Are vintage Star Wars comics worth anything?

[tay666]

I've been clearing out my comic book collection.
Getting rid of the stuff I don't really care about.
It's been kind of nice clearing a bunch of space and really defining my collection.

But now I am getting to some stuff I am on the fence about.
I've got the full run of the Marvel Star Wars comics.
I knida like that I have them. But I haven't even looked in the box in probably 10 years now.
So, I am thinking if they are worth anything, probably best to just get rid of them.
Now, I'm not talking about looking for huge sums of cash or anything.
If I broke the collection into 2 lots and put it on ebay. Could I realistically get somewhere around $60 or better for the full run?

I've been doing that with my Wolverine and Xmen books lately.
Lots of like 50-60 books. Ungraded. Starting at 99 cents + shipping. And have been averaging around 50 cents a book.
But I was just tired of keeping those things around. And didn't care if they sold for opening bid. The Star Wars I am kind of attached to, so if they won't get me any money, I'll probably just hang on to them for another 10 years.

[The Toyroom]

I always thought it was just the first 6 issues (original prints) and the last issue that commanded a decent price...

[Blue Meanie]

I always thought it was just the first 6 issues (original prints) and the last issue that commanded a decent price...

You hit it right on the head. Last Issue is probably more expensive than issue 1 or the variation of Number 1.

[johnnystorm]

The last few issues are harder to find since Marvel was winding the series down and thus there were lower print runs.

CGC - Star Wars 107 - eBay (item 220562620439 end time Mar-22-11 13:00:50 PDT)

Also, the first 6 issues were reprinted...a lot, so check for the printing in the indicia. And #1 had a $.35 price variant that can go upwards of $1000 in mint, much more if graded. But it must be the first printing variant, as later printings also can be 35 centers. It's confusing, but worth investigating a bit.

[MIB41]

That is crazy! I never would have guessed that high. I have scores of Star Wars comics and always thought they had no value.

[Earth 2 Chris]

It's hard to imagine nowadays that Star Wars was really "over" at one time. The Marvel comic dragged on for a bit. But by then the Power of the Force figures were gone, the Ewoks and Droids toons were canceled. It was the last Star Wars presence left at the time.

I had no idea the last issue was worth much of anything, but it makes sense I guess.

Chris

[rche]

Looking at the ebay - full or near full sets seem to get between 1-2$ per book in the lot.

set of #s 2-107 - price realized $240
STAR WARS Comics Set Lot 2-107 Marvel Complete 106 bks - eBay (item 330540731960 end time Mar-11-11 11:23:46 PST)

cgc graded 9 copy of #107 - price realized $52
Star Wars #107 CGC 9.0 Duffy Martin Portacio Rubinstein - eBay (item 300532169818 end time Mar-08-11 16:48:02 PST)

[ctc]

Hmmmm....

They're not worth much monetarily. I just bought a ton of 'em, since I'm trying to complete my set. (I still enjoy them.) I got most of them for less than a dollar each. The last issue is worth a few bucks, 'cos it had a really small run, and nobody noticed it was the end at the time. ($50 seems about average, but I've seen higher and lower. It lists at around $120.) There's one version of #2 that's pretty valuable; with the 35 cent price. The early issues list at high prices, but they're pretty common so you might not get top dollar. (I got the first six issues a couple years back for less than $10.)

Don C.

[tay666]

So, basically things are just the same as when I quit following comics about 7-8 years ago.
The early and late issues are worth the most.

Sadly the early issues I have aren't in the greatest shape, as they are the ones I bought off the newstand and read multiple times.

After a little more poking around, I came up with the same thing rche did.
Seems like about $2 a book. Which I'd be happy with.
So I guess I will dig that box out this weekend

At least I will be fairly sure that stuff will sell. Unlike the piles of independant and Free Comic Book Day stuff I will be grouping and listing also.