Disney Comics

[FairyDust]

Just curious, I was getting ready for a garage sale and found a ton of old Disney comic books. Don’t worry they will not be in the garage sale, but how would you find a value for these types of items?????

 

[wdw4us2]

Ebay or a Disneyana price guide.

 

[mantaz]

If you have a local comic book store they might be able to help also. Or a comic book price guide. Good luck!!

Angela

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Ooh, a fanboy's dream! When I was a kid and started reading Batman and Superman comics I couldn't wait to visit my grandparents to find my dad's old comic books (these would have been from the 1930s and 1940s). Unfortunately Grandma Pinobi tossed them after the last kid moved out.

Price guides -- Wizard Magazine has a regular price guide but I don't recall ever seeing any old Disney comics in them. I'd suggest the Overstreet Price Guide, especially if they're from the golden and silver ages (1930s through early 1970s).

And I second Mantaz's suggestion of taking them to a comic store. Heck, I'd even suggest taking them to several different stores to get a general consensus of their grade and value. I checked a couple of online comic store locators and thought this one was the best in terms of number of stores listed. Also, check your local yellow pages..

Also, educate yourself on grading. This site has a good guide to grading comics.

How old are they? And can you take pictures of a couple and post them? My curiousity is up, and maybe I can help if I can see them.

 

[iluvdisney]

Be Careful about taking them to your local comic store without finding out some reasonable pricing for the comics. My son had to clean out some of his collection and he didn't get much for it - after all a comic store will be looking to make a profit if they buy them from you.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

What iluvdisney said is one reason why I recommend going to more than one store. Owner of store X may give you more than owner of store Y.

Plus, one store may be owned by someone who is a Disneyphile and sells on the internet, while another store owner sticks to DC and Marvel titles and doesn't do much on the internet.

Also, I remembered something I forgot to mention -- generally the prices listed in the Overstreet guide and other guides are the prices the stores are selling at, not the prices they will pay for the books.

Good luck.

 

[FairyDust]

Wow, thanks for all the great help!!!

Obi – wan Pinobi, I’m about 30 and these were my dad’s comics when he was young (comics 50’s – 70’s). I looked at them when I was young but I had to be very careful, as he was keeping them in mint condition. I was very surprised to see them in a box with other items I have acquired, brought back memories. I don’t have any pictures yet, but some of the comics had Scrooge diving in to money, Donald duck, Chip and Dale adventures and Mickey and Pluto.

Thanks for the great sites I will have to do a little research!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Another name to research -- Carl Barks.

He did a lot of classic stories of the Ducks -- Donald, Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey, and Louie -- back in the 1950s. It sounds like you might have some from that era.

Another good source I just thought of is www.milehighcomics.com. Mile High Comics is a big comics store in Denver. You might be able to look at their online store and see how much what you have is selling for on there.

How successful was he at keeping them in mint condition? Also, have they been bagged? If not, I'd recommend getting some comic bags to store them in.