The Story of How I Purchased 1.7 Million Comics At One Time 

I sold my entire collection once in 2007, and then after restarting again in 2014. Both times it was over a girl and probably are the biggest regrets of my life. The best advice i can give anyone is never let a girl come between you and your comics.

I don’t collect comics...but was riveted to this tale...all the way to the end😊

The Mile High story needs to be made into a movie.

Totally amazing story. I remember in 1995 I went to a garage sale and bought $3500 worth of vintage marvel comic's for $56 Canadian. I couldn't sleep that night. Up all night reading the comic book price guide. I wish I still had them. A once in a lifetime find 😀👍♥️🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏🎉🎉💯💯

This is hands down the most incredible comic book hoard in the history of comics. What a tale!

Chuck is a true collector. You could tell he's more interested in having a crazy collection vs actually selling the books lol. I still remember giving my grandpa money to make a purchase after seeing one of his ads. I think that was the first time I ordered something !!!

Holy cow 😳😱 I used to love ordering from Mile High comics back in the days. Never knew that the story behind the scenes was more titillating than the comic books I was buying 😂😂😂👍 Great video. #subscribed

Never paid attention to comics in my life and I was hooked the whole time. Thanks for making this

Great lesson from this story: Always have a poker face when making business.

Chuck is a great guy who is very generous to the Denver area. Good fortune could not follow a better comic book addict.

Chuck is a historical member of the comic book community. Like Stan, Jack, Bob, Joe, Jerry, Martin, Phil seuling , bud plant. Comic book and internet community would have never existed. His involvement in the growth of the human race cannot be underestimated. Genius. Pure and simple.😀 ooh la la!!!

Thanks for telling this story, Key Collector. I had read about the original Mile High collection, but did not know the history of this one until I happened upon your video. I just find this all fascinating.

I live 25 mins from mile high and see Chuck almost everyone I go there. Always says hello and smiles. Great job in narration sir! Enjoyed this!

Wow just wow not only you have a passion for comics but a great narrator aswell.

Great story. It’s nice that you were at all times a decent businessman who never gave up, but that you also had morals and did everything possible to hold up your end of the deal.

I remembered a warehouse in Brooklyn that was selling comics. That's a cool story 😎

Whenever I read my older comics I always see this mail order comics in a huge advertisement!!!!!!!!! The whole page!!!!!! And I always see some comics I’d love to order now for the price that they were selling at that time in the middle 80’s!!!? God bless you all today Shalom

Growing up in the 80s, I can remember the awe I felt looking through my first Overstreet Guide, particularly the middle color insert of the precious Golden Age book. Many as I would come to know, were part of Chuck’s first legendary collection purchase, The Edward Church collection. Seeing Mile High’s 50 cent back issue ad spreads in the middle of many books growing up, I was enamored by the charm and innocence of older, inaccessible parts of the hobby. Here I could get almost an entire run of Shazam! comics published by DC in the 70s for 15.00 I would mow yards and send off for them in batches. Getting mail in the forth grade was a thrill. To open those boxes and be greeted by beautiful, seemingly untouched/uncirculated copies of this hero I had only before heard of in the stories of my grandad and his brothers, older collectors, and the Filmation cartoon from the late 70s and early 80’s. Chuck, with a little help from the Overstreet Guide, definitely hooked me on the thrill of hunting down early bronze, but better still Silver, and by far the most intoxicating finds of all, the rare Golden Age book. Much like Chuck, thought I loved the Marvel Family, I always pined for a copy of Marvel Mystery...one with the amazing Schomburg covers with the Human Torch and Toro blazing in brith vertices across the cover. I’ve been a collector now for nearly 40 years. I’ve never been able to afford to put together a large run of any of those books, but boy, the day I got my first real Fawcett Marvel Family comic book in the mail is as vividly etched into my mind as my first kiss, or driving my dad’s old Galaxie 500 for the first time. And I own a single, precious copy of Marvel Mystery. Chuck and the stories of the early days of fandom were legends I grew up on. In the pre-internet days, Chuck, along with characters like Ernst and Mary Gerber with their quest to produce the criminally overlooked Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books, Bob Overstreet whose name is synonymous for “comics price guide,” and the other players in the rarefied world of vintage comics collecting and the movers and shakers in the hobby that shaped the market from Harley Yee to the polarizing Steve Geppi...they shaped my appetites and taste in comics. I’ve been a back issue collector waiting on the day he stumbles on that stack of old golden age books that someone’s mother didn’t throw out since I was a 7 year old boy in 1983. I’m looking still. Thanks Chuck.

Dude this is an awesome story I love learning about any kind of comic book history

Damn, unreal story I really enjoyed it. Biggest comic deal in history. Well done Sir, well done. You got some crazy heart sticking in there and going through with the deal. I'm happy it payed off for you. Thank you very much for this story :)

My friend in 5th grade collected comics back in the 1980s & 1990s, i remember he was so excited of a GI Joe #1, and a rare X Men comic. I never got into comics but i always wanted to. I guess its never too late. Thanks for the interesting video.

Great story and even better narration. The fact that you not only gave him more then I think everyone realizes you had to to close the deal but held true to your agreement to send him the comics for his kids at your expense shows the content of your character and ultimately the key to your success. Thank you for sharing!

I thought he looked familiar in the thumbnail. I went to Mile High once. He's a great guy and incredibly knowledge

Great video. I really appreciate Mr Rozanski. He is one of the few people that has actively formed the hobby of comic book collecting, to what it is now. More like this please.

That was great watched the whole video what a amazing deal.

Had a vast collection of large conan comics that my parents just got rid of. No explanation, bought with money I earned on my own, they were forever doing shit like that. Years later in a different city as an adult I stopped at a yard sale and bought some scifi paperbacks and the guy mentioned he had some comics that his brother who passed away saved. I looked through the box noticed some pencil marks that looked familliar, IT WAS MY OLD COLLECTION. The sad ending is they got stolen along with some other stuff by a guy I thought was a friend. It's funny how you value the stuff from childhood.

Thanks. I sold my silver age comic collection to pay the bills in my comic store in the 80s. That has always stung.

Holy ****!! That is am AMAZING tale!! Personally I would not have sent the 2 copies to that guy until he paid first. Yeah it was in a contract and he was ready to fulfill his end of it, but if the other party didn't cover the shipping that was on them. I would have kept and sold those extra issues. That's me though.

Great story... phenomenal really. Makes me appreciate how insane the history of American comic book collecting really is! I always wanted to know more about those freaking Mile High ads in every goddamn Marvel comic I read in the 80s!!! Oh and... "I pretended to take a hit..." Im not gonna lie... I kind of hope he told this story to you face-to-face so he could see the look on your face when he dropped that little nugget right there...

This video needs to be played in every class. Risk and hard work can pay off.

Awesome story!!! I used to buy back issues from Mile High in the mid 80's as a kid because none of the comic books shops in my town had any back issues. Now I know where all those books came from!!!!

It's unfortunate that mile high charges 2x FMV. Sometimes even more for their comics. I would love to purchase from them, but no point when you can get it significantly cheaper other places

Great story! Amazing narrator and graphics! You earned a sub Key! Great job!!

when i was a kid, 9 years old maybe, when i went to bed i liked to imagine how big a room must be to contain all the comic books published at that time in the world...i wanna be its guardian...i still got the same idea...

Great story! I guess 2 grand was a lot in '85... it kind of seems comical now though to grease a six figure deal by fanning just 20 C-notes at someone.

A gripping tale through and through! I had a good time listening.

I’m a collector of anything vintage, sadly to say, and I have a few 12 cent’ers of my own! I don’t collect “collections” I just like to have bits and pieces of my childhood history. But I will say, your story was incredible as you well know because you made a video about it! I’ve gone to great length to acquire “must have” items, but brother you win the Oscar for pulling that one off.

Hey K.C.C. and Chuck, This is an incredible story full of suspense and took me on Chuck's emotional journey through the lows (from fear, doubt, numerous obstacles) to possibility to excitement to frustration to elation to wisdom. This is no doubt an epic journey of the warrior. Thank you for sharing this gripping tale. BTW Mr. Narrator has done a fabulous job. I would not believe you if you said this is an A.I. reader.

You are incredible! What a story and what a narrative!

Damn, this brings back some memories. I was sixteen at the time, working for Chuck at the old Broadway warehouse that summer. Probably the youngest employee at the time. Took three days for a couple dozen of us to unload five semi trailers. Bout killed me.

Thanks for telling me this story. I have meet the owner. He is such a great guy. He give back to his community . The comics shop is the biggest in the world. The owner live my dream.

Wow. I wish I could have found that many comics! Great story!

Thanks for making and posting this - I’ve been buying from MHC since the 80’s but had no idea how Chuck got all of those back issues, cheers. 💀🔥

Great commentary enjoyed the story. You need a job on audiobooks. I also enjoy your app. All I have to do now is wait on that million comic book call. Great job.

That Captain America issue at the beginning was the origin of Vermin. I have a good memory.

Amazing story. Heard about the deal but this video offered so much behind the scenes detail.

Nick, this was a great video. It was great to hear some of the history behind the comics.

I had the chance to buy the inventory of a closed down comic book shop (comic books and collectibles) for $5,000 dollars. My wife freaked out. So I tried to offer less but my offer was not accepted.

This was awesome! I was too lazy to read the a Article myself.

What a cool story. I'm so glad it all worked out! Thank you for sharing

I have one Golden Age comic from the Lamont Larsen collection an All American Comics #7 which I bought some decades ago back in the late 1980’s when you could still get that type of collectible from a dealer for $150. Good Times.

This was very good, Nick! You’ve got that smooth voiceover!

Damn, that's one hell of a story dude.

Very cool story. I'm a Native Coloradan and although not a Comic collector, know of Mile High Comics. Never knew the story though.

The cash bribe was a Pro move! At the perfect time! Hell of a story, hell of a head ache, hell of a pay-off!

I am very sad. I started collecting comics in 1963 and I read them once and store them away. I had many complete series of Marvel and DC comics - in pretty much mint condition! I collected until about 1980 when I finally got tired of dragging over 10,000 comics all over - I had traded my DC collection in for missing Marvels to try to complete that collection, but since I had so many and I had just gotten out of the Army I just could not take them with me all over. I ended up selling an almost complete Marvel Collection in mint condition for 600.00 :( I suppose I will never ever be able to replace them.

Amazing,you are a true hero in the comic world!!!!

I can hand on heart right here right now state that this was the most delicicious engrossing mesmerizing and damned thrilling thing ive ever watched.Wow!Make Mine Marvel

Merci, great video and amazing story! Even if I live in France I really appreciate the app and I use it everyday for my collection! Keep on rockin'!! Benjamin

Any time an hourly employee asks why he's not making as much as the boss, show him this video.

I lived in Denver until about 6 years ago I totally remember mile high comics. At least the Colorado location north of the highway by the Chili's right? I only went in once but that's because I was in my late twenties and just didn't spend money on comics like the youth do. There was also a resession and I was unemployed most of that time

Thank u for this video! Amazing story! Thank u also for the key collector app and all the work u put into it. The app has made collecting easier and fun when out on the hunt, so thank u!

Great story, I really enjoyed this! Good for you, man!

it would be amazing if Key Collector Comics teamed up with Mile High -- boy that would be an awesome marriage!

February 1985. 50 years after the debut of FUN TIME COMICS, now known as DC Comics. I'm a fan of Mile High Comics. This is great stuff. Comic Books are an essential element of my childhood.

Love the Buddy Christ cameo!

What an incredible story! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome tale. I began ordering through Mile High Comics during the mid 80's. Helped build up my collection.

I remember reading this some years ago and thinking what a great movie that would make.

This is Inspirational to me starting now with 30 books from my father....

Ok your video is just killing me!...I'm drooling with such envy looking at your haul in amazement thinking...What The F***!!!! Very awesome..thanks for sharing!👍😉🇨🇦

Funny thing, I have a similar story. I heard rumor of a collection of Olympic Pins (my Specialty). I ended up buying 750,000 pins, which was an unheard of number. I put together a partnership to deal with this (and pay for it). We were dollars ahead within 5 weeks, and I am still, more than 20 years later, reaping the benefits of this deal. It would have been better to do it myself, but that would have been impossible. Lots of twists and turns when making a deal like this.

Well done...very well done. I deal in collectibles myself (not necessarily comic books..but comic related and very often comic art) and I love a good "deal" story. Yeah...I've been there...but somehow you work your way out of it and it pays off in the long run. I"m pretty sure I know at 3 to 4 of those Brooklyn dealers...as do most people in the business probably do. This is worth a movie.

I'm so curious to know what that "image" he stumbled across in the warehouse was. But I'm also afraid to know.

Great story, man, thanks for sharing. Not even a big comics fan, but it's a great motivational story, too.

Those 1971 Third Eye greeting cards are so great. If Chuck got 60K of these cards, that's 2500 complete sets of 24 if they were in sets. In 2023 these sets sell for 500-2000 dollars. The average single card sells for over 25 dollars on eBay: 60K x 25 = 1.5 million in Marvel greeting cards!

I love Mile High Comics! I shopped at the Lakewood location until the landlords refused to renew their lease. These days I shop at the Jason Street Mega Store!

Your storage warehouse resembles the closing scenes of Citizen Kane !

Great stuff Nick! Best bedtime story ever; thank you, and good night.

The fact that you felt the need to explain what mail order was hurts my soul. I guess we all get old. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Sorry, Tennessee!

from experience from being a buyer for a coin dealer is if there isn't at least a moment in the growth of a business where your bleeding money on a deal that's going to make or break you,you roll the dice on what you see in front of you even if it may take you 5-10 years to bounce back..some mass collections you just don't walk away from

Wow Nick, this was awesome! Well done.

Thanks for sharing. That's a part of comic history I didn't know.

I used to call Mile High and get cod delivery packages back in the 80s. You could but below cover price...

This was fantastic.

I liked the panels that tied in with narration. Nice touch

I DO have a fascinating story about "The Foot High Collection"...

Fascinating story!

This story would make a great movie.

He is a great guy too very passionate about the industry and about our local community too.

Nick the nob -- awesome Narration -- I think you should do Jim Comics story next :)

This was excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed. Nice one Nick.

I had a chance to check out place and get some comics by chance at time. my bro knew where place was and i asked we go for a few and he chilld as i looked around. so hope to go again but yep , it a big place and a lot of comics with new and old in box to go from expensive to real good deals anytime. tried to go again last time see fam but place too far away and had stuff to do so can wait till next time and try go again any.

What did chuck see in that warehhouse? Must be something really horrible.

There's a story as to how MHC got into Science Fiction books. It happened in the mid 70's, some 65 miles north of Denver.

Chuck Rozanski is a geek superstar.

Incredible story!

What a stort....with hard work,comes great reward.

Very few opportunities come in life and he was able to grab two big ones. Can’t be sleeping, Enjoy the ride kids!!

Mile High and American Entertainment were how I build 75% of my collection.