Mystery Comics Project: The Arrival!

I know that I only posted about this a couple of days ago but in reality it’s been close to two weeks for the comics to get here.  Now I know this is just me being spoiled from using amazon prime but seriously two weeks to ship something is ridiculous.  I love me some woot and have gotten some great deals from it in the past but don’t ever order anything from them you might need quickly.  So up top are scans of all the covers that I took last night.  I was actually pretty surprised by the quality of the comics that I got.  They were pretty diverse selection some going back to 1990 and some from as recent as 2012.  Also there was a lot more number 1 issues that I could have hoped for.  This will certainly make reading these a little easier and prevent me from being completely lost.

One minor gripe was that included in these comics was the following issue of Batman.  It is was a free preview version of the graphic novel Batman: Earth One that was released last year to coincide with the release of The Dark Knight Rises.  It’s not really a comic book and it was a free give away so it’s a bit of a cop out from original description of the order I made.  I was pretty annoyed initially but the quality of the other comics is better than I expected so I’m going to let it slide.  However as far as this project goes I am going to switch it out with another book.  I had picked up a bunch of random comics while I was at the local comic book convention and am going to a random issue of Detective Comics from 1999 (Detective Comics 734) instead.  Since I was promised a Batman comic if feels like a solid replacement.

So here is the complete list of the comics that I got.

• Detective Comics: Batman – 734
  July 1999 – DC Comics
  $1.99
• Fantastic Four – 383
  December 1993 – Marvel
  $1.25
• War Heroes – 1 of 6
  July 2008 – Image
  $2.99
• Wonder Woman – 178
  March 2002 – DC Comics
  $2.25
• Catwoman – 1
  August 1993 – DC Comics
  $1.95
• Hammer of God – 2 of 2
  1991 – First Publishing
  $4.95
• Squalor – 4 of 4
  August 1990 – First Publishing
  $2.75
• Blackest Night R.E.B.E.L.S. – 10
  January 2010 – DC Comics
  $3.99
• Day of Vengeance – 1
  June 2005 – DC Comics
  $2.50
• Wolverine – 27
  June 2005 – Marvel Comics
  $2.25
• Secret Avengers – 1
  July 2010 – Marvel
  $3.99
• House of M – 1 of 8
  August 2005 – Marvel
  $2.99
• Exiles – 48
  August 2004 – Marvel
  $2.99
• X-Men – 27
  June 2012 – Marvel
  $3.99
• Ultimate Spider-man – 78
  August 2005 – Marvel
  $2.50
• X-Patrol – 1
  April 1996 – Amalgam
  $1.95
• Zorro – 6
  October 2005 – Papercut
  $2.95
• Hercules: The Knives of Kush – 3 of 5
  October 2009 – Radical Comics
  $2.99
• Bullets and Bracelets – 1
  April 1996 – Amalgam
  $1.95
• Adventure Comics – 504
  October 2009 – DC Comics
  $3.99
• Wrath – 1
  January 1994 – Malibu Comics
  $1.95
• Wrath – 6
  June 1994 – Malibu Comics
  $1.95
• Deadman – 6
  July 2002 – DC Comics
  $2.50
• Negation – 9
  September 2002 – Crossgen Comics
  $2.95
• Transformers: Generations – 1
  March 2006 – IDW
  $1.99

Along with these comics I also got 10 packs of random non-sports cards.  Five unopened packs of Pukeymon Cards and 5 unopened packs of Johnny Quest Cards.  I also got random assortment of opened Desert Storm cards as well.

They are pretty fantastic as well and don’t worry I’ll make a special blog post just about them.

The total retail cost of the comics would have been $68.50 and the retail cost of the cards would have been $19.90 bringing the total value of the package at $88.40 retail.  I paid 14.99 which is 17% of retail value.  The most valuable comic of the bunch is Catwoman 1 which goes for $5.00 today which is 2.56 times its original cost.