40% Off SUMMER! Codeword Begins Howdy! A very short newsletter today, as I have to hustle on back to my farm this afternoon to keep ahead of the invasive teasel plants that took over many areas when I was sick with West Nile a few years back. By diligently cutting them in early summer I can keep them in check, but if I let them get away from me they grow over six feet tall, and are then covered in nasty thorns. I'm about ten hours away from being completely done, so working into this evening should help a lot. One of the Meadows at the Boulder Farm I did want to come in for at least a little while this morning, however, as questions (and answers) continue to arise from my past couple of newsletters about DC Comics, and their ongoing difficulties resulting from their severing of their relationship with Diamond. Sadly, I am not the only one to have observed that this abandonment of Diamond by DC will have potentially catastrophic effect on the 2,000+ smaller companies that comprise the "Direct Market." With the pandemic having cost so many of those stores many weeks of lost revenues, and no substantial new comics publications on the short term horizon, the future is looking very grim for them, indeed. On the flip side, more justifications for DC's decision are emerging. Questions of Diamond's current solvency are foremost, but that was almost a given in light of the fact that Diamond put all of their vendors on payment plans when they first shut down their operations. Even prior to those concerns, however, DC was apparently not pleased with Diamond's service, and/or the responsiveness of their staff. That pretty much mirrors comments from the retailer side of things, where some people are absolutely vitriolic in their condemnations of Diamond. Paul McCartney and John Lennon I do empathize with all of those emotional responses, but to cobble together a couple of lines from John Lennon/Paul McCartney's "Revolution": "You say you want a revolution, ... we'd all love to see the plan..." Simply destroying an existing structure that doesn't function as well as you would like serves no purpose, but to create chaos and extreme hardship for those reliant upon that system. I concur that many changes do need to be made, but DC deciding to essentially burn Diamond's house down doesn't help the Direct Market retailers one bit. Thank you, but no thank you. In all honesty, I personally expected far better from the home of "Truth, Justice, and the American Way..." As regards life here at Mile High Comics, everyone is working very hard today on shipping the deluge of orders that we received last weekend. There's no way that we can get them all shipped this week, however, so please be patient and allow us until next week to get caught up again. In the meantime, I am initiating a new 40% off SUMMER! codeword sale for those of you who can give us a little extra time. This new codeword discount applies to all ten million+ of our back issue comics and magazines, excepting only new issues, a few variants, and our professionally-graded comics. Happy collecting! Chuck Rozanski/Bettie Pages, President - Mile High Comics, Inc. June 9, 2020 MARVEL ALPHA FLIGHT (1983) (#1-130) #1 NEWSSTAND Very Good ASTONISHING TALES (MARVEL) (1970) #3 ASTONISHING TALES (MARVEL) (1970) #3 Good AVENGERS (1963) (#1-402) (MARVEL) #116 Fair BLACK PANTHER (2016) (#1-18) (MARVEL) #5 Near Mint/Mint DAREDEVIL (1964) (#1-380) (MAN WITHOUT FEAR) (MARVEL) #132 Good DAREDEVIL (1964) (#1-380) (MAN WITHOUT FEAR) (MARVEL) #161 NEWSSTAND Fine DAREDEVIL (1964) (#1-380) (MAN WITHOUT FEAR) (MARVEL) #181 Fine DAREDEVIL (1964) (#1-380) (MAN WITHOUT FEAR) (MARVEL) #183 Very Good DAREDEVIL (1964) (#1-380) (MAN WITHOUT FEAR) (MARVEL) #196 Very Good DAREDEVIL (1964) (#1-380) (MAN WITHOUT FEAR) (MARVEL) #254 Fine FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) (#1-416) (MARVEL) #120 Very Good FANTASTIC FOUR (1961) (#1-416) (MARVEL) #126 Very Good GROO THE WANDERER (1985) #1 Fine INVADERS (1975) (#1-41) (MARVEL) #41 NEWSSTAND Good IRON MAN (1968) (#1-332) (INVINCIBLE IRON MAN)(MARVEL) #100 WHITMAN Good MARVEL PREMIERE (1972) #2 Very Good MARVEL TAILS (1983) #1 NEWSSTAND Very Good NEW MUTANTS (1983) (#1-100) (MARVEL) #25 Very Good NEW MUTANTS (1983) (#1-100) (MARVEL) #26 NEW MUTANTS (1983) (#1-100) (MARVEL) #26 Very Good NEW MUTANTS (1983) (#1-100) (MARVEL) #100 Very Fine ROCKET RACCOON (1985) (#1-4) (MARVEL) #2 NEWSSTAND Very Good ROCKET RACCOON (1985) (#1-4) (MARVEL) #3 Fine ROCKET RACCOON (1985) (#1-4) (MARVEL) #4 Fine ROM (1979) (#1-75) (MARVEL) #1 NEWSSTAND Very Good SECRET WARS (1984) (#1-12) (LIMTED SERIES) (MARVEL) #1 Fine SGT. FURY AND HIS HOWLING COMMANDOS (1963) #51 Good SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #191 Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #192 BLANK CODE Very Good SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #200 NEWSSTAND Very Good SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #212 NEWSSTAND Very Good SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #244 Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #249 NEWSSTAND Very Good SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #250 NEWSSTAND Very Good SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #260 Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #261 Very Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #270 Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #281 NEWSSTAND Very Good SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #284 Very Good SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #286 Near Mint/Mint SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #287 Very Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #289 NEWSSTAND Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #322 SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #322 Very Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #323 Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #324 Near Mint/Mint SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #325 Near Mint/Mint SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #328 Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #332 Very Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #333 Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #344 Very Fine SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #345 Near Mint/Mint SPIDER-MAN (1963) (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) (#1-441) #365 Very Good SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (1964) (#1-28) (MARVEL) #22 Very Fine STRANGE TALES (1951) (#1-85 ATLAS, #86-188 MARVEL) #154 Fine SUB-MARINER (1968) (#1-72) (PRINCE NAMOR SUB-MARINER) #3 Fine SUPER-VILLAIN CLASSICS (1983) #1 NEWSSTAND Very Good TALES OF SUSPENSE (1959) (#1-99) (ATLAS/MARVEL) #84 Very Good TALES TO ASTONISH (1959) (#1-21 ATLAS, #22-101 MARVEL) #85 Very Good THOR (1962) (#83-125 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY, 126-502) #108 Fair TRANSFORMERS (1984) (#1-80) (MARVEL) #1 NEWSSTAND Fine ULTIMATE FALLOUT (2011) #4 2ND BAGLEY ULTIMATE FALLOUT (2011) #4 2ND BAGLEY Near Mint/Mint WEB OF SPIDER-MAN (1985) (#1-129) (MARVEL) #1 Fine WOLVERINE (1988) (#1/2-189) (MARVEL) #2 Very Fine WOLVERINE (1988) (#1/2-189) (MARVEL) #8 Near Mint/Mint X-FACTOR (1986) (#1-149) (ORIGINAL X-MEN) #6 NEWSSTAND Good X-MEN (1963) (#1-113, UNCANNY X-MEN #114-544) (MARVEL) #248 Near Mint/Mint X-MEN (1963) (#1-113, UNCANNY X-MEN #114-544) (MARVEL) #256 Fine X-MEN (1963) (#1-113, UNCANNY X-MEN #114-544) (MARVEL) #268 Near Mint/Mint X-MEN AND THE TEEN TITANS (1982) #1 Fine DC ACTION COMICS (1938) (#0-600, 643-904) (DC) #328 Very Good ACTION COMICS (1938) (#0-600, 643-904) (DC) #349 Good ACTION COMICS (1938) (#0-600, 643-904) (DC) #354 Good ACTION COMICS (1938) (#0-600, 643-904) (DC) #356 Fair ACTION COMICS (1938) (#0-600, 643-904) (DC) #395 Good ALL-AMERICAN MEN OF WAR (1952) #108 Good AQUAMAN (1962) (#1-63) (DC) #19 Good ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #1 ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #1 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #1 Very Fine ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #2 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #3 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #4 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #5 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #6 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #7 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #8 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #9 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #10 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #11 Near Mint/Mint ARROW (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2013) #12 Near Mint/Mint ARROW: SEASON 2.5 (DC) (GREEN ARROW) (2014) #1 Near Mint/Mint BATGIRL (2009) (#1-24) (DC) #1 Near Mint/Mint BATGIRL (2009) (#1-24) (DC) #2 Near Mint/Mint BATGIRL (2009) (#1-24) 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(#1-16) (DC) #15 Near Mint/Mint BLACKHAWK (1989) (#1-16) (DC) #16 Near Mint/Mint BLACKHAWK SPECIAL (1992) #1 Near Mint/Mint BLACKHAWKS (2011) #1 Near Mint/Mint BLITZKRIEG (1976) #1 Fine BLITZKRIEG (1976) #3 Fine BRAVE AND THE BOLD (2006) #28 BRAVE AND THE BOLD (2006) #28 Near Mint/Mint CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (1985) #1 Fine CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (1985) #7 Fine CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS (1985) #8 Fine DEATHSTROKE: THE TERMINATOR (1991) #15 Very Fine DEMON (1972) (#1-16) (JACK KIRBY) (DC) #2 Very Good DEMON (1972) (#1-16) (JACK KIRBY) (DC) #3 Very Good DEMON (1972) (#1-16) (JACK KIRBY) (DC) #5 Fine DEMON (1972) (#1-16) (JACK KIRBY) (DC) #8 Very Good DETECTIVE COMICS (1937) (#0-881) (DC) #474 Fine DETECTIVE COMICS (1937) (#0-881) (DC) #500 NEWSSTAND Fine DETECTIVE COMICS (1937) (#0-881) (DC) #500 Very Fine FIRST ISSUE SPECIAL (1975) #13 Very Good HOUSE OF SECRETS (1956) #86 Fine ISIS (MIGHTY ISIS) (1976) #1 Fine KAMANDI (1972) #4 Very Good KUNG-FU FIGHTER #1 KUNG-FU FIGHTER #1 Very Good MISTER MIRACLE (1971) (#1-25) (DC) #9 Very Good PHANTOM STRANGER (1969) (#1-42) #18 Very Good RAGMAN (1976) (#1-5) (DC) #1 Fine SECRETS OF SINISTER HOUSE (1972) #18 Good SHADOW (1973) (#1-12) (DC) #2 Fine SHAZAM! (1973) (#1-35) (WITH ONE MAGIC WORD...) #5 Fine SHAZAM! (1973) (#1-35) (WITH ONE MAGIC WORD...) #7 Fine SHAZAM! (1973) (#1-35) (WITH ONE MAGIC WORD...) #9 Fine SHAZAM! (1973) (#1-35) (WITH ONE MAGIC WORD...) #10 Very Good SUPERBOY (1949) (#1-258) (DC) #125 Fair SUPERGIRL (1982) (#1-23) (DC) #1 NEWSSTAND Fine SWAMP THING (1972) (#1-24) #11 Fine SWAMP THING (1972) (#1-24) #12 Very Good TARZAN (1972) (#207-258) (DC) #210 Fine TEEN TITANS (1966) (#1-53) (DC) #31 TEEN TITANS (1966) (#1-53) (DC) #31 Very Good TEEN TITANS (1980) (#1-91) (DC) #44 NEWSSTAND Very Good DARK HORSE COMICS BALTIMORE: CURSE BELLS (DARK HORSE) (MIGNOLA) (2011) #2 Near Mint/Mint BALTIMORE: DR. LESKOVAR'S REMEDY (DARK HORSE) (MIGNOLA) (2012) #1 MIGNOLA Near Mint/Mint BALTIMORE: INQUISITOR (DARK HORSE) (MIGNOLA) (2013) #1 Near Mint/Mint BETTIE PAGE: QUEEN OF THE NILE (1999) #2 Very Fine CONAN THE CIMMERIAN (2008) #1 Near Mint/Mint SWORD DAUGHTER (2018) #7 A OLIVER Near Mint/Mint IMAGE COMICS ANT (2005) (#1-11) (IMAGE) #1 Near Mint/Mint ANT (2005) (#1-11) (IMAGE) #3 Near Mint/Mint APHRODITE IX (IMAGE TOP COW) (2000) #0 (Image Top Cow) Near Mint/Mint APHRODITE IX (IMAGE TOP COW) (2000) #1 TURNER (Image Top Cow) Near Mint/Mint ART OF WITCHBLADE ONE-SHOT (IMAGE TOPCOW) (2006) #1 (Image Top Cow) Near Mint/Mint BATTLE CHASERS (1998) (#1-4) (IMAGE/CLIFFHANGER) #1 BATTLE CHASERS (1998) (#1-4) (IMAGE/CLIFFHANGER) #1 Near Mint/Mint BATTLE CHASERS (2001) (#9-UP) (IMAGE) #9 Near Mint/Mint BATTLE CHASERS PRELUDE (IMAGE) (1998) #1 Fine BLACK FLAG (1995) (#0-4) (MAXIMUM/IMAGE) #1 Fine THUMBS (2019) #2 Near Mint/Mint INDEPENDENTS ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN (1948) #164 (ACG) Good AIRBOY: 1942 BEST OF ENEMIES (MOONSTONE) (2009) #1 A (Moonstone) Near Mint/Mint AIRBOY: DEADEYE (ANTARCTIC) (2012) #5 (Antarctic Press) Near Mint/Mint AIRFIGHTERS (AIRBOY) (2010) #1 A (Moonstone) Near Mint/Mint AIRFIGHTERS (AIRBOY) (2010) #1 B (Moonstone) Near Mint/Mint AIRFIGHTERS (AIRBOY) (2010) #2 A (Moonstone) Near Mint/Mint ANT (2004) (#1-4) (ARCANA) #1 COVER B (Arcana Studio) Near Mint/Mint ANT (2004) (#1-4) (ARCANA) #2 COVER B (Arcana Studio) Near Mint/Mint ANT (2004) (#1-4) (ARCANA) #2 (Arcana Studio) Very Fine ANT (2004) (#1-4) (ARCANA) #3 (Arcana Studio) Very Fine ANT (2004) (#1-4) (ARCANA) #4 COVER A (Arcana Studio) Very Fine ANT UNLEASHED (BIG CITY COMICS) (2007) #1 ANT UNLEASHED (BIG CITY COMICS) (2007) #1 (Big City Comics) Near Mint/Mint ANT UNLEASHED (BIG CITY COMICS) (2007) #2 (Big City Comics) Near Mint/Mint ANT UNLEASHED (BIG CITY COMICS) (2007) #3 (Big City Comics) Near Mint/Mint BALLAD OF UTOPIA (BLACK DAZE) (1998) #3 (Black Daze) Near Mint/Mint BALLAD OF UTOPIA (BLACK DAZE) (1998) #3 (Black Daze) Very Fine BALLAD OF UTOPIA (BLACK DAZE) (1998) #4 (Black Daze) Very Fine BALLAD OF UTOPIA (BLACK DAZE) (1998) #5 (Black Daze) Near Mint/Mint BALLAD OF UTOPIA (BLACK DAZE) (1998) #5 (Black Daze) Very Fine BALLAD OF UTOPIA (BLACK DAZE) (1998) #8 (Black Daze) Near Mint/Mint BALLISTIC (BLACK MASK COMICS) (2013) #1 (Black Mask) Near Mint/Mint BALLISTIC (BLACK MASK COMICS) (2013) #2 (Black Mask) Near Mint/Mint BALTIMORE COMIC-CON OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM #1 2000 (CARDS, COMICS, & COLLECIBLES) Fine BALTIMORE COMIC-CON OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM #1 2005 (CARDS, COMICS, & COLLECIBLES) Near Mint/Mint BALTIMORE COMIC-CON OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM #2006 (CARDS, COMICS, & COLLECIBLES) Near Mint/Mint BALTIMORE COMIC-CON OFFICIAL SOUVENIR PROGRAM #2006 (CARDS, COMICS, & COLLECIBLES) Very Fine BANANA SUNDAYS (Oni Press Inc.) 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Near Mint/Mint BANG GANG (Eros Comix (Fantagraphics)) (WALLY WOOD) (ADULT) #1 (Eros Comix (Fantagraphics)) Very Good BLACK TERROR (2008) (#1-14) (DYNAMITE) #3 TEXEIRAB&W (DYNAMITE Entertainment) Near Mint/Mint FLAMING CARROT STORIES (1994) #1 FLAMING CARROT STORIES (1994) #1 (Bob Burden Studios) Fine SUPERBABES STARRING FEMFORCE (2019) #2 (AC Comics) Fine SUPERBABES STARRING FEMFORCE (2019) #2 (AC Comics) Near Mint/Mint TANK GIRL: FULL COLOR CLASSICS (2018) #3 A HEWLETT (Titan Distributing) Near Mint/Mint TANK GIRL: FULL COLOR CLASSICS (2018) #3 B HEWLETT (Titan Distributing) Near Mint/Mint TANK GIRL: FULL COLOR CLASSICS (2018) #3 C HEWLETT (Titan Distributing) Near Mint/Mint TEAM SONIC RACING ONE-SHOT (2018) #1 (IDW Publishing) Near Mint/Mint TEST (2019) #1 A HICKMAN (Vault) Near Mint/Mint THREE STOOGES: SHEMPTASTIC SHEMPTACULAR SPECIAL (2017) #1 LAROCQUE (American Mythology) Near Mint/Mint THRESHOLD: ALLURE (2019) #4 (Boundless Comics) Near Mint/Mint THRESHOLD: ALLURE (2019) #4 BONDAGE (Boundless Comics) Near Mint/Mint Current Newsletter