Comic Hunting at a Flea Market and Collectible Store… and Finding a Historic Golden-Age Score!

I go hunting for comic books at an indoor flea market and a nearby comic store, and find not only some great modern books, but also an amazing GOLDEN-AGE SCORE! Check out the video to see what book I found, the super low price I paid, and why this book is so significant!
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[@ScarecrOmega]

$5 is a steal for an incomplete comic from the 40's, would much rather have that over a modern book at the same price.

[@AlextheComicHoarder]

Excellent deal on that Captain Marvel Adventures

[@maverick7291]

First

[@TheOriginalGoddamnpc]

For only 5 bucks? Now that's living up to the channel's name! Hopefully you're not missing any pages of that Atomic War story because it is gripping and WAY ahead of its time! IMO, Otto Binder is the best Golden Age comic writer!

[@thewalruswasjason101]

I CANNOT BELIEVE the prices at that flea market!!! These people are nuts, selling stuff that expensive full blown retail ++!!! It’ll just sit there and they’ll have to do a 50% off sale in 6 months

[@illfusion2058]

I'd buy that for $5 Bucks! That was a cool cover for a 40's comic book.

[@Robs.fatstax]

Captain Marvel steal is by far the best. Great pickup

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Thanks, I agree!

[@mikehaggs7721]

I liked all of them , I would have scooped it for 5$ . Very cool variants too , I like J Scott Campbell even if his work is a little cartoonish. That antique shop looked super cool even just to window shop. We have some thrift stores on Long Island like that.

[@g-man8031]

That Captain Marvel Golden Age book presents very well. Unless someone got close to it, they couldn't tell any of the major defects. $5 was a steal for that book. Great pick up.

[@fossiladventures2926]

$5 for a golden age book , even missing some pages is ok imo, I’d probably buy it just for the cover art. Don’t mind low grade books even missing ads but the story must be complete and display well from the front. Wouldn’t buy brittle pages either, again unless cheap GA.

[@micpar2]

SHAZAM! I'm a huge fan of the orignal Billy Batson/CM. I actually had a few Golden Age CM too. I had that issue but mine was like a 9.6. This was like 1993/94 I think I paid like $250 for it was Bedrock Comic in Texas. I also had I think WHIZ Comics #25? The iconic classic cover. With Billy standing next to CM. It was mint! I think I paid $300 or $325 for that one. Great pick up I figured you paid $20 for it. Even if it's in pretty bad condition. Congrads!

[@donaldmiller9648]

In my generation in first grade ( fall 1962..Cuban Crisis era) you were taught how to bend over under your desk and kiss your "xxxx" goodbye....:-)... Actually ran drills every week....nice Captain Marvel book just to have on wall...

[@charliedogg7683]

I hadn't realised that Dan Slott has been with Marvel that long. Good rule, pick it up if it's something you've never seen before (and reasonably priced of course). For a similarly themed but very different response to nuclear conflict and its aftermath, I highly recommend Ray Bradbury's short story "There Shall Come Soft Rains" and Wally Wood's beautiful and touching EC adaptation. Yeah, definitely buy anything Golden Age at that price regardless of what it's missing. People buy and sell single pages of key comics like ASM #1 and Amazing Fantasy #15, you get at least 2/3 of the Captain Marvel comic and it fits right in with your interests in history and social history too.

[@comicspa]

Nice books Mike. I saw the Werewolf by Night .5 and I was like…”Oh No!” 😮 But alas you picked out a great book for a great price! Congrats!

[@tonyzane4945]

Loved Capt Marvel....had a bunch but mom threw them out....that bomb saved hundreds of thousands of American lives !!!!!!!!

[@leeniren3706]

Omg. That was an amazing pick up. I probably would’ve gone up to $20. Just think of it it’s a book from the 1940s. How many things from the 1940s still exist. Great deal on your part.

[@calebleland8390]

You definitely got a fantastic deal on that Captain Marvel book. That's such an awesome cover. I remember growing up in the 80s, and even then nuclear war was on everyone's minds. I really dig J. Scott Campbell's work, but I agree that his good girl covers can tend to be cartoonish. I didn't catch the price, but I was eyeing that Twilight Zone book at the first stop. 🤣🤣

[@jackburton6085]

Appreciate your ramblings!

[@Duqsteel1115]

$5 for a Captain Marvel or any comic from before 1950? Heck ya! You’re not going to find books that old just anywhere and under $10 in any condition. Yes, the Manhattan Project is very interesting.

[@SideQuestComicsChat]

I played Coup back when it came out and all my gammer freinds love the game. Not my cup of tea with the deduction and sneeky lying and stuff. Nice couple of books you got, very different and unique that you don't see all the time.👍

[@hogations]

I think I'm echoing a lot of other comments here in saying $5 for that Captain Marvel, is a superb buy, even incomplete. The fact that it brings you so much joy makes it priceless :) I think your other great buy is the copy of Coup for $4. A steal! As an avid boardgamer myself, I often look for used games at thrift stores for myself or for friends as you can often find them for far below retail.

[@davidrenfrew111]

Certainly a steal on the Captain Marvel but you need to get it slabbed for conservation..I'm sure the full issue will be online ... As for J Scott Campbell..loves his cartoonist almost Manga style ...especially the Danger Girl series..

[@monsterphile]

Certainly, the value of that comic with pages missing is in the presentation and overall aesthetics of the cover. I'd say it was a good buy. I'd display it in a frame, rather than put it in a box.

[@billyrod1980]

Man I think we would have been friends. I’ve played Coup. We would jokingly pronounce it “Koop” and when we knock someone out for not being who they said they were we would say “you’ve been kooped!” I wasn’t good at lying so needless to say I didn’t win too many games.

[@grumpyiam6300]

Captain Marvel #66…1946…incomplete…some damage…$5………🤔…oh go on then 😂

[@Matt_Likes_Comics]

Makes me think of the story where the US govt stopped a Superman atomic bomb story because they were close to guessing the truth in 1944,

[@michaelwhite4938]

I would have got it even with the missing pages. My favorite find ever is a Adventures comic 283 first General Zod in bad shape not bagged or boarded. I need to get it so it would not end up destroyed.

[@kristopherparker6871]

Ill also pass on j scot campbell art. I dont collect good girl covers. That captain marvel book has a great cover and awesome subject matter and for 5 bucks. Yep thats worth it by a longshot

[@maverick7291]

Coup is a really fun game! Not much of a board gamr collector but this one was one of the few i have.

[@O_G_HELLBOY]

Awesome Captain Marvel book! I'm a huge fan myself. Definitely check out The Power of Shazam series by Jerry Ordway. It came out in the early 90s and is Ordway's love letter to the character.

[@Comiccomplter55]

I'll buy any old and any condition for $5 u did amazingly great Wonderful Lunch money😊

[@revoltpuppy]

Coup for $4 is a real coup! Fun game.

[@paulverbakel7813]

My pic of that lot is the Jen Bartel cover , before you even said it ... I could tell it was her work . Her colouring is so distinctive .

[@pocketsfullofwax4238]

Awesome video as always! -Tyler

[@collectingcasually]

Saw you pull that John Royle (might as well be J. Scott Campbell) Elvira book and thought you might have grabbed it. I caught the corner of that Lotus Petal when I was watching, but didn't expect you to be buying that too. What a grab with that Captain Marvel!

[@lunchmoneycomics]

I definitely would’ve bought the Elvira (and a lot of the other books there) if they weren’t so aggressively priced!

[@Sasquashy_1]

Great video. That storm cover is fantastic

[@rcjackam7172]

Atomic cover for $5? 🔥💥🔥. Well done!

[@jesselynch1928]

Oh Mike has a new video. They are always upbeat and fun. I could use some cheering up. Little did I realize we were going to touch on global thermal nuclear war!!! But I did enjoy the video. I was wondering why you did not get that early horror cover. So I went back and slowed it down. A Quandary Notte Tour. $800. Ohhhhhhhhhhh. I usually do not like incomplete books. They bug me. But would pick it up for $5. Probably to pass it on to someone lesspickier than I. It’s got a great cover. That Elvira u passed on looked cool. Kudos to the dealer to giving u a great deal of

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Haha yeah that got dark quick! Yes the prices in the first place were unfortunately pretty high for me, otherwise I would’ve grabbed a lot more.

[@GeraldATeske]

If the story depicted on the cover is complete inside, I think you got a steal of a deal!

[@andrewandrew9678]

Great video. Coup and Love Letter were two of my main gateway board games… still love them. Now i’m playing Obsession. Also enjoyed the soapbox moments. Keep going off topic when you feel like it, keeps the videos fresh.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Love Letter is always a game table staple. I’ve actually never played Obsession, I’ll check it out!

[@mash6487]

I like Campbell's Mary Jane covers. unfortunately, all of his ladies come out looking like mj.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Agreed

[@e.d.g3078]

I would not have bought the book, due to it having missing pages.

[@stephenmuza8344]

$5!?!? I'd buy that all day long. Or at least till I ran out of money.

[@corderoismael23]

One of your best videos yet. You went really deep on this one. Linking everything together. Comics, science and history and the importance of each even if it's kind of sad the end result of splitting the atom.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

I appreciate that! I was worried I went off the rails a little

[@Comiccomplter55]

Great price and you're right about if u nvr seen it pick it up

[@alancarr7718]

Good evening Michael What a buy for such a comic, sad that it incomplete, but a contender to be slabbed to conserve the poor thing? It is interesting that it is such an early Atomic Age story, Otto Binder was of course a novelist as well as Comic writer, as was Edmond Hamilton, I guess it was a fine way to pay the bills, but he did like to pursue the Science Fiction concepts! I guess the atomic age will always be with us, that terrifying image of the Mushroom cloud will be always there to haunt our dreams . And of course the Atomic Age introduced so much to comics. Sadly we never did get the atomic rocket ship to make it to the stars. time to blast off, Al The Goldkeyfourcolorkidownunda

[@best9642]

Great Haul, love the stories that come with each book.

[@wayneweidman1543]

If you’re looking for an amazing atomic cover you should check out Picture Parade 1 from 1953. I’ve been looking for a copy for the last two years and have yet to see one in real life.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Wow just looked it up, I’ve never seen that book! I’ll keep my eyes open

[@traybee115]

I absolutely LOVE your shirt.

[@Hellkaiser619]

Love j scott campbell his wolverine is what got me into comics

[@charlesmardanes7028]

I would pay $5 for that book all day. What were they thinking with a $50 price on that book? Also, what was the condition of the other Cap?

[@lunchmoneycomics]

I’m guessing they didn’t look too closely at that book before I did. The other I think was $75? Slightly better condition? I kinda wish I nabbed it.

[@robphoenix1182]

Lmao I just imagined your wife doing something then hearing from the vents you have a giant crush on Storm. Some interesting gets for sure. Congrats, Mike.

[@robphoenix1182]

Oh god!! Cardboard crack!! Just say no! Lol I'm a 15-year addict survivor. That is a huge can of worms. Trend softly.

[@pimplandos]

I’d have paid $5 if all the pages were missing!

[@bean6344]

Those wrestling mags and Nintendo Powers may have been a good pick up if the price was right.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Yeah they were fairly pricey

[@bronzevillecomics2581]

Always fun to pick up a golden age book, as a peek into the past. Keep up the great content.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Thanks Jim!

[@charliedogg7683]

Also Mike, did you buy the trinitite on this excursion to the antiques dealers or was it already part of your collection?

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Ah ha good catch, that was a little Easter egg I hid in there. I already had that, it’s very hard to get now, I bought it out of a very old collection.

[@greghilliard419]

In the first lot you looked at there was a 1st Ronin New Avengers #11, not sure if you saw it. WOW $5 what a score love that cover

[@gregwait3553]

I saw it!!!😮

[@georgedavis9975]

Quite the " Coup" on your pick-ups.

[@Comiccomplter55]

I love history and comics

[@rohn-zc5sx]

$5.00 that's a stell so Cool Mike 💯👍

[@cha5]

Nice Captain Marvel Adventures find, I collect them myself along with Whiz Comics among other Fawcett titles, my own favorite era of them that I collect is from 1940-1945, I really want to get a complete run of the ‘Captain Marvel and the Monster Society of Evil’ serial that ran in CMA back then.

[@AnthonyOldhandGarcia]

Cool Dark Phoenix shirt, a 1977-1984 Pontiac Phoenix classic car would be fitting to have a Dark Phoenix symbol on the hood of a Pontiac Phoenix, as if it were a Screaming Chicken on a Pontiac Firebird, that would look nice. 1946 Golden age Captain Marvel #66 comic for $5.00 dollars, cool. On the bottom left corner on the Storm cover looks a bit like wrestler Jade Cargill, who too dressed up as Storm in AEW. Nice review.

[@comicbookcurator68]

Great stuff!! Also for $5 ya I'd grab that book. If you watch Captain Strangelife he printed new pages to go in the book so he could read it just a FWI. Thanks for sharing.

[@macorourke2222]

Captain marvel!! Totally awesomeness. A true classic! That's as old as My Dad. Thanks again for sharing Your passion and adventures from Toronto Ontario Canada 😎👍♥️1946❤✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️📚📚📚📚📚✨️✨️💯💯💯💯💯✨️

[@comicslimited9740]

I like J. Scott Campbell, but I prefer his old stuff like danger girl and that era of his art. As for history and the history of world war II I'm down man of course my jam is ancient history of the Americas and of the world honestly.

[@barrysergent5905]

Love the Golden Age book! What a steal for $5! A piece of history at the least. My grandfather gave me an entire copy of the Chicago Sun Times newspaper from December 8th, 1941 ......yes, the morning headlines after Pearl Harbor. It is very brittle and I've protected it the best I can, but it's still extremely fragile. It'll probably outlast me! lol

[@alexortiz1431]

Congratulations! It's rare coming across a comic that old , in that condition, for a bargain of a price! I was a little surprised that you passed on the Elvira and the Lady Death comics, but if the price is not right, nobody can blame you for doing it! May you find more amazing comics in your travels! In the immortal words of Stan Lee, "Excelsior!"

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Thanks! And yea the price on those books was not what I was willing to pay, so back they went.

[@nighttigercomics7323]

Great pick up on your CMA! I was excited to purchase that same issue! It's a tough one to find.

[@andreworr4307]

Yeah,5$ for that early captain marvel,a no brainer imo ? He'll I'd have bought just the cover for that,lol as it presents so well,there's something I adore about golden age red ink ? It just pops so much !I also liked your modern choices,nice variant covers and the jean grey one is especially nice as I'm a big fan,she is and always has been one of my favourite X men ? Although I detest how she's been badly used at times ? Again nice picks Mike👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@josephbarbera9220]

Whew, thank goodness you didn’t pay $50 for Captain Marvel that was missing a chunk of pages. Definitely worth between five or ten bucks just for that cool cover! Btw I was a kid growing up in the sixties and the fear of a nuclear fallout was very real. I think that fact is what propelled the sexual revolution because young people probably the world was going to end soon so let’s make the of it! Lol

[@mikem3543]

Haha! That’s my LCS!

[@Comiccomplter55]

Great Campbell cvr

[@clubb82]

$5 Golden Age books all day! Loved your history lesson along with these pickups! Fun stuff, Mike!

[@Kal_elctibles]

It’s amazing how a price like that, jumps that book even further up you “favorites in the collection” list!!!!

[@WhooshComicsandRunning]

Great video as always. Also, thanks for inspiring me to create a channel discussing comics. It's a great outlet for my love of comics. Coup is a great game. Really enjoy playing it with friends. I always find WWI and WWII fascinating. It boggles my mind that after WWI, the world still had WWII and managed to top WWI. I really would have figured WWI was enough for everyone. Lastly, I recently picked up Bloody Hel by Clay McCormack. It involves WWI and Viking gods being unleashed because of it. Weird combination but an interesting premise.

[@johnbishop9188]

Nice find! When you mentioned the missing pages I was out. Then when you said it was $5 I soon changed my mind! That Marvel Live thing is also a great find.

[@dalemoyers8881]

Great video. That was one heckuva purchase on the Golden Age book for five dollars. I would have definitely purchased that comic for that price all day long. I would have purchased the other Comics with the variant covers as well. They look great. 😎

[@rexrocker1268]

Bottom right corner of the wall behind you is that really TMNT first print of number one? Wow

[@Comiccomplter55]

Chris Claremonts favorite x-man Storm

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Definitely Byrne’s as well, at least to draw

[@bigbymcflythecomicguy]

Great Cover! ❤

[@haroldsipe7551]

These older Captain Marvels are getting hard and harder to come by. For that classic cover, I would have paid nearly asking price for an issue that presents that well. Maybe I am a sucker for an old Fawcett book.

[@michaelmarcuri1506]

I am also fascinated by WW2 stuff and History. I mainly collect classic covers as well as Golden age Crime and war covers. Also Bombshell covers and bondage covers. I think they share an important part of our history. They represent what we were going through as a nation at that time. I love this content! I also am a magic player and collector of vintage and high end cards. great channel I love the vids! keep it up!

[@ericschroeder4065]

I have a nice copy of that Just Married book (at about 6:30 in vid) on my wall. Such a kitschy cover!

[@tonypitney9889]

$5 for an atomic golden age 1940's book, DEAL!!! Great pickup!

[@dahger7]

What a cool mall!

[@VolcanBlue]

That Phoenix shirt is awesome, where do i get one 😭

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Amazon!

[@jonbreece6688]

Score

[@melw2100]

I have no problem buying golden age books missing a wrap or two. Most that I buy are pretty sought after and it is a good cheaper way to get a book that is often too expensive for me.

[@MarcSpectorComics]

OH wow!! love those atomic bomb covers. That one is on my list to find nice score Mike!

[@BrokeBoyComics]

Very awesome grabs, this makes me want to go hunting in some of my local antique shops!

[@jEdi_bUddhA_YOGi]

How do you like the Storm Cover better than the Jean cover? Campbell's Storm is drawn far better than that Storm on the MARVEL COMICS 1000 cover. Subjective, I guess. But that Storm cover looks far cartoonier than the Jean cover, anatomically speaking. You must have a subconscious issue with Campbell, rather biased perhaps? No way that Storm cover doesn't look "cartoonier" than the Jean cover.

[@lunchmoneycomics]

I mean you just said it, what people like is subjective, especially in regards to art.

[@seanmitchell8151]

DUKE MONEY…lol, guy I used to play Coupe with was ALWAYS taking Duke money…if you know, you know…

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Always claim the duke until someone calls you on it!

[@gregwait3553]

Do you ever hunt DC Universe reprints? I see you going through DC books that may or may not have the DC Universe in the bar code but you don’t look at the bar codes. 2nd love the Batmobiles I saw in the video! I collect them! My mouth watered when you video that shelf! I had to watch it twice!

[@lunchmoneycomics]

I don’t usually notice them no, I know what they are but they aren’t my primary collecting focus so I miss them unless someone points them out. Same with Whitman variants

[@carymoshman1180]

Cool you scored a golden age book. I have yet to add any to my collection.

[@JMChick47]

I would have paid $5.00 in a heart-beat.

[@donnorrid9172]

Holy duck and cover!great haul!!!

[@jayogilvie8353]

yep Captian marvel , would have bought it for sure. ps can the comic be rehydrated ?

[@lunchmoneycomics]

I doubt it’s even worth trying, I’m just never going to take it out of the bag lol

[@Millzee42]

Great finds! Thanks for sharing

[@jayogilvie8353]

Notice you blew by xforce #1, hope you checked for the dead pool card.? ? ?

[@lunchmoneycomics]

Yep, I always check the card!

[@dansxmencomics]

Great finds! I have a TShirt of that Marvel Comics 1000 cover. I never knew it was a comic cover! Thanks for sharing.