Chuck Sends Two Thieves To Jail Howdy! Are far as most of you know, I am just the mild-mannered and (somewhat) elderly proprietor of Mile High Comics, whiling away my relatively pleasant dotage by sorting old comic books, and playing with my awesome doggie girl, Nicky. What often gets forgotten in this bucolic montage, however, is that I became a professional retailer in this rather competitive business when I was but a mere 14 years old, and that I subsequently had to to scratch, scrabble, and claw my way out of the genteel poverty of my birth. During the fifty-five years of my journey, I estimate that I outlasted more than 20,000 other entrepreneurs who harbored similar ambitions. Simply put, my success and continuing survival could never have come about for well over half a century had I not had at least some measure of inner resolve, and gritty determination. Back of the old pickup Fast-forward to last Saturday, and all of my hardened street skills of my youth came right back to the forefront after I discovered two strangers loading up my multitude of farm extension ladders (and some very expensive parts of my commercial greenhouse) into their battered old pickup to take to the metal recyclers, and sell for scrap. Rather than head back to safety at our house to call the sheriff's office, I went right at those yahoos, screaming at them like a madman, and making it quite obvious that I was dialing 911. Their response was to panic, jumping into their truck and driving up over the slope of our driveway in a frantic attempt to escape. What they failed to take into account, however, was that I had interrupted their thievery before they had a chance to strap down my ladders, all of which they had standing upright against the back of the cab of the pickup. When they went up that slope to get on the driveway, those upright ladders slid to both sides, making it look like they were some driving some sort of a gigantic dragonfly, with "wings" extending several feet to either side of their truck. Ladders on the road Long story a bit shorter, thanks to my immediately calling 911, those two guys are now in the Boulder County Jail charged with multiple felonies. They had their truck impounded (no plates), and might even get deported, as neither appeared to speak any English. I take no satisfaction from any of this, as having grown up relatively poor, I know what it is to live without. Under no circumstances is that an excuse that justifies stealing other people's property, however, so these two guys are now going to have to pay a steep price for their idiocy. Such is life. As regards my stuff, I got most of it back, but some of my ladders and greenhouse components were destroyed by traffic after they fell out of their truck into active lanes on the nearby Diagonal Highway. Sigh. There are just never any winners under these kinds of dreadful circumstances. Chuck inside of the Jason Street Mega-Store Anyhoo, I spent the rest of my weekend working quietly at Jason St., letting the calming atmosphere of our wonderful Mega-Store heal my jangled nerves. I sorted through about 1,000 back issue comics, and set aside about 500 different issues for Will and Pam to "intentionally downgrade" for you. As these newly-downgraded comics are posted into our daily New-In-Stock and Premium new-In-Stock links for you, our overall selection of higher-grade comics being priced in "Fair," "Good," and "Very Good" should greatly increase. Simply put, that is how I morph a negative experience into one that creates positive benefit for all of us. Never let the world get you down! That's it from me for today, as I want to get back to sorting even more back issues. I have about 40 long boxes left to sort where our old performance stage was once situated, and then I can start attacking the huge piles of boxes sitting out on the loading dock. In the meantime, if you are so inclined, you can encourage me to sort even faster by placing an online order with us. All of our back issue comics and magazines listed on our website are discounted for you by a full 60% off right now when you utilize our current WINTER! discount codeword. That's a pretty darn good deal. Only new issues, a few variant and restored comics, and our professionally-graded items are exempt. Happy collecting! Chuck Rozanski/Bettie Pages, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. January 13, 2025 MARVEL 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #1 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #1 Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #1 Fine 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #1 Very Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #2 Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #2 Very Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #3 Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #3 Very Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #4 Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #4 Very Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #5 Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #5 Very Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #6 Very Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #7 Fine 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #7 Very Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #8 Fine 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #9 Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #9 Very Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #10 Good 2001 (JACK KIRBY) (1976) #10 Very Good DRACULA GIANT-SIZE (1974) #2 Very Good FANTASTIC FOUR (1996) (#1-13) (HEROES REBORN) (MARVEL) #12 Near Mint/Mint FANTASTIC FOUR (1998) (#1-79, 509-611) (MARVEL) #33 NEWSSTAND Near Mint/Mint FRANCIS, BROTHER OF THE UNIVERSE (1980) #1 Very Good GHOST RIDER/BALLISTIC (1997) #1 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