Sell your comics
in Hull.

Right on my doorstep

Hull did its turn as UK City of Culture in 2017 and has been quietly proud of itself ever since. It is a city with its own way of doing things, right down to the cream telephone boxes, the only place in the country that ran its own phone network. The Deep pulls in getting on for half a million visitors a year, the Humber Bridge still takes the breath, and the place gave the world William Wilberforce and thirty years of Philip Larkin. It has a real fan scene too, its own comic con at Princes Quay. A proper city means plenty of collections, and I will happily make the trip for the right one.

Around two hours from Teesside, but Hull is well worth the drive when a real collection turns up.

How it works in Hull

1. Send photos. Covers and spines are enough to start. If it is a full collection, a photo of each box and a few close-ups of anything you think might matter.
2. I go through them properly. You get an itemised view rather than one number for everything, so you can see which comics carry the value and which do not.
3. You decide. No pressure, no obligation, and no hard feelings if you would rather sell elsewhere or keep them.
4. I collect and pay. Free collection, and payment on the day rather than when something eventually sells.

What I am looking for in Hull

Marvel and DC from the 1960s through to the 1990s, key first appearances, complete runs, independent titles and horror. I will also take the ordinary boxes alongside the good stuff, because leaving somebody with four boxes of comics nobody wants is not much of a service.

Not sure whether yours are the ones that matter? The comic values section goes through the most commonly asked about issues, honestly.

Why sell to me rather than a general dealer

Most house clearance firms and general second hand dealers price comics by the box, because they have no way to tell a valuable issue from a common one. That is fine for them and expensive for you. I read these, I sell them, and I know the difference between a first printing and a reprint, and between a newsstand copy and a direct edition.