Mile High Comics

10/30/2026

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A very brief newsletter today, as I am at home, working on my farm. A big cold/rain front is barreling our way from out of the Gulf of California, so I'm trying to get things battened down in anticipation. We're mostly winterized right now, but I do still have some pasture clean-up on my agenda, so....

10/28/2026

Great New Collection Arrives

Howdy!

This being the end of October, we have been inundated this week with people offering to sell us their comics, toys, graphic novel, and statue collections. Most reasoning behind this bounty of offers fall within the typical parameters of death, divorce, and relocating out of state, but the lower sunlight levels during latter part of fall also seem to trigger some people's sudden decisions to downsize. Whatever the case may be, over 20 of our clients per day are bringing in boxes of their treasures to sell.

The good news for you is that we have been blessed to be able to purchase some hard-to-find key back issues this week, while our 70% off HALLOWEEN! codeword is still in effect for you. Check out the two photos above and below to see a great selection of the treasures that we just purchased. Thousands of more back issues arrived with these key issues, so Will and Pam will be entering even more great back issues for you all of this week. Check our daily Premium New-In-Stock link on our website for our latest update.

Further below you will see some individual photos of CGC-graded keys that are not eligible for the 70% off discount (since they are already priced at net...), but given their higher grades, I believe that Will Moulton kept their cost quite reasonable. If the X-Men #94 and Spider-Man #129 do not already sell online by the Friday, I believe that the odds are high that they will sell in the Mega-Store over the weekend. Just saying...

On a related note, if you live nearby and haven't visited our Mega-Store lately, I believe that you really should try to find time to stop by. We do (obviously) post most of our newly arrived comics and books for you on our website, but the number of awesome toys and statues that Will and Pam have been purchasing of late is really rather astounding. Even though I own everything in our Mega-Store, I cannot walk through Jason St. without seeing great collectibles that had not been there a week prior. For me, every journey through our store is an adventure!

I'll close with a couple more cogent points. First, I have recently seen several orders placed for our spiffy Mile High Comics gift certificates. We sell the dickens out them as the holiday season approaches, as they make excellent gifts. 'Nuff said. Second, our 70% off HALLOWEEN! codeword sale will end next Tuesday. There's always a rush at the end, so the sooner that you place your 70% off order, the better.

Happy collecting!

Chuck Rozanski/Bettie Pages,
President - Mile High Comics, Inc.
October 28, 2026

10/27/2026

Pam got a nice smaller collection today (about 400 comics) at our Jason Street Mega-Store. Here are a few of the "better" comics. All will be on our website tomorrow.

10/27/2026

Yesterday at our Jason Street Mega-Store we got in 50+ graded comics. I got a few of them on already with the rest hopefully going on today. Here are 2 key issues that came in! (Already for sale on our website) The SPIDER-MAN #129 does have a crack on the back (see below)

10/26/2026

70% Off HALLOWEEN Codeword

Howdy!

I am resting at home this morning, after a very busy weekend. Our monthly no-minimum-bid back issue comics and pop culture toys auction which took place on Saturday went surprisingly well (at least for the end of October), and our much-anticipated rain in Boulder held off long enough for me to work myself into a frazzle while mowing our 20-acre back pasture yesterday. Truthfully, I am not feeling at all bad this morning, but simply a bit weary.

Anyhoo, I will soon be heading in to work at the Mile High Comics Jason St. Mega-Store, primarily to continue my efforts at opening up space for our upcoming delivery of 50 new upright showcases from China. Our weekly dumpster pick-up is tomorrow, and I want to make certain that it is filled to complete capacity. With individual roll-off containers now costing $600+, we need to make certain that we fully utilize the debris space for which we're already paying. Clearing out the back of our Mega-Store is going to require disposing of (quite literally...) tons of discards. As an avowed lifelong hoarder this discarding of many of my "treasures" is killing my soul, but at the age of almost 72, the time has come.

Speaking of discards, I am going to make one last offer of free comic book storage bins before I rent a truck and haul them over to the crusher at the steel recycling center. We utilized these awesome converted lateral files to successfully sell comics both in our Mega-Store and at the San Diego Comic-Con, but discontinued using them ten years ago. I have been storing those 100+ steel cabinets ever since in the vain hope that we would eventually buy another building in which to utilize them, but with the cost of buying Denver warehouse space now at about $200 per square foot, I have come to realize that is just never going to happen. That is why I made the painfully pragmatic decision that they have to go, one way, or another. Sigh.

On a cheerier note, we raised another $850 in donations at Saturday's auction that we are sending on to help sustain the LGBTQ+ refugees of Casa de Luz. That safe house in Tijuana, Mexico shelters people seeking asylum in the USA who cannot return to their countries of origin because being LGBTQ+ is criminalized, with some facing possible ex*****on for being gay or trans. Sadly, the current administration has pretty much shut down the process of accepting asylum applications, so these poor people are stuck in a limbo in Tijuana, which can be quite a hazardous place, especially for Transgender men and women. Our monthly donations only move their needle of need by a slight bit, but at least we are trying to help. 'Nuff said.

On a related note, about a dozen of our auction item from Saturday ended up being won by readers of this newsletter who could not attend in person. They placed advance bids with our auction clerk, Pam Brandle, and she fought fiercely for them as their proxy bidder. Our live auctions are typically only attended by 25-40 fans (who have limited means...), so some very desirable items definitely go with no bids, or ones that are quite nominal. That is why I encourage everyone who sees an item in our online postings that they might wish to add into their collections to contact Pam ahead of the auction, and give her a bid amount. Your odds of winning are actually surprisingly high. Our next auction will be either on November 21st or 28th, depending on my travel schedule.

My only other topic for today is a quick mention that, since Halloween is taking place this Saturday (!), our annual 70% off HALLOWEEN! codeword sale on all ten million+ of our back issue comics and magazines will be ending early next week. As per usual, only new issues, a few variants and restored items, and our professionally-graded comics are exempt from the codeword sale. Will and Pam have been adding a slew of new arrivals from recently-purchased collections for you into our Premium New-in-Stock listings, almost all of which qualify for those 70% off savings. Need I say more?

Happy collecting!

Chuck Rozanski/Bettie Pages,
President - Mile High Comics, Inc.
October 26, 2026

10/21/2026

It took us a little while longer than expected, but we now have our +/- 400 auction items for this Saturday's live event pictured for you. That having been said, I believe that Will Moulton did quite a good job of picking items this month. Saturday's auction in the Mega-Store (which begins at 11:30....

10/20/2026

Howdy! My name is Chuck Rozanski, and I founded Denver’s world-famous Mile High Comics retail store 56 years ago. Earlier this month, I drove 2,600 roundtrip miles to Seattle, Washington (and back) to pick up a huge private collection of rare and out-of-print comic books and graphic novels. Since it is inevitable that when we purchase multiple large collections that there are overlaps, some of those comics from Seattle are now forming the nucleus of this month’s awesome Mile High Comics Jason St. Mega-Store overstock auction.

If you have never visited our gigantic Mile High Comics Mega-Store (located near downtown Denver at 4600 Jason St.), this Saturday (9/24) will provide you with an excellent opportunity for you to not only be able to explore the largest comic book and pop culture toys store in America (65,000 square feet!), but also to possibly participate in our monthly no-minimum-bid auction. Our auction begins at 11:30 AM, is totally free of charge, and is generally finished about 90 minutes later. During the intervening time we quickly hustle our way through our 40 scheduled lots, and then also typically add a few unannounced lots for charity. Our auctions are fast, and fun!

This month’s auction is also designed to help to facilitate our latest expansion of our in-store displays, as we are going to utilize some of the funds generated from the auction to help us to cover the cost of our purchasing yet another 50 huge upright display cases. We already have about 300 showcases filled with pop culture collectibles in our Mega-Store, but our very generous programs of purchasing collections of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture toys means that all of our existing showcases are now jam-packed to capacity, with even more great collectibles already waiting in storage. We desperately need more showcases!

Anyhoo, if you want to escape from the world for a while, and just spend some enjoyable time with friends or family, visit Mile High Comics today. We are conveniently located just two blocks south, and then two blocks east of the I-70/Pecos St. exit. Bring your entire family when you visit, as kids are always welcome, and we have lots of nostalgia items on display for elders. Above all else, we strive to make visiting Mile High Comics an enjoyable experience for everyone. We hope to see you soon!

10/19/2026

I returned home late last evening from Portland, Oregon where I attended a required International Court Council meeting. I have now been on the council for nine years, having participated and contributed toward many important causes including the National LGBTQ+ Wall of Honor in the Stonewall Inn, t...

10/15/2026

I am chilling in my upstairs office at Mile High Comics today. I am typically a pretty hyper Type-A individual, but truthfully I have already set into motion all that I can toward our #1 winter priority of adding 50 more glass showcases into our Jason St. Mega-Store. After an all-hands-on-deck meeti...