Thursday, March 24, 2022

Older Comics and Games

 Why are older comics and games getting so much more valuable? Because they were read and played, often by kids. And Kids are notorious for not taking care of their stuff. Remember how you had to be told by your parents to pick up after yourself when you were young? Nearly everyone who played with a game or read a comic during that time did the same. That meant a lot of games with worn or lost pieces and comics with bent spines and torn pages.

Now, those same kits are 30 years older and looking to revisit their pasts through the games and comics they remember from that time. Unfortunately, those games and comics are seldom in good condition. Ergo the scarcity of games and comics in good condition drives the price up.

We just got in a stack of comics from the 1980s, some of which would be worth $50 or more if in good condition. Unfortunately, it looks as if a bored kid with time on their hands got ahold of them and there are pen marks all over them, making a $50 book worth about $5 or less.  

Comics were designed as disposable literature and much of it was. That is why there are comparatively few of them around.

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