Showing posts with label theft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label theft. Show all posts

Friday, 11 January 2019

$1.4 Million in Batman Comics Stolen

 
  
 
A heist worthy of Batman has occurred, and now it’s up to the collecting community to help solve.
Pedigree Comics’ Comic Art Consignment Director, Rand Lawrence of Boca Raton, Florida shared a letter with Bleeding Cool about what happened recently to his impressive collection of Batman and Detective Comics issues.
Read the article linked above for more details. I hope he gets them ALL back. 

Monday, 9 June 2014

Everyone wants a piece #Superman

Somebody stole a first edition from Nic Cage!


Superman was the template for superheroes. He spawned a franchise so lucrative it enticed The Walt Disney Company to spend $4 billion in 2009 to buy Marvel Entertainment.
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Superman was the template for superheroes. He spawned a franchise so lucrative it enticed The Walt Disney Company to spend $4 billion in 2009 to buy Marvel Entertainment.
How do you track down a priceless artifact when fakes are everywhere and the owner isn't even sure it's missing? In this excerpt from a Star Dispatches eread, Sandro Contenta looks at the seedy underbelly of the comic book black market.