50% Off All Back Issue Comics Sale Begins Today Today's newsletter is a hybrid of our newsletter styles. The first part is facts, and just the facts. Afterwards, however, I am also providing those of you who would like more background information about what is happening at Mile High Comics with some very candid insights. I think that you may find what I have to say very interesting. But first, the news... * Effective immediately, you can purchase any of our eight million back issue comics and magazines listed on our website for a full 50% off when you utilize our new HALFPRICE codeword. This 50% off sale includes all of our Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image * While our new comics and our books are not included in the HALFPRICE sale, we have slashed all of our backlist trade paperbacks and graphic novels to 40% off, and all of our backlist comics hardback collections to 30% off. This is our biggest book sale in quite some time. * At the end of this newsletter there is a listing of nearly 100 different Marvel variant cover editions priced for you at a flat $5 each. No codeword on these variants. Supplies on most are very limited. * Our HALFPRICE codeword sale now replaces all of our past free items offers, all of which have expired. * Our exclusive SAVAGE WOLVERINE #1 and GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY#1 Mile High Comics variant editions are still available at $14.95 each. Our Mile High WOLVERINE #1 and THANOS RISING #1 variant editions are only $9.95 each Savage Wolverine #1 Mile High Variant Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Mile High Variant Wolverine #1 Mile High Variant Thanos Rising #1 Mile High Variant * Preorders for our IRON MAN #9 variant edition are still being accepted at only $6 each, our SESAME STREET #1 at $7.50 each, and our TEN GRAND #1 at $7.50 each. Write to Greg or Mario in our new comics subscriptions department (nice@milehighcomics,com) for more information and assistance on placing preorders. Iron Man #9 Mile High Seasame Street #1 Mile High Ten Grand #1 Mile High Moving on to today's more personalized portion of the newsletter, I want to begin by letting you know that initiating a half price sale on all of our back issues is just about the last thing that I want to do today. As you may recall, I slashed all of our website prices in half early last year, specifically so that I could finally break away from the concept of so steeply discounting even our best older comics. Simply put, offering you a half price sale on comics that have already been steeply discounted on our website, is beyond ridiculous. So why am I going ahead with our HALFPRICE sale? Because I have no choice. To explain, I just received our first quarter financial figures, and the numbers are all good. Our sales for the quarter were up over 20% across the board, with particularly high growth in our sales of back issue comics and magazines. Even with that robust growth, however, we find ourselves in a cash bind, primarily because building up our website comics and book inventory to record levels has used up all of our new earnings. Under normal circumstances, our utilizing our earnings to fund even further growth in our comics inventory is simply an extension of exactly the same successful formula that I began implementing in my parent's basement, 43 years ago. What is different today, however, is that we are currently in the closing stages of funding the purchase and construction of our Jason St. Mega-Store. We have one last very large payment on Jason St. that needs to be made by the end of April, and we also are trying to fund the move of our entire website back issue comics and magazines pulling files from our old 56th Ave. warehouse, over to Jason St. In case you are wondering, I am moving all of our website pulling files over to Jason because so many of the readers of this newsletter who live a long distance from Denver have chosen to make the journey to visit our beautiful new store. In many regards, having so many out-of-state visitors is wonderful, but one frustration that arises is that we cannot currently provide in Jason St. all of the breadth of offerings that we have on our website. As a result, we oftentimes have visitors with very limited time to shop in Jason St., asking our store staff for comics and magazines that we offer on our website, but which are stocked on shelves located 10 blocks away, in our 56th Ave. headquarters building. While we do have members of our staff traveling back and forth between our two locations on a regular basis, so many of our visitors have such severe time constraints on how long that they can shop with us that we just cannot transport comics fast enough under our current system. The only viable long term solution is to get all of our pulling files moved to Jason St., and our overstock moved to 56th, preferably before our summer tourist season begins on Memorial Day (May 27th). All of the above having been said, I think it should be clear to you by now as to why I need to temporarily offer you all of our back issue comics at half price, at least for a little while. We have the best comics, magazine, and book inventory on hand in our entire history as a company right now, but little cash, and two pressing financial concerns that simply must be resolved. Having just refinanced all of our long term loans at much better interest rates, new borrowing is out of the question, so that leaves only sacrificing a portion of our comics inventory as a solution. I will close this portion of the newsletter with a note of sincere thanks to all of you who have helped us over the years to weather the storms of recession in not only the comics world, but also the worldwide economy as a whole. We have survived more difficulties over the past decade than I would ever have thought possible, and are now so very, very close to finally getting into the clear. As much as I love our comics, I am also dedicated to keeping Mile High Comics in existence to serve you for decades to come. Working together, our future now looks to be very bright! Happy collecting! Chuck Rozanski, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. Rozanski Family Christmas 2012 P.S. I have been waiting for the right moment to share this wonderful and delightful family picture with you. Taken during our family gathering this past Christmas, this photo shows (from left to right) Rowan, Justin, Elsbeth, Nanette, Shawn, Tanith, myself, and Aleta enjoying a moment of gleeful family wackiness. So you know, Nanette, and I, just celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary on April Fool's Day. We chose that odd day on purpose, as we never, ever, thought we would make it together for this long... It might also interest you to know that, since Nanette still goes into the office once a week to help to pay our bills, my sudden decision to initiate this 50% off sale was in great measure motivated by my wanting to help to reduce her stress levels. All other considerations aside, that is what you do when you really love someone. Here is the listing that I promised you earlier, of those cool $5 Marvel variants: Marvel Variants $5 Each AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #1 VARIANT AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #3 VARIANT AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #3 WOLVERINE AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #4 VARIANT AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #5 VARIANT AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #7 VARIANT AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #9 VARIANT ALL WINNERS COMICS 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (2009) #1 VARIANT ALL-NEW SAVAGE SHE-HULK (2009) #3 VARIANT ALPHA FLIGHT (2011) #8 VARIANT ASTONISHING THOR (2010) #1 FOIL COVER AVENGERS ACADEMY (2010) #4 VARIANT AVENGERS ACADEMY (2010) #6 VARIANT AVENGERS ACADEMY (2010) #7 TRON VAR AVENGERS ACADEMY (2010) #13 THOR AVENGERS ASSEMBLE (2012) #4 VARIANT AVENGERS PRIME (2010) #1 DJURDJEVIC AVENGERS VS. AGENTS OF ATLAS (2010) #1 VARIANT AVENGERS VS. AGENTS OF ATLAS (2010) #3 VARIANT AVENGERS VS. AGENTS OF ATLAS (2010) #4 VARIANT AVENGERS VS. X-MEN: AVX VS (2012) #1 IMMONEN AVENGERS VS. X-MEN: AVX VS (2012) #2 MCNIVEN AVENGERS VS. X-MEN: AVX VS (2012) #3 VARIANT AVENGERS VS. X-MEN: AVX VS (2012) #5 VARIANT AVENGERS/INVADERS (2008) #7 VARIANT AVENGERS/INVADERS (2008) #8 VARIANT AVENGERS/INVADERS (2008) #9 SUYDAM AVENGERS/INVADERS (2008) #10 VARIANT AVENGERS/INVADERS (2008) #11 VARIANT AVENGERS/INVADERS (2008) #12 VARIANT AVENGERS: INITIATIVE (2007) #27 70TH ANN AVENGERS: INITIATIVE (2007) #29 VARIANT AVX: CONSEQUENCES (2012) #1 RIVERA AVX: CONSEQUENCES (2012) #2 VARIANT AVX: CONSEQUENCES (2012) #3 VARIANT BLACK PANTHER (2009) #1 SUBMARINER BLACK PANTHER (2009) #7 VARIANT BLACK WIDOW (2010) #2 HEROIC AGE CABLE (2008) #17 VARIANT CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (2009) #1 VARIANT CAPTAIN AMERICA: FIGHTING AVENGER (2011) #1 GURIHIRU CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN (2009) #2 SALE CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN (2009) #2 VARIANT CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN (2009) #3 CASSADAY CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN (2009) #5 CASSADAY CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 (2008) #12 WOLVERINE CAPTAIN MARVEL (2012) #1 SPIDER-MAN DAREDEVIL (1998) #118 WOLVERINE DAREDEVIL (1998) #501 VARIANT DAREDEVIL ANNUAL (2012) #1 VARIANT DARK AVENGERS (2009) #3 VARIANT DARK AVENGERS (2009) #4 VARIANT DARK AVENGERS (2009) #7 VARIANT DARK AVENGERS/UNCANNY X-MEN: UTOPIA (2009) #1 JAE LEE DOCTOR VOODOO: AVENGER OF THE SUPERNATURAL (2009) #1 VARIANT ELECTRIC ANT (2010) #1 VARIANT EXILES (2009) #5 VARIANT FALL OF THE HULKS GAMMA (2009) #1 VARIANT FANTASTIC FOUR (1997) #571 SUPERHERO FANTASTIC FOUR (1997) #600 ROMITA JR. FEAR ITSELF (2011) #3 IMMONEN FEAR ITSELF (2011) #5 IMMONEN FEAR ITSELF (2011) #6 IMMONEN FEAR ITSELF (2011) #7 .1 VARIANT FF (2011) #13 VARIANT FORMIC WARS: BURNING EARTH (2011) #1 VARIANT GENERATION HOPE (2010) #4 VARIANT GENERATION HOPE (2010) #7 VARIANT GHOST RIDER (2006) #34 WOLVERINE HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD (2010) #1 WOMEN HERC (2011) #1 VARIANT HERC (2011) #10 VARIANT HEROES FOR HIRE (2010) #1 WALKER HEROES FOR HIRE (2010) #3 VARIANT HEROES FOR HIRE (2010) #4 VARIANT HEROES FOR HIRE (2010) #5 VARIANT HEROES FOR HIRE (2010) #6 VARIANT HULK (1962) #601 MCGUINNESS HULK (1962) #602 VARIANT HULK (1962) #603 VARIANT HULK (1962) #605 70TH ANN HULK (1962) #606 DJURDJEVIC HULK (2008) #12 VARIANT HULK (2008) #13 VARIANT HULKED OUT HEROES (2010) #2 MCGUINNESS HUMAN TORCH 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (2009) #1 VARIANT INCREDIBLE HERCULES (#113-UP) (2008) #135 SUPERHERO INVADERS NOW (2010) #3 VARIANT INVADERS NOW (2010) #4 VARIANT INVADERS NOW (2010) #5 VARIANT INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (2008) #20 70TH ANN INVINCIBLE IRON MAN (2008) #25 FOIL COVER IRON AGE (2011) #2 FANTASTIC4 IRON AGE: ALPHA (2011) #1 VARIANT IRON MAN: LEGACY (2010) #2 HEROIC AGE IRON MAN: LEGACY (2010) #3 VARIANT KLAWS OF THE PANTHER (2010) #1 VARIANT LOCKJAW & PET AVENGERS (2009) #3 VARIANT LOCKJAW & PET AVENGERS UNLEASHED (2010) #3 VARIANT LOKI (2010) #1 VARIANT MARVEL MYSTERY COMICS (2009) #1 VARIANT MARVELMAN CLASSIC PRIMER (2010) #1 ANGLO MARVELMAN FAMILY'S FINEST (2010) #1 ANGLO MARVELMAN FAMILY'S FINEST (2010) #1 BRAITHWAIT MARVELMAN FAMILY'S FINEST (2010) #3 VARIANT MARVELMAN FAMILY'S FINEST (2010) #4 VARIANT MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ (2009) #1 MCGUINNESS MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ (2009) #8 VARIANT MARVELS PROJECT (2009) #1 PAREL MARVELS PROJECT (2009) #2 PAREL MARVELS PROJECT (2009) #3 PAREL MARVELS PROJECT (2009) #4 PAREL MARVELS PROJECT (2009) #5 PAREL MARVELS PROJECT (2009) #8 DAVIS MARVELS PROJECT (2009) #8 PAREL MIGHTY AVENGERS (2007) #30 SUPERHERO MOON KNIGHT (2006) #29 WOLVERINE MOON KNIGHT (2011) #3 WILSON MS. MARVEL (2006) #41 VARIANT MS. MARVEL (2006) #45 70TH ANN MS. MARVEL (2006) #46 ZOMBIE NEW AVENGERS (2010) #24 VARIANT NEW AVENGERS (2004) #54 VARIANT NEW MUTANTS (2009) #1 BENJAMIN NEW MUTANTS (2009) #1 MCLEOD NEW MUTANTS (2009) #2 BENJAMIN NEW MUTANTS (2009) #3 PIERFEDERI NEW MUTANTS (2009) #3 VARIANT NEW MUTANTS (2009) #4 BENJAMIN NEW MUTANTS (2009) #17 SUPERHERO NEW MUTANTS FOREVER (2010) #2 VARIANT NEW MUTANTS FOREVER (2010) #3 VARIANT NOVA (2007) #26 VARIANT NOVA (2007) #28 70TH ANN ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED (2011) #1 LIEFELD 1 ONSLAUGHT UNLEASHED (2011) #1 LIEFELD 2 POINT ONE (2011) #1 VARIANT PUNISHER (2009) #8 RANEY PUNISHER (2009) #9 RANEY PUNISHER ANNUAL (2009) #1 VARIANT PUNISHER MAX (2004) #75 VARIANT PUNISHERMAX (PUNISHER MAX) (2009) #1 VARIANT REALM OF KINGS: SON OF HULK (2010) #1 VARIANT RUNAWAYS (2008) #9 WOLVERINE SECRET WARRIORS (2009) #7 70TH ANN SECRET WARRIORS (2009) #9 SUPERHERO SECRET WARRIORS (2009) #9 ZOMBIE SECRET WARRIORS (2009) #16 HEROIC AGE SHIELD (2010) #4 VAMPIRE SHIELD (2010) #5 VARIANT SHIELD (2010) #6 VARIANT SIEGE: SECRET WARRIORS (2010) #1 VARIANT SKAAR: KING OF THE SAVAGE LAND (2011) #1 VARIANT SKRULL KILL KREW (2009) #1 VARIANT SKRULL KILL KREW (2009) #2 VARIANT SKRULL KILL KREW (2009) #3 VARIANT SKRULL KILL KREW (2009) #4 VARIANT SKRULL KILL KREW (2009) #5 VARIANT SON OF HULK (#13-UP) (2009) #13 VARIANT SON OF HULK (#13-UP) (2009) #14 70TH ANN STRANGE (2009) #1 SUPERHERO SUB-MARINER COMICS 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (2009) #1 VARIANT THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #129 VARIANT THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #130 VARIANT THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #131 VARIANT THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #155 CAP AMERIC ULTIMATE COMICS: ARMOR WARS (2009) #1 VARIANT ULTIMATE COMICS: ARMOR WARS (2009) #1 VILLAINS ULTIMATE COMICS: AVENGERS 2 (2010) #1 VILLAINS ULTIMATE COMICS: AVENGERS 3 (2010) #1 FOIL COVER ULTIMATE COMICS: ENEMY (2010) #1 VARIANT ULTIMATE COMICS: X-MEN (2011) #14 VARIANT ULTIMATE FALLOUT (2011) #6 DJURDJEVIC ULTIMATUM (2008) #5 MCGUINNESS ULTIMATUM (2008) #5 VARIANT WAR MACHINE (2008) #9 70TH ANN WAR OF KINGS (2009) #3 VARIANT WAR OF KINGS (2009) #4 VARIANT WAR OF KINGS (2009) #5 VARIANT WAR OF KINGS (2009) #6 VARIANT WIDOWMAKER (2010) #1 RENAUD WIDOWMAKER (2010) #2 VARIANT WOLVERINE (2003) #73 70TH ANN WOLVERINE (2003) #77 70TH ANN WOLVERINE ANNUAL (2012) #1 VARIANT WOLVERINE: FIRST CLASS (2008) #14 WOLVERINE WOLVERINE: ORIGINS (2006) #38 VARIANT WOLVERINE: WEAPON X (2009) #4 70TH ANN X-FACTOR (2005) #47 VARIANT X-FACTOR (2005) #200 YARDIN X-FACTOR (2005) #205 HEROIC AGE X-FORCE (2008) #18 70TH ANN X-MEN (1963) #508 WOLVERINE X-MEN (1991) #259 BRADSHAW X-MEN (2010) #16 VARIANT X-MEN (2010) #17 VARIANT X-MEN FOREVER (2009) #4 VARIANT X-MEN FOREVER (2009) #5 VARIANT X-MEN FOREVER (2009) #10 ZOMBIE X-MEN FOREVER ALPHA (2009) #1 BOOKMARKET X-MEN VS. AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #1 VARIANT X-MEN VS. AGENTS OF ATLAS (2009) #2 VARIANT YOUNG ALLIES COMICS 70TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL (2009) #1 VARIANT Current Newsletter