2 Chainz Checks Out $5 Million Worth of Comic Books | Most Expensivest | GQ

2 Chainz meets with Bad Idea Comics CEO & COO Dinesh Shamdasani, an avid comic book collector. From a "printer's proof" 1986 edition of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to a $1 million dollar copy of the first appearance of Batman in 1939, watch 2 Chainz lose his mind checking out some of the rarest, most expensive comic books in the world.
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[@NotNearMint]

"Y'all going crazy over paper!" For a collector, the struggle is real!!!

[@snubdawg1386]

clearly they don't have real struggle

[@RetroExhibitCollective]

People don’t really know how much comics are worth. Nic cage for example is huge into comics and had the first appearance of Superman that got stolen and was able to retrieve and then sold it for over a million

[@Comicbookyoutubersrock]

Well people have a pretty solid idea what comics are worth. More or less all comics sell routinely in no reserve auctions. Even big mega grails occasionally. So there’s usually a general price point to go by.

[@NoCountryforBadMovies]

Totally. I see people trying sell comics that worth $4 for $200 on Facebook marketplace and such. It’s insane.

[@codsworth9950]

@@NoCountryforBadMovies Yeah, that’s just ridiculous when that happens because eBay is pretty standard for finding the Fair Market Value of most comics. They could easily just check the recent sale prices on there to get an idea of their collection value, but instead they just want to rip someone off. For every big blue chip collectible key there are at least 3 thousand books out there worth only a dollar.

[@NateArchibaldWithTheFro]

He didn’t really explain the grading scale. 2.5 on the detective comics is actually bad, but because there’s so few of that issue in existence, that grade doesn’t really effect the price

[@iamhim2608]

Yeah the grades was low.

[@Chodda]

love this guy. he is very wholesome and has a true passion for his collection.

[@robphoenix1182]

But wrong....

[@Trunksytube]

I wish he had mentioned Steve Ditko when talking about Spiderman

[@ObsessedCollector]

I have more knowledge about the history of comics in my pinky than he does in his whole body. He's a poser with money.

[@ObsessedCollector]

​@@Trunksytube And how Atlas/Marvel thought Spiderman was a dumb idea, so they told Ditko and Lee they would publish it in the final issue of Amazing (Adult) Fantasy 15. Boy was Atlas/Marvel wrong. Three printings sold out!!!

[@cleancutlawnservice1]

​@ObsessedCollector lol shut up you a nobody

[@Shiddypoop]

2 chainz out here looking like a whole ah banana

[@bsvv252]

😂

[@leerespass4716]

U mean rich banana

[@Unknownalsnc]

Nah just banana

[@Slimeto00666]

Its balenciaga costs more than your worthless life

[@DarnellSamo]

LoL fUnNy Bc He YeLlOw LiKe BaNaNa

[@303TAG303]

the confused look when he showed the invisible comic book lmao that would be me

[@stampscapes]

In the early 80's Marvel Comics #1 was the most valuable comic over Action 1, Detective 27, etc.. It's interesting how many other books have overtaken it.

[@lendell501]

His reaction to the invisible comic book at 4:34 lol

[@IronWolf277]

As a 90's kid i loved Comics, and collected a whole bunch! Sadly none of them are worth much now? Guess i was born in the wrong era?

[@tartuffethespry]

90s were mass produced like crazy

[@johnmchugh8049]

@@tartuffethespryI was about to say the same thing , overinflated market by the late 80s

[@budenb5253]

Not those ASM 300's if you bought a bunch of those.

[@liluglymane5676]

If you bought multiple copies of asm 300 new mutants 98 and batman adventures 12 you would be sitting on some gold by now

[@EmperorGuyver]

When you certify an "expert" for TV and they are wrong on so many things.. you had one job

[@robphoenix1182]

Uhhhh....first human torch is not the Fantastic Four's human torch.

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

You'd think a guy who runs a comic book company would know the difference between Jim Hammond, Johnny Storm, & the Vision but hey, the way I hear it most corporate executive hires are nepotism hires.

[@Hoopergames]

Not to hate on bro but I think the grading on some of these comics is too low to match the claimed value of the comics

[@Hoopergames]

Like that superman comic

[@Comicbookyoutubersrock]

@@HoopergamesWhat Superman comic? I didn’t see them look at anything with Superman.

[@RetroExhibitCollective]

Do you know how it works? What books are worth?

[@billiondollarbates]

Action comics #1 graded 6.0 has been sold for 3.4 million dollars, amazing fantasy #15 graded 9.6 has been sold for 3.6 million, if someone will ever find an action comics graded 9.6 it would EASILY cost 8+ million dollars

[@Comicbookyoutubersrock]

@@billiondollarbates I can tell you you’re under hitting that estimate. The two highest Action 1’s are both 9.0’s. Those already would sell for around $7 mil to $10 mil now. There is one copy of action comics 1 that exists, owned by “the dentist”, which is still raw but is estimated to be a 9.4-9.6. That book would sell for upwards of $15 mil to $20 mil if it ever comes to market.

[@hellishlantern]

This dude is so wrong about stan lee and how his wife said write what you wanna write..it wasnt spiderman it was fantastic 4...smh

[@Doserockonersism]

out here spitting lies to dumb %1 ers

[@robphoenix1182]

I was going to say that too! Lol truth. This guy isn't that big on comics as he wants to appear. He was wrong about Human Torch too.

[@robertgray1365]

He's the CEO of Bad Idea, the comic company built on 2 of the hobby's most hated aspects -- speculation and gimmicks.

[@snubdawg1386]

just a poser

[@christianhenderson7900]

yall mad

[@cristianobrogna1225]

This dude is clearly a collector who started recently. He got very basic stuff wrong

[@Michael-fi7nu]

Let him enjoy himself

[@oceanbreeze3213]

He maybe be nervous

[@tylorchapman1567]

Has that TMNT just out and being handled like that after saying he'd been offered 300k is crazy

[@EndofDays213]

Show Eminem’s and method man’s comic book collection

[@MattyPIsPrettierThanYou]

Fantastic Four came out before Spiderman player

[@jimdingle4521]

"yall goin crazy over paper...for real" lmfao hes such a legend

[@AdamAvila-qm4tp]

while jack kirby did draw the original cover for AF15, steve ditko reworked it and that was the one that met print.

[@jacobharris954]

Wrong human torch bro

[@matthewmorrison3745]

Yeah back then characters would appear in other works of art before becoming their own thing. Famous example is Sonic The Hedgehog's first appearance was in a racing game called Rad Mobile as a rear-view air freshener.

[@boboy1000]

I remember Valiant back in the day, they never really gained traction. This was at a time when people were buying number 1's and most probably never read the stories. And there was a lot of competition, very easy to get lost in the shuffle.

[@moroent1003]

Lets see paul Allen's comic collection

[@TheShop90sKids]

That invincible comic book was such a gimmick lol

[@davesargent7304]

invisible

[@TheShop90sKids]

@@davesargent7304 thanks. didnt catch the auto correct.

[@bob87849]

2 Chainz and comic books is my kinda evening

[@diegomesadiez]

I find it hilarious how this guy spend that much money on comics but still got so much stuff wrong. Even I know that the story that Stan Lee was motivated to write after a conversation with his wife was Fantastic Four (which predates Spidey unlike what he said). Also, he´s wrong about the original Human Torch, he was an android who had nothing to do with the Fantastic Four. Stan just gave Johnny Storm his name and powers, the comparisons end there. Really weird, a multimillionaire poser.

[@deepmcs2669]

Money doesn't always mean intelligence.

[@robphoenix1182]

TRUTH! Love it's just me that knows this and is calling this out lol

[@jacobharris954]

Well he runs variants comics

[@robphoenix1182]

@@diegomesadiez not* just me lol

[@shawnkelly6440]

Anyone who knows anything about comics typically would rather spend their money on something they can read

[@RONIN1992]

Umm actually, Jim Hammond Human Torch is not the same as Johnny Storm Human Torch. Jim Hammond is an android.

[@josephtedesco8429]

Steve Ditko drew Amazing Fantasy 15

[@danielmarques4924]

It was jack kirby

[@bryansteele832]

Jack kirby did the cover, steve ditko did the insides

[@masterjiraiya224]

7:44 all untaxed 😭😭

[@porthos5718]

3:50 He talks about Stan Lee story which he got “WRONG”. The story that he wrote was actually Fantastic Four. This guy must be rusty on his history or he is talking out of his …..

[@robphoenix1182]

Totally talking out his......lol

[@bryansteele832]

he is an investor comic fan poser

[@jomonroe591]

He needs to bring these episodes back

[@theomnibusprime4046]

that is not the human torch of the F4 but the one that is the android.

[@woozi36]

How is a 2.5 graded comic worth a million dollars? When I saw $5 million in the title I figured the guys would have straight graded 10’s

[@woozi36]

Someone correct me, a 2.5 grade ?

[@billiondollarbates]

Keep in mind that action comics graded 6.0 has been sold for 3.4 million dollars, (2021) and Superman #1 (1939) graded 8 for 5.3 million (2022) im no expert, but im pretty sure this automatically boosts the worth of Batman comics too

[@okendo011]

The grade doesn't carry that much weight in this case because there is really so many copies. So if all you had was like grade 5 copies available in the world, a 3 would be like a 5 and a 5 would be a 10 so it doesn't hold that much weight in the price

[@kornandfoofighters]

"i liked the dungeon he had" ahahah yeah i think R kelly had batcave too

[@hopedaGoat]

Thankful for the ninja turtles comic being the first to be talked about 🔥🔥

[@34_Conflict]

Fun-Fact: The creators of Batman and Superman died broke.

[@maymay5600]

Thats not a fun fact thats a sad fact

[@NAKDTV]

Great EPISODE!

[@chrish7983]

Some notes about Dinesh: he was a "lonely development executive" at Universal Pictures when he was 23. He and his buddy bought the Valiant IP for $50k in 2007, long after it had died out. He then attempted to revive it and got the movie Bloodshot made (starring Vin Diesel). That's certainly an accomplishment, but it was also widely panned and flopped at the box office. I'd love to know how that career path allowed him to have $15 million to invest in comics, which leads me to assume he was born in to wealth. Based on how many details he got wrong I'm thinking he's a casual who just happens to have a lot of money.

[@Rasz_Milli]

“The dungeon he was in.” 🤨 you mean the bat cave my guy?

[@argentinajacuzzi1176]

This guy is bs’ing a lot of his prices. Never seen a motion picture’s funnies before however. Amazing

[@BrandonOfJapan]

Why is 2chains here? This is like bringing in a McDonald's employee to appraise the value of Gordon Ramseys lamb chops.

[@surfcitycomics672]

He’s wrong a about the TMNT proof . The #1 one came out in 1984 not 1986 and the proof was done in 1983 . It shows he’s only in it for the $ . If your gonna sell something that pricey you need to know your history .

[@Shugarcloud]

For much time, a copy of the Jolly the Newsie story was not able to be located as it has never been reprinted and scans of the story have never been published online. This was remedied in 2021 when photos of the story were taken and uploaded to the Marvel Database.[2]

[@conconc]

Big Bird done come up

[@KSSKAYDEE]

The first human torch wasn't johnny storm .

[@stevenloube6784]

Amazing Fantasy 15 7.5 with better page quality just sold for $125,000. He thinks his 7.0 is worth $300k? lolol There are not a lot of sales of the Captain America 1 recently but I would guess he's giving a value about 2x what it is worth (probably ~$200k, which might be insanely high since a 7.0 just went for $300k). There are 8 graded copies of Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, 3 of them restored. The last sale was a 3.5 for $28k in 2017. Funny he doesn't count the restored books since his Marvel Comics #1 3.0 copy is a restored comic which destroys the value as much as 90% of the same grade unrestored. His Detective 27 2.5 is very likely to be worth around a million dollars. I looked up the notes and the cover is detached. A 6.0 copy sold for 1.7 million recently.

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

Ah, I see other CGC members have entered the comments section with me 😅

[@Pedroepacas]

This fool 2 Chaiz got 1/4 mil on his wrist talking

[@lukechernesky]

offered 300k? 😂😂 no he wasn’t he won it on comiclink for somthing like $12k

[@nova7it202]

I like how he act like he gave at the whole time 😂😂

[@CrunchySoftServe]

Nah that ninja turtle story proof is insane !!!

[@MetalBum]

I want the first wolverine!!

[@kennynyc1555]

cant believe they were just putting those cases on top of each other so wrecklessly as they can scratch 👀👀👀👀👀👀

[@Illmaticgraphics850]

I’m sure that Amazing Fantasy 15 worth more then $300,000 yea he’s new to this

[@williamponce5907]

I'm grateful for my reprint of Amazing Fantasies #15

[@madvizion742]

I collect comics and have several subscriptions and buy the back issues all the time. Comics are a valid hustle, buying and selling. To any who thinks their comics are worthless U may want to check again. All the movies and toys, games, ect.... Comics are coming back and have been in a big way for some time now.

[@EVOL-Hobby]

Never think a comic Book u buy in 2023 will be worth a mill

[@xavierclarkxoxo]

love Dinesh !!! been rockin with 2 for ten years plus

[@bryansteele832]

4:46 No that was story was in reference to the Fantastic Four

[@driab8574]

Shoutout to the kids 🗣️❤

[@pepOnshow]

his human torch explanation gives it all away just another investor not really into it like others because of the love of the books.

[@xordoom8467]

This guy has no idea the "Real" value of the comics, his prices are WAY to high .... I guess it makes him feel important....

[@champsammy13]

He's not lying about the Detective Comics book being an easy million.

[@nomicons]

It's a 2.5/10 graded book. That's pretty rough condition. No way it's bringing that much. The one that sold for a million a few years ago was a 7.0, I think.

[@Comicbookyoutubersrock]

@@nomiconsThe 7.0 sold for 1.5 mil, a 6.0 has since then sold for about $1.8 mil. I agree a 2.5 likely isn’t a mil though, but wouldn’t be far off. I’d think a nice presenting 2.5 would go for around $600K-$800K.

[@MetalBum]

First Batman is amazing

[@ObsessedCollector]

They're all dropping a little lately. The keys a little, the semis and below a lot. A 2.5 may fetch 300k. It's a ROUGH book.

[@cinemasnitch3959]

weird this is what 2 chainz is known for now

[@jamallong25]

Not Batman dungeon 😂😂😂

[@rocb4222]

2 chains was nice and easy with that comic phew,my boi a real g

[@jasonross2001]

he gave 380,000 for that detective 27 in 2017 about the worth of it why do he think its worth 1 million in that grade? the guys crazy

[@dlv0187]

the invisible comic book (which it isn't) is the dumbest thing I've ever seen! Then again, I haven't seen the buyer who would pay that kind of money for it.

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

There have been a few. I remember when it came out I said the same thing, there's no way anyone's buying that. I wish I hadn't been wrong.

[@snubdawg1386]

if someone is paying over a million for a piece of paper, why not paying some thousands for nothing?

[@deepmcs2669]

I would love to have this collection as art myself. My dream is Tales Of Suspense #39

[@argentinajacuzzi1176]

Just got my TOS #39 early this year

[@deepmcs2669]

@@argentinajacuzzi1176 You're lucky! I will have it one day.

[@LilComplicated]

rated 2.5 PSA and its worth 1m$ is crazyyyyyyyyyyy

[@ObsessedCollector]

$300k-600k. At best.

[@starkiller7057]

Comics over fancy cars ❤❤❤❤❤

[@themarveldctheorist3261]

I wonder if this is the shop in Denver Colorado

[@bsvv252]

😂😂

[@Matthew.E.Kelly.]

No. The shop you're thinking of is called Mile High Comics & unlike this d-bag the guy who runs Mile High *actually* runs it & knows comic books. His name is Chuck Rozanski & he is a magnificent human being.

[@DirtyDan021]

How much is the first Superman comic book worth?

[@billiondollarbates]

His first ever appearance (action comics) has been sold for 3 million, his first ever comic book title (superman) has been recently sold for 5.3 million, making it by far the most expensive comic book in history, as well as one of the most expensive books/manuscript ever

[@ObsessedCollector]

The 9.4? Raw Action 1 Church just sold for 4,500,000. I pray the buyer will get it slabbed. I wanna see the thing. I've seen the 9.0 at Metropolis and it's a million times nicer in person!

[@ImchautzuCHAUTZU]

Today I learned that Marvel Comics #1 was the first appearance of Fire Fist Ace and the first mention of The First Son of the Sea, Jinbe

[@bryanguarino2507]

Ninja turtles 1984 * omg I want it

[@thelandoftwitchclips]

reupload?

[@eduardolanzasuazo8954]

Isn't amazing fantasy 15 worth more than detective comics 27?

[@BosSupes]

no lol not even close

[@ashikmd.rashid6284]

That's the android human torch; NOT the Johnny storm one.

[@Doserockonersism]

worst type of dude to show off comics, dude clearly jumped in recently because of the super hero hype and mixes up strays of whats true and whats false in comic history

[@robphoenix1182]

Truth!

[@NadeemShekh-uy9zn]

He got so many details wrong about human torch and Stan Lee's wife

[@ObsessedCollector]

CORRECT!!

[@partyplardy]

Little children would be blown away by the invisible comic book

[@jacklastan2091]

The first appearance of the human torch was fantastic 4 number 1 1961 not in marvels first comic

[@markherring3513]

Hes wrong..Stan lee's wife about making the comment "Make the comic you always wanted to make" and that book was Fantasic Four #1..not Amazing fantasy #15.

[@kreamthompson6642]

This is why I only collect trade paperbacks…

[@andrewjimenez9609]

I have that same exact Batman comic I think

[@m3finish]

This makes KZbin

[@titocebeira3123]

Correction: the Stan Lee story was about the Fantastic Four not Spiderman

[@RobMarkman]

This is my dream. Dope episode

[@snubdawg1386]

hopefully that means you already accomplished everything in life

[@coinhunter3758]

nice collection there

[@geekedup9254]

Whoa he made Valiant comics !

[@lossypooh]

😂😂 let's say he was nervous, bc bro was saying alot of things wrong

[@mezcalycafe8702]

the flash movie 🎥 📈

[@MicCheque1]

2 o’ gees… nuff said!

[@GGGeoff]

Detective Comics #27 with a grade of 2.5 isn’t worth a million dollars. It’s unquestionably a goldmine and is the second most desired comic in the world (only behind Action Comics #1), but $1 million is overpriced.

[@roddydonn2328]

His nerdiness made me upset. I did still think it was cool but he gave off heavy infomercial vibes.

[@JoeJohn777]

LOL paper junk !!

[@Thesportymouse973]

Yeah 2 Chainz YOOOO

[@Larry1Wand]

When he brought out the invisible comic, he instantly loss all credibility.😆

[@WARsportsWA]

Doesn’t matter how much money you have still have to haul the kids around

[@rayterrence75]

Life lessons nd super complex stories but ppl see tht it's drawn or animated instantly think it's for kids thts how bleak the world is

[@EVOL-Hobby]

Yo is he the Guy who founded valliant comics ?

[@crowderscustomizing]

This due has no idea about the prices...all WAY too high lol

[@joeydee19]

see , this is the type of people you need to surround yourself with for many many reasons