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I was a kid who loved comic books. We
got Spider -Man, Daredevil, Mystery,

Mystery, Nelly, Joker, Genie, Willy.

I brought you Bob Hope, his original
comic from 1950.

Oh, that's pretty cool.

Do you know who Bob Hope is? The price
is right.

We're talking minimum $20 ,000.

When did you become an expert on comic
books?

Dracula. I know you've heard of Dracula.

Lord of the Vampire.

Theodore Bailey.

Yes, sir.

Where in the world did you get this?

It looks like a bunch of paper to me.

Have you ever heard of Dr. Strange?

No, but I'm looking at Strange.

Watch. You just watch.

How are you?

Pretty good. What do we got here?

So this is the, I think the first print
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic.

Ninja Turtles?

So you're talking the very first Ninja
Turtles? I'm pretty sure this is the one

I had when I was a kid. My mom kept it,
so this is the very first one.

84 is when it came out. Who was your
favorite Ninja Turtle?

There was Raphael, Michelangelo. You
know who you remind me of?

Master Splinter.

He was like the rat ninja boss teacher.

Yeah, just like you, the rat ninja boss
teacher.

I love the Ninja Turtles.

So you had it signed, or?

My mom got it signed.

Kevin Eastman drew on it and signed it,
so it's got to be him. I can't think of

anyone else that would sign this book.

Well, it looks pretty cool. I don't want
to finger it all up because with

comics, it's all about the grade.

Okay, so tell me, how much do you want
for it?

Well, I saw somewhere that one of these
went for $50 ,000.

Okay, so how much do you want for it?

$60 ,000.

So more than they went for. It's just a
sign. Okay. I know there's big money

here. If it's a first edition and it's
in great shape.

You know, I don't know what a signature
looks like.

I mean, it looks like a Ninja Turtle.

I know someone who will definitely know
about this.

Okay. I am going to go call him and see
if I can get a hold of him. Come down

here and take a look at it. Okay. All
right?

I'm going to go look for some pizza
while you're gone.

Help customers.

You know what? Pizza does sound kind of
good.

How's it going? What do we got? Good.
I've got a rare historical comic for

Yeah, it's the first comic book in
history that has an Archie magazine

Okay, so it's Archie magazine. Who is
Wilbur? Yeah, Wilbur's one of Archie's

main buddies.

That's a horrible name for a kid.

Definitely really cool. Correct me if
I'm wrong here. I mean, it was basically

just teenage life, right?

Correct.

In the 40s, I mean.

Archie, like the main character, there
was Jughead. I want to say her name was

Veronica, something like that.

Didn't Jughead eat a lot of hamburgers
or something?

I think they all ate a lot of
hamburgers. Something like that.

So tell me about where you got it. Yeah,
so I got it online a couple years ago.

To me, being the first Archie magazine,
logo, I believe it holds a lot of

historical significance for our pop
culture.

Okay, I mean, so I'm assuming you want
to sell it. What are you looking to get

out of it? I'm looking to sell the comic
for $12 ,500 today.

Okay. I don't know much about the logo
thing or anything like that.

My concern is the 5 .5. It goes up to
10. I mean, so it's pretty down there.

CGC put the important historical...

First brand emblem of Archie and the
first in Archie magazine actually on the

label. So being a 5 .5 grade might not
be high, but only 17 copies in the

There's one that is a 9 .2 grade.

I think the second highest after that is
an 8th grade. So even though this is a

5 .5, only 17 copies. Yeah, I mean, if
there's 17, they all can't be 10s. I get

it.

I got a buddy named Steve. He's my comic
book guy.

If you don't mind, I'd like to call him
and get him down here.

That's great. Just go ahead and hang out
for a minute. I'll be right back, okay?

Appreciate it.

Like I said, I've met this guy a couple
times. He was gracious enough to come

down.

Kevin Eastman.

Hey, Chun -Li. Pleasure to meet you. I'm
sorry you're friends with Rick.

Let me get around there. Hey.

Oh, nice to meet you. I love your work.
Thank you. Is this your work? Yeah. Oh,

fantastic. Wow.

So I've heard the stories, but I might
as well hear it from the horse's mouth.

How did this comic actually come about?
It really came out of a complete joke.

Both Peter Laird and myself wanted to be
Jack Kirby when we grew up. We wanted

to write and draw comic books for a
living. I was a huge fan of Bruce Lee,

figured if Bruce Lee was an animal, what
would be the stupidest animal?

I had this idea, did this sketch, turtle
in a kung fu pose, mask on, nunchucks

wrapped around his arm, and I put it on
Pete's desk and I said, this is going to

be the next big thing. He got a laugh, I
drew four turtles, these were different

weapons, and we said, this is the
dumbest thing we've ever seen.

We borrowed money from our uncle. We had
enough money to print 3 ,000 copies. We

figured maybe if we sold a couple
hundred, we could pay him back at least

something. Okay, so how did you first
sell it? Did you put it in comic book

stores? Pete had this idea. He said,
let's put out a news story that says,

arrived. And I said, that's stupid.
Nobody's going to buy into this. And he

it out, and AP picked it up, and pretty
much all over the country, they started

doing news articles about the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles. So we sold out

first press run in about two weeks.

Okay. We made enough money from that
issue to pay our rent, eat all the

and cheese we want, and draw on comic
books full -time, so we've become Jack

Kirby by the summer of 1985.

Turtle power.

Turtle power.

All right.

So the big question is, is this a first
printing?

Yes, definitely a first printing. So
what's the difference between the first

printing and the second printing?

The second printing was a little bit
lighter, more of a pinkish tone to it,

definitely know this is the first
printing, just for the deep, rich

it. My signature is undeniable, because
ever since the very, very beginning, I

always wanted to make it different than
anybody else, the way they were found in

the comics, so I added a turtle head on
each one, so this is definitely my

signature. All right.

Do you know what these things go for?

I've seen them range, you know, all over
the map, price -wise.

You have no idea what it's worth?

No idea what it's worth.

All right.

But it's legit?

That's your signature?

Yes, 100%. Okay, at least we know that,
and we'll figure out a price later.

We'll have lunch soon, dude. I'll call
somebody up, and we'll get this figured

out. I look forward to it. Thanks, guys.
See you.

A guy brought in a graded Wilbur comic
book from 1945.

He's looking to get $12 ,500 for it. So
Steve Houston is going to let me know if

it would be worth its price or if I
would be a jughead to make an offer.

Steve, what's going on, buddy? Hey,
Corey.

How you doing, man? How are you doing?

Nice to meet you.

I'm perplexed, man.

I just don't know that much about this,
man.

Well, The Will of Seven is part of the
Archie Comics universe.

Of course, you had Betty and Veronica,
and you had the Archie comic. They all

ran for years.

The group of little friends that Archie
had, they tried to segue off into their

own books for a while.

1945 spinoffs.

Yes. I got you. Okay. Yes.

The Wilbur wasn't as popular as the
others, you know, because they quickly

out that the two girls were more popular
than the guys. They didn't have, like,

a long shelf life or anything like that.
And what was the price?

$12 ,500.

Hmm. Interesting.

Okay, so he's talking about, I guess,
the logo. I mean, is that a thing?

It isn't a thing yet.

There is actually a pedigree version of
this. It's actually a 9 .2, and it sold

for $840.

The going rate on a 5 .5 right now, and
the last book sold for about $396

for a 5 .5. It's not a very popular
character. It's not a Spider -Man or a

Batman or a Hulk. It's an obscure niche
character.

As someone that eats, lives, and
breathes this industry, at this current

I'm unaware of any...

market forces pushing and asking for
this right now. It may change. So all I

give you right now is the specifics that
I know. Steve, I appreciate you coming

down, man. My pleasure.

And a pleasure meeting you. Pleasure,
brother. Thank you.

So, I mean, I understand what you're
saying. I understand what Steve's

As of right now, I'm just going to have
to pass.

Thanks for bringing it in. Have a good
day, man.

Since I didn't sell the comic, I plan to
hold on to it for a while and display

it in my living room.

Earlier, I had a customer come in the
shop with a first edition Teenage Mutant

Ninja Turtles comic book. I called up co
-creator Kevin Eastman to come down and

check this thing out. He authenticated
everything, but I'm going to have to

up somebody else to figure out a value.

So, what do we got here?

A first edition, first printing, Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles signed by Kevin

Eastman. You had this when you were a
kid? When I was a kid, yeah.

It's my original comic book.

I was there when this book came out.

I laughed at this book.

I didn't care about this book.

I didn't buy it. It became the biggest
thing in the world.

There's only 3 ,000 of these things
printed.

Just for some context, X -Men, 300 ,000
print run.

Spidey, 250 ,000 print run.

So it's super rare, then.

It is, but what we're going to have to
do is we're going to have to take a look

at it first.

Let's have a look at the condition of
this book.

You've got one little tiny ding there.

And then, oh, what do we have here?

A couple of little light stains.

Now, if you're aware of grading, it's
usually like an 8 -0, which is called a

VF, which is a very fine.

From what I can see, this is a line 4.

So this is a special book.

I don't know how you kept it in this
condition for so long. I don't know if

had it in some weird room floating in
the air.

You did a great job.

Now, you want the good news.

They can press that little floor out.
Oh, wow.

There's a possibility that you can get
this book to a 9 -6.

Oh, wow. Okay? Okay. So we need to take
that into consideration.

So what's it worth?

A 9 -4 straight right now, 11K.

And that's including his signature?

That's including the signature. Okay.

So how much more would this bring if it
was a 9 -6?

We're talking...

Minimum, $20 ,000.

Okay.

But in current condition, retail value,
$11 ,000. Yes.

Okay. Thanks, man. Appreciate it. All
right. Thank you very much. All right,

guys.

Okay.

It'll retail for $11 ,000.

I mean, I'll give you $8 ,000 for it.

I mean, obviously, I wanted to go $60
,000. I mean, would you go, like, $30

,000? The chance that it can still go to
$20 ,000.

Well, I guess that makes zero economic
sense. All right. What about 15?

There's a chance you could make 20 off
of it.

Yeah, no, no, no. I'm a businessman, not
a gambler.

You know what? I think I'll just try to
get it pressed and see what it comes

back and then kind of go from there.

Okay. But change your mind.

8 ,000. All right. Thanks.

Hey, how's it going? What do we have
here?

I've got a Beetle Bailey comic strip by
artist Mort Walker.

Beetle Bailey?

Yes, sir.

Where in the world did you get this?

Believe it or not, I got it from an old
man in Arkansas.

I traded a hunting dog for that.

Kind of, right?

I mean, it's cute stuff, and it fits the
time, 1951. I mean, we were just, the

whole Korean War thing was starting up,
and when it first came out, it was about

his college life, and no one really
thought it was interesting because most

people didn't experience college life
back then, so I thought it was a great

idea with the Korean War starting up to
have Beatle accidentally join the Army,

and he's been in the Army for 60 -some
years.

So there's more underneath this plastic
because it looks like they're stacked

up. Yes, sir. There's three more in
there. Do you mind if I take these out

here? No, sir.

Yeah, we've got a lot of them in here.

No, you have a beetle being lazy.

And then you have some very pretty girls
talking to the general.

This one I really like because I liked
peanuts when I was a kid.

Never really into Beetle Bailey, but it
isn't the peanuts.

Yeah. So how much do you want for these?

You know, I don't know. I think probably
$400, something like that.

This was in thousands of newspapers, so
they're not worth a whole lot of money.

Well, to get them all in one place like
this, this is a nice collection.

I'll give you $75 for them.

This isn't the original art. The
original art would go for a lot more

Well, true, but it's surely $250.

It's not there. I mean, it's, you know,
I'll probably get, you got four or five

of them here, I'll get $50 a piece for
them.

I don't know, man. That dog I know is
worth more than that. At least $100.

For my pride and dignity, you've got to
give me $100, man.

What the hell? I'm sure I'll make money
off him somehow or the other.

Come on over here. I'll do some
paperwork with you.

I settled on $100 because, as you
pointed out, there's quite a few in

circulation, and $100 is better than
nothing.

How are you doing today?

I have Amazing Spider -Man number 16,
the first meeting with Daredevil. Oh,

This is definitely a cool comic book.

It's kind of cool to see Daredevil in
this yellow suit, you know, especially

the cover of an Amazing Spider -Man.

And it's kind of like the dog on your
hat.

The dog on my hat's a little cooler than
Daredevil. I don't know about that.

I do love Spider -Man.

There's been so many books and series
and obviously movie after movie.

Daredevil, though, is, you know, a lot
more recent into the mainstream, but he

has a really cool lore.

A blind guy who got his senses
heightened when he had an accident by

someone and kind of fell into a puddle
of radioactive material.

It gave him this elite hearing. Even
though he couldn't see, he could sense

things and kind of just know where they
were at.

Do you collect books, or do you just
like to get them and read them?

I have a huge collection of comic books,
but I need to sell some because I have

to pay for a really expensive project.

This is a good book, and it looks in
good condition. Is there a reason it's

graded? Just haven't gotten around to
it. Okay. A book like this, I'm going to

want to make sure that there's no
restoration or anything like that, and I

someone to make sure that it's in
original condition before I purchase it.

I'm sure you like your comic books. I
100 % understand.

And do you have a price in mind?

I'm asking $400.

Okay.

I'm not sure, but that seems like a
pretty reasonable price to me.

I still would like to have someone come
down and look at it if you're okay with

that. And although this copy isn't
graded, people are still going to pay

by what they determine the grade would
be. So I just need to make sure that

we're following the correct value there.

That sounds good. Thanks, brother. All
right. I'll be right back.

Steve. Chum. How you doing? Excellent,
excellent.

Nice to meet you. You too, sir.

This young man has an amazing book here.

Ah, yes.

I haven't taken it out yet because I
figured the pro can do it.

It's a beautiful book, Amazing Spider
-Man 16.

Definitely a historical book.

And then, of course, this is the era
where Marvel were beginning to do their

crossovers. And, of course, they're
going to have them fight because in

lore, whenever heroes met, they had a
little fight first.

It takes a little while for people to
become friends. It looks like a pretty

nice copy. I'm hoping it all checks out
because I'd want to grade it if I ended

up buying it.

All right. So do you mind if I take a
look at it?

All right.

The first thing that I'm noticing right
away is the color luster.

This book has nice color.

Now let's get to the important bit.

Hmm. I don't like that staple.

Is there a reason?

As you can see, it's a completely
different color to the bottom staple

This is nice and silver, and this is
dull.

I just like my staples to be the same
color.

I always get a little bit wary, like my
own personal spider sense goes off.

So say I just wanted to sell this raw.
What would I expect to get for it?

Between $500 and $600.

All right. Well, I appreciate you coming
in.

Thank you. Thanks, Chum. Thanks. And
pleasure meeting you. You too, sir. Nice

book. Thank you.

All right. Well, you got a beautiful
copy here.

Steve is slightly worried about the
staple, but I'm kind of willing to take

chance on it because the pages are so
white. Would you consider maybe $350?

No, I would just be at the $400 because
of what it is.

All right, well, if you'll take the $400
for a steal, I'm happy to pay for it.

All right, let's do it. All right, meet
me at the counter right here. Okay.

Okay, quite the collection.

So what do you got here?

What I have is some historical brand
emblems from Marvel Comics. We got

-Man, Daredevil, Mystery, Mystery,
Nelly, Joker, Genie, Willy. I was a kid

loved comic books.

Didn't save one of them.

I think it's kind of cool. And these are
all Marvel?

Yes, these are the first eight Marvel
logos in order from first.

to eighth and this comic book willy
comics number five showcases the first

marvel magazine logo from marvel comics
from 1946.

you're saying the cool thing about this
collection is this was the first

appearance of this marvel logo first
appearance for this marvel logo correct

okay and there's only four sets of these
put together in the world a lot of

these comics just got thrown away which
is why they're so rare like willy comic

number five there's only 12 copies in
the world graded by cgc okay

So this would be like the Silver Age or
the Golden Age? Golden Age, definitely.

The Golden Age is roughly from 1937
until 1950.

And this is more like the Silver Age,
right?

Correct. The Silver Age is the 50s
through like the 60s, and then you have

70s onward.

So where did you get them?

I got them at various places, auction
houses, online, and garage sales.

And you got them all graded. They're all
CGC, which is cool.

Okay, so, like, I mean, these are all
fives, and you got a six, which is kind

a low grade. I mean, the perfect is a
ten.

Collectors usually look for higher
grades than this.

What? If they're rare comic books,
they'll be worth something, even at a

grade. How much were you looking to get
out of these?

I'm looking to get $50 ,000.

Well, that's a big number.

Okay, let me get my buddy. Let me go
give him a call.

He'll take a look at all these things,
and we'll go from there.

Sounds great.

Okay. Appreciate it.

Hello. Hey.

What do you got here?

I have my uncle's comic book collection.

He passed away and this was handed down
to me.

They're all comic books?

All comic books.

This is pretty cool.

Is there anything good in here? I have
no idea.

All right, how many boxes do we have
here?

I have seven. This is actually only half
of his collection.

My brother inherited the other half.

Well, hopefully you got the good half. I
hope so.

Okay, there's some pretty cool stuff in
here. Dracula. I know you've heard of

Dracula. Lord of the Vampires.

The Avengers are so hot right now. They
have so many movies.

I think this is the first one that Rogue
made an appearance in. It's pretty

cool. It looks like a bunch of paper to
me.

What do you mean, bro? Have you ever
heard of Doctor Strange?

No, but I'm looking at Strange.

Well, Doctor Strange should be worth a
few hundred bucks on its own. Let me

what else you got in here.

Oh, the X -Force.

Issue 2. This is like one of the first
couple times Deadpool made an appearance

in a comic book.

So you're acting like you're an expert
in this.

Whatever, bro.

You better get somebody down here that
knows what they're talking about.

Dude, I don't need Paul. He's got a
comic book.

He's a comic book expert.

Enough of negative Nancy over there. I
think you have a pretty cool collection.

What exactly are you looking to get for
him? I'd like to get $2 ,000.

Well, I can tell you that ain't going to
happen.

Even if there's $2 ,000 worth of comics
here, it's going to take a lot of time

to go through all these boxes.

I'm going to have to find that diamond
in the rough.

But with that being said, you know, I'm
pretty sure I can.

I'll give you $50 a box.

That's $350.

Can you do $500?

Would you go $450 on them?

$500 is going to be the lowest I can go.

Oh, no.

What do you think?

I don't want no parts of this if you
don't call Paul down here.

Life is about chances, and sometimes you
just got to take them. I'm going to do

the $500.

I'm going to show everyone what an
expert I really am. I know there's going

be some good stuff in here. Meet you
right over there to write it up.

Thank you.

I'm taking the $500 because I don't want
to carry the comic books out of here.

This is how you do it, Antoine. This is
how you make a name for yourself in this

business. And when these are going to be
worth $5 ,000, I'm going to be the one

who gets the reward.

What did you two buy?

I didn't buy anything.

Leave it up to your expert. I bought
these comics for 500 bucks. When did you

become an expert on comic books?

I only worked at the pawn shop for
almost 15 years.

Just do me a favor and do call someone
who knows something about comic books

find out if I just lost money.

Yeah, like Paul?

Watch. You just watch.

There's a seller in the shop who's
brought in a set of comic books.

They have the first eight Marvel brand
emblems from 1946 to 1967.

He's telling me this is a rarity to
find, so he's asking $50 ,000 for the

collection. This is the first time I've
heard about collecting based on logos

rather than issues.

So I have my comic book guru, Steve
Houston, coming by to see if he can save

day and answer all the questions I have
about these.

Steve! Hey, Rick. Hey, brother, what's
up? How we doing?

This young man right here has a set of
comic books.

Yeah, but this is a set of the first
eight Marvel logos.

First time I heard about, like, comics
and logos.

So, that's why I called you, because
you're the brain for the operation, I'm

just the pretty face.

Okay, um... So, first things first, I'm
unaware of a market for it, but I do

know the books. Of course, these books
here...

are, you know, late 1940s, so they are
scarce.

The grades are sort of pretty low, but
on some of these issues, it can be

hard to find them.

Now, when it comes to these books here,
these grades are very, very, very low

for what these are. These books here
should be at least 9 .2 or 9 .0 easily.

So, like, just for instance, what does a
Willie No. 5 go for?

That book right there in that condition,
you're looking at maybe 500, 600 bucks.

Okay, and what about Genie? Again,
that's probably about 300 bucks.

Okay. This guy's saying $50 ,000 for the
set.

Okay, so this is a brand new thing.
You've put together a set.

So are you saying that other people who
build sets won't be able to do it?

That is correct. What makes this truly
rare is the fact that this is the first

set of eight Marvel logos.

Has there ever been a set that sold for
crazy money?

Uh, no. This is truly a new thing.

Okay, so there's never been an auction
to get, like, a real price on these.

is correct.

But if this became a popular theme, I
can guarantee you that quite quickly

you would see these books coming out of
the woodwork because they do exist in

raw condition. They just haven't been
CGC'd yet. A note of caution.

Okay.

All right, so what do you think they're
worth the way they sit?

Right here, just as they are right now,
I could...

Probably pick these up for about $2
,000.

Okay. That's what I wanted to hear.

Thanks, man. I appreciate it. Thank you.

Pleasure, brother. Thank you.

So I know you sort of got like a thing
here, okay, but you're not going to –

there's no market for it yet. You're
going to actually have to go to an

and see what they sell for.

If they're worth $2 ,000 now, that's
what they're worth right now.

Right. So obviously a deal's not going
to happen. Thanks for bringing them in.

I told you I was going to kill it.

Comic books are an American pastime, and
I'm really good at having pastimes.

Therefore, I'm an expert, and you can't
rush an expert in this process.

So I'm going to take my time evaluating
these comics.

Now Rick's going to think I'm actually
working, but all I'm doing is reading

comics all day.

Really?

Oh, hey.

What are you guys doing?

Um, just going over the condition of
these comics right here.

Oh, you're doing research?

Yeah, the man called Nova.

Don't hold it like that. Come on, dude.

Oh, hey, what's up, Paul?

What's up, man?

This is the man I wanted to see.

Help Paul put these in, like, the
conference room so he can find out how

money I lost.

You didn't lose money, okay?

There's some good stuff in here.

It's just these three boxes?

No, seven.

Oh, boy.

Seven boxes, there's got to be a hidden
gem in there.

Get ready to have a lot of fun.

All right, man.

After this, you're going to decide after
me to invest your money in the stock

market.

I'm sorry.

Yes, I'll deal with it. I'll take a
formally written apology.

What do we got here?

Got a pretty old comic book to show you.

Um, 1933?

It's definitely old because my kids
think I'm really, really old. It's older

than me.

That's kind of cool.

Where did you get this?

Um, I do, like, shows and stuff, travel
around.

Um, and I buy collections now and then.

This has got to be one of the oldest
comic books there is, right? Yes, the

says it's the second comic book ever.

I mean, like, I've never seen a comic
book from 1933. I didn't even know comic

books were printed in 1933.

I wish I knew more about this.

It predates everything.

So how much do you want for it? I'm
asking $1 ,000.

Okay.

And I have no idea if that's a good
price.

Fair enough. Okay.

But I have a buddy who I deal with all
the time. I do a lot of business with

him, and this is all he does is comic
books.

Can you hang out for a while? Sure. All
right. I'm going to go give him a call,

and I will be right back.

Sounds good.

Did you at least buy Paul like lunch?
Because he's been in there for over an

hour for the mess you made for him.

Look, he's a grown man. He knows how to
order lunch.

Earlier, I bought seven boxes of comic
books that came into the shop. And based

on my expertise, I'm 100 % sure they're
worth a whole lot of money.

Okay, maybe more like 80%. All right,
guys.

All right. Hey, that's a nice little
stack we got there.

Yeah, I pulled about 18 books.

Some really cool stuff.

Yeah, duh.

You got First Taskmaster, First Nova,
Red Hulk, some good stuff. There's

Strange in there.

Yeah, I'd say they're pretty good.

All right, the big question, what are
they worth?

This stack I pulled is probably, you
know, is about 200 bucks retail.

And the...

Other couple hundred pounds of comic
books are worth?

About five cents a book if you're lucky.

It's like it's common stuff. There's
nothing high grade, nothing that's

worth getting certified.

How many of them are there?

300 in a box, so 2 ,100.

2 ,100 nickels.

I'm not good at math, but it seems like
it's more than 500.

You spent 500 bucks.

On some comic books, I'll be lucky to
get like $180 out of.

And seven boxes of recyclable paper. So
they're basically worthless.

No, they're not worthless.

Thanks for stopping by, man.

Anytime. Appreciate it. All right. Take
care. Thanks for the bad news.

I mean, you've got to find the silver
lining here, Rick.

We put a box of these on the floor, put
like a dollar price tag on them, and

parents buy them for their kids when
they come in here to, you know, pawn

something in. In a couple years, I might
get my money back.

Hey, sometimes investments are made over
the long run. You kids these days want

all this instant satisfaction.

I need to go home.

Chop.

Hey, how's it going? Good, man. How you
doing?

So I have a collection of Incredible
Hulk number one through six I'd like you

take a look at. Like the original number
one? The Silver Age.

When it was gray.

And then he turned green.

From what I understand, Stan Lee
couldn't get the ink to line him right

different pieces of paper. So multiple
times in his comic, he's a different

color gray.

And to make it easier, he just turned
him green.

But people go crazy to this. I mean...

Stanley did Fantastic Four, and
everybody liked the thing from Fantastic

so we decided he'd make a whole
storyline on a different thing -like

creature.

It's all in awesome shape, and it's
Stanley's signature.

Yeah, five years ago, I got a chance to
meet Stanley in Chicago, and I had him

sign it.

What I'm a little nervous about is I
don't know if it devalued him by having

signed. I mean, Stan Lee signs a lot of
stuff.

I mean, he's at every Comic -Con there
is, signing stuff all the time. And when

people buy these, you know, pure
collectors, they want the actual perfect

So I don't know if him signing it is
going to be a good thing or a bad thing.

You ever have him appraised or have any
idea what you're looking to get for him?

I'd like to get $40 ,000.

$40 ,000.

Seems awfully high for comic books that
were...

12 cents back in the day but yeah i mean
i'm not a huge collector and i'm not a

big comic book store but i know a guy i
can have come down and take a look at

them i don't know if they're going to be
valued at 40 grand all right that'll be

great cory says you're going to call in
an expert and i'm excited to hear what

the expert has to say i'm pretty sure
that these books are going to be special

and worth a lot of money

There's a guy in the shop with an issue
of the 1933 comic book Famous Buddies.

He claims this is the second comic book
to ever be produced, and he wants $1

,000. I need to know more about this
comic before I make an offer, so I have

Steve Houston coming down to check it
out. He will know if this asking price

good or just laughable.

Todd, good to see you. All right, you
guys know each other?

Yes, yes. Well, the comic world's quite
small.

It's like the palm business.

All right. So this young man has
apparently the second comic book ever

Wow.

Nice book top. Famous funniest carnival
of comics.

This book was a giveaway.

The way you got it was you had to tear
the top off a cereal box and sent it all

the way into a little company in
Chicago.

And then you would get this book. As you
can see, it's 1933.

So we know.

It's right there at the cusp. So this
here is the beginnings of the entire

industry right here in our hands.

And is that the second comic book?

Amongst the comic nerds, they often
discuss whether it's the first or

because this is the first book of this
format, 36 pages with the full pages of

art. This was basically a test to see if
anyone would be interested in this.

So after all these people, all these
kids went to the trouble of sending all

after that, they said, well, I think
maybe we can make some money doing this.

in 1934, when Famous Funnies came out,
they actually sold it for 10 cents.

And that's when the entire business does
this.

So this here is definitely a wonderful
piece of history.

All right.

The big question.

He wants $1 ,000 for it.

That's actually not a bad price.

Okay. Thanks, man. I appreciate it.
Thank you.

Todd. Thank you, Steve. I appreciate it.

Okay. I mean, we have the rare occasion
where someone comes in and asks a

reasonable price.

I appreciate that.

I'll give you $1 ,000 for it. Okay.
Deal. $1 ,000.

Thank you. All right. I'll meet you
right over there, and I'll get you paid.

Thank you.

A guy came into the pawn shop with a set
of incredible Hulk comics, and he's

asking $40 ,000 for the collection.

I've got to have somebody come down and
help me out with this, because I'm not

that great at grading comic books.

Luckily, my friend Paul is.

Wow. Hulk 1 through 6.

The whole run.

Signed by Stan. That's nice.

I mean, I know most collectors, they
want these things pristine.

Does the signature value the comic book?

It depends on who you're selling to.

But for the most part, people are going
to love that Stanley signed these.

You mind if I take a look? Go ahead. All
right.

The Hulk 1, you got a little tear with
some creases up there.

Let's see if it's complete.

Eight pages to the centerfold where the
staples are, and eight pages after.

So normally you might find a book like
The Incredible Hulk 1 in like a really

low grade, really beat up, ratty. But
this is a nice copy. It's complete. It's

solid. Strike on the ink is nice.

The signature placement's good.

This would be the big book. The rest is
icing.

Okay, what's it worth?

The Hulk 1 in like a 9 .2 or a 9 .4,
like really high grade, would be like

$375 ,000.

Really?

I'm just dumbfounded.

So it's probably around a fine, like a 6
.0.

So all said and done, I think if I did
my math right, probably puts you at

$36 ,000.

I wish I would have collected my comics.

Yeah, welcome to my world.

Take care, man. Good to see you, Corey.
Good luck. Take care.

Yeah, it's great.

For you.

Yeah, that's right.

You know I can't pay you $36 ,000 for
them.

I've got to make money.

I was looking to get 40.

My guy said they'd book out at 36, and
I'd have to cut that in half.

The last offer that I got was at 35.

I would run and go grab it.

Paying for all these things that close
to retail, it's never going to happen

me. I understand.

You know, I'm really stuck at 40. Are
you?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to have to pass,
man. But thanks for bringing him in.

I said, they are really cool.

Appreciate it, man. Thanks, man. I'm not
disappointed. I was excited to at least

have them evaluated by a professional.

And probably just going to hold on to
them for a little bit longer and tell

when the time is right.

What do you have here?

I brought you Bob Hope, his original
comic from 1950.

Hey, Rick.

What? Check this out.

It's a Bob Hope comic book.

That's pretty cool.

Do you know who Bob Hope is? The Price
is Right.

No, that's Bob Barker. Bob Hope.

Different old Bob.

You know, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby, like
Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.

Who? Like Harold and Kumar.

Okay. All right, okay.

Bob Hope, he was a pretty amazing guy.

He entertained troops in World War II,
Korea, Vietnam.

He was the only honorary veteran in the
United States because he did so much

stuff for the USO. Lived to be 100 years
old.

100?

Yep. When he was in a movie, it made
money.

He was so popular, he had his own comic
book.

Three.

Bob Hope was an absolute Hollywood
legend.

He was in over 70 films, and he hosted
the Academy Awards 19 times.

I'm just afraid anyone under the age of
50 doesn't really know who he is.

So, um, where did you get this?

I actually got this on an online
auction.

Okay, well, it looks in relatively good
shape. I assume you want to sell it?

Yes.

How much do you want for it? I believe
it might be worth about $500.

I don't know how collectible Bob Hope
is, to tell you the truth. I just have

idea what the demand would be for this,
due to the fact that it's not an action

hero, it's Bob Hope. It's a little
weird. Okay.

Do you mind if I have someone look at
it? That'd be great.

I have no idea what Bob Hope anything is
going for these days, much less a comic

book. So I'm having my comic guy, Paul,
come down, and hopefully he'll know.

Ah, a Bob Hope number one.

I mean, the whole weird thing is it's
Bob Hope. It's not like he's a

Yeah, in the 50s, superheroes were going
down.

They weren't as popular, and so what DC
started to do is license celebrities.

They did stories in here that would
relate to some of the movies coming out,

they kind of did some cross -marketing
there.

Okay.

The Bob Hope comic ran from issue one
from 1950 all the way to 1968.

I mean, 18 years for a continual run on
the comic is pretty great.

So what's the grade on this thing?

All right, well...

It looks pretty nice. It's got a few
creases.

Tear along the spine there.

Doesn't look restored at all.

A little bit of tanning to chip out at
the top right.

You know, I think CGC would give it
about a 6 -0. The big question is,

worth? That would put a certified 6 -0
price at around $600.

That's the price, but are they easy to
sell?

I mean, most people my age, we know Bob
Barker.

More than we know, Bob Hope.

Told you.

So you're calling me old?

No, you are old. I'm just stating a
fact.

Anyway, I think at $600, you can't go
wrong.

Okay. Thanks, man. I really appreciate
it. You got it, Rick. Anytime.

All right. See you next time. Take care.

People love first issues. Issue ones
always are collectible.

How fast Rick will sell it, I really
can't say.

I know he gets a lot of foot traffic.

through the shop, and I think you should
be able to move it.

So what's your best price of this?

Well, if it's worth six and I'm only
asking five, I hope that's a great deal

Bob. I think Bob would say the price is
going to have to be right.

I mean, your problem here is it's Bob
Hope.

I mean, unless you're over 50, no one
really knows who Bob Hope is anymore.

I think it's going to be a tough sell.

I'd give you $300 for it.

How about $400?

I'll give you $325, and I won't go up
any more. I mean, that literally is it.

Congratulations. Well, thanks, man. I
appreciate it. The price is right.

All right, let's go write it up.

I believe it was a win -win for that
particular price.

I'm going to give the money to my wife,
and I have no idea what the hell she's

going to do with it.

What are you laughing at?

This is Bob Hope comic.

Bob Hope comic book. Yeah, you know Bob
Hope.

It's like did New Year's Eve for like
years and years and years. Got the

named after him in California.

It was Dick Clark's Rocking Eve.

It's not Dick Clark International
Airport.

I know, it's Bob Hope International
Airport.

Never mind.

I'm just telling you, those old
comedians have nothing on the new wave

comedians. Why is it that all you guys
ever want to do is argue with me?

You're always saying I refuse to learn
anything. I learned that Bob Hope and

Dick Clark aren't the same person. No
kidding.

Maybe you'll grow a brain one day. Tell
me from the guy reading comics.

Old Bob Hope comics.