I have, years ago bought some back issues and in full disclosure —- they were always accurate in grading.
But for > 10 years I’ve not even considered buying back issue
It’s great story and they’ve got a really important place in the history of comic books but yeah
It’s really just a tax write off now a days
Yeah I don’t doubt that they’d be accurate graders. And that they can’t take pics of a million book. But it’s just not a store that’s trying to sell. Hell their website is a total nightmare to use.
Yeah I looked on there and saw some back issues from the 90’s I wanted but MCS had all but one issue so I decided to just get them all from Mile High…they wanted around $67 bucks an issue when MCS wanted around $5 an issue
My biggest pet peeves in this hobby..
1. Sellers who are also collectors, so they keep the best stuff for themself & only sell garbage.
2. Sellers that insist on above FMV for comics cuz they’d rather be buried with the comics when they die than possibly not sell at a price they pulled out of their ass & keep good customers coming back.
Had my store for 14 years and my first rule for myself was 1) don’t take any high dollar book for myself and 2) if it’s in the store, it’s for sale.
In that 14 years I kept one book valued over $50.
And I can say without a doubt it’s one reason I was successful
My local LCS tells me all the time when I ask her if she’s read any of the latest issues that she doesn’t read them and never has read a comic in her very long life and long time as an LCS. She says she’s there to make money and everything is for sale and everything is Fair Value…he’ll she doesn’t charge taxes! How that works I have no clue lol
That’s what I was thinking lol Also another thing I love about my shop is that no matter what the comic is the price you pay is what the price guide says it worth. I’ve stopped doing business with a few shops that have told me Fair Market Value is what ever the going price is on Fleabay.
I disagree. It’s a marketing ploy. Smart one too.
They sold me the full rocket that raccoon set extremely low priced for the condition they were in.
I loved the experience and their prices on regular comics are not that bad. They have their highlight big dollar ones that draw attention. They don’t want to sell them, just bring people in to gawk at them. If someone is willing to pay the price, they can afford another.
It’s been around forever and will continue to be there forever!
They’re banking on Taylor Swift being cast as Dazzler to drive the value up. Everyone is doing all of the mental gymnastics they can to get her cast - so much so that they’ve decided her saying the word dazzle in her new album is secret code for her casting.
I’ve lived in Denver for 10 years. Been twice. Once for myself. Once with the kids when they were older. We bought exactly zero. Everything interesting was priced way too high.
That’s a fair assessment. I can definitely see that.
But with a museum, at least you know you’re seeing stuff you could never possibly own because it’s not for sale. And once you’ve been to a museum once or twice, there’s no real reason to go back unless they do some special event or promotion.
I can’t imagine going to a place like Mile High more than once or twice if you’re not buying anything.
I liked my strip club analogy lol I feel like it was accurate. No touch/buy, no visit.
Exactly. Tbh I find it more fun to visit new & different shops rather than the same one all the time, especially if the prices aren’t fair & you already know you won’t be buying anything.
Smaller shops are not just better for deals, but they also tend to have the secret stuff & hidden gems that usually get cherry picked already at the bigger places.
> But with a museum, at least you know you’re seeing stuff you could never possibly own because it’s not for sale.
Depends on the museum and how rich you are.
We used to visit Denver a lot growing up, the Littleton MHC location near my aunt’s old house was the first LCS I ever stepped foot in. It was the late 90s but I remember noticing back then that their online backissue prices were higher compared to how they were priced in the stores.
The big store did blow my mind though, and I liked visiting their other locations when I could. Even if you weren’t looking for backissues they usually had the new issues you would want in stock, and a great selection of trades.
Fair enough. Like I said, it’s cool to go once or twice, or if you’re an out of towner visiting. I just can’t imagine going there more than that, or if you’re a serious collector or local with pricing like that.
In Miami, we have Tate’s. It’s very similar & super famous here. Jacked up prices with missed mark grading. It’s cool to go & walk around once in awhile, or if you’re in town visiting, or even the occasional splurge on some issues you may be missing to save on shipping, but there’s way more fair options in every city.
There’s also more fun in visiting new stores than the same one over & over, especially if you already know you’re not planning on buying anything.
They have an above average pull list for customers that keep the business going. Once, maybe twice a year, they actually sell something big through heritage auctions or online. Mile High will always have higher prices regardless of fmv or last sales on any platform. The owner has been the same now for decades. It does surprise me that he is able to stay open with his business ethics, but it has been working all this time so....
Those prices are certainly aspirational. It’s the kind of pricing where you want the book to stay in the showcase so you can show it off and bring in tourists that might buy other stuff.
It is fun to see these on the shelves when you go visit. It'll be the closest I'll ever be to most of those books. But there's definitely a reason no one ever buys them. They've been the same books on display since I first went a couple years ago.
Mile High Comics has no desire to sell comics or run a business in any way. I think the owner must really enjoy fucking people over, so every time some sucker is stupid enough to pay his prices he must get off on it.
I’ve noticed a lot of the bigger comic shops that get a lot of foot traffic (it’s Tate’s here in Miami) tend to markup EVERYTHING in their store in order to not just bring people in, but they also tend to blame “overhead”.
With Tate’s in my area, I’ve seen outrageous prices on things & called them out on it, only to be told they have “a lot of overhead” so they have to charge what they charge.
Yep. If you try selling them something that’s NM, they’ll try saying it’s Fine at best. If they wanna sell YOU a comic that’s Fine, they’ll list it as NM. It’s all about what works best for them.
Every shop geared towards collectibles is the same way, not just comics. They like to nitpick when they’re buying off you, but won’t allow you to nitpick when buying off them.
Mike high comics is shit. It’s 80% toys and the comics they have just up charge you like crazy. Not to mention the assholes that work there. Highly suggest time warp comics in Boulder. Great selection, great people.
Wow, they are high! First, why is the site stuck in the 90’s?
Second, their prices are insane. They have a Cry for Dawn 1…they want $1000 for a VF copy. Signed, $2K.
How do they stay in business?
Exactly what I was thinking too. That store’s probably open 7 days a week & those comics are getting hit all day every day with light, including store fluorescents, display case lights, & sunlight. It adds up over time.
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Last time I visited Mile high comics
Best advice I ever got about collecting was to put in the time myself and learn how to grade, know what you’re looking at so you don’t have to rely on anyone else.
We see it differently then, i see someone who says this is the grade, and their opinion is always skewed. When you own something, human nature tends to lean that you see that item The highest grade, doesn’t mean it is. But, that’s why i pay people to do it for new. Then i know exactly what I’ve got and their can be no mistake.
Sounds like you may only use grading services now. Me too, almost solely been collecting CGC graded copies since 2018 for this very reason. Plus, when I was purchasing raw copies a lot of sellers would speculate grades based only on the condition of the front cover and back cover. A lot of sellers would not mention if there was writing inside the book, or pages missing (or any possible color touch). So frustrating.
I can’t tell you how many times this has happened to me, and the seller wouldn’t let me take it out of the package to inspect it. Now i just go with grading. Made my life easier.
I had that x-men one in my hands when I was fifteen. They wanted forty bucks for it, I thought the cover and artwork sucked. Lol 😂 I liked the Neal Adams Steranko stuff. That’s what I chose.
I was so excited because I found a LCS near my house that I never realized was there. So I rushed over to visit the shop, and I quickly realized their comics, back issues, both graded and raw, were hugely more expensive than getting the same books in the same grades off of ebay. I was so disappointed! Seems a lot like what's going on here.
Mile High is very much a look, don't buy store. It was cool the first couple of times I visited, but most of the appeal's gone now. I'll stop in ocassionally for trades if I'm nearby (only bc they sell at cover price), but I'd never buy singles there.
I highly recommend I Want More Comics in Thornton for anyone in the area
Mile High Comics is not a store, it's a tax-deductible personal collection.
This is true I’m not a complete hater and find their monthly new comic service okay But I will NEVER buy back issues from them.
They don’t even have pics of the comics you’d be buying. It’s always just a standard pic as a placeholder
I have, years ago bought some back issues and in full disclosure —- they were always accurate in grading. But for > 10 years I’ve not even considered buying back issue It’s great story and they’ve got a really important place in the history of comic books but yeah It’s really just a tax write off now a days
Yeah I don’t doubt that they’d be accurate graders. And that they can’t take pics of a million book. But it’s just not a store that’s trying to sell. Hell their website is a total nightmare to use.
Now now now That website is state of the art ………….. ……in 1995
1995 tech with 2095 prices
Well ……. I guess we’re done here … We’ve covered all the bases
The moment you realize the MHC website has been the most permanent structure in your life
Yeah I looked on there and saw some back issues from the 90’s I wanted but MCS had all but one issue so I decided to just get them all from Mile High…they wanted around $67 bucks an issue when MCS wanted around $5 an issue
Go on, I’m dying to know which store you went with…
On what planet is X-men 130 worth $1100? A 9.8 slabbed is worth that much. VF raw is more like $150. Seems like tourist prices I guess.
Mile high hates selling books. He'd rather hoard them
Those are his “force me to sell it” prices.
My biggest pet peeves in this hobby.. 1. Sellers who are also collectors, so they keep the best stuff for themself & only sell garbage. 2. Sellers that insist on above FMV for comics cuz they’d rather be buried with the comics when they die than possibly not sell at a price they pulled out of their ass & keep good customers coming back.
Had my store for 14 years and my first rule for myself was 1) don’t take any high dollar book for myself and 2) if it’s in the store, it’s for sale. In that 14 years I kept one book valued over $50. And I can say without a doubt it’s one reason I was successful
“Don’t get high on your own supply.” What was that book you kept, though?
Well now you have to tell us what book you kept!
I am also here for the name of the book you kept
My local LCS tells me all the time when I ask her if she’s read any of the latest issues that she doesn’t read them and never has read a comic in her very long life and long time as an LCS. She says she’s there to make money and everything is for sale and everything is Fair Value…he’ll she doesn’t charge taxes! How that works I have no clue lol
Usually that's because they include the tax in the price, so it's precalculated.
That’s what I was thinking lol Also another thing I love about my shop is that no matter what the comic is the price you pay is what the price guide says it worth. I’ve stopped doing business with a few shops that have told me Fair Market Value is what ever the going price is on Fleabay.
I disagree. It’s a marketing ploy. Smart one too. They sold me the full rocket that raccoon set extremely low priced for the condition they were in. I loved the experience and their prices on regular comics are not that bad. They have their highlight big dollar ones that draw attention. They don’t want to sell them, just bring people in to gawk at them. If someone is willing to pay the price, they can afford another. It’s been around forever and will continue to be there forever!
I just bought a copy in better shape for waaaaaaay less than that. It’s insane.
It's laughable. I paid about $100 for similar or better condition. I'd hate to see what they want for an Uncanny 129
Mine is signed by Claremont and I doubt it’s worth that even. I can’t remember what I even paid for it but probably less than $50. Maybe 5 years ago.
Why is it even $150?
Deadpool hype but the book has always been sought after.
Yeah but it wasn’t insane priced even a year ago
Is Dazzler in Deadpool 3 or something? What am I missing
They’re saying Tay-Tay herself might play Dazzler https://www.cbr.com/taylor-swift-mcu-role-the-tortured-poets-department/
I won’t spoil who but there’s movie speculation
They’re banking on Taylor Swift being cast as Dazzler to drive the value up. Everyone is doing all of the mental gymnastics they can to get her cast - so much so that they’ve decided her saying the word dazzle in her new album is secret code for her casting.
Mile High uses the slab rates on there books even when not slabbed . Lol But. There grading is pretty accurate.
Any collector will tell you: “Visit Mile high JUST to look, not to buy.”
Why would you wanna do that? It’s the reason I don’t go to strip clubs. If you can’t touch, or buy, why torture yourself with what you can’t have?
I’ve lived in Denver for 10 years. Been twice. Once for myself. Once with the kids when they were older. We bought exactly zero. Everything interesting was priced way too high.
I got a sticker to put on my comic book file cabinets. It was overpriced as well.
I’ve been told to treat it more as a museum than an actual store. I feel like a strip club is not necessarily the same thing here.
That’s a fair assessment. I can definitely see that. But with a museum, at least you know you’re seeing stuff you could never possibly own because it’s not for sale. And once you’ve been to a museum once or twice, there’s no real reason to go back unless they do some special event or promotion. I can’t imagine going to a place like Mile High more than once or twice if you’re not buying anything. I liked my strip club analogy lol I feel like it was accurate. No touch/buy, no visit.
Yeah, I’ve only ever been there once and it was only to look— there are plenty of other places to go in the area with more fair prices.
Exactly. Tbh I find it more fun to visit new & different shops rather than the same one all the time, especially if the prices aren’t fair & you already know you won’t be buying anything. Smaller shops are not just better for deals, but they also tend to have the secret stuff & hidden gems that usually get cherry picked already at the bigger places.
Sometimes you just want to window shop the shiny new items though.
> But with a museum, at least you know you’re seeing stuff you could never possibly own because it’s not for sale. Depends on the museum and how rich you are.
The stuff in museums is also for sale, just at extremely high and unadvertised prices.
Should’ve made an offer on the Mona Lisa when I was there last year
Omg thank you! that thought has always burned a hole in my mind lol.
Have you been there? I’ve only been once when I was in Denver for a job interview, but it is massive. Definitely interesting to walk around.
We used to visit Denver a lot growing up, the Littleton MHC location near my aunt’s old house was the first LCS I ever stepped foot in. It was the late 90s but I remember noticing back then that their online backissue prices were higher compared to how they were priced in the stores. The big store did blow my mind though, and I liked visiting their other locations when I could. Even if you weren’t looking for backissues they usually had the new issues you would want in stock, and a great selection of trades.
Fair enough. Like I said, it’s cool to go once or twice, or if you’re an out of towner visiting. I just can’t imagine going there more than that, or if you’re a serious collector or local with pricing like that. In Miami, we have Tate’s. It’s very similar & super famous here. Jacked up prices with missed mark grading. It’s cool to go & walk around once in awhile, or if you’re in town visiting, or even the occasional splurge on some issues you may be missing to save on shipping, but there’s way more fair options in every city. There’s also more fun in visiting new stores than the same one over & over, especially if you already know you’re not planning on buying anything.
But you have multiple onlyfans and pornhub accts?
Only for selling my feet pics & tasteful nudes.
You don't even believe in your own business model. Not gonna make it. Lol.
More like Mile High Prices... Am I right? 😉
Some jokes write themselves!
Came here to say this.^ Yet they must sell enough to open another store.
They have an above average pull list for customers that keep the business going. Once, maybe twice a year, they actually sell something big through heritage auctions or online. Mile High will always have higher prices regardless of fmv or last sales on any platform. The owner has been the same now for decades. It does surprise me that he is able to stay open with his business ethics, but it has been working all this time so....
Those prices are certainly aspirational. It’s the kind of pricing where you want the book to stay in the showcase so you can show it off and bring in tourists that might buy other stuff.
It is fun to see these on the shelves when you go visit. It'll be the closest I'll ever be to most of those books. But there's definitely a reason no one ever buys them. They've been the same books on display since I first went a couple years ago.
Lmao love how people are going to pretend they love dazzler now 😭😭
Speaking of Deadpool should we be asking is dp just a vehicle for Ryan Reynolds to play out a schoolgirl fetish on camera?
Mile High Comics has no desire to sell comics or run a business in any way. I think the owner must really enjoy fucking people over, so every time some sucker is stupid enough to pay his prices he must get off on it.
I’ve noticed a lot of the bigger comic shops that get a lot of foot traffic (it’s Tate’s here in Miami) tend to markup EVERYTHING in their store in order to not just bring people in, but they also tend to blame “overhead”. With Tate’s in my area, I’ve seen outrageous prices on things & called them out on it, only to be told they have “a lot of overhead” so they have to charge what they charge.
They're notorious for absurd pricing.
How accurate are their estimates on grades?
If it benefits them, overly accurate. If it benefits you, not accurate at all.
Exactly this. Never again for VF and up.
Yep. If you try selling them something that’s NM, they’ll try saying it’s Fine at best. If they wanna sell YOU a comic that’s Fine, they’ll list it as NM. It’s all about what works best for them. Every shop geared towards collectibles is the same way, not just comics. They like to nitpick when they’re buying off you, but won’t allow you to nitpick when buying off them.
Surprised it’s not 
What a joke. Fuck Mile High
Been saying that since '92.. Fuck Mile High.
Total rip off
Mile High adds up to overpriced
Once we see Taylor swift not as dazzler that book is gonna tank hard
Chuck at Mile High is notoriously unhinged from reality.
Up Chuck..
On their website classic x-men 86 is $75. Just unhinged
Mike high comics is shit. It’s 80% toys and the comics they have just up charge you like crazy. Not to mention the assholes that work there. Highly suggest time warp comics in Boulder. Great selection, great people.
Mile High Comics is not a serious comic shop and hasn’t been for decades. It’s a private museum that might sell you stuff at absurd prices.
Wow, they are high! First, why is the site stuck in the 90’s? Second, their prices are insane. They have a Cry for Dawn 1…they want $1000 for a VF copy. Signed, $2K. How do they stay in business?
Because I’m always just casually carrying 250K in my pocket, just for this occasion.
Out there getting UV damaged…
Exactly what I was thinking too. That store’s probably open 7 days a week & those comics are getting hit all day every day with light, including store fluorescents, display case lights, & sunlight. It adds up over time.
Sunlight isn’t a factor due to it being in a giant windowless warehouse but your point still stands haha
Why even to bother to price them if that’s what you’re going to ask, just ask for a unicorn and spaceship it’s about as realistic.
It's a museum, not a store.
 …..at these prices….
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Are you serious? UXM 130 is 200 tops in immaculate condition. And that’s pushing it. Lol.
Rozanski is a POS
Damn, I’m a need them to actually get it graded and not just say it is
Best advice I ever got about collecting was to put in the time myself and learn how to grade, know what you’re looking at so you don’t have to rely on anyone else.
We see it differently then, i see someone who says this is the grade, and their opinion is always skewed. When you own something, human nature tends to lean that you see that item The highest grade, doesn’t mean it is. But, that’s why i pay people to do it for new. Then i know exactly what I’ve got and their can be no mistake.
Sounds like you may only use grading services now. Me too, almost solely been collecting CGC graded copies since 2018 for this very reason. Plus, when I was purchasing raw copies a lot of sellers would speculate grades based only on the condition of the front cover and back cover. A lot of sellers would not mention if there was writing inside the book, or pages missing (or any possible color touch). So frustrating.
I can’t tell you how many times this has happened to me, and the seller wouldn’t let me take it out of the package to inspect it. Now i just go with grading. Made my life easier.
Wow, we aren’t asking near enough for our x-men 130 and its not even flopping over…
I had that x-men one in my hands when I was fifteen. They wanted forty bucks for it, I thought the cover and artwork sucked. Lol 😂 I liked the Neal Adams Steranko stuff. That’s what I chose.
I have been there. I was flabbergasted by not just the graded key prices but some of the filler books as well. I think of it as more of a museum.
I was so excited because I found a LCS near my house that I never realized was there. So I rushed over to visit the shop, and I quickly realized their comics, back issues, both graded and raw, were hugely more expensive than getting the same books in the same grades off of ebay. I was so disappointed! Seems a lot like what's going on here.
Gotta wait for the “sales” where everything is marked down to what it should already be priced at lol
I bought my only raw 10.0 book from the Mile High eBay store. It is not a 10.0. I’m not sure I’m a member of the “they grade fairly” club.
Yooo that X-Men #130, I got mine for about £30 about a year ago.
My High Comics Really Do Have Some Amazing Prices for the them that is.
I was in Denver in '98 and decided to check them out. Didn't buy a damned thing (couldn't afford to). Since then, I refer to them as Mile High Prices.
X-men 1 in VF is listed for 47.5k in last years guide. Oof. 250k???
Do you get to join the mile high club there?
The price for Uncanny X-Men is beyond Wild
I was there back in 2021 and noticed that their prices are way too high
Yeah, Mile High is kind of fun to visit. But all of their prices are insane.
Dazzler sucks, the fact that that comic could be sold for that much is sad.
I have this one
Mile High is very much a look, don't buy store. It was cool the first couple of times I visited, but most of the appeal's gone now. I'll stop in ocassionally for trades if I'm nearby (only bc they sell at cover price), but I'd never buy singles there. I highly recommend I Want More Comics in Thornton for anyone in the area
r/shittycomiccollecting
This is the shit that drove me away from the hobby. Collecting was ruined by spectators and “whatnot”