What is your most valuable comic?

[Kinsella5]

Many years ago I owned a Fantastic Four #48 and a Silver Surfer #1-4 but a few collectors made me offers I couldn't refuse. Nowadays I think what I am most partial to is my complete run of Amazing Spider-Man #298-328 all signed b McFarlane as I used to deliver to his comic book store back in the early 90's so meeting him and having him sign stuff was pretty common.

Also my Dark Knight Returns #1-4 set all signed by Frank Miller who rarely signs, but I was given an opportunity to meet him at a show Dark Horse was putting on back in the mid-90s. I had taken them with me to have Klaus Janson sign them and one of the big wigs at Dark Horse knew I worked in the industry and asked me if I wanted to meet Frank Miller who wasn't scheduled as being there but happened to be. He was quite nice and we chatted about comics and he saw my Dark Knight Returns in my hand and asked me if I wanted him to sign then. I said "Sure!" as I knew ahead of time he wasn't signing since he wasn't listed as a guest, but he graciously signed them all.

I have been fortunate to have met literally a ton of comic book creators out there, many of whom I call friends to this day, all have been incredibly nice, some of the nicest people out there work in the comic industry.

[awongus]

Originally Posted by Kinsella5

Also my Dark Knight Returns #1-4 set all signed by Frank Miller who rarely signs...

Nice.

I would love to get my DD run signed by him, but that's probably wishful thinking at this point.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by awongus

Nice.

I would love to get my DD run signed by him, but that's probably wishful thinking at this point.

Yeah it was pretty cool, looking back I believe the con was in 1990 or 1991 in Portland. Dark Horse would put on a show each year but it only lasted for a few years, and they had some great creators attending it. Frank was not listed as being there but because Klaus Janson was I figure I would take my set of DKR with me. Mike Richardson remembered me and came up to me and said hello, super nice guy he is, and one of the other higher up guys with Dark Horse made the offer to me about Miller and when he asked if I wanted to meet him, I was saying to myself "Hell yes!".

I have a lot of fond memories over the years when I worked in the comic industry, another is spending about four hours with McFarlane at his store, and he telling me about this idea he had that he wants to publish and start his own company. He was showing me all these preliminary sketches and ideas for characters for what would become Spawn. We talked about his Amazing Spider-Man covers original art and what also would soon become Image. Todd is one of the nicest guys in the industry, he took an idea he had and ran with it and turned it into an empire. I will always remember what he said to me during that visit, saying "Jon I want to take this Spawn character to a level where it's a household name" and he pretty much accomplished that. I actually saw him at PAX a few years ago, he was doing a one hour signing and he remembered me and we hugged, the guy is just super friendly with his fans.

[rdm5777]

Originally Posted by Kinsella5

Yeah it was pretty cool, looking back I believe the con was in 1990 or 1991 in Portland. Dark Horse would put on a show each year but it only lasted for a few years, and they had some great creators attending it. Frank was not listed as being there but because Klaus Janson was I figure I would take my set of DKR with me. Mike Richardson remembered me and came up to me and said hello, super nice guy he is, and one of the other higher up guys with Dark Horse made the offer to me about Miller and when he asked if I wanted to meet him, I was saying to myself "Hell yes!".

I have a lot of fond memories over the years when I worked in the comic industry, another is spending about four hours with McFarlane at his store, and he telling me about this idea he had that he wants to publish and start his own company. He was showing me all these preliminary sketches and ideas for characters for what would become Spawn. We talked about his Amazing Spider-Man covers original art and what also would soon become Image. Todd is one of the nicest guys in the industry, he took an idea he had and ran with it and turned it into an empire. I will always remember what he said to me during that visit, saying "Jon I want to take this Spawn character to a level where it's a household name" and he pretty much accomplished that. I actually saw him at PAX a few years ago, he was doing a one hour signing and he remembered me and we hugged, the guy is just super friendly with his fans.

What store did he have pre-Image?

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by rdm5777

What store did he have pre-Image?

Todd owned a store in Puyallup Washington called "The Spider's Web". His brother-in-law ran the store. Todd then moved to Arizona where he lives now.

[Lehnhart]

Amazing Spider-Man #137 which I believe is the 2nd appearance of Harry as the Green Goblin.

[Jamescush]

Miracleman # 15

Yeah THAT one.

[StatenMan18]

My dad has justice league number 1, I don't even think he opened it lol

[AeroK]

Mine will probably be 2 copies of TMNT #2, one signed by Peter Laird. I also have a couple of trades that are somewhat hard to find, Collected Volume 1 Third Printing was pretty pricey before IDW started releasing the Ultimate Collections. I have that copy signed by Kevin Eastman.