So, next weekend I was going to be setting up at my first show in about 6 years. I went to my storage unit, and there was a different lock on it...
My unit was broken into, and they replaced the lock, so the management of the place never noticed. I have no idea when. It looks like they did catch the guy, as there were 16-17 other units broken into. I still have to contact the policeman working on the case and file a report. I'm assuming everything is long gone. I have renter's insurance but that won't hardly cover anything.
Basically I just lost probably 95% of my comic book collection, and 40+ years of collecting. Kinda makes me want to say f*ck it, and get almost totally out of the hobby. In addition to books, TPBs, CDs, clothes, and other stuff I can't think of right now.
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Oh, no! Travis, I'm so sorry -- that's awful.
I'm sorry this happened to you! I have stuff in storage though two years ago, I brought the oldest stuff back home! I can't imagine how you feel. Stay strong!
Oh, man, that sucks so bad...
Travis, Tracy and I are so sorry to hear this.
The worst I ever suffered was a leaky roof to my storage unit that cost me a bunch of stuff. You definitely have my sympathies on the matter Travis but there is alway e-books for the collections so you can reread and preserve at least some of your memories.
That must have been quite a blow. I am sorry for your losses.
Outside of the death of a loved one, there's nothing so devastating as being invaded and having your personal effects---the sum of decades of effort and satisfaction---robbed. Aye, you'll recover and shake it off well enough to rejoin life. That part of it, I know. But I also know that there will be moments when you'll think about getting something or taking a look at something, and then you realise, "Oh, yeah . . ."
I am truly sorry that this happened to you, Travis. I know how deep it cuts.
Oh no! That's every collector's nightmare! I wish it was a dream, but that cold reality is nothing I can salve with words. Hang in there, pal.
You've got all my sympathy.
Back in the day, Barry Allen was a comics collector. The story in The Flash #268 (1978) has to do with a remarkable copy of Flash Comics #26. I'm imagining a story in which his lock-up is raided and he hunts down those responsible. (It turns out to be Darkseid.)
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