http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter Mile High Comics news as well as the announcements of the weekly specials. http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/woodcsm.gif http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter It is still pitch black outside this morning, and I'm already a little bit behind schedule. I need to quickly finish up this newsletter, and then pack for today's journey to Richmond, Virginia. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/112009.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/111809.html Another quick newsletter this morning, as I really need to be at our warehouse this morning. I genuinely want to get another pallet of comics sorted for our inventory team today, as for the first time in several months, I will be heading out to a convention this weekend. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/111809.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/111609.html A quick newsletter today, as I had to skip driving in to our main warehouse yesterday, due to yet another vigorous snowstorm. I'm not sure why this happens, but our region seems to alternate between high winds and snow in the wintertime. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/111609.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/111309.html This has certainly been a very pleasant week here at Mile High Comics in terms of trade paperbacks and hardbacks. For starters, our giveaway of FATHOM and GROO trade paperbacks that I began on Wednesday has been incredibly popular. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/111309.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/111109.html A quiet week here at Mile High Comics, with most of our efforts directed toward sorting and grading the huge number of collections that Pam has been receiving through our online buying program. I have personally sorted over 10,000 Marvel comics at this point, with another 5,000 excellent Marvels sitting on the sorting tables waiting to be finished. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/111109.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/110909.html As I mentioned I was planning to do last Friday, I spent the weekend sorting comics in our main warehouse. My main area of endeavor was a huge system of Marvel back issues that had been broken up for me by our inventory staff by alphabet, but still needed to be sequenced by title and issue number. Mon, 9 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/110909.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/110609.html A gray morning today, with light winds blowing here in Boulder. The real weather news is the warmth, however, with yesterday having set an all-time record for this date at 77 degrees, and today predicted to match the 1936 record of 79 degrees. Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/110609.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/110409.html There's not too much news today, as things have been fairly quiet around here. The weather has moderated into to 60's, with sunshine. That has melted most of the snow from last week's blizzard, and the world is even beginning to dry out a bit. Wed, 4 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/110409.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/110209.html It's the first Monday morning in November, which is always a bit disconcerting to me. Once you reach November, any pretense that the year is anything but nearly gone becomes indefensible. Mon, 2 Nov 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/110209.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/103009.html After four days of snow, we finally are seeing some small breaks in the clouds. I've lived in Colorado for 40 years, and this is the coldest, snowiest period of late October that I can ever recall. Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/103009.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/102809.html A blast of winter here in Boulder this morning, as snow has been falling all evening. The ground was fairly warm, so most of the snow initially melted. Late in the evening, however, it started sticking. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/102809.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/102609.html I'm quite eager to get going this morning, as I need to clear up a huge mess that I made in the center of our main warehouse. I got frustrated on Friday, as I was working my way (very slowly...) through boxes filled with all manner of nice back issue comics. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/102609.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/102309.html Today marks an auspicious point in the annual progression of life here at Mile High Comics. After 40 years of owning the company, and over a dozen years of providing comics online, I have seen some very consistent patterns emerge in seasonal variation. Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/102309.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/102109.html A short newsletter today, as I am still trying to find enough overstock comics to fill a large wholesale order that we received last week. I had originally thought that filling this order would be a snap, as we have over 200,000 unsorted back issues sitting on pallets in the aisles of our 56th Ave. headquarters building. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/102109.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/101909.html After driving 600 miles in just over eight hours last evening, I am back at my home in Boulder. My three-day trip to the RG Munn Indian Arts and Crafts auction was quite interesting, particularly from the perspective of evaluating the current conditions in the collectibles world. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/101909.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/101609.html Our 80% off prices have caused a great many comics that we are adding into inventory to sell the very same day, so waiting to place an order with us can sometimes result in disappointment. For your best shot at scoring 80% off deals on our best back issues, please place your order right away! Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/101609.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/101409.html It is with significant relief and happiness that I am able to report that I finally finished the entire Marvel Comics Buying List. I apologize to those of you who have been waiting patiently for U-Z to be finished, but once I stopped writing buying prices back in June, it just seemed impossible for me to find the time to get back to this project. Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/101409.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/101209.html I wrote up the U & V Marvel buying prices on Thursday, W on Friday, and X-X-Universe on Saturday. I have just the X-MEN: titles to do today (along with Y and Z, which are tiny), and then I can (finally) start on the DC's. Don't be looking for any DC buying prices to be posted until the end of next week, however, as I first have to catch up with sorting more comics for our inventory teams to grade. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/101209.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/100909.html I will mention again that our New-In-Stock and $50+ New-In-Stock listings for this week are returning to very robust levels now that our inventory teams are back on the job. Fri, 9 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/100909.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/100709.html If you check out the prices on our website today, you will see that we have slashed the prices on a great many of our best Marvel comics to 80% off, and even up to 90% off in instances where we have extra copies in stock. Wed, 7 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/100709.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/100509.html Saturday and Sunday, I managed to separate 8,000 comics into those that need to be graded for inclusion in our online inventory, and those that we can afford to let go at bargain prices at our Thornton Mega-Store. What made this task particularly fun was the fact that all the comics came from one huge collection that Pam purchased last month. Mon, 5 Oct 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/100509.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/100209.html I have decided to keep all of our back issue comics on sale for you at 70%-90% off, while simultaneously implementing a wonderful new sale on all of our trade paperbacks and hardbacks at 30%-50% off! Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:30:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/100209.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/093009.html I just dropped all of our DC comics on our website to 80% off, as well as restoring a substantial number of our Marvel, Dark Horse, Image, and Independent titles to 70%-80% off. Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/093009.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/092809.html My only other news note for today is a quick mention that the 70%-90% off BARGAINS codeword that went into effect for you on Friday will definitely be ending on this upcoming Wednesday, at noon. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/092809.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/092509.html Effective immediately, the new BARGAINS codeword will allow you to increase discounts on all of the comics listed on our website to 79%-90% off! The actual codeword discount is only an additional 10% off, but when combined with the very generous discounts that I had our pricing expert, Will Moulton, leave on the website, the net savings for you end up being immense. Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/092509.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/092309.html On the sales front, the 80% off sale that I have had in effect for the past 11 days on a great many of our comics will end on this upcoming Friday, at noon, Colorado time. I have another sale scheduled for the end of this month, but the benefits of that sale on top of our existing 80% discounts would simply be too much. Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/092309.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/092109.html The huge 80% off sale that I put into effect last week has caused our online sales of comics to simply explode, with comics from all publishers and genres selling in unprecedented numbers. Mon, 21 Sep 2009 10:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/092109.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/091809.html I am going to keep our 80% off sale on our Marvel Comics in effect for you for all of this weekend. I have also asked our pricing expert, Will Moulton, to discount a substantial number of our DC, Dark Horse, Image, and Independent comics and magazines for you. If you have yet to take advantage of our insanely low prices, you still have at least another four days in which to do so. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/091809.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/091609.html I let you know that we had dropped the prices on all of our Marvel comics back issues to nearly 80% off. This insane reduction in our Marvel prices was directly motivated by my ongoing desire to enter into a lease/purchase contract on a 60,000 square foot warehouse Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:45:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/091609.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/091409.html I don't know what it is about water pipes, but we sure do seem to have the capacity to break them. Right after I finished writing last Friday's newsletter, I received a call from William Murakami, our Vice President of Operations. He told me that he had received a call at midnight from one of our former employees, who just happens to live across the street from our main warehouse on 56th Ave. It seems that the pipeline carrying water to the hundreds of houses in the residential neighborhood to the south of our building had ruptured in the middle of our street, and was sending a geyser of water rushing into our building. Deja vu, all over again Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/091409.html http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/091109.html We're trying an experiment for this weekend of dropping our Marvel prices to unprecedented levels on our website. The primary goal of our experiment is to see how many new customers we can entice to place first-time orders with us by dropping all of our Marvel back issue prices to ridiculously low levels. Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:00:00 MDT http://www.milehighcomics.com/newsletter/091109.html