Half Price Comics - Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Indies! Howdy! One of the more unusual aspects of my writing this newsletter, is that I operate Mile High Comics, and much of my personal life, with a startling degree of transparency. I most frequently have that fact brought home to me when I am at conventions, as quite a few of my fellow comics retailers keep up with my travels, and also are very aware of the various sales and promotions that I initiate for you. Having so many people be intimately knowledgeable about my day-to-day efforts can be a little disconcerting on occasion, but can also be quite helpful. As a case in point, I was buying comics yesterday at John Paul's Clifton, New Jersey mini-convention. Before I even arrived at the show, pretty much every professional comics dealer in the dealer's room was already aware that we have a 50% off codeword in effect for you right now. As a direct result, I experienced a very generous level of understanding when I explained that I had to pay a little less for mixed groupings of older comics than I sometimes had in the past. That isn't to say that I was able to close every wholesale comics deal that I perused, as there were several instances where the asking price just did not leave us enough operating margin to cover all of our costs, especially when our current 50% off codeword discount was taken into account. By the end of the day, however, I was offered than enough great comics buying opportunities to use up my entire budget, so my efforts ended up being a great success. On the other side of the equation, my being candid about trying to make my wife, Nanette's, life a bit easier via the codeword sale has also elicited an outpouring of support from the readers of this newsletter. I want to personally thank you for your kindness. The orders that we have received over the past 45 days have allowed us to catch up substantially with all of our key vendors, and several smaller ones. This has reduced the number of phone calls that Nanette has had to deal with to almost zero, which was my specific goal when I first made the unilateral decision to sacrifice some of our best comics at half price. We have not yet completely recovered from the cash flow erosion that we experienced during the two difficult years of this past recession, but with our sales now having risen substantially for eight straight months, we are quickly regaining our financial vitality. Thank you! As an aside, one point that may have been forgotten during my recent discussions of my motivations for initiating our 50% off codeword sale is that it is also a tangible reward for those of you who stuck with us, even during the most difficult days of the recession. Three years ago, when the stock market was in free fall and the housing market first crashed, funding our operations became quite difficult. Many comics collectors became fiscally cautious, and we saw our orders fall substantially. At the same time, a huge number of great comics collections came on the market at fire-sale prices. Faced with those two compelling external pressures, I had to make a strategic decision as to whether to just hunker down and wait out the financial storm, or to go out on the road and (somehow) buy a portion of those great comics deals. Clearly, I chose the path of expansion, rather than retreat. That decision eventually paid off wonderfully, with our being able to add over one million additional back issues into our online offerings for you. None of the success that I achieved would have been possible, however, with Nanette stretching and scrambling for nearly three years to keep our company checkbook covered while I bought, quite literally, hundreds of great comics collections. That is precisely why, now that the comics market has improved substantially, that I am sacrificing a portion of our huge back issue inventory to you at half price. Not only does this half price sale allow me to help to restore Nanette's peace of mind, but it also provides me with an opportunity to reward those of you who helped us with fantastic deals on great old comics. Suffice it to say, I am sincerely grateful to you, and to Nanette, for all of your help during this difficult period. I'll close out today's newsletter by letting you know that I am going to keep the 50% off NANETTE2 codeword in effect for you at least through the end of this week (please keep in mind the codeword does not apply to new comics, statues, or supplies). While the progress that we've made in catching up has been great, we still are not completely current with everyone. That being the case, I am leaving the 50% off codeword sale in effect for a while longer, in the hope at those of you who have all by now received your first half price orders might wish to place a reorder with us, also at half price. Pam's inventory crew has added over 50,000 choice back issues into our online inventory since the half price sale began, so our New-In-Stock and Premium New-In-Stock listings for the last couple of weeks are chock full of great back issue comics, magazines, trade paperbacks, and hardbacks. With all but our newest back issues on sale for you at half price right now, there are some fantastic deals waiting for you at Mile High Comics! Happy Collecting! Chuck Rozanski, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. Advance Previews of next weeks comics from Archie Comics P.S. Pam's in inventory team has added substantial comics restock into just about every single genre that we offer from my convention deals, so I am asking Lynne to include for you our listing of instant links to our most popular genres at the end of this newsletter. Take a quick moment to check out any of the comics titles in the listing below, and I think that you will see that my comics buying efforts are continuing to bear wonderful fruit! Quick Links to Popular Marvel Titles Alias (2001) Alpha Flight (1983) Amazing Adventures (1970) Amazing Spider-man (1999) Astonishing X-Men (2004) Avengers (1963) Avengers (1997) Avengers/Invaders (2008) Black Panther (2005) Captain America (1968) Captain America (2004) Captain Britain and MI 13 (2008) Captain Marvel (1968) Champions (1975) Civil War Classic X-Men (1986) Conan (1970) Daredevil (1964) Daredevil (1998) Deadpool (1997) Deadpool (2008) Defenders (1972) Doctor Strange (1966) Doctor Strange (1974) Elektra (2001) Exiles (2001) Fantastic Four (1961) Ghost Rider (1973) GI Joe Hulk (1962) Hulk (2008) Invaders (1975) Iron Fist (1975) Iron Man (1968) Iron Man (2004) Journey Into Mystery (1972) Marvel Team-Up (1972) Marvel Two-In-One (1974) Master of Kung Fu (1974) Mighty Avengers (2007) Ms. Marvel (2006) New Avengers (2004) New Mutants NYX (2003) Peter Parker (1976) Powerman/Iron Fist (1972) Punisher (1987) Punisher Max (2004) Runaways (2005) Secret Invasion (2008) Sgt Fury She-Hulk 2 (2005) Silver Surfer (1968) Silver Surfer (1987) Spider-Man (1963) Spider-Man (1990) Spider-Woman (1978) Star Wars (1977) Strange Tales (1951) Sub-Mariner (1968) Tales of Suspense (1959) Tales to Astonish (1959) Thor (1962) Thor (1962) Thunderbolts (1997) Tomb of Dracula (1972) Ultimate Fantastic Four (2003) Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) Ultimate X-Men (2000) Ultimates (2002) Ultimates 2 (2004) Ultimates 3 (2007) Ultimatum (2008) Web of Spider-Man (1985) Werewolf By Night (1972) West Coast Avengers What If... (1977) What If (1989) Wolverine (1988) Wolverine (2003) Wolverine: Origins (2006) X-Factor (1988) X-Force (2008) X-Men (1963) X-Men (1991) X-Treme X-Men (2001) Young Avengers (2005) Quick Links to Popular DC Titles Action Comics Adventure Comics Adventures of Superman All Star (1976) Authority Batgirl (2000) Batgirl (2008) Batman (1940) Batman & Robin Adventures Batman Family Birds of Prey (1998) Brave and the Bold (1955) Catwoman-The Series Catwoman (2001) Challengers of the Unknown (1958) Dark Knight (1986) Detective Comics Fables (2002) Firestorm (2004) Flash (1959) Flash (1987) Green Lantern (1960) Green Lantern (1990) Green Lantern (2005) Green Lantern: Rebirth Jack of Fables (2006) Jimmy Olsen (1954) Justice League of America (1960) Legion Of Super-Heroes (1980) Lois Lane (1958) Mad Magazine Our Fighting Forces (1954) Phantom Stranger (1969) Plop (1973) Secret Society Of Super-Villains Sgt. Rock Showcase (1956) Super-Team Family Superboy (1949) Superman (1939) Superman Family (1974) Tarzan (1972) Teen Titans (1966) Warlord (1976) Watchmen (1986) Weird War Tales (1971) Witching Hour (1969) Wonder Woman (1942) World's Finest (1941) Click here to view the Free Bonus Book Giveaways Current Newsletter