APPRAISER: You just found out how much your
Avengers comics are worth.
GUEST: Yes.
INTERVIEWER: These are the ones your mom bought
at an auction when you were a kid.
You had them stored away forever.
You finally went back, dug them out and brought
them here.
GUEST: The Washington State Apple Box that
had duct tape all around it.
I was like, "What is in that?"
Then, I opened it up.
I had literally forgotten what was in there,
and I'm going through and I'm like, "Oh my
god.
That's right.
There are two issues of The Avengers."
INTERVIEWER: And you had a whole bunch of
comics in there.
I just chose these two for the center.
We went through a couple other ones because
I thought they were really iconic of the ‘60s
comic culture.
You have covers by Jack Kirby, with first
printings of Captain Marvel.
You've got one of the early X-Men with the
brotherhood of evil mutants, which has Quicksilver
and Scarlet Witch.
One of the first appearances of the Juggernaut.
I mean, all these great early comic book characters
that are so in the forefront of the public
consciousness today.
GUEST: Which is amazing.
INTERVIEWER: As a kid, these guys were our
heroes.
Now, a whole new generation is introduced
to them.
Now, comic books are making a huge comeback.
These were pulp garbage back then.
Now, we look back and you've got several thousand
dollars of comic books.
GUEST: It's unbelievable.
I think probably even more amazing than just
the price is opening the box and just seeing
the characters as they were drawn back then.
Just the difference between comic books today,
back then.
INTERVIEWER: The characters have changed so
much over the last 40 years.
I think every one of these heroes has died
at least 20 or 30 times.
The current incarnation of Thor is a woman.
I mean, these characters change so much and
evolve.
It's really wonderful being able to revisit
the way we remember them being.
GUEST: I haven't opened any of them up since
I found them because I was too scared.
I was worried that they would get hurt.
I've gone online a couple of times, just to
… they'll show you the pages.
I can read and remember that way.
I haven't cracked some of them, but I think
I will.
Maybe not that one.
INTERVIEWER: Maybe not that one.
