquaman book there is!! We feel blessed too Mike. Love you man!

Nice Aquaman. Glad the whole experience worked out for you and Andy.

That was the coolest and most honest way to sell a collection. Splitting a table and letting him sell his own books was ingenious. You didn't play middle man and buy the collection for peanuts just to flip it. That was pretty friggen cool and you're a stand up guy.

Always love to see some awesome X-Men pick ups.

What an amazing act of kindness. It is very cool what you did to help your neighbor. Even though you did get a couple great books, including that Hulk 181 I still think it was amazing what you did.

Love that Aquaman cover 🔥🔥🔥

Congratulations on coming through as a standup friend! What a joy to watch.

Thank you for doing this Mike. It was great seeing you, meeting Andy, and getting an awesome upgrade in my Thor run! Andy really is a great conversationalist.

I agree with you about that Aquaman cover. Very cool. Looking forward to seeing Black Manta in the 2nd Aquaman movie.

Agreed about the Aquaman book, I added it to my wishlist as soon as I saw it less than a year ago, just waiting for an affordable copy to purchase.

Congratulations on your closing in on completing your X-Men run. What would be your next comic run to complete ? Your channel is just awesome .I really enjoy the comics and the vast knowledge that you have on them . keep up the good work and good luck on your next hunt👍👍👍👍👍👍

Very impressive Andy was able to sell a large percentage of his collection. That normally doesn’t happen in one sale. Nice haul btw!

Well done Mike. You're genuine enthusiasm is infectious. Great pic ups. Collecting only what you really love is to me the way to go. 👍

Great video. I completely agree about that Aquaman cover. It is gorgeous, and yes Black Manta is very cool.

Black Manta is my favorite DC villain design. Love that big stupid helmet. Fun video!

Thanks for letting us see the payoff to Andy's Basement collection!! Boy, you got some nice grabs! I love that X-MEN # 125 cover too! Loved those Dave Stevens covers Wow.. Just Wow!!

I was huge into 2099, too. That was the only period of my life when I had a pull box, and most of it was 2099!

Nice thing you did for your friend. Shout out to you. Glad to see you got the cool Airboy and FF 73. The FF is one of my favorite covers of all time. Congrats.

It is a great little group that we, the comic people, have.

What a great episode Mike! You're truly a credit to the community and I'm glad you've been able to make so many great connections within the hobby. I think the memorable experience you created for both Andy and yourself will be the best thing you picked up that day (although that 1st Polaris is pretty decent too).

Surprised that CEREBUS # 1 didn't sell... AQUAMAN cover is just killer!! Yep, being a good guy comes back to you.. Sweet Grabs..

Well done mike great to see your buddy andy sell his collection and looks like you guys had a fun time

I'm happy for Andy , thanks for sharing.

Another great video. I’m not sure if you know this but your channel has transitioned from collecting comics in “strange and unusual places” to collecting comics and relationship building: friends, family, neighbors, other KZfaq rs, fans, LCS owners and staff, etc and more. Which I think is wonderful because this is a hobby that is best enjoyed with others

That Aquaman is a must have for me. Needs it😊

Great ending to this ongoing story! It is awesome to see him so happy about getting rid of his collection - it is such a foreign thought to me that I would ever be so happy to get rid of any of my collections. Also, I love seeing how your collection on the wall behind you has morphed over the last year or so - it really shows that putting in the work pays off!

You're a good human. Thanks for sharing your adventure.

Looks like you and Andy had an amazing time! That's so cool that someone bought all of those books from him. And I love that Aquaman cover. Black Manta is one of the best DC villains. Great haul and such a great thing you did helping a friend sell his collection.

Great to see you!! It was a blast !!

started collecting again at 60 and so subscribed to your channel,been having health issues and i gotta say comics are a great distraction for me,,thanks for your content you are so happy and upbeat its a real joy to watch

Seems like you did it right to me. That would have been a blast to do. Can't believe how much you've gone through in just about a year! Keep up the great work Mike.

Awesome job Mike I'm happy that you were able to help Andy sell his collection and looked like he had a blast. Strong Work Mike you are the best representation of what this community is all about...and awesome grabs too 👍

That first Ka-Zarr graded X-men book might’ve been a good investment, I feel like it’s already uncommon/rare but if they do something with that character In the MCU it’ll shoot way up

Just picked up #49 yesterday ….. down to 24 XMen issues left….patchwork of #1 - #35 left!!!! Happy Hunting!!!!

Just a great feel-good video! So glad you were able to help Andy out! Sounds like that was a very rewarding experience. So many great books at the convention and you came away with some great ones as well. Thanks for sharing! 🤘

Love the Very Hungry Caterpillar hat.

Wow! Happy to hear Andy sold all of his great stuff! Really looked like a great time. I gotta get there one day!

Lunch Money Comics - Taking it to the next level! Super cool pickups!!! Oh yeah...Did someone say John Byrne?!?

One of my favorite comic KZfaq channels! That Airboy is awesome, I’ve been getting into Dave Steven’s myself recently so when you pulled that up I was like no way! So rad!

Hey bro you get major karma points for helping him out because as you know some in the trade would've completely robbed him I think your one of the good guys keep up the good work me and my son are huge fans of the channel sincerely Kenny from Philly..

Seeing this from meeting the guy to selling the entire collection was an amazing story arc. You are the man!

BIG MIKE IT WAS A PLEASURE FINALLY MEETING YOU @ CLIFF'S CON! I HAVE ENJOYED WATCHING THE CHANNEL FOR AWHILE NOW AND HAVE SINCE SUBSCRIBED. I APPRECIATE YOU FOR DROPPING OFF MY BOOK FOR JEFF (COMIC SPA) TO REVIEW. LOVE THE CONTENT YOU PUT OUT AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK AND HAPPY HUNTING! -PETE

I never seen that gold foil X-Men 2099! So Cool! Love learning new comic editions! Great content! Love the editing and your excitement towards the con!

Love the Spawn #1 foreign printings; non-US versions of US comics is an area of collecting that's just starting to make a name for itself. Uncanny Spider-Man? Nightcrawler as the new Spidey? No wonder I don't bother with 99% of current titles. That Bernie Wrightson miniseries is truly excellent. It's 5 issues, #1-4 released by Pacific Comics and #5 by Eclipse after Pacific went under. The stories are reprints, mostly from Warren's Eerie and Creepy but in colour for the first time, and Steve Oliff's colouring is beautiful. Well worth tracking down. Steranko's cover for X-Men #49 is a fine team-in-action image but the face, and especially the eyes, at the base of the art have always freaked me out. Nick Cardy's covers around this time are quite stunning, real stop-and-look-twice pieces. "The Art Of Nick Cardy" by John Coates is a great showcase and retrospective of his work and includes a lot of his DC covers.

Cardy covers are AWESOME!!!

Very fun! Andy seems like such a good dude.

my son and went to this show for the first time it was awesome, we had tons of fun, it was really fun getting to talk to you and Andy really great books and really cool that we saw our selves in the video, can't wait to show my son this hahahahahah. as always love your videos and its a blast. thank you .

Selling locally at our antique mall booth and at conventions is my favorite part of selling, I do sell some things on eBay but actually talking to people and knowing that pieces are going into their personal collections makes it immensely more rewarding. Conventions are definitely my favorite but the wife does not enjoy me being gone for multiple weekends a month so I typically only get to do one a month.

Great video. Aquaman cover is pretty spectacular!!

Love that Aquaman.

Totally amazing video Brother! Super duper fun. Happy You helped out Your friend. Congratulations on All Your efforts. Thanks always for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada 😎👍♥️♥️📚📚📚📚📚✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️✨️✨️💯💯💯💯💯

I started collecting comics again 4 months ago and really enjoy it for exactly the same things you say. I already have a huge toy memorabilia collection which is on display in my whole house every single room. I use to draw 30 years ago and because of my daughter finishing her degree in English literature and creative writing she got me into graphic novels again etc. I’m starting drawing again and re-kindling my graphic design background so keep an out for hopefully a new independent series next year me and my daughter from over the pond in the UK cheers 🍻

So cool! I wish that I had a good comic store and or regular comic shows nearby. Of course I might go broke if I did have access to these shows! LOL Great video, it was fun to watch.

Long live the Quadrinity! ✊️

Mike your kindness and positive attitude continues to bring great things to you! If Andy still has that Cerebus #1 I'm interested.

A great end of this amazing collection story. Congratulations.

God Bless America, I gotta get down to cliff con one of these days. It looks like a blast.

used to love finding double covers out in the wild... had 6 or 7 in my last collection

What a fun experience. Lots of time, work, and effort paid off for both of you. So glad you both had a great experience. And, you picked up some great books in the process. It doesn't get much better than that!!

Hey guys! Happy you had a great show.

Great video. Good job on moving the collection. When I used to set up the majority of sales were to other dealers and usually done during setup. That Fu Manchu on your back wall sure looked sweet. I bet it went fast

Great video! Been so much fun watching this entire series of Andy's collection and your journey with him. Keep making great content. Really enjoying it all.

Great video. I agree with you about Aquaman 42. I collect marvel but i have a really nice issue of Aquaman 42 because i love Nick Cardy and think this is prob top 3 silver age covers!

Great video! Super entertaining and love seeing your pickups at the end. Cheers!

I wish I knew this was going on. I would have stopped by,

Definitely putting Cliff Con on my list of shows to go to. Also, thank you for the heads up on the Comically Speaking sale if your other video. I'm going to try and make it to store this weekend.

Great video and glad you had so much fun! The comic community has always been amazing. I would like to hear your thoughts about facsimiles in the industry and and how it may effect the value of key books in the future.

Good afternoon Michael The show was Great, but was far to short, but I was very happy that the mission was accomplished, the smiles were big happy ones, it has been a very enjoyable storyline , And the comics were mouth watering. Keep up the great work! Cheers Al The Goldkeyfourcolorkidownunda

It’s cool to read the other post, of collectors out there.

We had a comic con yesterday in the UK, and I flipping missed it 🙈. Closest, I'm gonna get to one seeing this now. Great video Mike and nice comics. I'm trying to do a xmen vol 2 collection because I cannot find any old skool comics in uk

Been searching for that Air boy for years in $1 bins.

i am an Aquaman guy. that is a great cover.

Glad it worked out to be such a great show

Issue #38 of the New 52 Aquaman run has a great homage variant cover by Steve Rude imitating the Nick Cardy original to Aquaman #42, with The Flash added as 75th Anniversary thing. I actually came across that version first and thought it was really cool before realizing it was an homage. I usually skip over Aquaman when digging, but even the homage of that cover caught my eye. Also, did Andy sell that Giant-Size Chillers: Dracula #1 on his wall books? If not, I would definitelybe interested. I have been looking for that one at a decent price. Awesome video as always. I wish I could go to some of these shows and hang out.

Recently started ŵatching your videos and very much enjoy them. Your enthusiasm is infectious. Ive been collecting off and on most of my life when money allows. My lcs recently put up an X-men #50 for sale, that you mentioned, in vg to f- condition. It is a nice looking green cover. Might have to grab it! Great deal are nice but go with your conscience.

Very cool video! I'm sure you kept it out of the video in respect to Andy, but I am so curious how he ended up doing with the sales. Whatever it was, I am sure he was thrilled considering how long these were sitting in his basement. Nice pickups too!

Enjoy your videos, but man it’s kinda bittersweet when I hear of a collector selling his books and getting out of the hobby, especially after 50 years of collecting. I always wondered what made him change his mind and what would I do if and when I decide to do the same thing. Plus, especially after staying as long as he did, would he regret doing so? I guess I get too attached to things, but I never tried to get into any type of collecting in order to make a profit. Anyway, good for him in his decision and I wish him the best.

Nice haul Mike

Congratulations

Great Stuff ! :)

Be careful, those great underappreciated DC silver age covers are a rabbit hole...once you get one its hard to stop lol

Love this show ❤

Enjoyed the video, would love to go to a Comic Con in the USA, You have more Raw there, in the UK its all Slabbed 😢

That IS a great Aquaman cover!!

You need to come to Sacramento and go comic hunting!

Congratulations on picking off a few more of the Claremont run! I've got 6 more to go myself but I think you'll get there before me! Great video and lovely to see Andy enjoy himself so much selling his collection.

fantastic comic show I wish I was there so I could have gotten some of those Cool Spawn comics and to meet you my friend and awesome video as always you gotten a sweet haul my friend hope to see you at the Huntsville comic expo take care Mike 👍💯

Great video

Awesome

That Aquaman cover is

You and I have alot of similarities I love X-men I love Claremont I love Dark DC characters and like Black Mantra only difference is my collection is overwhelming lol

Sad to see all the books are sold. The saga of "the books in the basement." was way too short. It was like most Marvel series these days, 3 books in, then... "what happened, what do you mean its over?" But I guess I'm happy for...No that would be a lie, this sux... ;-)

How did I miss this video until now 😂 and what's your favorite Coffee do you prefer a darker blend or something a bit weaker

Probably not the way the highest returns, but I do think it was the “best” way for Andy. This doesn’t become a long term effort for all involved.