Selling Comic Books?

[Daniel Magix]

I'm looking for advice from some knowledgable comic book aficianados out there...

I have several boxes of comic books, mostly from the late 80's/early 90's. I know that most of them are not worth much at all, so I am not looking to get rich off of them. I just want to free up some room in my garage. I mean, there are a few that are probably worth a bit more than their cover prices, but no rare first-editions or anything like that. I unfortunately made the brilliant investment of comic books, in a time when they printed a million copies of all the books and everyone bought multiple copies in hopes of getting rich (Silver Surfer #50, for example). They are all bagged individually.

I just don't know the best way to sell them. I don't see many comics getting much interest on eBay, and I'd like to avoid trying to get rid of them that way anyway. Is the best way, just to walk into a comic shop and let the owner look at what I have? Do owners generally buy comics this way? Is there a website that is specific for comic book selling/trading? Do I try to locate a convention?

Any advice on getting rid of these (other than just trashing them) would be much appreciated.

[samjjones]

You should be able to find out the market price on the individual issues, assuming you have some time to catalog what you have. That should give you a ballpark figure; then I'd give your local comic shop or reseller a call and see if he's interested.