The Purge, Part One

If you follow me on The Twitter, you’re probably already aware that lately, I’ve been feeling a bit confined by the sheer amount of comics in my home. Working in a comic book store for six years left me with a collection that’s probably way bigger than it should be.

That’s why, in typical Chris Sims overreacting fashion, I’m selling off a huge part of what I own, thanks to an eBay-savvy friend that’s helping me out (read: doing the work because I’m lazy). Here’s what went up for the first round:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #1-20 (Chen Covers): I’m not sure if you guys have heard of it, but there’s a pretty obscure television show about a teenage vampire slayer from a few years back, and it eventually became a comic book. I’m not gonna lie, I later became pretty disenchanted with the series, but lord knows I’m not the biggest Buffy fan out there, and the earlier issues are quite good, so here’s hoping they find a good home.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 8 #1-20 (Variant Covers): Take everything I just said, but instead of wrapping it up in the normal Jo Chen cover, give it the variants instead. Yeah, yeah, I speculated on this one. We all got something shameful in our past.

Conan #0-50: Dark Horse’s Conan series is just flat-out awesome, but I got the trades a while back and I’ve been meaning to get rid of these. This is a full run of the book from before it was relaunched as “Conan the Cimmerian,” and it’s chock full of dudes in loincloths cutting other dudes in loincloths in half with a sword. Also, it’s got a great adaptation of my favorite Conan story, Rogues in the House.

All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #1-10: What can I say about this the Goddamn Batman that hasn’t already been said? There are a few variants in with these.

Ambush Bug #1-4, Son of Ambush Bug #1-6, Ambush Bug Year None #1-4, Ambush Bug Stocking Stuffer #1: Hey look, a ton of Ambush Bug! This is actually one of the few incomplete runs I’ve ever put up (Year None is missing #5 and #7, I think, because there was no #6? Man who even knows with that book), but it’s funny stuff, if you, like me, are into Keith Giffen riffing on what was going on in comics 20 years ago and would like to see a panel of Darkseid working at McDonald’s.

Batgirl Adventures #1: I’m not sure if it’s still the case, but there was a time when this one-shot was hard as hell to find, probably because it’s one of those early Harley Quinn appearances that the burgeoning Harley Completist Market was trying to snatch up. Regardless, it’s also really good, with Paul Dini doing a fun story and the highly underrated Rick Burchett drawing the mess out of it.

GI Joe: Cobra Special (Retailer Incentive Cover): I thought this story — told symmetrically, with Tomax and Xamot splitting the book down the middle and doing mirror images of their origin — was awesome, and I also somehow ended up with the Retailer Incentive wraparound cover.

Captain America Reborn #1-6: Remember that time that Captain America got shot with a time bullet and had to go around the past until he came back and fought an army of super-MODOKs at the Lincoln Memorial? Well you can remember it again, and also give me money! It’s a win-win-win!

And probably the biggest one for this time around…

Deadpool and Agent X: Full Gail Simone Run: This one barely needs me to say anything about it, but just for the record, this is the best Deadpool has ever — and likely will ever — be again. As much as I liked the Joe Kelly run as it was coming out (look for that soon), Simone took the book to the next level of comedy and action, with the only bad thing about it being that it somehow managed to come before Deadpoolmania hit like a freight train and only lasted a few years. It’s great stuff, and I’ll personally guarantee it*. Plus, as a special bonus, I’ve included the two-issue Evan Dorkin Fight Man story!

Note: Personal Guarantee will not result in any return of money. If you don’t like it, you’ll just have to admit you’re wrong..

So there you go, the first round in the ISB Summer Fundraiser/Grand Comic Book Collection Purge. If you’ve got lots of money but don’t have lots of comics, I can help you with that.

12 thoughts on “The Purge, Part One

  1. “Comics come bagged back to back to prevent shipping, no boards.” quoted from each auction page.

    Um, it’s gonna be kinda hard to find bids when you’re preventing shipping :P

  2. Yeah, that’s the deal: You give me your money, and I keep the comics, but you can call and ask about them whenever you want.

    Nah, that’s just a typo. I’ll pass it along to my pal.

  3. The Gail Simone Deadpool comics (and Agent X) are seriously some of the best funny comics I have ever read. I pull them out every year or so and read them again, and end up cackling like a madman every time. Ratbag is one of my favorite minor characters…. well, ever.

  4. I would be all over some of this stuff if not for the shipping only to America thing. You heard it hear first kids: Chris Sims doesn’t care about Canadian people.

  5. Auuuuuuuuuuuuugh. :( I so wanted to have that AgentX+Deadpool run. :( Dangit, for not shipping outside of USA.

  6. Another sales blurb for the Agent X stuff – the Dorkin Fight Man issues are two of my favourite comics ever. So people should totally buy them off you.

  7. Good grief, I think I actually have spares of the Agent X stuff, and I’m still not letting any go: that’s how good they are.

  8. Wait. You’re selling the Buffy? When, now that you’ve tired of it, you could so easily send them to me? Like, as an early Christmas gift or something? Or a late one, depending on when you count from. I mean…really?