The Story of How I Purchased 1.7 Million Comics At One Time

This is the story of the Mile High II collection that was acquired by Chuck Rozanski, owner of Mile High Comics, narrated by Key Collector Comics, the free mobile app that helps collectors identify which comics are significant to the history of comics.
Chuck describes this story in summary as “a sordid mix of sex, drugs, and family betrayals. It ended up being the best comics deal that I ever made, but it took a trip through the sewers to get the job done.”
Thank you to Mr. Rozanski for the permission to read this entry of comic book history. To read the complete story in Chuck’s own words. Click this link:
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[@doomedhuh]

I sold my entire collection once in 2007, and then after restarting again in 2014. Both times it was over a girl and probably are the biggest regrets of my life. The best advice i can give anyone is never let a girl come between you and your comics.

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Great advice! Partners come and go but comics are forever

[@allstarsteinman1]

Great advice!

[@averydae1810]

@@KeyCollectorComics no comics come and go, but partners are forever

[@khainguyen3056]

@@averydae1810 How do you explain the high divorce rate?

[@junkboxhero4825]

@@khainguyen3056 Men coming to their senses.

[@mauricemitchell4053]

I don’t collect comics...but was riveted to this tale...all the way to the end😊

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Thank you

[@alexisgaud6008]

This was an interesting story. All's well that ends well

[@76ingit]

The Mile High story needs to be made into a movie.

[@KalElvis]

Why? Maybe a documentary.

[@avocadoschmitt7536]

@@KalElvis a comic would fit

[@cheerstocomicspodcast264]

Chucks writing his story in graphic novel form, from my understanding.

[@DarkStar-os9pv]

Only if it includes the the people who were burned.

[@MrPolicekarim]

@@cheerstocomicspodcast264 Really? That is so cool!

[@macorourke2222]

Totally amazing story. I remember in 1995 I went to a garage sale and bought $3500 worth of vintage marvel comic's for $56 Canadian. I couldn't sleep that night. Up all night reading the comic book price guide. I wish I still had them. A once in a lifetime find 😀👍♥️🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏🎉🎉💯💯

[@_416_]

Imagine what they're worth now

[@boogiedownnyc]

Chuck is a true collector. You could tell he's more interested in having a crazy collection vs actually selling the books lol. I still remember giving my grandpa money to make a purchase after seeing one of his ads. I think that was the first time I ordered something !!!

[@bilyan5003]

Never paid attention to comics in my life and I was hooked the whole time. Thanks for making this

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Thank you William

[@Nemesis_T_Type]

Great lesson from this story: Always have a poker face when making business.

[@rickytoddbotelho9555]

Chuck is a historical member of the comic book community. Like Stan, Jack, Bob, Joe, Jerry, Martin, Phil seuling , bud plant. Comic book and internet community would have never existed. His involvement in the growth of the human race cannot be underestimated. Genius. Pure and simple.😀 ooh la la!!!

[@tommymccown8727]

Whenever I read my older comics I always see this mail order comics in a huge advertisement!!!!!!!!! The whole page!!!!!! And I always see some comics I’d love to order now for the price that they were selling at that time in the middle 80’s!!!? God bless you all today Shalom

[@KeyCollectorComics]

That’s funny Tommy. Thank you for the comment and the kind wishes

[@purecomiccollector]

Awesome story!!! I used to buy back issues from Mile High in the mid 80's as a kid because none of the comic books shops in my town had any back issues. Now I know where all those books came from!!!!

[@tsundokus]

Wow just wow not only you have a passion for comics but a great narrator aswell.

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Thank you Ali!

[@alexdabear2805]

Damn, this brings back some memories. I was sixteen at the time, working for Chuck at the old Broadway warehouse that summer. Probably the youngest employee at the time. Took three days for a couple dozen of us to unload five semi trailers. Bout killed me.

[@giorgoskabamaru5856]

Great video. I really appreciate Mr Rozanski. He is one of the few people that has actively formed the hobby of comic book collecting, to what it is now. More like this please.

[@berardoferrari]

the guy is a crook

[@Regulus985]

Great story. It’s nice that you were at all times a decent businessman who never gave up, but that you also had morals and did everything possible to hold up your end of the deal.

[@jeremystark3350]

My friend in 5th grade collected comics back in the 1980s & 1990s, i remember he was so excited of a GI Joe #1, and a rare X Men comic. I never got into comics but i always wanted to. I guess its never too late. Thanks for the interesting video.

[@rockeyrocket1224]

Had a vast collection of large conan comics that my parents just got rid of. No explanation, bought with money I earned on my own, they were forever doing shit like that. Years later in a different city as an adult I stopped at a yard sale and bought some scifi paperbacks and the guy mentioned he had some comics that his brother who passed away saved. I looked through the box noticed some pencil marks that looked familliar, IT WAS MY OLD COLLECTION. The sad ending is they got stolen along with some other stuff by a guy I thought was a friend. It's funny how you value the stuff from childhood.

[@MSP106]

Great story! Amazing narrator and graphics! You earned a sub Key! Great job!!

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Thank you for the awesome compliments and overall comment

[@djwaters22]

It's unfortunate that mile high charges 2x FMV. Sometimes even more for their comics. I would love to purchase from them, but no point when you can get it significantly cheaper other places

[@1800astra]

Agreed

[@caedmonv55]

Yes. Their prices are completely insane. It's as if they think that their public recognition (more people have heard of them than most dealers) gives them the right to rip off their customers. I wish their sales would plummet so they would quit this.

[@OJ_Pimpson]

Visited Denver last week for work and made a point to stop at Mile High. The pricing was so beyond unreasonable that I left the place rather quickly. Even if they were willing to negotiate they’d have to knock 70% off of their prices just to match eBay. They have raw copies of many books at much more than FMV for the same book graded 9.8. So disappointing

[@exoticcarfactsofficialchan7050]

Holy cow 😳😱 I used to love ordering from Mile High comics back in the days. Never knew that the story behind the scenes was more titillating than the comic books I was buying 😂😂😂👍 Great video. #subscribed

[@wills2140]

Same. I used to see the Mile High Comics ads in the comic books I bought locally. Always trying to figure the fee things I could afford, finally ordered when I had saved enough yard mowing money.

[@smbcollector]

A gripping tale through and through! I had a good time listening.

[@firecrest3325]

This video needs to be played in every class. Risk and hard work can pay off.

[@clarkkentcookies626]

This was very good, Nick! You’ve got that smooth voiceover!

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Haha thank you

[@yukizboy3046]

Great story! I guess 2 grand was a lot in '85... it kind of seems comical now though to grease a six figure deal by fanning just 20 C-notes at someone.

[@michaelkenyon6173]

Amazing story. Heard about the deal but this video offered so much behind the scenes detail.

[@osheaoutdoorspnw]

Amazing,you are a true hero in the comic world!!!!

[@karlepeterson8558]

What an incredible story! Thanks for sharing.

[@riddler7187]

Thanks for telling me this story. I have meet the owner. He is such a great guy. He give back to his community . The comics shop is the biggest in the world. The owner live my dream.

[@benjaminroch8956]

Merci, great video and amazing story! Even if I live in France I really appreciate the app and I use it everyday for my collection! Keep on rockin'!! Benjamin

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Benjamin Roch thank you

[@kyleterran6850]

Very cool story. I'm a Native Coloradan and although not a Comic collector, know of Mile High Comics. Never knew the story though.

[@patrickteater3392]

I am very sad. I started collecting comics in 1963 and I read them once and store them away. I had many complete series of Marvel and DC comics - in pretty much mint condition! I collected until about 1980 when I finally got tired of dragging over 10,000 comics all over - I had traded my DC collection in for missing Marvels to try to complete that collection, but since I had so many and I had just gotten out of the Army I just could not take them with me all over. I ended up selling an almost complete Marvel Collection in mint condition for 600.00 :( I suppose I will never ever be able to replace them.

[@513Jimmy]

it would be amazing if Key Collector Comics teamed up with Mile High -- boy that would be an awesome marriage!

[@comiccollectionagency7581]

Chuck would most definitely put a ring on it and get hitched with Nick

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

Well done...very well done. I deal in collectibles myself (not necessarily comic books..but comic related and very often comic art) and I love a good "deal" story. Yeah...I've been there...but somehow you work your way out of it and it pays off in the long run. I"m pretty sure I know at 3 to 4 of those Brooklyn dealers...as do most people in the business probably do. This is worth a movie.

[@geekouttherapy7788]

Wow Nick, this was awesome! Well done.

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Geek Out Therapy thank you

[@rhmidwestcomics]

This was fantastic.

[@513Jimmy]

Nick the nob -- awesome Narration -- I think you should do Jim Comics story next :)

[@kioskshaman]

Those 1971 Third Eye greeting cards are so great. If Chuck got 60K of these cards, that's 2500 complete sets of 24 if they were in sets. In 2023 these sets sell for 500-2000 dollars. The average single card sells for over 25 dollars on eBay: 60K x 25 = 1.5 million in Marvel greeting cards!

[@ChrisNM]

Now that is truly a great story

[@David-sw3on]

Ok your video is just killing me!...I'm drooling with such envy looking at your haul in amazement thinking...What The F***!!!! Very awesome..thanks for sharing!👍😉🇨🇦

[@walterroux291]

This was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed. Nice one Nick.

[@SAVikingSA]

The fact that you felt the need to explain what mail order was hurts my soul. I guess we all get old. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Sorry, Tennessee!

[@therealEXMO]

Awesome narrative of your story.

[@metsrus]

Those old comics are worth a fortune nowadays. What percentage of that purchase do you have left today?

[@ether4153]

Amazing story. Thank you for sharing!

[@ai-uc8pg]

This was awesome to hear

[@roybal1975]

DAMN WHAT ID GIVE TO GO TO THAT SHOP!!!

[@RobRVA]

What is the source for this story? I don't see it on Chucks blog. My grandmother used to get those unsold comics for me with the top of the cover ripped off when she worked at Woolworths in Richmond way back in the day.

[@johnclinete6193]

Guns, gold, cars all I'm interested in had old comics from 1961 they never sold classics illustrated, mad magazine. Mad might be worth something now but they are long gone!

[@BigC-llectablesVeveNFT]

Holy moly this was really good. Like really good!

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Thank you!

[@michaelparylak5649]

Wow! What a story. Giving the details of story it's highly unlikely but what I would be curious to know is if you ended up with even one copy of any of the horror comics that were popular prior to 1954.

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Michael sorry I can't answer that, I only narrated the story. You would have to reach out to Chuck Rozanski directly on Facebook to get the answer.

[@michaelparylak5649]

@@KeyCollectorComics thanks.

[@horrorbreakdown]

Great story and great commentary!

[@marklotinga]

What a superb video and one helluva story, I was unaware of this deal before now, as some others have said, would make for a great film.

[@joshbolton5624]

Comic book heaven! Honestly I would have taken that bump too tho! Lol

[@whompmaster]

I think they should make a movie out of this story.

[@coolbombprime986]

this could be a movie

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Thank you!

[@marcelbrilman2994]

A tale before bed!! Sweet

[@jamesgallegos2803]

That is a story for the comic history archives!

[@JimboBrown]

Great Story!!

[@xrpizzle]

Movie for sure

[@tonytothe8544]

Great story! Really enjoyed it!

[@danielvila4966]

Thank you so much... Inspiring!

[@chrisbaker8533]

good story, good narrator.

[@stoneyneff8555]

I used to shop at the store on south Broadway.....pretty cool

[@iskandertime747]

The Edgar Church story is crazy as well, look it up online.

[@KeyCollectorComics]

I have. Thinking about doing that one as well. Cant have II without I right?

[@thegoodybarn9060]

I wish pictures existed of this warehouse find

[@Airmagik]

Love comics and I have around 5k now but I'm thinking about selling them. I've done about 4 moves with them and don't look forward to another lol

[@lacoleccionperfecto]

This is the greatest story of glory in the history of life.

[@Raffienco]

240k in 1985 is 600k in 2021 according to the inflation calculator.

[@jameslynn7271]

The still shot of the ware house you are using. That is a military warehouse. Those are 463L air load pallets with what appears to be human remains transfer cases loaded on board. Just FYI.

[@KeyCollectorComics]

The warehouse images were the hardest to find. Haha. Thanks for the info

[@rajiemseabrook347]

Great job as is your norm, do more videos and narration

[@timmarshall2062]

awesome story thank you

[@annikkikate7466]

Super nice comic books!

[@skywalker01974]

Um how does one " pretend " to do cocaine ?

[@snooks5607]

assuming it's off the back of your hand, easy, bring it up to your nose and move your head back?

[@hoovervlog6176]

Awesome

[@MemeKing44]

excellent video, loved your story telling skills and everything so much! could have been longer imo. just one question, what was the disgusting porn? kiddie, snuff, beastiality? i mean i know you were hestiant to say, but the build up was huge, and you just left us with a huge cliff hanger there, and i felt a little let down. It was clear to us, that 1, you asked permission from the guy, and parties, and 2, you wanted to keep this real PG. So in order to not implicate yourself, you said you "faked sniffing coke" and left the juicy dirt out of the big cliffhanger. We know you did the coke, lolz, who wouldnt? But i understand your hesitance. That old weird man sounded like a huge creep. I think we have all met a guy like that. 60 looking like hes 80, dirty and smelly. Rich, but must scrape by on a measly 2k for scraps and such, so basically poor. One caveat, i guess you could have added to the deal, was make the amount less, and pay it to him, say like 20k or so.. that way he wouldnt have felt screwed. He was infact the middle man, and therefore did deserve a cut, but it was sad how he got screwed. in the end, he got the free comics from you, which was nice. Any spoilers into the values of what you sent him? Also i was hoping to hear about what were the top 10 highest value comics you got from there. thanks again man cheers!

[@rajiemseabrook347]

Brilliant

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Thank you Rajiem

[@girliboi]

"i 'pretended' to take a hit of cocaine".. . sure, jan

[@stefanosprokopis6974]

So did you read all of them?

[@9odmillz65]

That key and that white stuff yup I know 💀

[@RobRVA]

If you didn't report the vile stuff to the authorities that's pretty shady by the way.

[@ramvat9247]

Dont have a problem with mile high comics and did liked the story and I have purchased a lot of comics from there in the past $1000s and 1000s and 1000s of dollars, but he has his comics so high and way way over priced, way more than market value.

[@neepo7951]

Kinda sense that..I'm mean he was mad about $500 he got ripped off on after he just profited over 10 million dollars from some broke mafia con trying to make a quick buck after he gets released from prison

[@MrJeorgelee]

Big risks = big gains (sometimes)

[@bigjax731]

Wow

[@69digs59]

Is this another one of those cases of a jouuu with $50 who got his big break 3 years later after purchasing his THIRD factory and hitting the big time?? You know what I mean?

[@1969bosshog]

Lucky skunk. I'm just glad those books weren't destroyed by rats or water. I feel bad for the father who collected his whole life and his son was a crackhead who gave away his fortune for pennies on the dollar. What a total waste of a life collecting comics. Sad.

[@Amadou06]

Wow nice

[@patrickmel8728]

First! Do more vids my man

[@secretsquirrel6718]

Have you read them all yet?

[@jay-jose9952]

Who DOESN'T snort with gusto?

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Haha...its one of the few requirements

[@steveirvinejr1672]

$5000000 then force to sell ?

[@caedmonv55]

Wait, he says he was having to sell off his best, earliest comics because he had virtually no inventory and couldn't keep the business going, then later he says he had already made deals for 500,000, sometimes a million comics? Which is it? Wow, I like this fleecing jerk even less now.

[@craigmarshall3386]

I remembered a warehouse in Brooklyn that was selling comics. That's a cool story 😎

[@willcaban5011]

Its still open and its still great !

[@A1441]

This is hands down the most incredible comic book hoard in the history of comics. What a tale!

[@SHORYU616]

I'm so curious to know what that "image" he stumbled across in the warehouse was. But I'm also afraid to know.

[@chi-tn]

Probably something common now on the internet.

[@robmartin7657]

I just assumed like, some sort of underage stuff. Seemed clear. I wasn't clear though on if he reported whatever it was he found.

[@dancalmpeaceful3903]

@@robmartin7657 I agree.....I"m almost positive of that..UNLESS Chuck had seen a future so DIGUSTING AND SO horrendous..which the only thing I can think of worse is that is a photo of Hillary Clinton winning the presidency....

[@contour157]

@@robmartin7657 or snuff or bestiality..

[@dogguy8603]

@@dancalmpeaceful3903 you do know Chuck is super woke right?

[@AgentOroko]

Holy ****!! That is am AMAZING tale!! Personally I would not have sent the 2 copies to that guy until he paid first. Yeah it was in a contract and he was ready to fulfill his end of it, but if the other party didn't cover the shipping that was on them. I would have kept and sold those extra issues. That's me though.

[@BlueWingedRino]

Plus you know his kids never saw those comics.

[@skeletonshorror5184]

Same here, never ship anything until the check clears! 💀🔥

[@peterporker7803]

That was great watched the whole video what a amazing deal.

[@rubennieves8248]

Dude this is an awesome story I love learning about any kind of comic book history

[@StraitTalkMedia]

Great commentary enjoyed the story. You need a job on audiobooks. I also enjoy your app. All I have to do now is wait on that million comic book call. Great job.

[@KeyCollectorComics]

Willie Survive thank you willie

[@skeletonshorror5184]

You never know, Chuck might sell you MHC someday! 💀🔥

[@markherman1211]

Mile High is a neat place to visit, but it's a MASSIVELY overpriced novelty.

[@djwaters22]

Yeah their prices are insaneeee

[@elvibora3965]

What did chuck see in that warehhouse? Must be something really horrible.

[@Linux1972]

Ya, I'm curious now what that was...lol.

[@myth3516]

Maybe photos of kids. Makes me sick just hearing about it