A few years ago, when I worked at another comic book store, a mom and her son came in wanting to know what would be a good investment for her son comic wise. I gave her the advice I mentioned earlier. Her son took my suggestion and picked up Ultimate Spider-man #1 (the white variant cover). I hope he took care of it.

Also, last year, a semi-regular came in and asked me how much Detective Comics #2 was worth. His friend's dad had given his friend a copy to read. For the record, he was maybe 14 and he, his friend, and his friend's dad had no idea how much it was worth. From his description, it was mint. I was honest and told him it was worth about 20 grand. He later told me they sold it on eBay for about 20 grand.

Now, I know there are a bunch of collectors who are about to jump out of a building after reading this but before you do, remember the moral of these two stories. Both of these individuals weren't concerned about the monetary value of the comic. They both were interested in the reading value of the comic. Okay, somebody should probably have smacked the dad for letting his son read a first edition copy of Detective Comics #2, but no harm was done so...

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