Free box of comics turned out to be a Valiant minicollection

OLI_817 · Post by **OLI_817** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:46:58 pm

Hello Valiant fans,

My friends call me Oli, and I'm from Texas. A friend of my dad gave me a few boxes full of comics that he found at a house he bought. I went through them and saw some were bagged and had some price tags of between $3.25-$85. I immediately googled a few and came upon this site. After further research of the site and the comics, I found out some of these are uncommon-rare but none are worth that much, but still hold a little value. Most are in VF conditition. I was never a fan of comics, and was planning on selling these for whatever I could get, I even put up a few on e-bay, but now I'm not sure if I want to do that. The comics include Deathmate, Harbinger, Rai, Armorines, Unity, Chaos Effect, etc. From the research Ive done the most uncommon ones are as follow:

Deathmate blue,red,yellow, black, epilogue, and prologue. All GOLD editions.

Rai 0,1,2,3,5

Chaos Effect Omega GOLD

Unity No. 0 RED

Harbinger 1,4 W/coupons for no.0

There's hundreds more I have not gone through, but these just mentioned were the only ones bagged and boarded. A few days ago I had no idea what any of these terms meant, but thanks to the site Ive gained much knowledge in hours. Ive gained more appreciation for the collection, now that I know that someone took a while to put it together. The owner of the house where they were found said the previous owner didnt even know what was in the box, he just left it there and was all dusty.Now im deciding between selling or keeping them....

thats my Valiant story.

I look forward to learning some more!

Chiclo · Post by **Chiclo** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:55:50 pm

Welcome fellow Texan.

iggy101us · Post by **iggy101us** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:19:15 pm

OLI_817 · Post by **OLI_817** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:21:45 pm

thanks guys!!

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:28:29 pm

Welcome to the board.

It's a shame you're not a fan of comics, because there are some mighty good stories to read in those books.

OLI_817 · Post by **OLI_817** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:35:39 pm

im planning on buying old worn down issues of these to read, these seem to be unread and i dont want to take them out of their bags.

Elveen · Post by **Elveen** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:37:30 pm

Hola compadre.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 9:39:27 pm

Just a heads up on selling. This is not exactly the best time to try and get top dollar. Prices have been steadily going downhill for quite some time. You may want to wait a bit and see if the prices return to normal.

OLI_817 · Post by **OLI_817** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:16:07 pm

Elveen wrote:Hola compadre.

Hola!

Daniel Jackson wrote:Just a heads up on selling. This is not exactly the best time to try and get top dollar. Prices have been steadily going downhill for quite some time. You may want to wait a bit and see if the prices return to normal.

Thanks, Ill wait a few months and then reconsider.... im thinking maybe getting a couple of these cgc graded, but first i want to make sure i dont lose out on those.

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:54:41 pm

OLI_817 wrote:im planning on buying old worn down issues of these to read, these seem to be unread and i dont want to take them out of their bags.

Comics are meant to be read and these are some really good comics. I say take them out and read them!

96Valiantfan · Post by **96Valiantfan** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 11:46:05 pm

Welcome

geocarr · Post by **geocarr** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 3:04:21 am

Welcome to the board and Happy New Year!

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 1:59:48 pm

welcome

hotwings1979 · Post by **hotwings1979** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:22:32 pm

Welcome!!!

dhudson1 · Post by **dhudson1** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 5:10:49 pm

Welcome

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:12:51 pm

Just Thor.

IanAlexavier · Post by **IanAlexavier** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:31:28 pm

Welcome to the site.. and welcome to comics!

Great find, thats for sure.

Most of what you have listed are worth at least a little.. and a few are work over $30.

Deathmates... not sure much

The market is down right now.. not sure when it will swing back up either. Maybe soon, maybe never.

If you want to sell them quick, this is the place to do it. eBay will work too.

CGC is fun. You could always send them in and and prescreen for 9.8 and above.. prescreen costs #3, I think.

Great stuff!

PLEASE dont forget to read these. If there is any way you can grab some lesser condition issues to read, you would never regret it. Very good reads, for sure.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:01:55 pm

Welcome abroad.

-slym

myron · Post by **myron** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 9:47:04 am

Pikachu is a little yellow...wait a minute...

oh yeah...

Welcome and POST!

robb77 · Post by **robb77** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 2:16:17 pm

welcome

OLI_817 · Post by **OLI_817** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 7:05:59 pm

Thanks guys, So ive decided to start reading these... I have a full run of Shadowman, should I start there?

Drift · Post by **Drift** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 8:44:42 pm

What I have read of Shadowman was great. I think it is as good a starting point as any.

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:55:48 pm

Yeah, if that's what you have a complete run of, may as well start there.

OLI_817 · Post by **OLI_817** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:18:45 pm

awesome, thanks

magnusrobot12 · Post by **magnusrobot12** » Tue May 11, 2010 2:40:40 pm

yeah, the fact that most of you books are VF and probably less, then go ahead and read them. if they were truly mint, then maybe keep them boarded for now. enjoy.