Okay, this absolutely doesn't count since, at the time, literally nobody knew how valuable those comics were going to become. If it were someone in modern times willfully destroying Action Comics #1, then yea, be upset, but kids who thought they were only worth a dime wouldn't know better so there's no use getting upset about it now.
Scott. I enjoyed your video, as usual. But tearing up a issue of Action Comics #1, Superman's first appearance?! But who would have known it would be worth a lot of money years later? The same could be said for Superman #1, which came out a year later in 1939! Even if I could locate these two classic Superman Comics, I couldn't afford them with my income. I'll settle for a reprint!😂😄
@@michaelhughes8057 In Superman #1 the back cover (which had a splash picture of Superman) was designed to be cut out and framed, The newest DC Anniversary reprint of Superman #1 has this announcement encouraging fans to do this to their comic, I always wonder just how many fans back then actually did this?
Because at the time the comic wasn't really worth anything. It's like asking why anyone sold an ounce of gold for $38 in 1970 when you can get almost $1300 now. Also the only reason those comics are worth so much is because people didn't keep them making one rear today.
At the time it was not priceless. It was just another form of cheap entertainment for children. There was no way to predict that in the future there would be people obsessed enough to pay millions of dollars for a 5 or 10 cent comic book.
Honestly back in the day I doubt anyone would have known superman was going to become such a huge part of comics as we know it. Besides comics are for having fun so I'd feel like having a pristine comic would kinda suck. Granted most are reprinted by now anyways but I buy comics to read them so I'd just be miserable to be like "oh I'll keep this in its sleeve forever because it might be worth something one day" it's like buying a bike and never riding it
We cringe at it, but when you consider that tearing out a page is one of the reasons that a complete Action Comics #1 IS the most expensive comic book, I suppose we could thank them?
“So what would you do if you had a time machine?” Action comics No. 1. I would go to the day Action Comics No. 1 was released, and buy a copy and come back. And then, because the book wouldnt have aged about 80 years, it would be in pristine condition. Then all my friends would be jealous of me. Like if you agree
jacob benaim I suspect by doing that you'd have set off a butterfly effect chain of events. Your friends and civilization as you knew it would be gone!
If you had a time machine you would do this with it!! Funny and sad at the same time. Edit- While you are back there, please tell these dead nerds NOT to ruin their comic books and put them in a vault for their future families. Buy 100's of copies and flood the market and make it worth much less! Everyone loses! Time travel always ruins the time continuum! At worse you would end up back in some strange place that would not be the time line which you left from.
To be fair though, people in 1930s back then didn't knew the importance & value of these comics now. We can talk like this because its now. But back then, who knew superman would be so popular? It could end up in one of the pages of the regrettable superheroes book. The people back then didn't think it would be a piece of history in 70 years or something. But, because of all the circumstances in the following decades, the war, the popularity, etc, it becomes a piece of history we all know today. But, when its just an action comics no. 1, its just a usual thing for them & us. What if we still have many millions of action comics no 1 today? Well, it wouldn't be like the death of superman case, but it would be nowhere near as valuable as we precieve now.
What I want to know is how much would a dollar from the 1930s-40s be worth today? Not the money conversion but an actually dollar bill printed from that time any know.
Love you guys Nerrdsync, interesting history. My dad has similar stories, like how when he was little his grandma got him the empty box the year star wars came out, but sent it back to the store after finding out there were no toys in it. He also got a chewie with green arms that christmas, and right after boxing day traded it in for a regular one. He did keep all his star wars toys' packaging though, till he moved out and his mom, while trying to help, threw them all out. My dad also had the entire 123 run of Marvel's star wars comics back in the day, but most were destroyed when his little brother came along. Millions potentially, flushed away. But he has no regrets; my dad always said the joy he got out of his toys, and then watching me get the same joy out of them, was worth all the money in the world.
That "Original Comic Book Nerds" Was a really nice way of giving those people a good reputation instead of the bad one they will probably still get with some people, those guys are the original fandom and deserve all the respect, thanks for putting it that way ^^
Interesting video, however I don't see the contest as being some big crime against nerddom. No one knew back then that this at the time one off story would be the genesis of comic book superheroes or would be worth what it is worth now, in fact an argument could be made that them destroying their copies helped increase the books eventual value. Since one of the main reasons it's such a rare and expensive find is due to there not being very many copies left out in the world.
Whenever I see someone bemoaning throwing away, recycling, using, reusing, whatever something long long ago, I always feel compelled to point out that what is valuable now wasn't then and the very fact they did this makes it valuable and rare. Kids from the 30s probably would have traded, given away, or lost their comics by the time they came to adulthood and the comic was worth something, so the fact they drew on it and possibly gained some small bit of pleasure from sending it off to the publisher is not something I lose any sleep over.
Scott, a while ago I was listening to one of your amazing podcasts and you joked about Superman coming back from the dead by the power of orange juice. The joke was superman was gonna be sponsored by orange juice. But a similar character came to my mine and his name is captain citrus! I encourage you to look up the character because it's kinda funny! Thanks for all the awesome videos and podcasts!
Hey Nerd sync Subbed recently and binge watched your vids from the beginning vids and just wanted to say that I love your channel In one of your old vids you said you wanted to have a conversation with fans and I wanted to ask you a question I have 8 comics so far (Amazing Spiderman #1, Astonishing Ant Man 1-3, New avengers 1, Hal Jordan and the lantern corps 1, evil Deadpool 1 and avengers Ultron revolution 2) and wanted to know: How do you get into series and how do you grow a massive collection of comics THAT YOU LOVE Wanted to ask the best please reply and love the vids
Hey Scott I've got a question about the fantastic four issue one. Is the original print of mr fantastic wearing pink or blue because I've seen the original copy and he is wearing pink. Please tell me!!!!
This only means that a copy without the last page doesn't just represent an important event of comic history, but it also reflects what the entertainment industry was like back then, with comics being a great part of it and having participation from the fans That also means that the one without a last page is more valuable because is genuine and one of the earlier ones to hit stores
Great video Scott. Reading through the Golden Age Superman stuff, and learning the back stories behind these early entries in Superhero history. This is fascinating!
Hindsight is wonderful. No one knew they had potential gold they had a comic which their mom might throw out anyway so why not get some money back? Heck they would get more than the book cost. They could win the money and buy more comics. At the time it was a smart move. Also it was cool to see six girl names to Un-spell the myth comics was a boys medium.
My dad told me he had the first Superman and Batman comics, and when he got too old for that kid stuff he took his comic books out to a ditch and burned them.
I've seen this idea in other kids comics/magazines but it's kind of cool they got them to do it to the actual comic strip. It's just a shame that it happened to _this_ comic out of all of them.
You don't know something is an important historical artefact until people/historians give that value to it. Through them it becomes an valuable part of history. So for the people participating in that contest it didn't have that much meaning.
I don't think I would have done it. Because it contained the end of the story, I'd be losing a piece of the story, and most importantly the end. Anything from my youth that required me to remove something or cut something out, I never did because it just felt wrong. However, although condition would still matter, that comic book would probably not be worth as much if it hadn't included that tear out section.
Awesome video as usual, but I miss your old format. You know, the one's where we actually saw you, not a just a voice from behind the curtain. But still, the content was great, nerd history is the best history.
Carlos Trujillo it should! I sacrificed accuracy for visual clarity so it was clearly the page being ripped out of action comics without giving away the other side before the script it. Good job spotting that, you wonderful nerd!
A couple of corrections My dad had friends with action number one. He still with us at the age of 83. Second action Comic hold for $.10 price was a dollar so that means make it by 10 comics. Average cost of a comic today somewhere around five dollars so the price has a value of close to $50. I expect my no price. :-)
@NerdSync I have a question, that came to me as I was watching Defenders.. Hand Vs Hydra, do they know each other, have fought each other, teamed up or even have spies in each others organization?
At least I can trust Nicolas Cage hasn't tried colouring in and tearing out that page from his copy. Maybe you could do a video each to do with Detective Comics #1 and Sensational Comics #1 if there are interesting tales like this one, Scott. I think DC could get a writer to make a good Crisis-esque tale for Superman in the DC Universe inspired by this occurrence.
going down in history forever as an OG nerd and getting paid $17 at the physical price of the first superman story (which at the time probably didn't cost much) sounds awesome.
I thought you were going to talk about all the comic book bonfires churches held around the country in the mid 1950's during the Red Scare and McCarthyism.
Not sure what you're talking about. My comment was about the 1950's and Christian American communities burning comic books after the Kefauver hearings.
Plot twist! The church runners were actually comic nerds and were trying to inflate the values of their own collections by making everyone else burn their copies! Brilliant!
The cringe is strong with this video, but it's a great one! Although, I imagine that back in those days no one ever suspected those comics would be worth anything obviously. They probably saw it as nothing more valuable than a modern coloring book with a throw away story.
ah my grandfather Refused to destroy his copy and he stored it in pristine condition, he even showed me his copy, He said He was keeping it because he knew lots of people would destroy that comic, So I have a pristine condition one, no I won't sell it, as it's something from my grandparent who passed away years ago, no way I'm selling something he held onto for decades, That's just disrespectful to the effort and time he made to keep it in a condition that makes it look as it did the day he bought it
"So what would you do if you had a time machine?" I will get a scanner, go and procure a copy of Action Comics No., Scan it and put it on the public domain.
Grandpa: Yeah I won a nice big one dollar in that contest, kept the comic as a memento all these years, spent those winnings on the best candy ever. Junior: Grandpa it's worth over 3 million dollars Grandpa (with tears in his eyes): don't remind me Junior...don't remind me
Had they not destroyed these copies there would be that many more available and they would be worth slightly less. This is why many modern comics and toys will never have this kind of value. To many people saving them and creating a surplus.
For something to become valuable and sought after, it must first have a phase of worthlessness where the stock is seen to have no value, usually finding itself in the garbage which eventually adds to the scarcity and rarity in the future. That's why this bird cage lining became a sought after item and those Pop Vinyls are the new Beanie Babies.
How much would an entire supermam comic book set run for at an auction ? My parents won an entire collection from a comic book store around 25-30 yrs ago
From the click-bait title, I thought it was a recent story from people dumb enough to destroy a 3 millions dollars comic... But I really enjoyed the history lesson. Good job as always.
I wonder if any of these people ever saw a copy sell for big money and just felt like killing themselves for doing this. I mean I've had those moments over things that weren't even that big a deal and this is literally a fortune we're talking about. LOL
Okay, this absolutely doesn't count since, at the time, literally nobody knew how valuable those comics were going to become. If it were someone in modern times willfully destroying Action Comics #1, then yea, be upset, but kids who thought they were only worth a dime wouldn't know better so there's no use getting upset about it now.
Dargonhuman not to mention by this point in their life they’d be so old they wouldn’t really be impacted by the money they’d gain from the comic
Scott. I enjoyed your video, as usual. But tearing up a issue of Action Comics #1, Superman's first appearance?! But who would have known it would be worth a lot of money years later? The same could be said for Superman #1, which came out a year later in 1939! Even if I could locate these two classic Superman Comics, I couldn't afford them with my income. I'll settle for a reprint!😂😄
@@michaelhughes8057 In Superman #1 the back cover (which had a splash picture of Superman) was designed to be cut out and framed, The newest DC Anniversary reprint of Superman #1 has this announcement encouraging fans to do this to their comic, I always wonder just how many fans back then actually did this?
I don't know why anyone would destroy a comic. This must be Lex's doing
Diamond Gaming or tyler durden acting against the system
Because at the time the comic wasn't really worth anything. It's like asking why anyone sold an ounce of gold for $38 in 1970 when you can get almost $1300 now. Also the only reason those comics are worth so much is because people didn't keep them making one rear today.
Diamond Gaming OHMYGOD yes
He did steal 40 cakes
systematic101 he wasn't looking for an actual answer
Ah, sweet ignorance, but there's no way they could have known at the time. Man hindsight is a funny thing.
At the time it was not priceless. It was just another form of cheap entertainment for children. There was no way to predict that in the future there would be people obsessed enough to pay millions of dollars for a 5 or 10 cent comic book.
Honestly back in the day I doubt anyone would have known superman was going to become such a huge part of comics as we know it. Besides comics are for having fun so I'd feel like having a pristine comic would kinda suck. Granted most are reprinted by now anyways but I buy comics to read them so I'd just be miserable to be like "oh I'll keep this in its sleeve forever because it might be worth something one day" it's like buying a bike and never riding it
I'd rip out a page of a random comic for 17 dollars
That rip physically hurt me, freaking Jane Smith
We cringe at it, but when you consider that tearing out a page is one of the reasons that a complete Action Comics #1 IS the most expensive comic book, I suppose we could thank them?
“So what would you do if you had a time machine?” Action comics No. 1. I would go to the day Action Comics No. 1 was released, and buy a copy and come back. And then, because the book wouldnt have aged about 80 years, it would be in pristine condition. Then all my friends would be jealous of me. Like if you agree
jacob benaim you are a goon
jacob benaim I suspect by doing that you'd have set off a butterfly effect chain of events. Your friends and civilization as you knew it would be gone!
Hope you're not Jewish
If you had a time machine you would do this with it!!
Funny and sad at the same time.
Edit- While you are back there, please tell these dead nerds NOT to ruin their comic books and put them in a vault for their future families. Buy 100's of copies and flood the market and make it worth much less! Everyone loses! Time travel always ruins the time continuum! At worse you would end up back in some strange place that would not be the time line which you left from.
And because the book wouldn't have aged about 80 years, everyone would think it was a reprint and no one would give half a fuck.
They paid millions to be immortalized as the worlds first comic book nerds? Some would say, for those 25: worth it.
Comments are an important part of TH-cam... according to TH-cam. So here's a comment; may it cause this channel to grow.
Indeed. :)
Fancy Teeth yes
I did not know about this information about this comic book! Stories like these can't be made up, the truth is always stranger than fiction!
I was not even aware that I was a drunk.
here is another comment
To be fair though, people in 1930s back then didn't knew the importance & value of these comics now. We can talk like this because its now. But back then, who knew superman would be so popular? It could end up in one of the pages of the regrettable superheroes book. The people back then didn't think it would be a piece of history in 70 years or something. But, because of all the circumstances in the following decades, the war, the popularity, etc, it becomes a piece of history we all know today. But, when its just an action comics no. 1, its just a usual thing for them & us. What if we still have many millions of action comics no 1 today? Well, it wouldn't be like the death of superman case, but it would be nowhere near as valuable as we precieve now.
You said cape wearing and showed panels without a cape.
Not Not Teodor man, you're good. I don't have the authority to give out No Prizes, but for you, have a special Not Not No Prize. It's on me.
Thanks, and good editing as always.
Not Not Teodor what is even more strange is that he was talking about the original Action Comics #1 and was clearly using an image of a reprint.
The cape was CGI
Ahhh, torn their comic for a dollar... simpler times..
Techdood Nowadays people tear them up for TH-cam views.
True dat XD
My dad has this issue. I was floored. He threw it away when he was young. Didn’t know Comics were going to be so popular
the seemingly mundane things that people do when they don't know the impact it will have centuries later. History is filled with those XD
Yes, and what kind of ripple effect will Trump and his supporters have on history? Oh god the timeline is doomed?!
Cavemen just tossing their stone axes away...
THE FOOLS!
The same reason why Seto Kaiba ripped the Blue Eyes White Dragon.
JoKing So that Action Comics #1 could not be used against them?
diegui fdezt so he could have the only ones.. infinitely more valuable
Screw the rules, I have money.
I cant express more how much I love this comment
But what does Pot of Greed do? TELL ME.
Destroy a comic and be rememberd forever as the guy who destroyed a priceless comic for 1$? Deal!
What I want to know is how much would a dollar from the 1930s-40s be worth today? Not the money conversion but an actually dollar bill printed from that time any know.
Love you guys Nerrdsync, interesting history. My dad has similar stories, like how when he was little his grandma got him the empty box the year star wars came out, but sent it back to the store after finding out there were no toys in it. He also got a chewie with green arms that christmas, and right after boxing day traded it in for a regular one. He did keep all his star wars toys' packaging though, till he moved out and his mom, while trying to help, threw them all out. My dad also had the entire 123 run of Marvel's star wars comics back in the day, but most were destroyed when his little brother came along. Millions potentially, flushed away. But he has no regrets; my dad always said the joy he got out of his toys, and then watching me get the same joy out of them, was worth all the money in the world.
Reminds me of the scene in The Dark Knight where the Joker burns the pile of money
"It's about sending a message."
-The Joker, Dark Knight or something idk
That "Original Comic Book Nerds" Was a really nice way of giving those people a good reputation instead of the bad one they will probably still get with some people, those guys are the original fandom and deserve all the respect, thanks for putting it that way ^^
Interesting video, however I don't see the contest as being some big crime against nerddom. No one knew back then that this at the time one off story would be the genesis of comic book superheroes or would be worth what it is worth now, in fact an argument could be made that them destroying their copies helped increase the books eventual value. Since one of the main reasons it's such a rare and expensive find is due to there not being very many copies left out in the world.
This was actually a accidental big brain move.
These people are forever immortalised in history.
Whenever I see someone bemoaning throwing away, recycling, using, reusing, whatever something long long ago, I always feel compelled to point out that what is valuable now wasn't then and the very fact they did this makes it valuable and rare.
Kids from the 30s probably would have traded, given away, or lost their comics by the time they came to adulthood and the comic was worth something, so the fact they drew on it and possibly gained some small bit of pleasure from sending it off to the publisher is not something I lose any sleep over.
Dude, you are by far the best guy on TH-cam to talk on /about comics. Your videos are great, you are a geek inspiration, you deserve more recognition
Scott, a while ago I was listening to one of your amazing podcasts and you joked about Superman coming back from the dead by the power of orange juice. The joke was superman was gonna be sponsored by orange juice. But a similar character came to my mine and his name is captain citrus! I encourage you to look up the character because it's kinda funny! Thanks for all the awesome videos and podcasts!
Videos like this one are pure gold Scott, I hope you keep them coming man !
Great video, Scott... as always. You're doing a great job!
ONE of those guys MUST be alive! we have to try and find out about them.
In the quote you showed, the name "Siegel" had a lowercase "s" (around 2:50) - just wanted to point that out.
But great video, obviously!
MrSchwabbl Geez, that's attention to detail mang
MrSchwabbl well spotted, sir. If editors are anything like leprechauns, which I believe we are, I think I'm supposed to give you my pot of gold now.
@@SuperAndrewlove in Ireland, if a leprechaun knocks on your door you're legally obligated to feed him.
Hey Nerd sync Subbed recently and binge watched your vids from the beginning vids and just wanted to say that I love your channel
In one of your old vids you said you wanted to have a conversation with fans and I wanted to ask you a question
I have 8 comics so far (Amazing Spiderman #1, Astonishing Ant Man 1-3, New avengers 1, Hal Jordan and the lantern corps 1, evil Deadpool 1 and avengers Ultron revolution 2) and wanted to know: How do you get into series and how do you grow a massive collection of comics THAT YOU LOVE
Wanted to ask the best please reply and love the vids
Love the editing and music in this episode so... keep it up!😀
Scott chose the music, but as the editor I say thank you, kind sir! :3
Hey Scott I've got a question about the fantastic four issue one. Is the original print of mr fantastic wearing pink or blue because I've seen the original copy and he is wearing pink. Please tell me!!!!
My grandma had Action Comics #1, but when she went to college, her dad threw it away.
So close but i think she would have gave it to you if she knew it was rare
This only means that a copy without the last page doesn't just represent an important event of comic history, but it also reflects what the entertainment industry was like back then, with comics being a great part of it and having participation from the fans
That also means that the one without a last page is more valuable because is genuine and one of the earlier ones to hit stores
This is why the comic is actually rare/valuable, few copies exist. But very interesting history none the less. Nice video.
Great vid Scott. I never knew about this contest...very interesting.
'Historical records of the original comic book nerds'. I love that!
Great video Scott. Reading through the Golden Age Superman stuff, and learning the back stories behind these early entries in Superhero history. This is fascinating!
Same thing happened with the value stamp in Hulk 181, which also happens to be the first appearance of wolverine
Hindsight is wonderful. No one knew they had potential gold they had a comic which their mom might throw out anyway so why not get some money back? Heck they would get more than the book cost. They could win the money and buy more comics. At the time it was a smart move. Also it was cool to see six girl names to Un-spell the myth comics was a boys medium.
Audio sounds different! I like it!
What microphone are you using?
Ey, a new NerdSync video! Hella yes!
My dad told me he had the first Superman and Batman comics, and when he got too old for that kid stuff he took his comic books out to a ditch and burned them.
My Grandma did the same to my mother. She had a bunch of those old comics.
GRANDMA!!!
I've seen this idea in other kids comics/magazines but it's kind of cool they got them to do it to the actual comic strip. It's just a shame that it happened to _this_ comic out of all of them.
No one could have known that the comic would end up being valuable. There would have been thousands of comics around then.
Wow, it's the first time I come across this story, things like this are why I love your channel. Keep up with the great work!
Excellent video
Thank you! 😊
You don't know something is an important historical artefact until people/historians give that value to it. Through them it becomes an valuable part of history. So for the people participating in that contest it didn't have that much meaning.
I don't think I would have done it. Because it contained the end of the story, I'd be losing a piece of the story, and most importantly the end. Anything from my youth that required me to remove something or cut something out, I never did because it just felt wrong. However, although condition would still matter, that comic book would probably not be worth as much if it hadn't included that tear out section.
Awesome video as usual, but I miss your old format. You know, the one's where we actually saw you, not a just a voice from behind the curtain. But still, the content was great, nerd history is the best history.
Back then it was just a normal comic book worth ¢50, they had no idea it would be worth millions.
4:20 Should't the ripped part of the page be on the right?
Carlos Trujillo it should! I sacrificed accuracy for visual clarity so it was clearly the page being ripped out of action comics without giving away the other side before the script it. Good job spotting that, you wonderful nerd!
Andrew Love Yay me!!
Judging by the timestamp, they were clearly high when they did that part. ;)
Mason Bell that's probably only a high-larious coincidence 😉
Carlos Trujillo *gasps* an imposter! Do we duel now or...?
A couple of corrections My dad had friends with action number one. He still with us at the age of 83. Second action Comic hold for $.10 price was a dollar so that means make it by 10 comics. Average cost of a comic today somewhere around five dollars so the price has a value of close to $50. I expect my no price. :-)
Such an amazing video scott really i love it and i loved that supercarlin video you did especially the stream you did with them
@NerdSync I have a question, that came to me as I was watching Defenders.. Hand Vs Hydra, do they know each other, have fought each other, teamed up or even have spies in each others organization?
And that's why you should never throw anything away.
**Clock swipe to living in a 'Hoarders' house**
At least I can trust Nicolas Cage hasn't tried colouring in and tearing out that page from his copy. Maybe you could do a video each to do with Detective Comics #1 and Sensational Comics #1 if there are interesting tales like this one, Scott. I think DC could get a writer to make a good Crisis-esque tale for Superman in the DC Universe inspired by this occurrence.
going down in history forever as an OG nerd and getting paid $17 at the physical price of the first superman story (which at the time probably didn't cost much) sounds awesome.
I remember when they made 1st issue mini replicas of Superman and Batman inside cereal boxes in the 70s!
I thought you were going to talk about all the comic book bonfires churches held around the country in the mid 1950's during the Red Scare and McCarthyism.
Those red scare people sounds a lot like the anti Trump movement of today. Man some of those radical liberals are livid, damn spell checker!!!1
Not sure what you're talking about. My comment was about the 1950's and Christian American communities burning comic books after the Kefauver hearings.
Plot twist! The church runners were actually comic nerds and were trying to inflate the values of their own collections by making everyone else burn their copies!
Brilliant!
Any kid who bought/read Action #1 in 1938 would be in their mid-80s at least! There might still be a few living today.
To be fair they didn't know how much the comic would impact People aor how valuable it would become
The cringe is strong with this video, but it's a great one! Although, I imagine that back in those days no one ever suspected those comics would be worth anything obviously. They probably saw it as nothing more valuable than a modern coloring book with a throw away story.
Woah didnt know you gad a collab with the supercarlinbros! I went to your channel first and then planned to head over to SCB's channel right after 😊
...why blame people...like they knew it would matter to this day
ah my grandfather Refused to destroy his copy and he stored it in pristine condition, he even showed me his copy, He said He was keeping it because he knew lots of people would destroy that comic, So I have a pristine condition one, no I won't sell it, as it's something from my grandparent who passed away years ago, no way I'm selling something he held onto for decades, That's just disrespectful to the effort and time he made to keep it in a condition that makes it look as it did the day he bought it
Its Scott! Yay! Scott this was amazing!
What is the price on copy of Superman
"So what would you do if you had a time machine?" I will get a scanner, go and procure a copy of Action Comics No., Scan it and put it on the public domain.
Good stuff. Good review. Thanks again for posting.
This one hit right in the feels there scott. That is just crazy!
I have Action Comics vol 1 1938 in prine's condition how much is it worth
Grandpa: Yeah I won a nice big one dollar in that contest, kept the comic as a memento all these years, spent those winnings on the best candy ever.
Junior: Grandpa it's worth over 3 million dollars
Grandpa (with tears in his eyes): don't remind me Junior...don't remind me
Awesome video, great work!!
Great video scott!
Although the fact people ripped the first superhero comic ever made, just baffles me.
I support Scott, even if it means letting that damn Groupon ad play... on mute.
I don't approve of this destroying comics nonsense for a prize smh
Such a great video great job scott
If I was a kid back then, there is no way would I have destroyed my Action Comics #1 comic book.
Man how those people must have felt when they later found out how much the comic was worth.
This is why my parents taught me to photocopy my coloring books.
yes I was wondering who sponsored this video thx!
Had they not destroyed these copies there would be that many more available and they would be worth slightly less. This is why many modern comics and toys will never have this kind of value. To many people saving them and creating a surplus.
you are great!
love your chaannel
Hey, Scott! Are things OK at home?
For something to become valuable and sought after, it must first have a phase of worthlessness where the stock is seen to have no value, usually finding itself in the garbage which eventually adds to the scarcity and rarity in the future. That's why this bird cage lining became a sought after item and those Pop Vinyls are the new Beanie Babies.
How much would an entire supermam comic book set run for at an auction ? My parents won an entire collection from a comic book store around 25-30 yrs ago
Awesome vid! 👏
From the click-bait title, I thought it was a recent story from people dumb enough to destroy a 3 millions dollars comic... But I really enjoyed the history lesson. Good job as always.
What do you think of spiderman renew your vows
Hey Scott I just want to let you know that I didn't hate the emoji video I actually kinda liked it, it was interesting
Great video bro
I wonder if any of these people ever saw a copy sell for big money and just felt like killing themselves for doing this. I mean I've had those moments over things that weren't even that big a deal and this is literally a fortune we're talking about. LOL
Lots of people threw away or burned comics. I imagine plenty of people lamented that fact when the learned how valuable they were.
I have a reprint of Action Comics No.1 from lootcrate.
I'm back from my "vacation" aka a festival. I can finally watch this video. 😀
I have a copy
This is what aided in the scarcity and value of the current Action 1.
your vids dont seem to appear in my subs quite often
How's the book coming? Just doing what you asked and I am excited for it